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Don't Get Killed

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What can I say... this is a fun CD. Breckman knows enough about crowds, life and music to create songs from the silly (Where Is Rabbi Finkleman?) to the surreal (Railroad Bill), where the singer has an epic battle with a character in his own song. This stuff is fun. The recording live and I wish I had been there. Give a listen to the title cut, if your computer will let you. If you like it, you should get the album.

Written in a folk-music style, these songs are a challenge to classify beyond that. The comical wit they exhibit is almost painfully brilliant! Aspects of many of the songs' content suggest, at first blush, they might've been conceived for a young audience: Railroad Bill, Had a Good Day, How I Met Your Mother, the "It" song (<--the real title is something like "The Cheese Stands Alone")-- BUT they all deal with profound psychological & existential issues from adult experience (and most contain profanities that would take them out of the children's category). Around our house we discovered Andy's genius more than a decade ago, and this CD remains a popular gift we like to extend to friends BUT, writing now in 2002, I find this (and his other CD "Proud Dad"), out of print, BOO HOO...!!!

A lot of fun from beginning to end

The title track is a hoot (you can also find it on a live album at the Bottom Line btw)

Originals for the most part, aside from the final track (from the Wizard of Oz, oh Andy!)

Really a top notch record. And the audience sounds like its busting a gut!

I got introduced to Andy's music well after its release, but it is all very funny, clever and honest. If you like to laugh and enjoy humor that's funny without being dirty, check out Andy's stuff!