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Employee of the Month

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I can't estimate how much I've laughed and sang along to the songs in the Austin Lounge Lizards "Employee of the Month". Any anti-Cowboy fan will delight in learning and singing "Stupid Texas Song", a send-up on Texans pride in all things Texan ("if heaven isn't Texas, partner, I don't wanna die!"). The "Beach Lizards" follow up with "Hey Little Minivan", a family-bound hot rod song, complete with my favorite bridge line "Step away from the car! Step away from the car!" sung by the theft-deterrent system. "The Dogs, They Really Miss You" lampoons any number of broken-hearted country love songs (the dogs playing (or not playing) poker, carried over from "Paint Me on Velvet" are featured near the end). "Rocky Byways" tells the story of a "sharp dressed chicken" (from an itinerant bluegrass band) being discovered by Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl at the Piggly Wiggly and somehow it all makes sense. "Love in a Refrigerator Box", the story of what happens when a junior high school couple gives birth to triplets "Velma, Thor and I"--love conquers all as they live in a 20 cubic foot refrigerator box and wear "blown out tires" for shoes. "Leonard Cohen's Day Job" takes a shot at the Canadian troubador, whom I've grown to love after the Lizards directed me to him. The album closes with "The Other Shore", a look at what awaits when we die--as we are reunited with all our possessions, both those wanted and those lost ("earring backs, National Geographics from 1974, crazy cowboy shirts" and many others). This one is a capella and the harmonies are really quite nice if you can hear them over your own laughter. The title appears nowhere in the album, but it still seems appropriate--we can all use a little Lizards laughter as we run on the mouse's treadmill every day.

Although listening to the Austin Lounge Lizards' CDs doesn't come close to seeing them live (which I highly recommend!), this is my favorite CD of their collection. My favorite songs on here are: "Monkey on my Back", "Rocky Byways", and "The Other Shore". The last song is beautiful, despite having the usual satiric Lizards' twist to the lyrics.

Definitely go see them live if you can -- I have been attending their concerts since 1991, and have enjoyed every one of them.

I love this CD because it's funny and witty. I can only say one thing, "buy it".

I got this in the mail quite mysteriously and put it in the player. From the opening track I was impressed with the humor and the song writing but I must say the quality of the songs quickly degrades. Yeah, there are some gems like "The Dogs, They Really Miss You" and my favorite, "Rocky Byways." But the remaining songs are a laughable attempt at entertainment. The Minivan song is painful to hear as are many others that have touches of comic brilliance but utterly fail as enjoyable music. My advice: buy the good tracks as MP3s and skip the rest

I'd give this cd a 6 if I could. It is halarious! It's great for the whole family. It was the only thing we listened to in the car for a looooooong time