I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-1979 [Original recording remastered]

Dr. Hook | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B0000CG8I5
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The First Ever Dr Hook Compilation to Concentrate on the Riotous and Irreverent Songs Written for them by Legendary Satirist Shel Silverstein. Culled from Eight Dr Hook Albums, Including Two Exceptionally Rare and Pivotal Early Recordings from the Soundtrack "Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?". Includes the Hits "Sylvia's Mother", "Cover of the Rolling Stone", "Carry Me, Carrie" and "More Like the Movies", Such Legendary Dopers Anthems and Slabs of Sleze as "Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie" , "Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball" and "i Got Stoned and I Missed It", and the Original of Marianne Faithful's Hit "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan".

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly funny, but some schlock as well., February 5, 2005

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jblyn (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-1979 (Audio CD)

Shel Silverstein was a witty, often very spot-on songwriter....mostly. Dr. Hook was a witty, outrageously funny band....mostly. And this collection of Dr. Hook serenading the listener with several songs from the pen of Shel Silverstein is, well, mostly outrageously funny and often very spot-on. But not always.

The first 16 selections on this CD are the best; you get completely gonzo stuff like "Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie," "Marie Lavauk" and their biggest seller, "Cover Of The 'Rolling Stone'" ("Wanna buy 5 copies for my mother!") cheek-to-jowl with more conventional but still well-done songs like "Sylvia's Mother" (which stays just on the edge of soap opera without actually falling in), "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan" (later a hit for Marianne Faithfull), "The Wonderful Soupstone" and "Carry Me, Carrie." Those are all terrific. What's not so terrific are later Hook/Silverstein match-ups like "I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight," "More Like The Movies" and "Pleasure And Pain," where big-time mawkishness sets in and the lewd campiness that was the band's strength is purged and flattened completely. All it really means, though, was that even the mighty were/are allowed to stumble now and again and if you've ever yearned for a time tunnel back to a period where you could be culturally incorrect and get away with it (cf. "Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball"), this may well be what you're looking for.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the worlds group, March 1, 2005

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Donald K. Bartoe "hook man" (mcarthur ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-1979 (Audio CD)

dr hook was only the greatest, most versatile group of their century. they seemed to play anything well, from dope to love songs, and the love songs were always from the heart. no other group has ever come close to their talents. its a shame that they had to break up. i too this day still go and see dr hook featuring ray sawyer whenever they play, and at their age, they still rock.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I got stoned and I missed it, June 25, 2009

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Sandra K. Mcclaflin "S. McClaflin" (Pinedale, Az. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-1979 (Audio CD)

If you are a Dr. Hook fan this is a great cd to have. It has a lot of the old songs on it that Dr. Hook is known for. If you are a fan of Dr. Hook I would buy this cd. Sandy McClaflin