Customer Reviews

Lazy Boy TV (W/Dvd)

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I'm glad I downloaded the songs off of iTunes instead of buying the entire CD..it gave me a chance to see that purchasing the album would have been a waste.

If you've heard "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants" on the radio or elsewhere and are expecting an album full of the same stuff, you will be disappointed. The other "songs" focus more on electronica, and the sampling is just cheesy, not entertaining.

Go see Greg Giraldo perform....he's the comedian sampled in "Underwear", and he does not appear elsewhere on the album. The rest of the musings are boring and not worth the money.

To get the full impact of the album, pay attention more to the words and what they are specifically saying than the music. The music creates a wonderful ambiance, but the words and what they say is the true key to get the message.

Yes, Underwear Goes Inside the Pants is a lovely small standup routine, vulgar but in a hilarious sort of way. The remainder of the album doesn't quite measure up, although the couple of "factoid chants" ("Are You Qualified?" and "Desiderata") are fun in a diverting sort of way.

This assemblage (album may dignify it a bit much) is fun the listen to once, but there isn't any real substance to the musical bits and some of the songs are quite tedious twice. Although there is no outright PMRC-offending swearing, the subject matter is not suitable for children of all ages. It's an adult disc (which will bore your children to tears, frankly). There is also an included DVD with four music videos (Underwear is one), but I haven't popped it into a player to see what I guess I'm missing.

Download the underwear song, the rest is forgettable.

An album full of spoken thoughts and facts can seem unappealing for most music lovers. But dive into this one!... it's full of pleasant surprises and musical flair. Uplifting, insightful, funny, and entertaining. It's food for your lazy mind with a pretty powerful message in "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants": don't judge. Give the songs a few play-throughs and you'll find how addicting this album can be.

If you need an album to give you a laugh this well help...
Also it well get you to think about all kinds of stuff...
"Enjoy it, but, be careful with it..." real people, have real points of views... and to understand this review you'll have to listen to the last song on a very cool album.

I was kinda dissapointed by this album. Took a gamble on it only knowing a few songs. just didnt suit me.

I am a lyrically driven music consumer. The music matters, but it serves as ambiance for the lyrics. Thus, Lazyboy is awesome. The lyrics are fantastic. We must remember, this is the same guy who wrote "Barbie Girl". Yes, Soren (aka Lazyboy) was a member of Aqua.

Anyway, the lyrics are amazing. And not just in one song. If you are reading this then you have probably already heard "Underwear Go Inside the Pants". That is the funniest song. Yes, it is well-written. But it is meant as a social commentary more than a rant or stand-up comedian's shtick.

"Facts of Life", "Are You Qualified", "This is the Truth", and "We Only Read the Headlines" are all great poetry as well. Possibly you will like the other songs, but these five songs I mentioned make purchasing the album worthwhile. If you want stand-up comedy set to music, go elsewhere though. This is an album about social commentary. If you are not sure whether this is for you or not then I urge you to listen to one of the other songs I mentioned prior to spending the whole $13 here.

This CD not only has groovy tunes but listen to the lyrics. Most of the songs have a great message about what is going on in the world today, things that we aren't aware of, things that we don't pay attention to. You'll laugh alot at the things they say that we all should be saying but most of us don't have the guts. I highly recommend this CD and really listen to the lyrics!

This disc is fun. As a non corporate radio DJ, I can only write from experience; the phone rings off the hook when I play it. I find it musically, intellectually , and even spiritually fun. Any kind of statistically interested person will enjoy the almost cheeky delivery of The Facts of Life. Sure like every full length recording, there are definitely the hits like Facts...., Underwear...(wherein we are blessed w/ a stream of genius from Greg Giraldo), or We Only Read the Headlines, but nay a lame duck in the whole thing. The rhythms and bass lines are catchy and create an over all "feel good" collaboration. The kind of music you wann'a clean your house to...Or...create the next big revolution. Think in similar lines with Chumbawamba's Ready Mades and then Some... only THEY don't have Giraldo's brilliance. ~Peace

This album is reminiscent of Baz Luhrman's Graduation Song. What separates it is the album's political undertones. Made even more obvious by the music videos included in the bonus DVD. Yet despite the inherent politicizing of the music, the message remains a positive one: let's celebrate our differences. The one surprise, however, is that this CD is brought to us by the same guys from Aqua. All in all, a good investment even if you're not a fan of electronica or dub.