Opening Band

Paul and Storm | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2005)
• Original Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Murray Has Records
• ASIN: B000A29ERI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,158 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"[B]oth high and low humor...a lot of the fun sprang from [their] energetic, quick-witted harmony vocals." --The Washington Post,, September 8, 2004

Product Description

Paul and Storm's first full-length CD is filled-to-bursting with 32 tracks of their patented trenchant satire, subtle social commentary, and potty humor. From the title-track's lament for opening acts everywhere, to the final song's sweetest-ever reading of the Miranda rights, the duo covers a wide range of topics and styles: rock & roll, country & western, folk, rockabilly, TV commercials, "Schoolhouse Rock" and Randy Newman movie themes all receive equal (dis)respect here. Bonus tracks, songs recorded live on the Bob and Tom morning radio show, and audio commentaries are also included in this, their best full-length CD to date.

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Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some Shining Moments and Some Duds, January 9, 2007

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K. Strong (Northern VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opening Band (Audio CD)

The Randy Newman versions of movie themes is amusing... once. But then it's used over and over until you HATE it. The song "We are the Opening Band" is quite good and the collection of jingles for products is hysterical but not for children. (Be careful playing in your car.. :D )The Kleenex one causes my spouse to laugh every time it's played. I miss DaVinci's Notebook, still.

5.0 out of 5 stars Laughs, I tell ya, August 3, 2006

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J. Mitchell Robertson (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opening Band (Audio CD)

I can only relate my own experience with this album, which is that I put it on the stereo and my wife and I commenced laughing uproariously for a solid hour. What's amazing is that these guys have some real solid musical chops, besides being cunning humorists. "Opening Band" (the track) should be a classic, classic, classic. That no one has ever thought before to distill the particular experience of being/seeing an opening band in such a way is beyond me, but Paul and Storm hit all the right notes. These guys are amazing, hilarious artists in the tradition of Tom Lehrer. Do yourself a favor and buy the album, then go see them live. They rock and they yock.

3.0 out of 5 stars Some great, some OK. Recommended., March 2, 2006

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R. Kuehn (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opening Band (Audio CD)

A good effort. I bought this CD for the Rejected Commercial Jingles, specifically Necco Wafers, Twister, and Pillsbury Cookie Dough. Those 3 jingles made it a worthwhile purchase.

If you like this CD or even just parts of it, try a Da Vinci's Notebook CD. Paul and Storm were part of Da Vinci's Notebook before the band took a hiatus.