GOP Party Monsters

Wayne Lammers & Pete Levin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2004)
• Original Release Date: August 1, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pera
• ASIN: B00063QTOW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #983,952 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Eliot Camaren Clinton Chronicle, September, 2004

Lots of belly laughs but the serious message is always there. Lammers & Levin are true Hypocrisy Busters.

Product Description

Just in time for Bush Bashing Season, Wayne Lammers and Pete Levin have come out with a hilarious set that carries a deep message. Totally eclectic stylewise, each song gets individual treatment. The set opens with a stirring march performed by a cast of hundreds (OK, 34 maybe, but who's counting?) singing a stirring hymn based on the now totally lame slogan, "Mission Accomplished". In "Sorry", Rumsfeld jumps on the apologizing bandwagon set in motion by Richard Clarke. Rush Limbaugh is portrayed singing about the glories of his drug addiction in "My Drugs Are Red, White and Blue". Later in the set, he decides to become hip and modernize his image as he changes into the rapper Rush Dogg. "Do The Chickenhawk" is a hopping Jerry Lee Lewis styled 50s rocker celebrating the new dance that's sweeping the nation. 'Mister Morality' William Bennett is portrayed doing a Vegas styled vocal live with a hard driving big band, and starts to sound suspiciously like Rodney Dangerfield in "Outrageous In Vegas". There's even a bogus 30 second commercial for the now defunct Enron Air, "Up Yours And Away". With music, keyboards, arrangements and orchestrations by Pete Levin, and words and lead vocals by Wayne Lammers, many of the songs on the CD have been featured on Al Franken's Air America Radio talk show.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant political satire, October 17, 2004

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Steve Lewis (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GOP Party Monsters (Audio CD)

Lammers and Levin are way into hilarious! I heard some of this music on the Al Franken show but only recently realized the collection was available on CD. One review calls them "hyprocisy busters", and that sums up the album nicely. They mercilessly lampoon most of the GOP crew. I wish they'd done a couple more on Bush, but just their portrayal of Rush Limbaugh as a drug addicted, hyprocritical idiot is worth the price. Some tracks are weaker than others, but some will have you peeing your pants. The image of William Bennett preaching morality in a glitzy Las Vegas stage show is hilarious. Then there's a song like "Sorry" that's very funny, but the message behind it is so strong that it actual makes you uncomfortable. My only problem now is with the totally ridiculous kiddies' show sing along, "The I Hate Ann Coulter Song"; It's one of those simple tunes that you can't get out of your head. Help!