Salesmen & Racists [Explicit Lyrics]

Ike Reilly | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B00005MKA5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I knew him when, January 1, 2004

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bagassosis (chapel hill, nc United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salesmen & Racists (Audio CD)

Some of the teenage kids in the neighborhood were talking about Ike Reilly from Chicago. Well, in the 70s while in college I dated a girl from Chicago(Libertyville)whose punk kid brother was Mike Reilly - a brash, funny, sarcastic, smart ass but very likeable young man. When I would visit I usually had to share a room with the young lad(he must have been 12 or 13 at the time) and he had me listening to Dylan into the wee hours of the night. Incredibly, he knew all the lyrics and their meanings which he shared and which helped me gain a more profound appreciation of Dylan.

So anyway - I get on line and look up Ike Reilly and yep it's the little weasel Mike Reilly now all grown up.

So I get the CD and wow - really good stuff.

One can really appreciate the Dylan influences. Outstanding lyrically speaking!

What impressed me most was how "musical" the music was. Very catchy, pleasing riffs. Almost as if the Beatles met Dylan.

I can't understand why the punk hasn't become a larger national presence. This is better than 99.99% of the stuff out there. The only thing I can figure is that Ike has the same attitude that the young Mike had. He probably doesn't give a rat's ass whether or not he "makes it big". His values are founded in being true to himself, his friends and family.

Bagassosis M.D.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is not just good, September 10, 2005

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D Bourgie "[e-mail]" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salesmen & Racists (Audio CD)

This is really really good. This guy is going to be really big. He is a great lyricist and has a very compelling voice. I love the heavy guitar and the political messages. Ike Reilly is a true musician which is very hard to find in new artists. Some songs give chills to my spine. Favorites include Last Time, Commie Drives A Nova, Hip Hop Thighs #17, The Assassination of Sweet Lou Diablo, New Years Eve, My Wasted Friends, Crave, Cash is King, and God Damn Shame. Highly Highly Recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 3 and a half, really, October 9, 2001

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chris howe (manchester, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salesmen & Racists (Audio CD)

I am going to keep this short and sweet. I bought this CD after reading reviews on this site and sounded like a must have. After several listens i definately do like this CD. What initially attracted this disc to me was the Replacements/Westerberg references, and they are here just in a different way. The CD is just a little too "new school" for me. Maybe its me but i can't help but hear a little Kid Rock in here and on the whole the writing seems to be "reaching" a bit to a younger audience than a 38 year old should be trying to reach. though its only rock and roll and i do like it.