On the Shoulders of Freaks

Henry Phillips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Oglio Records
• ASIN: B000001J78
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,189 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #66 in Music > Indie Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy & Spoken Word

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Henry Phillips: A New Comic Genuius, August 11, 2000

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William Gasarch (College Park, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Shoulders of Freaks (Audio CD)

Of the 11 songs on this CD I find 9 BRILLIANT. For a novelty songs this is phenomenal. His songs cover a wide variety of topics, some satirical love songs, some on history/politics and one that even combines a love ballot with politics (``What do you want me do to about it'').

The songs on politics (only 2) are not dated and will not become dated--- one is on government waste of money (``Your Tax Dollars At Work'') andthe other is the satirical love ballot.

I also enjoyed his other CD (No. 2) and look forward to his next one (Don't know when that will be)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Funny and Not So Funny, October 20, 2002

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I've Gotta "blankagenda2" (Brookshire, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On the Shoulders of Freaks (Audio CD)

I've heard most of these songs on the radio, and for some reason most of them were funnier to me then.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT is funny, without question, but there's a newer version with French and Ebonics which is much, much funnier. I don't know whether that version appears on Phillips' other disk since I haven't bought it.

SWEET BLOSSOM OF MINE is very funny, as is YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK. These two, like What Do You Want, are intelligent humor songs, and the complex comment sung over the music are what make them so funny.

I think some of my lack of responce to the other songs might have to do with the fact that some are studio tracks, and because sometimes the audience wasn't participating much. On other live versions I've heard on the radio, the live audience's reaction adds to the humor of the music, but that just isn't on this one much.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars music CD, April 6, 2009

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S. S. Whalen "tells it like it is" (Crivitz, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Shoulders of Freaks (Audio CD)

I am 100% satisfied with my order. It shipped fast and was in excellent shape!