Some Stupid With a Flare Gun

Ass Ponys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Checkered Past
• ASIN: B00004S800
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,907 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars whoa... amazing stuff, April 16, 2000

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d-spud "-d-" (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Stupid With a Flare Gun (Audio CD)

What a killer Pony CD! While it's got all the quirkiness and insight of their other CDs, it has an edge and power that is different from thier other releases. As great as Known Universe sounded, that record had a space and distance to it. Some Stupid feels claustrophobic, and a little scary... like being locked in a room with the incredible characters the Ponys always seem to invent. Put another way: Known Universe was like watching animals in a zoo, where Some Stupid puts you in the cage.

The production is first rate, capturing the band as well as the major label releases did and clinging to the power and passion with a different feel.

Pretty as you Please is a very cool little song... dark sadness wrapped in a shiny package. Astronaut is an obvious single, but the rough edges ooze from the keys and effects, making it very disquieting next to todays overproduced/overcompressed sounds. I think this song as a single really shows the difference between the Ponys and what the major labels are shilling these days: it has an honesty, sensitivity lacking in most of today's "hits", packaged with a grit and honesty that would have been scrubbed/edited/processed completely out of existence on anything coming from thier former label A&M (or whomever they are today).

() And there's the last laugh I think: 5 or 6 years after thier signing the Ponys are still making great records while A&M no longer exists as anything more than an empty brand name and a catalog.

Go Ponys Go!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best yet from the Ass Ponys... get this disc!, April 11, 2000

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This review is from: Some Stupid With a Flare Gun (Audio CD)

This recording is the strongest yet from the Ass Ponys. It's filled with melodic, well written songs and excellent playing. The production is richer than previous Ass Pony discs, yet it is not too slick.

Many of the tracks ("Astronaut" "Swallow You Down", "Pretty As You Please", "Sidewinder", and "Casper's Coming Home" in particular) are accessible enough for mass appeal, but every track on this disc has enough happening lyrically and musically to keep your interest after many listenings. There is still plenty of rock energy and unique lyrics, only it's even better crafted and more exciting than their previous efforts. Order a copy, you won't be disappointed!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Four years is too long!, July 31, 2000

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Lance Boils (Muscle Shoals, AL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Stupid With a Flare Gun (Audio CD)

Can you believe that its been four years since their last offering? This is by far their best album. It edges out their classic Electric Rock Music, sadly out of print. This one hits home harder. It's like that book by Sherwood Anderson...Winesburg, Ohio. There all of these interesting characters and stories coming from and inspired by living in a small rural midwestern town. The songs are better this time, even the instrumental one is great. This time the characters are a little stranger, creepier , darker , funnier, & a little too familiar, they hit home and draw you into their world. Chuck can sing well, and that's an understatement. He's got this voice with a high lonesome tone to it. It can break your hear and make you laugh a little too...perfect. The band is very capable with a strapping guitarist. Let's hope the next one isn't four years away. Best rock album of the year...in my humble opinion.