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What's Your Name

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let me start by saying that i live in vienna austria and i'd never heard of adam sandler the comedian when i bought this record. as a consequence, i didn't listen to it primarily expecting to be amused or in any comedy context. i realised that some of the songs were parodic -- LIKE parodies -- but not outright parodies -- THE LONESOME KICKER sounds like sandler walked inside the mind of bruce springsteen and infected it with some lunatic perspective, so that it's bruceian, all right, but entirely something else again, too. the comedy isn't the important aspect, the distortion of vision is. it doesn't matter if you find it outright laughable or risible or guffawable -- it has that dylanesque quality of giving you a strange world view. in fact my first reaction to this record was, this is HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED -- revisited again! THE BAD BOYFRIEND was like the WHO and any number of hysterical songstresses blended together in some demented pop song -- comedy if you like -- but i have since of course come across other sandler records and films which strike me as more blatantly intentional comedy of a kind -- also less amusing --whereas here, because the comedy element is perhaps held in check by the music, or superseded by it, the record becomes something else, something MORE than mere musical comedy. most musical parodies tend to be fairly vacuous affairs, and even THE RUTTLES are hard to listen to more than a couple of times. but this record really works as music, and just as dylan's classic was something like a short story collection in song, so here too you have different windows on the world, each affording a unique view and perspective. it may not be outdoing dylan but i would still rank this adam sandler record as one of the ten or twenty best POP records of the 1990s. i think people will re-appraise this cd in the fullnes of time -- maybe ten years down the road -- and acknowledge it as an overlooked classic. so get it now, be ahead of the times.

"Listenin' to the Radio" was probably my favorite. . . Real good. The difference between his movies and music confuses me though. If you're into this stuff, go get it.

This is so funny, I laughed all day. Even after I listened to it. Adam Sandler surely is gifted. This is the best CD I have heard in a long time, I just can't wait till Stan & Judy's kid his next CD.

I love this cd!! it's his best yet!!! buy it!! i can listen to it all the way through without skipping any tracks! i love all the songs!! Adam Sandler is so talented! i can't wait for his newest cd to come out!! it's called "Stanley and Judy's Kid" and it's coming out in September i think. i can't wait!! i am sure that it will be just as hilarious!!!

This is the best CD ever! You have got to hear it! The Goat Song is a must!

I love all the songs on this cd. Adam Sandler is a very, very, very talented person. I don't know about some people, but I have a very high respect level for him. I love his movie's, cd's, and what he has done on Saturday Night Live. He is a very special person.

After watching Adam Sandler's parodies on SNL and his singing abiltiy on the Wedding Singer,I took a punt on WHAT'S YOUR NAME? and boy,am I glad I did!Sandler takes apart certain rock singers/bands with skill that would make a surgeon envious.He spears Bruce Springsteen(LONESOME KICKER,LISTEN' TO THE RADIO),Aerosmith(SWEET BEATRICE)and Guns'N'Roses(CORDUROY BLUES).Sacred cow music styles recieve a bashing as well:country(ZITTLY VAN ZITTLES),heavy metal(BAD BOYFRIEND),funk(DANCIN' AND PANTSIN',MOYDA),and reggae(VOODOO).THE GOAT SONG is an epic that almost defies analyses;let's just say that it sets back the animal rights movement back twenty years and makes me scream with laughter every time I hear it.THE RESPECT CHANT is just that . . . and damn proud of it!WHAT'S YOUR NAME? is the first fully song laden album by Adam Sandler and if he keeps on producing material like this,Weird Al should start looking over his shoulder.All together now . . ."I am a simple goat" . . .

This is a cd you can listen to over and over again! Even if you get new cds. You'll keep coming back to this one! Its so funny its just good! I dont think you should listen to #3 if you dont like the f word but thats just too bad because its really funny. But the goat song is the best.

So hear me now and believe me later. BUY THIS CD

I loved this CD its really great my fav song is "The Goat Song" if my mom knew I had it well she'd be mad but oh well thats her problem. This CD is so wonderful its now the only thing I listen to out of all my CDs. I think you should buy this CD weather you want to or not! I can do a good imprersonation of Adam. But you cant hear it sorry. Oh well BUY THIS CD. Then thank me for making you buy it. :-)

What makes this recording superior to others of its ilk (i.e. Al Yankovic) is Sandler's musicianship coupled with his originality. He handles several musical genres, including heavy metal, blues, and reggae with ease, and his Springsteen influenced "The Lonesome Kicker" is right on. The real question though is who else but Adam Sandler is insane enough to write a song about a field goal kicker from Europe, or a song about a sweatshirt? My personal favorite is "Voodoo", in which he synthesizes all elements perfectly, lyrics, music, and parody. Other favorites include "The Lonesome Kicker", "Bad Boyfriend", "Pickin' Daisies", "Corduroy Blues", and the Queen-like opera rock epic "The Goat Song". All in all, a hell of a lot of fun from an insane genius. Spending 45 minutes with this cd/cassette is guaranteed laugh therapy!