Bo Burnham (CD/DVD)

Bo Burnham | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Comedy Central Rec.
• ASIN: B001Q8FRY4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #37,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm Bo Yo

2. My Whole Family... [Live]

3. Bo Fo Sho [Live]

4. Love Is... [Live]

5. The Perfect Woman [Live]

6. High School Party [Live]

7. Klan Kookout [Live]

8. New Math [Live]

9. I'm Bo Yo [Live]

10. A Love Ballad [Live]

11. Rehab Center for Fictional Characters

12. Welcome to Youtube

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The internet (and soon to be movie, TV, radio, etc.) phenomenon, Bo Burnham, brings you his first full-length album. With a CD of the best of his hilarious, irreverent, and craftily-worded songs and a full DVD of his internet videos, Comedy Central Presents, and other
performances, this is the package that the fans have been waiting for. Before he reached his 18th birthday, Bo entered the mainstream consciousness with internet videos (that have
been viewed well over 20 million times) of him playing uproarious songs with ingenious wordplay and bad puns. This CD/DVD combination represents the best of his work to
date. Bo has been tapped by Judd Apatow to write and perform in various upcoming films, and when Bo isn t on set, he will be touring the country selling out shows from coast to coast.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yea... five stars but I'm still disappointed., March 11, 2009

By	C Merc (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bo Burnham (CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

When I watched Bo's first YouTube vid over two years ago and laughed like hyenas on nitrous oxide, with tears in my eyes, I turned to my wife and perdicted this kid will be famous. Unfortunately I'm not prophetic, Bo's just an exceptional talent who's acclaim and fame is well deserved. The material on this album is worth more than five stars. The intelligent and clever lyrics mixed with showmanship and contempt of politically correctness results in brilliance; hence the five stars.

What I find disappointing with this release, is the lack of studio tracks. The overwhelming majority of the tracks are live recordings from a Tempe Improv performance. I was at that show, and I'm not suggesting the performance wasn't great. Rather, the mix quality is sub-par, and not exceptionally better than some of Bo's bedroom recordings. If all the tracks had been studio recordings or had the live mix been as polished as the existing studio tracks, this release would have been a full win.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yo, Bo, You Go, Boy, March 13, 2009

By	Garan du (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bo Burnham (CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

Bo Burnham is certainly not PC. But neither is he as lowbrow as some of his critics charge. Indeed, I think that he is often smarter than most members of his audience, judging by how many of the informed jokes and cutting parody fly over their heads. Its refreshing to see a young performer who can provide an unabashed mix of intelligence, vulgarity, absurdity, and iconoclasm. Add to that a talent for writing and performing songs, and you have an act that works. I think that if he matures a bit more and becomes more confident on stage and loses the need to try and explain things to the audience (let them catch up or drown on their own, kid), he could very well be his generation's answer to Weird Al Yankovic. Brilliant.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Gold, March 10, 2009

By	I. Martinez-Ybor "Ignacio Martínez-Ybor" (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Bo Burnham (CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

Yes, Bo Burnham is fun, irreverent, witty (most of the time). He can also sing.... and sing well, and seems innately musical. He's not really wholesome but weirdly real. Bo is unpredictably coherent..... where is he going with this you ask; he takes you there with a chuckle, skewering the ennui you thought would shroud his song. His career is about the most contemporary and his success the most authentic one can imagine: spawned by youtube it only proves that real talent still wins. One would hope it becomes colossal. Without knowing it, he is probably and refreshingly the truly genuine, unmanufactured, anti American-Idol, young rising star. Enjoy him. Buy his CD (with bonus DVD). This guy will give you much pleasure, and deserves success. We want more.