Reviews Too Much Joy

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1.1 green eggs , crack
1.2 son of sam am
1.3 cereal killers

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tmj compared musical contemporaries might giants , barenaked ladies because of unconventional style, grassroots fan appeal, , quirky yet honest , insightful lyrics like:

we sleep on floors , live on crumbs,

we re bunch of ugly bums.

a great idea when smashed...

turning anger cash.

we ain t seen much, don t starve

we drive around in our moms cars

to create, must destroy.

smash glass , cry... joy

theme song, (cereal killers, 1991)
green eggs , crack

the band s first lp, entitled green eggs , crack released in 1987 on small stonegarden label; collected material band had recorded during previous 4 years during college breaks, during senior year of high school quirk, blumenfield , smallens , freshman year larussa. larussa appears drummer james dean s jacket , don quixote. other tracks have vinton on drums. allmusic describes album s songs extremely clever , catchy, although work of over-educated, under-employed, upper-middle class kids far time on hands . [1] when album re-released in 2002, onion called thinly produced, underwhelming record recorded teenagers, , charming reasons revolving around sentiment , potential , while band s quirk described long out-of-print record perfect legend: cool title people talk , search without real chance of ever hearing . [2] college radio s attraction quirky songs drum machine paved way wider reception band s subsequent recordings.

son of sam am

the band s next release, on independent alias label, son of sam in 1989. album rereleased giant/warner brothers in 1990 2 tracks: if mekon , seasons in sun , minus introduction clowns (see above).

this album features crowd favorite l.l. cool j cover s lie , performed big lie , lie composed show or tour seemed reasonably plausible (throwing keys audience after party @ holiday inn example).

cereal killers

too joy s 1991 lp cereal killers, released warner bros. records, met popularity on college radio , alternative radio stations rotations on u.s., song kill featuring rising hip-hop star krs-one. single crush story made no. 17 on u.s. modern rock chart in 1991. album features epicenter of joy universe offering theme song sung drunkenly @ end of joy shows band , fans alike.

american music essayist robert christgau gave album a- , wrote, after year of sleeping on floors, stealing wives, , expressing solidarity 2 live crew, music thicker, tougher, hookier, tad overproduced. , lyrics still s there for. smart have dumb people sniffing dead milkmen, have moments of empathy, social responsibility, self-knowledge, , forth. sucker cheap laugh, prefer king of beers ( na na na na na na sorrow ) , long haired guys england ( bet in london date/ cause m short haired guy united states ). both of longer on self-knowledge dumb people meet.)