This is a fascinating album, if only because the
packaging might almost have been designed to scare folk fans away -- it looks
like a heavy-metal band (and with that name...)
But, once you get past that, this is Great Stuff... if you're not the type
who insists on "authenticity" or "appropriate instruments". If you like Fairport
Convention and/or the Pogues, you will most likely like BiL.
On this particular album, the standouts are:
"Madman Mora Blues", which is a lovely modern take on the traditional theme
of the madman. While it takes a different attitude, if compared with Fairport's
"Crazy Man Michael", it does not suffer in the comparison.
"The MicroOrganism" -- a love song, a plague song, a strange haunting ballad
for the Age of HIV.
"Pig Dog Daddy" -- screaming punk mayhem with one of the funniest lyrics
in a long time.
You should buy this album.
[Incidentally,
if you like Boiled in Lead and also enjoy good, original fantasy fiction,
you should definitely check out the books of
Will
Shetterley,
Steven
Brust and
Emma
Bull {particularly her
War for the
Oaks, set largely in the Minneapolis music community}]
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