Light-hearted humor aside, this man has exerted serious influence on pop culture, and now a diverse array of music/film/TV stars have come together to pay loving tribute to the "mad music and crazy comedy" of the legendary "Dr. Demento has been championing novelty music (and also punk since it's birth) since the '70s, introducing the world to fabulously weird tracks and artists all along the way. Embossed front and rear cover.Įveryone from the Misfits, Joan Jett and Fred Schneider of the B-52's to "Weird Al" Yankovic, Adam "Batman" West (in one of his final performances) and William Shatner join the good Doctor in this two-hour-plus homage to the world-renowned radio icon! Dr. Demento Theme (Reprise) (Pico & Sepulveda) Demento Covered In Punk Theme (Reprise)ĭr. Shaving Cream (Reprise, Traditional Lyrics)ĭr. So are trashy surf instrumentals and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (particularly as interpreted by Joan Jett, who crisply and compellingly covers “Science Fiction/Double Feature” here) and outsider artists from the 1960s and 1970s and lo-fi weirdoes.– Osaka Popstar, The Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Bandĭr. That’s the thing about punk: its definition is broad to the point of meaninglessness. Demento Show favorites like Barnes & Barnes’ “Fish Heads” and Ogden Edsl’s “Dead Puppies”, William Shatner and Adam West William Shatnering and Adam Westing their way through covers of “Garbage Man” and “The Thing” ,respectively, and a whole bunch of stuff that, in the grand novelty song tradition, does not need to be heard twice or even once, for that matter.ĭo I need to hear Brak from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast cover Suicidal Tendencies’ “Institutionalized” ever again? Oh God no, but I suppose I am glad that it exists and that at least now I can go to my grave never having to wonder what it would be like if the Adult Swim fan favorite were to sing a seminal punk anthem of ironic angst. In that respect, Covered in Punk is a blast from the past in more ways than one, a slickly produced exercise in old-timey punk nostalgia featuring punked-up covers of The Dr. One of my only regrets about Weird Al: The Book is that I never got an opportunity to talk to him for it. How could I not? He brought “Weird Al” Yankovic into my lives as well as those of everyone else’s. I would suggest that it’s worth your money as well.Īnd, of course I have a deep nostalgic and emotional connection to The Dr. I figure that anything that features both American pop parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic covering The Ramone’s “Beat on the Brat” (which is a great song but dreadful parenting advice) and Jon Wurster, in character as Philly Boy Roy, doing a Philadelphia-centric version of “Punk Rock Girl” was worth my money. That is certainly the case with the double-disc CD Dr.
So I buy very few albums these days, and the new albums I buy have a tendency to feel old as fuck. That was, of course, before I failed as a music critic en route to also failing as a mommy blogger, staff writer, head writer, television critic and ultimately film critic. For a very long time, I did not buy many, if any, new records for a very simple reason: if I wanted something, I could almost invariably get it for free, and probably before its release date, due to my profession as a music critic for The A.V Club.
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