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The End Is Here

Five Iron Frenzy - The End Is Here Audio CD

A fair review of the Five Iron Frenzy "The End Is Here" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Five Iron Frenzy reviews here, or go back to the Five Iron Frenzy tabs.

Band: Five Iron Frenzy
Title: The End Is Here
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Release Date: 2004-04-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Cannonball 2: At Least I'm Not Like All Those Other Old Guys 3: So Far, So Bad 4: New Years Eve 5: American Kryptonite 6: It Was Beautiful 7: Wizard Needs Food, Badly 8: Farewell to Arms 9: See the Flames Begin to Crawl 10: Anchors Away 11: Something Like Laughter 12: That's How the Story Ends 13: On Distant Shores 14: Cross of St. Andrew [*] 15: Intro [Live][*] 16: Old West [Live][*] 17: Handbook for the Sellout [Live][*] 18: 0 Meets 15 [Live][*] 19: Cannonball [Live][*] 20: Blue Comb '78 [Live][*] 21: At Least I'm Not Like All Those Other Old Guys [Live][*] 22: You Probably Shouldn't Move Here [Live][*] 23: Canada [Live][*] 24: When I Go Out [Live][*] 25: See the Flames Begin to Crawl [Live][*] 26: Vultures [Live][*] 27: You Can't Handle This [Live][*] 28: Kryptonite [Live][*] 29: Phantom Mullet [Live][*] 30: Medley [Live][*] 31: New Hope [Live][*] 32: World Without End [Live][*] 33: Every New Day [Live][*]

2nd gen FIF
I kinda missed most of the FIF era but i'm crazy proud to be a fan and a witness to what happened. FIF changed the world and many lives.

Many missed it, few witnessed it, some remember it and they know FIF changed the world.

Awesome Live
on this album you have the last live performance recorded and CD. I Loved the Band It was sad to see them go. if you like SKA you will Like this.

I've Got Notebooks Full of Misshapen Words, I'll Never Speak Them Any More
That is mostly because Distant Shores should have been the second epic FIF song providing a fitting bookend with Every New Day enclosing a solid run between two timeless songs. It took me a while to warm up to this CD. . . except they confused the issue working the refrain from Every New Day prominently into Distant Shores, cheapening both songs in the process. It was really disappointing and didn't listen to the CD much for a year after the first time through. It wasn't until I got over that disappointment that I returned to the CD and found it to be, on the whole, a fine piece of work.

There is a gravity to the CD and a sadness of a band that ended before I really began with them and several songs reflect the finality of this work (See the Flame, It was Beautiful). The Wizard Needs Food Badly is one of the best Xer v Boomer songs I could imagine. It is a simultaneously cutting and good natured response to those who have unreflectively (and `ironically') started calling us the `me' generation. New Years Eve is a classic FIF toned track about will and holiness and change and frustration and grace (Cannonball deals with the same themes but is not nearly as good). Lenore's Something Like Laughter is heartfelt, sweet and moving. There are a couple of good prophetic consumerist tracks (American Kryptonite, So Far, So Bad). And then there is the general silliness that is fundamental to the FIF package as they sing one long post script to many of their most random songs and some of their trademark self awareness (So Far, So Bad, At Least I'm Not Like All Those Other Old Guys - Which also doubled as an explanation for why they were done). And unfortunate sampling aside, Distant Shores is a great example of the brilliance these guys were capable of. The first 3:44 of this track are about as perfect as a song can be.
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Superb
Five Iron Frenzy was an incredible band. This album is simply superb. The music is fresh and the lyrics are insightful and inspiring. Each album kept getting better and better culiminating with this one.

This includes thier final live performance as well as the full CD "The End Is Near. ".

Unique
They are seriously a life changing band. I have listened to Five Iron Frenzy for years. Not because of their happy ska sound, or anything stupid like that. It's because they are real, they are honest, and they are talented.
I've met the guys from the band and talked to them many times at every concert that I went to with them in it. At first, I loved the band simply because they were goofy, and nobody else liked them. But as time went on, I realized that their music, their outlook, and their good, wholesome love for people was changing me. Their music and their message helped to shape me into the person I am today.

Now, I bought the original red cover "The End Is Near," the one that did not contain the live cd or The Cross Of Saint Andrew. It was only released at live shows a year before the final green cover one was released. The first time I heard it, I was blown away. Five Iron Frenzy, in their final cd, created their own genre. I have no honest way of describing this cd. They jumped from happy ska punk rockers to musicians comparable to the likes of Chicago, Sly and the Family Stone, and other bands within the unique genre. I recommend this cd not only as a Five Iron cd, but even as a cd for the musicians. This is a cd to expand your musical horizons to hear for yourself the full blown capacity and opportunities one encounters when using every instrument for a melodic purpose.

The live cd is something else altogether. I listened to this in my car on the way home from the Christian book store. It takes me 10 minutes at the most to get from there to my house. I took the long way. I drove for the complete extent of the live cd on the way home. I cried all the way. Memories of live shows, memories of friends, memories of hard times. Five Iron Frenzy is tied in with all of those. They are seriously one of the pivotal influences in my life.

This cd is the perfect ending cd for many different things. It is the perfect end for Five Iron Frenzy as a band. It is the end of a genre. It is the end of a lifestyle. When I turn this cd on it brings me back to the days of going to concerts and making friends. The days when you could buy any cd from tooth and nail and be completely satisfied. The days when it was ok to not wear black in your clothing selection for the day. The good ol' days.

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