A Comedy Superstar on Cruise Control
I know he has a busy time with Rescue Me (worth at least 10 stars) however this CD is worth it for the title track which you can practice in your car/truck for Christmas and sing at the family gathering as you plug your IPOD into the HiFi system. If you are a Denis Leary fan this then is an essential purchase, however Denis has slowed down quite a lot as this CD could have had a lot of new material, is there any need to repeat parts of Lock N Load, after this many years.
All the kids go to bed each night, to dream what Santa brings 'em, unless they're Jewish or Muslim or some other gyp religion.
It is a very funny song, and there are two versions of it, a "regular" version made in a recording studio and a "live" version. This is an EP featuring Denis Leary's Christmas song "Merry F#%$in' Christmas". The rest of the CD features skits and outtakes from his album Lock 'N Load, plus a few live stand up performances. Most of it is moderately funny, but it doesn't have anything to do with Christmas.
Very Disappointed
This cd reminds me of the product put out by record companies after the artist has left their label. Perhaps there is no person more of a Denis Leary fan than I am and I give it one star. They throw together whatever was left on the editing floor and hype it as "new" from the artist. At least I hope that is what this disaster is. I hate to think that someone as talented as Denis Leary could have put much, if any, effort into the project.
For some reason, I don't know, the video didn't come through for me. At least that would have been fun to watch!.
Merry F#%$in' Christmas?... Hardly =\
I was hooked on Denis Leary. After getting the first 2 cds years ago: No cure For Cancer & Lock N Load. . He was one of if not my favorite comedian. . I was big on Adam Sandler's "They're All Going Laugh at You" but the other ones weren't as good. . Much like The latest from the cigarette smoking, coffee drinking mad man Denis Leary. . Merry F#%%$in' Christmas lacked something. . . It left me going "that's it?" It's lucky if its 40mins long. It's not really that great either. His previous two were ALOT better. If you're a major fan of his work you can get it. . but don't say I didn't warn you. . .
Nice little EP for those of us who can't get enough Leary
He's got more material out there though, including certain routines from his very early stand-up performances (rants on rap music, the Morton Downey Jr. At the time of this writing, Denis Leary has only made 2 full albums, "No Cure for Cancer" and "Lock N' Load". show, etc. ), stand-up from his Boston shows in recent years, emcee work for some of the stand-up shows he's hosted, his Mtv commercials, comedy roasts, etc. "Merry F#%$in' Christmas" is simply a mix of new, previously released, and previously unreleased material.
I see some reviewers here have overlooked the fact that this is an EP. So naturally, it's going to be half as long as most other albums and at half the price. If you don't know the difference between the terms EP and LP, go look 'em up on Wikipedia! Again, there was a lot more they could have put on here, but an EP's an EP. Now on to what's here.
The title track "Merry F#%$in' Christmas" is, as you can probably guess, a very happy sounding Christmas song with not-so-happy lyrics. And it works, with Leary's own angrily sarcastic-toned singing style. Both a studio and a live version are included. There are also two studio tracks from the "Lock N' Load" album. I love them both, but I'm not sure why "Deaf Mute Cocktail Party" and "Insane Cowboy (In Africa)" were specifically chosen.
This leaves three tracks of live stand-up material and three bizarre studio recordings. The stand-up stuff ("Fat Guy on the Plane", "Jack Goes to School", and "Dogsledding") are all great. The three other studio tracks, "WWWW", "Coffin Rap", and "The Theme from Jesus & The Gang" sound like the bizarre songs you'd hear in between tracks on "Lock 'N Load". Not surprisingly, "WWWW" was taken from the "Lock 'N Load" sessions.
If you love the two Denis Leary albums and can't get enough, I'd say this EP is definitely worth buying. The title track and new stand-up material justifies the measly $6 or $7.
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