Audio Cassette review:
Oingo Boingo - Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre

Oingo Boingo - Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre

Band: Oingo Boingo Title: Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre Rating: Release Date: 16 April, 1996 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Insanity 2: Little Girls 3: Cinderella Undercover 4: Controller 5: Burn Me Up 6: Insects 7: No One Lives Forever 8: Hey! 9: Reptiles and Samurai 10: Water 11: I Am the Walrus 12: Piggies 13: We Close Our Eyes 14: Mary 15: Can't See (Useless) 16: Helpless 17: I'm So Bad 18: Change 19: Stay 20: Who Do You Want to Be 21: On the Outside 22: Wild Sex (In the Working Class) 23: Dead Man's Party 24: Nasty Habits 25: Clowns of Death 26: Ain't This the Life 27: Whole Day Off 28: Grey Matter 29: No Spill Blood 30: Only a Lad

Customer Reviews Hollowen has never been the same I went to the last show at the Meadows (which was the est place to see them)-- and I had the pleasure of being at the very last show at the Universal Amphitheatre-- I remember the last show being alot longer (like 4 hours)-- But hey this CD is great! If your a fan you'll get some goose bumps. I used to go to Boingo every Hollween-- I'd still be going if they were still jamming. . Plenty of material not available elsewhere There are actually four songs. Samual noted that this album contains one song, "Water" not available elsewhere. "Water" was actually the easiest song of the four to obtain. It was recorded for an album, but never released. However, bootlegs of the studio recording are pretty common. "Burn Me Up" and "Piggies" were introduced during the 1994 tour, after the last album was recorded. "Burn Me Up" is pretty much a throw-away- it might have been better if the horn parts had actually been played by the horns instead of on keyboard. The '94 tour had no horns, so I suspect they just didn't have time to learn the new songs for this brief Farewell tour. "Piggies" is a little better- it proves that Elfman had been listening to a lot of Primus at the time. (Priums themselves were playing a piece of Elfman music from Pee Wee's Big Adventure before their shows the same year, and Elfman mentions this on the PWBA DVD. ) But the big get here is "Clowns Of Death". This song MAY pre-date the 1994 tour, but I'm not aware of any studio versions. (OB sometimes played secret shows under the name "Clowns Of Death") This is one of my favorites of OBs heavier material. Along with those tracks, the album contains 3 songs which have never been released on CD- "I'm So Bad" and "Ain't This The Life" from their debut EP, and "Helpless", which appeared only on the cassette version of their final album. And, as mentioned, the live version of "Change" is a great improvement, turning the meandering 16 minute mess of the studio version into one of my favorite OB tunes. Boingo onstage ROCK!!! If that seems a bit extreme to say it's because I really believe Elfman and company to be musical geniuses who were never really given their due or much respect at all. This isn't just a "best-of" collection or "useless compilation" like the person below me says, it's the final show EVER of the almighty Oingo Boingo, making this more of a historical artifact. Why? Just because they were quirky and (God forbid) FUN?! Get this cd and the DVD of the show as well to get the full experience of what these guys were like live. I would give almost anything to have been there for this show, but at least I have this great sounding cd to listen to for all time. Boingo STILL rule!. . You can see a complete list of all Oingo Boingo discography, or go back to the Oingo Boingo tabs