Audio CD review:
Oingo Boingo - Boingo Alive: Celebration of a Decade 1979-1988

Oingo Boingo - Boingo Alive: Celebration of a Decade 1979-1988

Band: Oingo Boingo Title: Boingo Alive: Celebration of a Decade 1979-1988 Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Dead Man's Party 2: Dead Or Alive 3: No Spill Blood 4: Stay 5: Cinderella Undercover 6: Home Again 7: Help Me 8: Just Another Day 9: Only Makes Me Laugh 10: My Life 11: My Life Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself) 12: Not My Slave 13: We Close Our Eyes 14: Elevator Man 15: Return Of The Dead Man 16: Winning Side 17: Wild Sex (In The Working Class) 18: Grey Matter 19: Private Life 20: Gratitude 21: No One Live Forever 22: Mama 23: Capitalism 24: Who Do You Want To Be 25: Sweat 26: Violent love 27: On The Outside 28: Only A Lad 29: Goodbye-Goodbye 30: Country Sweat 31: Return Of The Dead Man 2

Customer Reviews Grey Matter, Gigantor, Gigantor, oh oh oh ohhhh Today I was just listening to Gray Matter and I swear I connected it with the theme to Gigantor, anyone else get that connection? LOL. I grew up on Oingo Boingo in some ways living in Cali for a time listening to the Baha Cali radio in San Diego in the early 80's (oh man that was the day!). Grey Matter, Grey Matter oh oh oh ohhhh, Gigantor Gigantor, Giangantooooor. Just a useless boomer thought. Great band to play when you are doing your 80's party thing! . I play it every day! I have been living in France since 1981 and actually saw the Mystic Nights Of The Oingo Boingo when they were a Theatre Group and performed at a party I attended in the 1970's. I purchased the CD for my son in Canada, to introduce him to the group. I purchased a cassette tape of this album at my local thrift store in Cherbourg, France on the basis of having once seen the Theatre Group. I was astonished to find how the group had evolved over time and found the music to be some of the most brilliant I have encountered in sixty years of life on earth, some of it as a professional rock musician. The combination of talents brought together in this group and their telepathic musical "mind meld" is Cosmic. The songs from the musical standpoint are wonderful group acts of creative genius. Bravo and thank you to Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek and every player in the group. Wonderful Stuff! I found something to like in every song. Warning: Highly Addictive I discovered them only recently, and after hearing them, I couldn't get enough. This album is NOT just for long-time Oingo Boingo fans, take it from me. Then I found this album and decided to get it, and now I can NOT stop listening to it. I'm not sure how this band was able to actually sound BETTER live (without an audience, it's true) than in a studio, but Oingo Boingo did it. The music is rich and complex, and Danny Elfman's unique voice is in top form. (NO ONE sounds quite like him, by the way. ) And these are the songs Boingo LIKES to play, so each one is manic and infectiously catchy and, well, CRAZY fun. I'm a new fan, and even I can tell, this is the band at their best. I only wish I was old enough to have seen them in concert. . You can see a complete list of all Oingo Boingo discography, or go back to the Oingo Boingo tabs