The Life and Times of Mike Fanning par Da Vinci's Notebook - Uhune

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A cappella quartet Da Vinci's Notebook adds a few instruments here and there on its second album, The Life and Times of Mike Fanning, but for the most part the sound is produced by the foursome's versatile voices. The spare instrumentation actually increases the impact of their parodies, because the listener can imagine the elaborate production touches of, say, the Beach Boys ("Seaside Lament [Sand]") and Meat Loaf ("Three Little Words") without actually having to hear them, while the singers have their way with their targets. They score double with the leadoff track, "Ally McBeal," which is set to the music of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and makes fun of Dylan's lyrical stretches and performing style while also attacking the dangerously skinny and supposedly bulimic TV character. But other songs are basically one-joke ideas, such as the R&B raver "Road Rage" and "Secret Asian Man." "Title of the Song" is an abstract version of a boy band ballad in which the group members, joined by producer Richard Greene and fellow vocalists Ball in the House, plaintively emote lines like "Naïve expression of love/Reluctance to accept that you are gone." It's an amusing concept that never manages to be as funny as it might be, perhaps because there's a bit too much of it and they don't sing it as excessively as 'N Sync might. Da Vinci's Notebook isn't always in comedy mode; their versions of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" and Harry Belafonte's "Jump in the Line" are taken straight and work well in their harmony arrangements. But they spend most of their time going for laughs, and for the most part they're very funny. ~ William Ruhlmann

1. Ally McBeal

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2. Seaside Lament (Sand)

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3. Is She Really Going Out With Him?

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4. Title of the Song

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5. Road Rage

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6. Saggy Diaper Blues

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7. Three Little Words

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8. Secret Asian Man

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9. Baby Please

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10. Jump In the Line

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11. Kingdom In the Sky

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12. The Dreidel Song

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Spécifications techniques

Volume

1 volume uniquement

Titres

12 titres disponibles

Type

ALBUM

Format

Médias numériques

Durée

43 minutes et 25 secondes

Explicite

Aucun

Image de couverture

Disponible et jusqu'à 600x600 px

Livret

Non disponible

Qualité maximale

Qualité CD (Sans perte)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

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Extension audio

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Format d'archivage

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Paroles

11/12 titres ont des paroles

Paroles synchronisées

9/12 titres ont des paroles synchronisées

Genres

Films, Games, Comédie, Chanteur et auteur-compositeur, Vocal, Folk contemporain

Label

Uncle Buford Records

Service de distribution de musique

Orchard Enterprises Inc

Pays

États-Unis

Langue

Anglais (États-Unis)

Popularité

Date de sortie

17 janv. 2000

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Frais de livraison

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UPC

884385912215