Review: Girl Talk All Day
If you’re not familiar with Girl Talk let me put it to you this way. Take hundreds of songs, some of which you know and love, some of which you know and hate and some that you don’t know at all, mash them together, add a pinch of genius and you end up with more fun that is allowable by law listening to one album. I don’t care what your musical tastes are, there is something for everyone.
In lieu of composing a snobby or back patting review, since the album is meant to be listened as one continuous piece yours truly wanted to offer up a running diary of the highs and lows of Girl Talk’s latest, All Day, which by the way is available as a free download. I insist you grab it before reading the rest.
Scene Set-Up: Prepping for dinner. I have large knives in my hand. iPhone docked in iHome. iHappy. Please also note that Girl Talk not a listening party, but rather a feeling. The only way to enjoy it with friends (or alone) is to be able to shout the first thing that comes to mind.
Track 1 “Oh No”
When an album immediately starts off with one of my favorite all-time songs, Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”, I lose it and begin flailing around the room immediately. It even makes a Ludicrous track, that I don’t like, much more enjoyable.
THEN it transitions into one of my other all-time favorite tracks, “Jane Says” by Jane’s Addiction. This track could end now and I would still be on cloud 9.
For shits and giggles the Delfonics make an appearance. Where’s Pam Grier? It’s time I told her she’s in my Top 5.
My head is going to explode. Slick Rick/The Doors/Missy Elliot/The Ramones all tossed together like a Cobb Salad with amphetamine dressing.
Track 2 “Let it Out”
One of the best things about any Girl Talk album is his ability to make 80s music that much better. In this case “Tenderness” by General Public kicks it off. I never liked this song. Now I do.
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