Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Editor's Review:

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a total insult to American music. The cover band habitually butchers some of pop’s most sacred hits by converting them into over-simplified and obnoxious pop-punk. And there’s a downside, too. While their studio albums at least make for surprisingly clean recordings and laudable vocals, this live release is purely, and intentionally, a disaster. The setting is Jonny Wixen’s bar mitzvah and the audience — comprised of nobody between the ages of 14 and 40 — is perplexed. The resulting humor of this rare clash easily overwhelms the musical aspect of this release. Beginning with the quintessential “Stairway to Heaven,” the entire set is a shameless mass of mess-ups and do-overs. Amidst the likes of Billy Joel’s “The Longest Time” and Styx’s “Come Sail Away,” the band spouts passing tidbits of comedy, all accented with sarcastic self-adulation and mounting intoxication.
– David P. Brown
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Record Label Fat Wreck Chords Released November 2004

Tracks Jonny’s Blessing Stairway to Heaven Heart of Glass Delta Dawn Come Sail Away O Sole Mio Strawberry Fields Forever Auld Lang Syne The Longest Time On My Mind Take It on the Run Superstar Hava Nagila Hava Nagila (Christmas Arrangement)

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