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Girl Talk : Feed the Animals
ingrid posted this review onJuly 1st, 2008
Word on the street is that the Girl Talk live show is crazy, and you’ll probably get to see Greg Gillis take his shirt off and maybe more, if you’re into that sort of thing. One man, one laptop, lots of sweat, antics, and little clothes, and of course hundreds of songs; since beginning his project Girl Talk has searched to replicate his live show in a CD. With Feed the Animals I think he’s achieved it. Outside of the live show, the music on this album seems perfect for pretty much everything on my list: “Things Feed the Animals Would Be Perfect For”. To coax you into finishing this review, I’ll save my list for last.
Feed the Animals is the next in a series of albums by Pittsburgh’s Greg Gillis. It falls in line with Unstoppable, It Feels Like This, Secret Diary, and Night Ripper. It pains me to think, if this one album of mashup material contains over 300 samples, how many songs and sounds are contained within Gillis’ archive, and though Feed the Animals can make your head spin at times with the amount of classics it contains, it is a great feat: comprehensive and entertaining in every way. Each song is chalked full of material, from Southern rap to classic pop and rock tunes, really anything you can imagine. For example, the first thirty seconds of the cd include the following: UGK, Outkast, Roy Orbison, The Unicorns, and The Spencer Davis Group. (A full listing of samples) On track three, “Still Here”, you can even find “Footloose” sandwiched between Fergie and Gorilla Zoe. Girl Talk includes indie and underground favorites, from Spank Rock and The Cool Kids to Of Montreal and some clips as short and recognizable as “forever? forever ever? forever ever?”
This album is a classic crossover tool, and I think it may just be the key to establishing universal love and harmony. Well, if it falls into the right hands, that is. And to assure that it does, Gillis has even made it a pay what you want type deal (www.illegalart.net) The album art shows “GT” emblazoned in fire across a suburban lawn, with one light on in the corner room on the top floor. The music on Feed the Animals is perfect for just this, bringing the suburbs just one step closer to the hood. For those of us in ATL, we’ll say bringing the condos into the city.
And finally for that list: “Things Feed the Animals Would Be Perfect For”
Jogging, Clubbing, Cleaning (including washing dishes, scrubbing floors, and getting house “refund” ready), Walking Dogs, Making Friends, Making them Laugh, Introducing the World to Thug Shit, Krogering, Reliving Decades in Mere Minutes, Burning Calories, Learning All the Songs You’ve Tried Avoiding by Listening to 88.5 instead of 107.9, Doing the Sexy Dance, Hearing Eminem String Lude Words over Yael Naim (on “No Pause”)…listen for yourself, and surely you’ll find additions!
(Editor’s Note: we typically provide free samples of the album, however this being a pay what you want model simply decide after the jump)
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