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Beavis & Butt-Head
"The Beavis And Butt-Head Experience"
© Geffen Records
Year of Release: 1993
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track listing
I Hate Myself And Want To Die--
Nirvana
Looking Down The Barrel
Of A Gun--
Anthrax
Come To Butt-Head--
Beavis & Butt-Head
99 Ways To Die--
Megadeth
Bounce--
Run DMC
Deuces Are Wild--
Aerosmith
I Am Hell--
White Zombie
Poetry And Praise--
Primus
Monsta Mack--
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Search And Destroy--
Red Hot
Chili Peppers
Mental *@%#!--
Jackyl
I Got You Babe--
Cher with
Beavis & Butt-Head
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Beavis & Butt-Head
"The Beavis And Butt-Head Experience"
This is gonna be cool...
Beavis & Butt-Head, the brain child(ren) of Mike Judge, became household
names at a time when music was changing (again). With the style of heavy-netal,
thrash metal, and even hip-hop, Beavis & Butt-Head focused their attention on
what "sucked" and what was "cool." The videos of no-name bands would become
popular, just by appearing their show, and "reviewed" by the "dynamic duo."
In 1993, their first album, The Beavis And Butt-Head Experience was
released, and this CD consists of more heavy/thrash metal music, with some
dialogue from the two.
It's ironic of the first track's title -- "I Hate Myself And Want To
Die" by Nirvana -- An intro by Beavis & Butt-Head first is heard, as if
they were starting a huge concert in front of millions. Ironic of the Nirvana
song title, a year later Kurt Cobain would commit suicide of a self-inflicted
shotgun wound to the head.
What is "cool" about this CD, there are two tracks where Beavis &
Butt-Head talk and hang out with two of the artists who perform on this CD.
Anthrax has the boys hanging out in their bus, likewise a hang out chat with
Run DMC. The two songs themselves demonstrate the loudness of metal (Anthrax)
and hip-hop (Run DMC).
Most of the songs have Beavis & Butt-Head providing chatter before the
songs are heard, but on some, the song begins, and Beavis & Butt-Head end
the songs with their "cool" dialogue. This is the case with Megadeth's "99
Ways To Die," Aerosmith's "Deuces Are Wild" and White Zombie's
"I Am Hell." Loud, thrash and hip-hop are heard on two songs that were
kinda annoying -- Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Monsta Mack" ("Baby Got Back"
is just enough), and the Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Search And Destroy."
There is hope on Jackyl's "Mental *@%#!" though -- it's not as bad as
most of the loud songs on this CD. Primus' "Poetry And Prose" is a
song written and sang for Beavis & Butt-Head by this band; this song is just ok.
But the two standout tracks are the songs which include Beavis & Butt-Head:
"Come To Butt-Head" is a classic; and there is a harder rock version of
this song as a hidden bonus track. The "I Got You Babe" duet with Cher
is another memorable track, classic in the Beavis & Butt-Head world we all
enjoy (for those who do enjoy these two).
My only complaint is that many of the songs are loud, thrashing, and not
your common songs you would hear regularly on the radio. There isn't enough
of Beavis & Butt-Head monologue either; it would have been "cool" to have
tracks featuring just their dialogue, with no music. The skits they include
at the beginnings and/or endings have their moments, but still, the stars of
this CD is Beavis & Butt-Head.
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