Title: Fun If You Stay Away From Dylan
Product review: I always loved 'The Gong Show' and Chuck Barris, but this CD is a mixed blessing. Some of the material is amusing and all of it is infectiously fun. It is interesting to hear him sing 'Palisades Park', the hit song he wrote that started him on the road to fame. Less stellar, is his 'Old Mother Trucker', which is just plain bad, 'Don't Think Twice', a Bob Dylan song that doesn't sound even remotely correct with Chuck's nasal Philadelphia voice and an upbeat tempo, and there is nothing on the planet that anyone, even Chuck, can do to make 'Mr. Sandman' a tolerable piece of music (although it's no less grating than when anyone else performs it.)It is great to know that Chuck is still out there and having fun, and the reunion with Milton DeLugg ("and the Band With a Thug") was wonderful. Now if he would only bring back 'The Gong Show!'
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