People either love Ren and Stimpy or hug the toilet when they come on, and this album, the soundtrack to their 1997 holiday special, is a Christmas gross-out par excellence. There's no plot, they just wander around, bumping into recurring characters like Muddy Mudskipper, Stinky Wizzleteats and Wilbur J. Cobb and singing about something called Yaksmas, and Yak Shaving Day, and so on. There are some originals and others are new lyrics set to old familiar favorites with that Ren and Stimpy, er, flair. "What Is Christmas," "We're Going Shopping" and "I Hate Christmas" are cuts that stand alone if you're making a mix tape; taken all together, it's a hoot on its own terms.
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People either love Ren and Stimpy or hug the toilet when they come on, and this album, the soundtrack to their 1997 holiday special, is a Christmas gross-out par excellence. There's no plot, they just wander around, bumping into recurring characters like Muddy Mudskipper, Stinky Wizzleteats and Wilbur J. Cobb and singing about something called Yaksmas, and Yak Shaving Day, and so on. There are some originals and others are new lyrics set to old familiar favorites with that Ren and Stimpy, er, flair. "What Is Christmas," "We're Going Shopping" and "I Hate Christmas" are cuts that stand alone if you're making a mix tape; taken all together, it's a hoot on its own terms.
From the cover, you're likely to get the idea this 1995 album is some kind of rockabilly Christmas deal, but you'll be disappointed. It's got a 1950s vibe all right, but a "Happy Days"-inspired one, as you might expect from a show band whose leader "travels with 50 costume changes," as listed on the website. Some of these tunes, like "A Christmas Wish" and "Merry Christmas to You," are just flat-out lounge music, "Winter Wonderland" is strictly from Lawrence Welk land, and the obligatory kids-singing number "Can't Wait Till Christmas Day" is about what you'd expect. "White Christmas" gets a nice "Blueberry Hill" arrangement, and "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas Without You" is a serviceable blues ballad, although the synth horns hurt it, and "I Wish I Was a Christmas Tree" is a half-decent novelty tune. The disc has its moments, but nothing to top the old masters from the early days of rock 'n roll.
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