Whoa!
04/05/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Oh man. Oh baby. Uh-oh. Wow. Whoa!Remember how Hitler wanted to be an artist? Well, imagine if Hitler grew up listening to the Sex Pistols and elevator music and lounge lizards and hip-hop and be-bop and decided he wanted to be a recording star. However, as a poor starving little Furher guy, he couldn't afford to hire a band, so he bought a crappy little guitar at K-Mart, and a microrecorder, and some cheapo synthesizer drum beat thingy -- and then he made The Sensuous Man.That's what you got here. But remember, since this little Hitler dude grew up in the 1970s, he was not the pure evil Fuhrer of legend. He was a postmodern ironic referencing kind of dictator type. So when he sings "Jew like you," it's not out of hate, because then he follows it up with tunes like "I'm the White Nigger" and "Hitler Was a Black Man."Do you get where I'm goin with it?This is REAL multiculturalism. In other words, everybody's included -- in Mr. Swenson's DERISION. In Mr. Swenson's PASSION. In his god-darned MUSIC.FOR EXAMPLE. When he sings "Jesus Bend Me Over" he reaches a new height of political correctness -- he's saying that gay guys can love the lord, too. He's saying it's ok to be gay for Jesus. I mean, why you think the Man had twelve other GUYS following him around all the time? They were like proto-christian fag hags or somethin'.You get it? You better get it. Cause this is one disk that's worth getting. So get down. Get up. Get happy. Get the Sensuous Man."
Nasty! Nice!
shylittlerec | New York City | 03/29/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
""the sensuous man" Sounds like it was recorded on forty tracks of digitally demented dictaphone - And that's a good thing! Twisted, twisted, twisted songs that dare you to like them... and you will. Just don't sing them out loud in your office. Strictly for under the covers with a flashlight. Nasty! Nice!"
Track Listings (26) - Disc #1