| Six Pack of Judd - Cledus T. Judd | |
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Reviewed by Matt Bjorke
Well he's done gone and done it again. Cledus T. Judd comes up with some hilarious parodies of five current country music hits (and one classic) on his new EP called Six Pack of Judd. Ever since Cledus T. Judd came out in the mid 1990's he's had a wacky disposition that lead some to call him country music's answer for pop/rock's "Weird Al" Yankovic. What both men do is take a popular song and make funny words with over the same melody.
Some will say that writing a parody must be easy but I can assure you that writing a standard song is hard enough let alone writing a song so it rhymes with a hit song's melody and phrasing. There are very few people who can do that all the time and Cledus T. Judd is one of them.
The album opener is a cute parody of Toby Keith's "Who's Your Daddy." Called "Where's Your Mommy," the song is about a guy who takes care of his newborn baby while the wife has a ladies night out. Being the (stereo) typical guy that he is, he doesn't know how to take care of the baby that well, or give it the "mother's touch."
The next song is a fun take on Barbara Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool." Cledus' "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Pop" contains a guest vocal by the "Possum" himself, George Jones. Cledus sings about how SHeDAISY sounds more like Destiny's Child than country and that he's got more country in his bones than most of the new singers on the charts these days. Ole George sings a line about Shania mixing rock and dance beats together. Traditionalists will probably like this one for its lyrical content alone.
"My Crowd" is a parody of Montgomery Gentry's "My Town." The lyrics are about old "T. Judd" hanging out with his fans that are waiting to buy tickets to one of his shows. It's not a deep song but it certainly is a fun one to listen to.
"270 Somethin'" is a parody of Mark Wills' recent smash hit song "19 Somethin'." This one is pretty obvious by what the title suggests. Instead of reminiscing about the past, Cledus is reminiscing about his waist and how big he is. He then gets liposuction to be a smaller man who "can fit in Mark Wills' pants."
"Riding With Inmate Jerome" is a clever reworded version of David Ball's sensitive "Riding With Private Malone." The song itself is wordy just like the original except instead of having a military man's car Cledus is driving a car some pimp from the inner city owns.
The final track on the short "Six Pack" is the best one on the CD. "New Car" is a parody of the current Kenny Chesney hit "Big Star." The song is a perfect melodic copy which has lyrics that playfully describe a horrific beater of a car that Cledus T. drives. He says he wants a new car but can't afford it until the thing finally breaks down. It's a good way to end a brief but fun CD.
I think that Cledus should stick with the "Six Pack" theme and release a CD of parodies about every 6 months or so and that way he'd have the newest songs to pick from and they'd still be relatively fresh and not "old" sounding once the CD comes out. With a retail price of fewer than 10 bucks, this CD is one that won't hit the wallet too hard, just like your favorite 2.99 six pack of beer.
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Album cover used with permission of Sony Nashville.
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