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Classic Album Review: Goldfinger | Darrin’s Coconut Ass: Live From Omaha

It may not really be live, but it’s lively enough.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Buyer beware: This eight-track EP is only a live album in the sense that it was recorded during an onstage, after-gig jam session without overdubs.

Don’t misunderstand — I’m not complaining; this all-covers novelty is a treat from starter’s pistol to finishing line. Not surprisingly, these ska-punks divide their tracks between skanky reggae (Peter Tosh’s DownPresser Man, SpecialsNite Klub) and old-school new wave (BuzzcocksYou Say You Don’t Love Me, The Police’s Man In A Suitcase). Still, who’da-thunkit surprises like The Who’s The Kids Are Alright, The Cure’s Just Like Heaven and Bad Company’s Feel Like Making Love overcome any false advertising. It may not be live, but it’s lively enough.