Strong Bad Sings: and Other Type Hits a Review Part 3

This process is taking much longer than I initially anticipated, but hopefully the effort I have put into this little project will not be lost on my audience. (But since my audience consists of me and probably no one else, I think I'm safe.) Anyway, on to Part three of this seemingly fruitless exercise.

Track 11: Journey makes a guest appearance on the album with the track "It's like it was meant to be." The songwriting is solid, and Neal Schon's guitar work is stellar as usual. Their new lead singer is not even adequate, though. He cannot come close to the high notes that Steve Perry showcased with seeming ease during Journey's heyday in the seventies. Also I do not know who is writing the lyrics now, but he needs to find a new job. I cannot tell if he is trying to be the next Bernie Taupin or the next "Weird" Al Yankovic, but either way, he stinks....oh, wait....you mean this isn't Journey....you've got to be kidding me....huh. Well, let's just move right along.

Track 12: NITE MAMAS is Limozeen's second song on the album, and it is simply awesome! Although the opening guitar riff owes much to Poison's seminal track "Talk Dirty to Me," and the chorus sounds like something you would find on their third album Flesh & Blood. Either way you look at it, though, this track is basically the best song that Poison never made.

Track 13: This is probably the funniest song on the album. It is Strong Bad at his best: simply making funny remarks at Marzipan's expense while she ignores him and keeps playing anyway. "Sensitive to Bees" is just a nice simple folk song that Marzipan sings. What makes it truly great is how every line is followed by something funny from Strong Bad. A brief entrance at the end by Homestar adds just that something to make this song truly a masterpiece of comedic genius.

Track 14: "You've got and Ugly & Stupid BUTT" is another song that was first heard, although only briefly, during the Strong Bad Sings short on the website. It is a nice little shout out to the brief Latin Pop invasion of a few years ago. Luckily this song does not last long, much like the so called invasion.

Track 15: This is Coach Z's only appearance on the album. The Brothers Chaps use "These peoples try to fade me" to further extend this image of Coach Z as an old school rapper lost in our time. It is an average song, but it really is not funny on its own unless you are familiar with the Coach Z character. In that sense though it is nice to see that persona finally fleshed out in a full length (2:11) rap song.

Bonus: If placed in a CD-ROM drive that is hopefully attached to a computer of some kind, you can view a video for "These peoples try to fade me." The video is directed by the Cheat and is pretty good. The Cheat's animation of Coach Z doing old school dance moves, including some break dancing, is nicely done. Overall, a solid video by the Cheat, but nothing new or exciting.