The big banned & blue CD is a 1990s imagination of what a bawdy post WWII night club would sound like. It was originally issued in the UK in 1998 but it was recorded in Germany. This was reissued under the title Music of Durwood Douché: Everybody's Fucking But Me under the ERP (Eclecstasy Records/Publishers) record label. Reportedly "Durwood Douche" is the faux German name of the deceased L.A. jazz pianist Dick Shreve. According to Amazon.co.uk there are two other CDs by Durwood Douche titled Why Me God? and Everybody's Fucking But Me. It is unknown if the first of these contain the same songs as big bannd & blue as there are no tracks listed.
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big banned & blue: the original underground sound of forties clubland
- Why Me God [aka Everybody's Fucking But Me] Time: 3:50
- My Most Favorite Things [aka I Can't Keep My Mitts Off Your Tits] Time: 3:06
- Air for a Dinosaur [aka Dinosaur Farting Song] Time: 2:55
- Mister Bumpy [aka The Flasher Song] Time: 3:19
- These Remind Me of You [aka Doo-Doo Blues] Time: 3:52
- Merrilou [aka When I'm Sitting on your Face] Time: 3:00
- Duet In Blue And Brown Time: 3:07
- Limerick Blues (Live Performance) Time: 5:17
- Here You Are [aka The Salami Song] Time: 3:22
- I'm In A Pickle (And Vice-A-Versa) Time: 3:56
- 'Front Naughty' Nocturne [aka Ode to a Bird] Time: 3:59
- Crazy To Be Crazy Over You [aka You Wiped Your Boogers on my Heart] Time: 3:28
- Without You [aka My Life is Doo-Doo Without You] Time: 3:06
- The Christmas Gift [aka Just a Little Christmas Blowjob] Time: 1:50
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DURWOOD DOUCHE - BIG BANNED & BLUE (CD by Roadrunner)
As far as I can recall, the only other music I own released by Roadrunner is by
the group Brujeria, a (possibly) Mexican group, whose debut CD 'Matandos Gueros'
(1993) contains some of the most abusive lyrics and music I had heard up till
then. It spawned a number of 7" records, which are highly prized, and priced,
collectors' items now.
Big Banned & Blue was pressed into my hands by a pair of sweaty hands, and comes with a warning that states: "The songs on this album contain explicit lyrics sung with a style and grace that you may find shocking." Too fucking true!
Mr Douche's main musical activity is playing piano for a famous (unnamed) pop singer. While on the road he would pen seriously disturbed limericks to help alleviate the stress and boredom of playing someone else's music. The idea to combine these limericks into songs came one day when, while touring, he had the realisation that he was the only member of the band not getting his rocks off. Lyrics spilled forth and became the first track on this CD, 'Why Me God? a title chosen in deference to those people who work in the copyright office. Its real title is given away in the first line of the song: "Everybody's fucking, but meŠ" Mr Douche played the finished track to his mother, and he understood her stunned, silent reaction to be encouragement, and proceeded to assemble the rest of the songs. He confesses to being unable to keep his "mitts" off a young lady's ney-neys in 'My Most Favourite Things.' A jilted lover, whose girlfriend dumped on his heart, lets her know that: "pullet pellets, donkey droppings, prairie pucks and doggie dumplings" (to name but a few) remind him of her. 'Air For A Dinosaur' was inspired by a newspaper article saying that scientists had discovered large amounts of methane gas in a piece of dinosaur dung, suggesting that they could conceivably have farted themselves into extinction. 'Merrilou' is done in the style of Marlene Dietrich and concerns itself with " a sweet cunning linguist like you". Then there's 'The Limerick Blues', recorded as a live night club scene, containing some of his filthiest 5-liners, with a marvellous musical backing. And so on and on and on.
The music is played in true forties style, is amazingly warm and utterly convincing. I've played tracks of this CD at clubs a couple of times and always enjoy those moments when people have become momentarily quiet and give the music a chance to seep into their brains. Raised eyebrows, leering grins and requests for more usually follow.
If you like a bit of dirt, then this is most certainly one to grab. (MP)
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