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In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0076744002525
Label: Hip-O Records
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
MPN: 40025
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hip-O Records
Release Date: January 28, 1997
Studio: Hip-O Records
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Editorial Review:
Monty Python have got nothing on Pat Boone. You want absurd, this is the pinnacle. No comedy writer in his/her dreams could have dreamt up anything even half as stupid. The mere idea of Pat Boone, Mr. Squeaky Clean himself, (ahem) crooning heavy metal tunes is bad enough, but it gets so much worse. Big name arrangers were brought in to take crunchy power chords and squealing guitar solos and turn them into jazzy riffs and big band horn blasts. Even a few of the artists whose material is covered make guest appearances. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore plugs in on "Smoke on the Water," while vocalist Ronnie James Dio gives a shout out on his band's "Holy Diver." This musical "idiodyssey" actually works a few times. I'm not immune to the kitsch value that the swingin' versions of AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)," Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary," or Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" provide. These songs almost sound like they were written for this kind of overblown, slick swing. Very scary. As for the rest, well, let's just say that aside from the fact that they don't really work too well in this format, Boone just ends up sort of speaking the lyrics and sounding completely goofy. If that's not comedy enough for you, surely the extensive liner notes explaining (rationalizing?) why Boone felt the need to make this record are the topper. I liked this guy a lot better when he was pals with the Parents' Music Resource Center. Can't wait for In a Grunge Mood--sometime in the 21st century. --Adem Tepedelen
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - BIG BAND recording
The concept is whimsical (Pat Boone doing Heavy Metal with Big Band arrangements), but the execution is serious. Three Big Bands are assembled (each does about 4 songs) and Pat brings in some of the original stars to help out: Ritchie Blackmore plays guitar on Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" and Ronnie James Dio sings harmony/backup on his "Holy Diver". Many reviewers are judging this recording from the perspective of Rock music, but it has to be judged from the perspective of the Big Band era. ... Read More
Rating:  - Worthless on every conceivable level
The artist (and I use that term loosely) behind this musical atrocity now claims that it was intended as a joke. If that's so, about the best thing that can be said about it is that it's not funny. About the worst thing that can be said is that it's a profound and deliberate insult not only to metal aficionados but to the entire music community.
Sure, fans of the "so bad it's good" genre might get a few initial kicks out of Boone's clunky, clueless mangling of tunes like "Smoke ... Read More
Rating:  - Hysterical!
This is a must-have for any music collector! Pat Boone does his own take on popular metal songs and the result is a surpringly entertaining CD. What's fun is to pop it in during a party and watch everyone get this confused look on their faces, then go, "Good lord! Who IS this???" Before he gets to the first chorus, everyone is singing along. Boone does not take himself too seriously and isn't honestly attempting to recreate the song, but to "interpret it" in his own style. It will take you a ... Read More
Rating: - My ears, oh no, my ears!
This presentation of Mr. Boone's deserves a 1 for effort, a 5 for the best bad thing I've ever heard. He made of mess of Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti" way back when. So, in keeping with such destruction, he went after our precious metal hits. Funny stuff, though. I keep thinking of the those sad off the strip casino bands trying to entertain folks who just want a $1.99 breakfast and a win at the nickel machines.
Rating: - Horns High! Metal Approved!
I am a fan of most of the original tunes covered on this CD. Half of them I know in guitar beginning to end and jam on them with my band. Like others I laughed quite a bit listening to this, but not because it is bad, because it is good and they work. Obviously, it's a tongue in cheek recording and if you have to have a sense of humor to enjoy it but it certainly is not a joke recording.
No need to hide behind hipster irony like 'so bad it's good.' I'll take lounge crooners over hip-hop, ... Read More
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