Only Candy Blystone gets to say “Juju” as far as I am concerned. No one ever told DJ Baba James, though. And on “The House of Good Juju” we are treated to a bunch of programmed stuff. That’s fine.
I like “Sympathy for the 4/4.” I have sympathy for it too. It’s far too structured to be something DJ Shadow would do, but fans of “Organ Donor” would enjoy this one. I would love to be on hold if this were the music playing on the line.
“Washington State” is one of those great pretentious shout out songs. Remember when G. Love and Special Sauce did that song “I-76″? It was a list of things that made Philadelphia great. Well, that is what is going on here. He sings the names of a bunch of cities in Washington, which is welcomed by me. I never knew how to pronounce “Yakima,” and now I do. Good show.
It is not clear to me why the song is called “Kitten,” but I am sure it is obvious to people that pay attention during the song. At any rate, I like it, because it is what Mario would be hearing if he touched a star and a mushroom at the same time. He’d be invincible and big together. It’s not just the Starman music. It’s got something extra. I bet Pee-Wee Herman would like this song too. B+
