Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah (2004)

Date: Aug. 18, 2012

Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah is a live album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released on October 19, 2004 on Fat Wreck Chords. It was recorded live at an actual bar mitzvah party, and its runtime lasts their entire performance, including a break in which little can be heard other than the sounds of party guests wandering around and chatting amongst themselves. Jonny Wixen, the Bar Mitzvah boy, plays drums on one of the hidden tracks that are on the final track. The CD comes with footage of the bar mitzvah. The album is almost entirely made up of songs that have not appeared on previous albums. The only exceptions are two hidden tracks: "Seasons in the Sun" from Have a Ball (1997) and "Sloop John B" from Blow in the Wind (2001).

America's greatest cover band keeps finding new worlds to conquer, and on their fifth album Me First and the Gimme Gimmes present a unique ethnomusicological document – a field recording of our heroes performing at an actual Bar Mitzvah celebration in Malibu, California (or a reasonable facsimile thereof). Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah features the Gimme Gimmes performing a selection of classic rock standards as only they can (fast, loud, and with a high snot factor) as they roar through "Come Sail Away," "The Longest Time," "Take It on the Run" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" for a seemingly puzzled audience of thirteen-year-olds and their parents. Of course, these guys make it their business to have something for everyone, so they also throw in a little bit of country music ("Delta Dawn"), an old Italian favorite ("O Sole Mio"), and not one but two versions of "Hava Nagila"! Pretty much everything is on-board reduced to a blurry haze of power chord hilarity, which is certainly true to form for the Gimme Gimmes, but the one-take live recording (complete with a set break) shows these guys have truly mastered their shtick by this point, and beneath the goofy surface of their style they have a strong grasp of what makes for a good hook and a cool tune, regardless of genre. It's not the same without the presence of the ice cream bar, but Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah is the next best thing to being there (and the enhanced video track allows you to witness the action first hand). So how much do these guys get to play a retirement party? Reviewed by Mark Deming allmusic.com

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Track Listing:

01. Jonny's Blessing
02. Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
03. Heart Of Glass (Blondie)
04. Delta Dawn (Tanya Tucker)
05. Come Sail Away (Styx)
06. O Sole Mio (Traditional)
07. Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)
08. Auld Lang Syne (Traditional)
09. The Longest Time (Billy Joel)
10. On My Mind (Brenda Lee)
11. Take It On The Run (REO Speedwagon)
12. Superstar (The Carpenters)
13. Hava Nagila (Traditional)
14. Hava Nagila (Christmas Arrangement) (Traditional)

The Band:

Spike Slawson (of Swingin' Utters and Re-Volts) – lead vocals
"Fat" Mike Burkett (of NOFX) – bass, backing vocals
Chris Shiflett (of Foo Fighters ex- No Use For A Name) – lead guitar, backing vocals
Joey Cape (of Lagwagon) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dave Raun (of Lagwagon) – drums

Album Released: October 19, 2004

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