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Ths Bobs - My, I'm Large
1987

Gunnar "Bob" Madsen
Janie "Bob" Scott
Richard "Bob" Greene
Matthew "Bob" Stull

1. My, I'm Large
2. Helmet
3. My Husband Was A Weatherman
4. Mopping, Mopping, Mopping
5. Bulky Rhythm
6. You Really Got A Hold On Me
7. Johnny's Room
8. Please Let Me Be Your Third World Country
9. Valentino's
10. Banana Love
11. Little Red Riding Hood
12. My Shoes

Second album by the a cappella group The Bobs.

The concept is bizarre — four a cappella vocalists who call themselves "bob" and cover rock & roll numbers — yet it somehow works for people, even people in high places; in addition to developing a loyal following, the Bobs received a Grammy nomination for their arrangement of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter." The band was founded in 1981, when Gunner Bob Madsen and Matthew Bob Stull lost their jobs with a singing telegram company (one can only wonder why). Together with Richard Bob, they began to perform a cappela in the San Francisco Bay Area, adding Janie Bob Scott to their lineup in 1982. The following year saw the release of their eponymous debut album with the liner notes containing the classic "Warning: All the sounds on this recording were produced by the mouth or other parts of the body." Covers include the abovementioned Beatles' cut as well as the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" and a number of probingly intelligent and blissfully witty original numbers. 1987's My, I'm Large continued in the same vein, mixing covers and madcap origninals, while Songs for Tomorrow Morning, released the following year, featured a five-song sequence about laundry written for their artistic partners, the dance troupe ISO. (AMG)

One of the remarkable things about the Bobs is how good they sound live, with no overdubs or studio tricks. Most — possibly all — of "My, I'm Large" was recorded live (there are no details on the record sleeve, but audience reactions can be heard in the background). It's a remarkable album from an increasingly confident group. The four steady, pure voices are as solid as ever, and there is more sharing of lead vocal duties than on previous albums. Richard Greene gets his first lead vocal on the classic "Little Red Riding Hood," a concert favorite for years thereafter, and Janie Scott gets several turns fronting the band. The high points of the album are "Helmet" and "Jungle Love," delicious slices of wacky humor that have some of the most inventive vocal parts ever written by this group, or anyone else in popular music for that matter. (AMG)

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