Kingdom Come Jay-Z (Roc-a-Fella) |
Ys Joanna Newsom (Drag City) |
The Pick of Destiny Tenacious D (Sony) |
When Jack Black prays to Dio “I need a tight compadre who can teach me how to rock. My father thinks you’re evil, but, man, he can suck a cock,” all but the D faithful should’ve turned away at Track 2. True, the debut-equaling movie soundtrack apes every ’70s metal touchstone album from Tommy to Dark Side of the Moon to whatever the fuck sounds like “Papagenu (He’s My Sassafrass).” And sure, the songs convey the power of rock, from its capacity to pay the rent to its ability to save you from becoming Satan’s bitch, but can everyone really dig tasty grooves like “The Government Totally Sucks,” which reveals that if Ben Franklin were alive today, “the government would fuck him up his righteous A”? Let’s hope so.
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