Memo to Don Argott: You still haven’t learned, have you?<\/p>\n
When I reviewed
\nPornosonic: Unreleased 70s Porno Music<\/i> some time ago, one of
\nthe few complaints I had about the disc was that the music sounded
\nfar too clean to have been pulled from the dusty reels hidden in
\nsomeone’s basement behind the stewed tomatoes. The music needed a
\nreal layer of grit to it, even if the songs were recorded in the
\ncorrect style (and those in the know got the joke behind the
\nproject).<\/p>\n
Now, Argott and his crew return, bearing Pornosonic almost as a
\nband name.
\nCream Streets<\/i> claims to be the soundtrack to an unreleased
\nmovie, almost guaranteeing that someone with a mind sicker than
\nmine (and with more extra spending money) will undoubtedly try to
\nshoot a film around this music. (Another memo to Argott: Can I be
\nin on the action? If that little shit from
\nThe Toy<\/i> can get parallel in a real porno, why can’t I? Oh,
\nyeah, that’s right… I’m married.)<\/p>\n
It’s a bold project that Argott undertakes – and he doesn’t
\nquite succeed this time.<\/p>\n
Problem number one is quite simple, having seen a pornographic
\nmovie or two in my college days: These kind of films should never,
\never<\/i>,
\n
\never<\/i>
\n<\/b> have a plot. Granted, most of the music on
\nCream Streets<\/i> would probably be used for the, aah, “action”
\nscenes, but Argott almost tries too hard to let the listener know
\nwhat’s going on in the imaginary film by the song titles.<\/p>\n
Problem number two: Remember that layer of sonic grit I referred
\nto in this review?
\nCream Streets<\/i> is lacking it. So, while you have songs like
\n“Dick Goes Down,” “Peach Pie” and “Deep Inside Peach” (anyone wanna
\nbet I could never review this disc if I wrote for the
\nChicago Tribune<\/i> just ’cause of the titles?) that sound like
\nthey could legitimately be pulled from a vintage ’70s skin flick,
\nthey sound… well, too 2001. The recording is pristine, even with
\nvintage instruments being used. It lacks believability on that end,
\njust because it sounds so clean.<\/p>\n
Problem number three: Argott actually gets a little
\ntoo<\/i> cute on
\nCream Streets<\/i>, coming up (cripes, the things that could be
\ntaken out of context in a review like this) with a ficticious
\ntrailer for the movie. I hate to say this, but “Cream Streets
\nTrailer” sounds more like something that could come from a
\n“blaxploitation” movie from that era. I remember once hearing as a
\nchild a promo for a movie called
\nA Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But A Sandwich<\/i>, and this track reminded
\nme of that. I never thought I’d say this, but… bring back Ron
\nJeremy to do some of the voice-overs. If any album actually called
\nfor his expertise, this would be the one.<\/p>\n
It’s not that Argott and crew failed on
\nCream Streets<\/i>, but it does sound like he’s trying a little
\ntoo hard to re-create the magic that was the original
\nPornosonic<\/i> disc. There’s no doubt that Argott can pull it
\noff; musically, he knows the style of ’70s mattress-rockin’ funk
\nand has the style down perfectly.
\nCream Streets<\/i> is a satisfactory, if slightly disappointing,
\nfollow-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6297],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-39462","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-pornosonic","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39462"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}