The album is made up mainly of show tunes. The album's title alludes to the fact that most of the songs on the album feature vocalist Spike Slawson singing songs that were originally performed by female characters in their original stage shows/movies (with the exception of the Phantom's part in "Phantom of the Opera", "Science Fiction/Double Feature" which was sung by a female traditionally, but more popularly by Richard O'Brien in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and "Rainbow Connection").
The album's cover features the members of the band dressed up, in drag, as five characters from the musicals represented in song: a member of A Chorus Line ("What I Did For Love"), Annie Mudge from Annie ("Tomorrow"), Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz ("Over the Rainbow"), Sandy Dumbrowski from Grease ("It's Raining on Prom Night"), and Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Show ("Science Fiction/Double Feature").
Like many other Gimme Gimmes albums, Are a Drag contains many elements of mash-up - more specifically, musical allusions to punk or power-pop songs in their covers. The intro to the song "My Favorite Things" quotes "Generator", by Bad Religion, and at the end of "Tomorrow", Fat Mike can be heard singing "Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird" - a lyric from "Surrender" by Cheap Trick.
drag, second, album, first, gimme, gimmes, released, 1999, wreck, chords, independent, record, label, studio, album, first, gimme, gimmesreleasedmay, 1999genrepunk, rocklength25, 58labelfat, wreck, chordsproducerryan, greene, first, gimme, gimmesme, first, gim. Are a Drag is the second album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes released in 1999 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label Are a DragStudio album by Me First and the Gimme GimmesReleasedMay 18 1999GenrePunk rockLength25 58LabelFat Wreck ChordsProducerRyan Greene Me First and the Gimme GimmesMe First and the Gimme Gimmes chronologyHave a Ball 1997 Are a Drag 1999 Turn Japanese 2001 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 The album is made up mainly of show tunes The album s title alludes to the fact that most of the songs on the album feature vocalist Spike Slawson singing songs that were originally performed by female characters in their original stage shows movies with the exception of the Phantom s part in Phantom of the Opera Science Fiction Double Feature which was sung by a female traditionally but more popularly by Richard O Brien in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Rainbow Connection The album s cover features the members of the band dressed up in drag as five characters from the musicals represented in song a member of A Chorus Line What I Did For Love Annie Mudge from Annie Tomorrow Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz Over the Rainbow Sandy Dumbrowski from Grease It s Raining on Prom Night and Dr Frank N Furter from The Rocky Horror Show Science Fiction Double Feature Like many other Gimme Gimmes albums Are a Drag contains many elements of mash up more specifically musical allusions to punk or power pop songs in their covers The intro to the song My Favorite Things quotes Generator by Bad Religion and at the end of Tomorrow Fat Mike can be heard singing Mommy s alright daddy s alright they just seem a little weird a lyric from Surrender by Cheap Trick Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2 1 Additional musicians 3 ReferencesTrack listing EditNo TitleLyricsMusicMusicalLength1 Over the Rainbow E Y HarburgHarold ArlenThe Wizard of Oz1 322 Don t Cry for Me Argentina Tim RiceAndrew Lloyd WebberEvita2 293 Science Fiction Double Feature Richard O BrienO BrienThe Rocky Horror Show2 344 Summertime DuBose Heyward Dorothy Heyward Ira GershwinGeorge GershwinPorgy and Bess2 105 My Favorite Things contains an interpolation of Generator by Bad Religion written by Brett Gurewitz Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard RodgersThe Sound of Music1 526 Rainbow Connection Paul Williams Kenneth AscherWilliams AscherThe Muppet Movie2 187 Phantom of the Opera Charles Hart Richard Stilgoe Mike BattAndrew Lloyd WebberThe Phantom of the Opera1 458 I Sing the Body Electric Dean PitchfordMichael GoreFame1 449 It s Raining on Prom Night Jim Jacobs Warren CaseyJacobs CaseyGrease2 5710 Tomorrow contains an interpolation of Surrender by Cheap Trick written by Rick Nielsen Martin CharninCharles StrouseAnnie1 3111 What I Did for Love Edward KlebanMarvin HamlischA Chorus Line1 4612 Cabaret Fred EbbJohn KanderCabaret3 24Personnel EditSpike Slawson vocals Chris Shiflett a k a Jake Jackson lead guitar Joey Cape rhythm guitar Fat Mike bass Dave Raun drumsAdditional musicians Edit Karina Denike backing vocals Sara K Fisher backing vocalsReferences Edit Allmusic review Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Are a Drag amp oldid 999423216, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
