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As the name indicates, Toronto's
Barenaked Ladies has always been a
joke band — Canada's response to
goofball American acts such as They
Might Be Giants and the Dead
Milkmen. Unlike its brethren below
the 49th parallel, however,
Barenaked Ladies is getting better as
it gets older.
The group's latest effort, Stunt,
straddles the fine line between clever
and stupid, daring to make light of
love and life in all the right places. If
Squeeze had a sense of humor, this is
the record it might have made.
There's not a stinker to be found
on Stunt. The 14-song collection
opens with the rap-influenced "One
Week," a freewheeling, freestylin'
look at a relationship built on multi-
ple breakups and makeups.
"-There's not a
stinker to be
found on
BNL's Stunt.
"It's been one week since you
looked at me," singer/guitarist Ed
Robertson howls, later adding
"Yesterday you just smiled at
me/'Cause it'll still be two days till
we say we're sorry." Though playful
in its Joycean references to Akira
Kurosawa, LeAnn Rimes and Luke
Skywalker, "One Week" somehow
manages to deliver a salient observa-
tion about couples who fall into
•ruts.
Indeed, many of the tracks on
Stunt reach for this formula: Crack a
joke, make a point, get out quick.
The tart, harmony-rich "It's All
Been Done" lovingly debunks indi-
vidualism while linking ancient
Rome, the Wild West and "The
Price is Right."
"Alcohol" is a wiseacre examina-
tion of self-loathing disguised as a
lighter-flicking tribute to distilled
spirits. And "Never is Enough"
pokes fun at the junior-achievement
crowd that feels compelled to experi-
ence everything life has to offer
before they turn 25.
Barenaked Ladies aren't content
with class-clown comedy, as evi-
denced by the Robyn Hitchcock-like
"Light Up My Room": "Late at night
when the wires in the walls/Sing in
tune with the din of the falls/I'm
conducting it all while I sleep/To
light this whole town.
And sometimes comedy is beside
the point: In the Car" recalls an
early relationship minus the Cybill
Shepherd soft-focus lens: "We
groped for excuses not to be alone
anymore," sings angel-voiced vocalist
Steven Page, the band's lead singer
and only Jewish member. "We were
waiting for our lives to start their
endings."
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