Artist: Alligator DaveAlbum: I DrinkGenre: Other/Acoustic/RapLabel: Sons of the Texas Revolutions Records
Alligator Dave has been a pillar in the local music scene for years. The 28 year-old singer/songwriter based out of Austin has plenty of slap stick yet intelligent humor on this CD. If you can get past the shock value lyrics then you will love it.
One of the tracks on the album is Coconut Rum. This crazy song talks more about sex then one person can fathom. It talks about how much he loves women and has a fast paced yet simple acoustic beat. The verses are rapped instead of sung, and he brings folk to a whole new level in this CD.
Coconut Rum has more of a central theme, then the first track but it is just is good. At the end of the song he talks to his penis by saying, “Trouser snake, trouser snake, dead in my pants, will you not wake up for me. Trouser snake trouser snake, there’s plenty of a*s, down at the Austin Crew. I like painting girls with Coconut Rum…bum, bum, bum, bum.”
The third track and the albums name sake is called I Drink. This song is more of a anthem then just a song. It has a simple guitar line once again but has a complex lyric structure. There is a violin in the background, that adds to the sorrowful melody.
This being the only slow track on the album, it has a more serious feel to it at first. The first chorus says, “Shoot it fast, shoot it hard, at another whiskey bar, throw it down, throw it back, toss it round, pass it back, lick the salts, suck the lime, kill the shot and killin time, throwin up in the sink, when I’m with my friends I drink.”
The last minute or so of this song is rapped with a furry about his experiences at after parties and the things that he has been through. There is also guitar solo and maybe a mandolin thrown in there to add flavor. This is a deep song, perhaps on of the most fun yet depressing songs I have heard in a while.
Another one of the songs on this album is called High Score. This song is two minutes and 45 seconds of Nintendo talk. The song starts with an fast paced finish the race feel. The lyrics start with the chorus that goes, “Oh no, here no more, I done beat my high score, all day playin this, I’m gunna save Moon Princess.”
There is actually a code in the first verse that those older few of us will recognize. “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, Select Start. Thirty more men, thrity more minutes, thirty more chances for me to win it”
This song is fun and frisky and definitely points out some people that I know in my life who are addicted to video games.
This whole CD is vulgar, fun, shocking, and ladies it will explain men completely. Everything they think about, how they act in situations, that is what his CD’s are about.Not only is it funny but it also is perfectly constructed, perfectly in beat and in tune the entire time. I love it…
This is definitely not a CD that you play with your parents or children, and it is most definitely a CD for mature audiences only. If you are not offended easily I guarantee you will love this CD and the vibe it puts out.