{"id":1124,"date":"2019-09-19T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2021-01-02T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T20:30:21","slug":"podcast-rob-reviews-bombarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=1124","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Rob reviews “BomBARDed”!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey there Somethings!

If you’ve listened to our show (and… who hasn’t?) you know we’re fans of Bonnie Gordon and Xander Jeanneret, collectively known as \u201cThe Library Bards\u201d (\/jazzhands). Well, they’ve recently had the release of their second album \u201cBomBARDed\u201d, a follow up to their debut album \u201cBardcore\u201d, and let me tell you.. this is an amazing and worthy follow up.

I grew up on the likes of \u201cWierd\u201d Al and Doctor Demento, so for me, when it comes to parody songs, the bar is rather high, and I’m pleased to say \u201cBomBARDed\u201d delivers. One of the key things for me that makes a great parody song is the mixing of the parody lyrics into the original lyrics, and nothing is a better example of this than \u201cPrincess Bride\u201d. The way Bonnie and Xander tell the story of the story while mixing the parody lyrics to those of \u201cMr. Brightside\u201d feels not only flawless but natural.

Being a child of 80’s music, I also enjoyed the focus on music from that era. Using song such as AC\/DC’s \u201cTNT\u201d and Styx’s \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d as the basis of \u201cDnD\u201d and \u201cCome Fly Away\u201d respectively really brought me back. \u201cBomBARDed\u201d also does an amazing job of touching a number of different (and overlapping) fandoms. Browncoat? Check (\u201cCome Fly Away\u201d). Trekkie? Done. (\u201cKlingon\u201d) Gamer? In to Comics? Want to clone dinosaurs? Check (\u201cDnD\u201d), check (\u201cComics Fan\u201d) and check (\u201cWelcome to Jurassic Park\u201d). If you’re a sci-fi and\/or pop culture fan, this album has something, and most likely multiple somethings, for you.

Not only do Bonnie and Xander show their musical ranges in styles and harmonies (I LOVE the way they growl out \u201cDnD\u201d, and their inter-song banter is amazingly spot on), but the music supplied by Bonecage and Sam Johnides does masterful job of staying amazingly true to the classics while adding enough of their own flourishes to make them fresh and original.

If you like great music, witty pop culture references and supporting independent artists, do yourself a favor and check out this album!

\u201cBomBARDed\u201d can be found at www.librarybards.bandcamp.com<\/a> and at www.librarybards.com<\/a>.

Follow The Library Bards on Twitter (@librarybards), Instagram (instagram.com\/librarybards), Facebook (facebook.com\/LibraryBards) and can also be found on Apple Music<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>

– PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey there Somethings!<\/p>\n

If you’ve listened to our show (and… who hasn’t?) you know we’re fans of Bonnie Gordon and Xander Jeanneret, collectively known as \u201cThe Library Bards\u201d (\/jazzhands). Well, they’ve recently had the release of their second album \u201cBomBARDed\u201d, a follow up to their debut album \u201cBardcore\u201d, and let me tell you.. this is an amazing and worthy follow up.<\/p>\n

I grew up on the likes of \u201cWierd\u201d Al and Doctor Demento, so for me, when it comes to parody songs, the bar is rather high, and I’m pleased to say \u201cBomBARDed\u201d delivers. One of the key things for me that makes a great parody song is the mixing of the parody lyrics into the original lyrics, and nothing is a better example of this than \u201cPrincess Bride\u201d. The way Bonnie and Xander tell the story of the story while mixing the parody lyrics to those of \u201cMr. Brightside\u201d feels not only flawless but natural.<\/p>\n

Being a child of 80’s music, I also enjoyed the focus on music from that era. Using song such as AC\/DC’s \u201cTNT\u201d and Styx’s \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d as the basis of \u201cDnD\u201d and \u201cCome Fly Away\u201d respectively really brought me back. \u201cBomBARDed\u201d also does an amazing job of touching a number of different (and overlapping) fandoms. Browncoat? Check (\u201cCome Fly Away\u201d). Trekkie? Done. (\u201cKlingon\u201d) Gamer? In to Comics? Want to clone dinosaurs? Check (\u201cDnD\u201d), check (\u201cComics Fan\u201d) and check (\u201cWelcome to Jurassic Park\u201d). If you’re a sci-fi and\/or pop culture fan, this album has something, and most likely multiple somethings, for you.<\/p>\n

Not only do Bonnie and Xander show their musical ranges in styles and harmonies (I LOVE the way they growl out \u201cDnD\u201d, and their inter-song banter is amazingly spot on), but the music supplied by Bonecage and Sam Johnides does masterful job of staying amazingly true to the classics while adding enough of their own flourishes to make them fresh and original.<\/p>\n

If you like great music, witty pop culture references and supporting independent artists, do yourself a favor and check out this album!<\/p>\n

\u201cBomBARDed\u201d can be found at www.librarybards.bandcamp.com<\/a> and at www.librarybards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow The Library Bards on Twitter (@librarybards), Instagram (instagram.com\/librarybards), Facebook (facebook.com\/LibraryBards) and can also be found on Apple Music<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n

– PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[188,119,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}