REVIEW: Pornosonic, Unreleased 70s Porno Music feat. Porn King
Ron Jeremy
- Matthew Carlin
When you boast porn king Ron Jeremy right on the cover of a CD you know what's inside is going to be awful. But in a good way. And that's (hopefully) the intent behind Pornosonic.
With song titles like "Special Delivery" from the film A Happy Ass and "Laying Pipe" from Plumbers Delight, Pornosonic has all the porno music pre-requisites: wah wah guitar, fuzzed out bass, cheesy organ sounds. Oddly enough, "The Hedgehog" Jeremy's contributions are fairly minor. In fact his between song banter isn't even funny enough to quote. Even more odd, though, is that his voice and delivery sounds remarkably similar to Captain Beefheart's on Trout Mask Replica.
Stand-outs include the slow, melodically bass-driven "Nice N Sleazy Does It," the funky wah wah workout "SpiderPussy," the spirited "Prepare for Take Off" (nice trumpet arrangement) and, of course, "SpiderPussy (Slight Return)" from SpiderPussy 2: Caught in the Web.
Sophomoric? Yes. But entirely amusing. It's the little touches, like the flute on "Her Magic Carpet" from Donna Does Denise and the addition of female vocals for "SpiderPussy (Slight Return)" that make the yucks work.
