Best of Foremen CD due April 12

Subject: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: KenBrock
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 07:24 PM

The Foremen were a 1990's satirical folk group from California. Tom Lehrer commented favorably on their topical songs and they used the quote on their "FOLK HEROES" CD. Roy Zimmerman, who wrote most of their songs, has goen on to a solo career and Andy Corwin has joined The Limeliters. There will be a "best of" CD of their songs issued April 12, 2006; info at: www.royzimmerman.com

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: Leadfingers
Date: 31 Mar 06 - 07:12 AM

Any body Tom Lehrer approves of must be worth a listen !

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Mar 06 - 12:31 PM

Bother. Nothing against these lads, but I'd hoped for a moment that it might be a collection of the songs favoured by John Foreman, "The Broadsheet King".

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Mar 06 - 12:35 PM

That's funny. I just found out about Roy Zimmerman, so I bought their "Folk Heroes" CD and I am really enjoying it. Did they do any comic songs that weren't political?

Russ

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: thespionage
Date: 31 Mar 06 - 12:38 PM

Qualification of my last post: their material is excellent, I only ask about non-political songs because I am in a duo and the bassist prefers not doing anything political. (He considers "Crabs Walk Sideways" by the Smothers Brothers to be political.) Thanks.

Russ

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Mar 06 - 01:16 PM

They have some funny songs that are more social satire than political satire, such as "Lazin' in the Shade of the Information Superhighway", and a version of "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" where the first verse ("Michael...") and the second verse ("Jordan...") are joined in the third verse to be about Michael Jordan.

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: thespionage
Date: 31 Mar 06 - 03:31 PM

Nice!

Subject: RE: Best of Foremen CD due April 12
From: GUEST,Joan
Date: 15 Jul 06 - 01:09 AM

Yes, "The Best of the Foremen" was released in April, and in celebration of that, Roy Zimmerman (the group's founding member) has launched a new Foremen website, here: http://foremen.royzimmerman.com/

Roy has been working on the website for months, and it turned out great. It contains an amazing wealth of info on the band, lots of great pictures, a very thorough discography, and my favorite -- a bunch of free MP3s of Foremen rarities. (Scroll almost to the bottom of the Discography, here.) My favorite never-released Foremen song is there -- "Glory Bound Train."

There's also a "Fore-um" where fans can post their stories, thoughts, pictures, or ask Roy questions.

And Russ, as far as non-political Foremen songs, there probably aren't many that would meet your partner's criteria of "non-political," but I would recommend "Godzilla Has A Midlife Crisis." It's on the new "Best of the Foremen" CD!

Joan