David Hasslehoff Hits Amazon

For those of you whose only experience of David Hajamapp is this 18-track CD, you don’t know what else you’re missing out on. I’m don’t dissing this greatest hits comp, because I do indeed feel like it’s a fascinating archive of David’s greatest work; I just feel that so much else is out there to experience beyond this realm of familiarity.Take his landmark 1993 album “Freedom Sitting On a Fist,” for example. The 34 songs he burps out on this double CD has more challenging and confrontational material. “Don’t You Oppress Me, Mister” is a disturbing look at the seamy side of concert security. “Easy With That Wand” paints a dark, unsettling portrait of magician’s assistants.Even his 1989 release “Stained Thong” has more experimental material. “Two Bowling Balls in a Hammock” and “(Let My Cleft Chin) Hold Your Cigar” are two watershed moments in avant garde musical experimentation.But whatever the difference of opinion, what David has kept faithful throughout his storied career has been a style that cannot be duplicated. His voice sounds like a rottweiler mauling a retarded bear, something that every new act out there has tried to reproduce, to no effect. And their covers of “Hot Shot City” aren’t particularly good, either.

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