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No Cure for Cancer
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: A&M
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731454005524
Format: Live
Label: A&M
Manufacturer: A&M
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: A&M
Release Date: 1993-01-12
Studio: A&M
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Editorial Reviews:
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Denis Leary's stance as an unregenerate, chain-smoking, meat-eating, angry young man is intense, to say the least. But his act made him a star for one reason: His jokes are funny. No Cure for Cancer is drawn mostly from Leary's one-man show of the same name, which is full of tough love for '90s therapy-addicted crybabies, and no-holds-barred advice for idiots (which is to say, anyone who gets in Leary's way). Head for the hills when he picks up a guitar, as he does on several ill-advised comedic songs here, but listen up when Leary's straight talk makes perfect (and hilarious) sense. To crack addicts, for example, his message is simple: "Never do a drug named after a part of your own ass." --Daniel Durchholz
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: As good as ever!
Comment: This CD was stolen from me. Now I have it back and enjoy it often!
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Summary: HYSTERI-FREAKING-CAL
Comment: I saw this special the first time it played on a cable movie channel (I think it was HBO). I laughed so hard, my jaws hurt. Only wish it was a DVD, b/c the looks on his face make the joke sometimes.
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Summary: Has not held up over the years.
Comment: There were some good laughs on this cd. But his over the top manic delivery was too much for me and the jokes seemed stale these days. I know that this album is a favorite among many, but I am not one of those
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Summary: Fallen Idol
Comment: I remember seeing 'No Cure For Cancer' on TV in the early 1990s, and being absolutely on the floor laughing. About a week back, after an interval of 14 years and having heard and LOVED Bill Hicks's routines since, I saw it again and barely raised a titter.
Do read 'American Scream' (biography of Bill Hicks)to learn about a comic with REAL integrity who truly 'played from the heart', as he was so found of urging us all to do. Then see if Leary's erzatz imitation does much for you.
And yes, it doesn't look too good that the end of Leary's stand-up career coincided with Hicks's death.
I say this reluctantly because I have only looked into the matter recently, and have actually been a fan of Leary for 14 years, both as stand-up and actor - but once you check out Hicks's work and look into the facts, it's hard to have respect for Leary any more.
The amazing thing is that he got away with it.
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Summary: Big Fat Dead Guy in a Bathtub
Comment: There are two things that without them, it wouldn't seem like March, first are Shamrock Shakes, the other being Denis Leary's No Cure for Cancer. The ultimate Irishman of my generation released the album during my formative years and me and my friends had the whole thing memorized for years to come. And you just have to play Traditional Irish Folk Song every St. Patrick's Day. In fact the song was the inspiration on my answering machine my freshman year with the lines,
We drink and we sing
And we drink and we sing
Hey!
We drink and we drive
And we puke and we drink
Hey!
We drink and we fight
And we bleed and we cry
Hey!
We puke and we smoke
And we drink and we die
Hey!
Then we finished things off with Leary's "Thank you for calling. Thank you for calling" from the stand up portion of the album.
I can also thank Leary for keeping me off drugs. After blaming his bell bottoms and other poor judgments on weed I knew I should stay away from the stuff. As Leary once said "never do a drug named after your own (expletive deleted)." Plus I also learned from him at an early age that the bet drugs are the legal ones. I always look forwards to cold season so I can start taking NyQuil and sing "NyQuil, NyQuil, Nyquil, we love you, you giant (expletive deleted) Q." And I would never have learned about whippits had it not been for Leary. And thanks to his soliloquy on meat, I didn't eat a salad until about three years ago.
Even though he's best known for drugs and smoking, I think the best part of the album was when he went on his musical diatribe:
Explain it to me. Heavy Metal bands on trial because kids commit suicide? What's that about? Judas Priest on trial because "my kid bought the record, and listened to the lyrics ....." Well that's great! That sets a legal precedent. Does that mean I can sue Dan Folgerberg for making me into a (expletive deleted) in the mid-70's. Is that possible, huh? Huh?! "Your honor, between him and James Taylor, I didn't get a (expletive deleted) 'till I was 27 years old. I was in Colorado wearing hiking boots eating granola."
But thanks to the uber-depressing grunge music, I typically change it to Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain while in Seattle wearing flannels shirts and drinking cappuccinos to fit my experience. And whenever election time rolls around and I debate on whether I should vote I think of two things Joe (expletive deleted) Walsh.
So with St. Patrick's Day quickly approaching, stop by McDonalds, pick up a Shamrock Shake and throw on some Leary and sing along to the Traditional Irish Folk Song.
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