No Cure for Cancer
Boston-born comedian and actor Denis Leary released his first standup comedy album No Cure for Cancer in 1993. The chain-smoking, explosive Leary first gained notoriety with MTV commercials, but he certainly benefited from the popularity of Sam Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay in the late 1980s and early 1990s. No Cure for Cancer is wildly uneven. About 35 minutes of standup are sandwiched between four novelty songs. The best one, “Asshole,” is a funny diatribe set to acoustic rhythm guitar. It achieved some success in a censored form, which robbed it of impact. Leary’s barbed tongue tackles topics like drugs, smoking, meat, rock stars, death, and combinations thereof. Parts of the standup monologue don’t work, and occasionally the deadly silence of the audience proves it. He starts rolling when he talks about sex, drugs, and music as they related to 1970s culture. In “Rehab,” Leary complains about people blaming dysfunctional families for life’s disappointments. In a poignant rebuttal, he argues that happiness comes in small doses: a cigarette, a chocolate-chip cookie, or a five-second orgasm. “More Drugs” is clearly the best bit. He laments the deaths of stellar musicians and complains about the superhuman durability of lesser talents. No Cure for Cancer’s best line?: “Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead and we can’t get Jon Bon Jovi on a helicopter.” Ouch Others singled out for praise or ridicule include John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Motley Crue, Barry Manilow, the Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, Judas Priest, Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, the Black Crowes, the Doors, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Elvis Presley, and Keith Richards. Leary gleefully punctures political correctness by praising smoking and wishing for throat cancer and a voice box on “Smoke” and honoring war-mongering, carnivorous men on “Meat.”
- Bret Adams, All Music Guide
Product Specification :
Release Date :01/12/1993
Format :Audio CD
UPC :731454005524
Label :A&M
List Price :9.95
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June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
If you love ciggarets! if you love MEAT!! If you love to live life to its fullest then you need to get this album. IF you do not head my advice, like the man says, you will be listening to Andy Gibb singing Shadowdancing for eaons and eaons!!!
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June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Denis Leary is a f**cking genius. Check all the material you can get, both CDs: \”No Cure for Cancer\” and \”Lock \’n\’ Load.\” NCFC is also on VHS.
And movies like Demolition Man (in the role of Edgar Friendly) and Natural Born Killers (deleted scene, insane prisoner).
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June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Hilarious! Smoke almost made me piss my pants!
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June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Denis Leary is pissed off and he is not afraid to
point fingers. A true masterpiece created by a proud
American comic artist. He takes drugs, rehab, bell
bottoms, Bon Jovi, and anyone else he feels like and tears
them new a**holes, which ironically is the title of
the first song. Simply the best.
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June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
When ever I listen to Denis Leary I always crack up SO hard, because he is SO funny. EVERY time I hear the \’f\’ word, I think of him! lol! If you\’ve seen \”The Job\”, he\’s JUST like that in stand up.
KILLER!
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June 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
and sometimes I park in handicaped spaces, while handicaped people make handicaped faces – I\’m an a**hole, ohhhh oohhhhhhhhh
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