BARKLEY'S BARNYARD CRITTERS - MYSTERY TAIL DVD (LOAD 089)

I AM REVIEWING THIS PARTLY FROM MEMORY AND PARTLY FROM THE SPORADIC CLIPS AVAILABLE FROM YOUTUBE. AN EX-GF BOUGHT ME THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY IN 2005 AND I CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE. ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS BROUGHT ME A LOT OF JOY BACK THEN AND RE-VISITING CLIPS TO THIS DAY STILL DOES.

BARKLEY'S BARNYARD CRITTERS ARE A 'FICTIONAL' BAND ANIMATED/ACTED BY BRIAN GIBSON OF LIGHTNING BOLT WITH MYSTERY TAIL THE 53 MINUTE FILM OF THEIR RISE TO FAME. I DON'T THINK I AM THE BEST PERSON TO CRITIQUE THE VISUAL FLAIR BUT I THINK IT'S FUNNY AND IMAGINATIVE. I LIKE HOW THESE GUYS JUST GO WITH AN IDEA AND SEE IT OUT ON THEIR LIMITED MEANS RATHER THAN GOING TO SOME STUDIO TO HAVE IT WATERED DOWN.

AS I RECALL THE NARRATIVE WAS A BIT LONG-WINDED BUT I GUESS I JUST LIKED THE ENERGY AND SOME OF THE SONGS. WATCH THAT VIDEO ABOVE. IT'S AS GOOD A PASTICHE OF BEEFHEART AS THERE IS AND THE DRUMMING IS SICK.

THERE'S ALSO SOME LIVE FOOTAGE OF WIZARDZZ ON HERE TOO. I MIGHT HAVE TO GO AND BUY IT AGAIN. NOT QUITE GOING TO SAY THIS IS CERTIFIED GOOD BUT I THINK SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WOULD ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS.