Album Details

Doin’ the Woo-Hoo

RELEASE
1994
LABEL
Norton
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Comedy, Rock & Roll, Novelty

Album Review

The third (and, as of this writing, the last) collection of recordings by Detroit oldies terrorists King Uszniewicz & His Uszniewicztones to be unearthed by ethnomusicologists at Norton Records, Doin' the Woo-Hoo is actually their most chaotic set, suggesting that against all odds, the U-Tones actually got more feverishly inept with the passage of time. From the staggering group vocals and monotonal saxophone bleating of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to the tripping-over-its-own-feet downhill momentum of "At the Hop," Doin' the Woo-Hoo displays all the grace and easy charm of a sailor on shore leave hitting the nearest tavern, and let's face it, would anyone want King Uszniewicz any other way? Remarkable innovations on this album include King U embracing folk music ("If I Had a Hammer"), blue humor ("She Won't Turn Over for Me"), the great hits of the 1970s ("Crocodile Rock" and "Kung Fu Fighting"), and the Beatles ("From Me to You"), and by the time he and the Uszniewicztones get done with 'em, they all carry this band's signature sound -- namely, they sound like some sort of freak accident in a musical equipment store. It's hard to say if this stuff was supposed to sound like this or if King Uszniewicz's "career" was simply one long, grand accident, but Doin' the Woo-Hoo finds them ending their career (or putting it on pause) right where they started -- as the greatest awful band on Earth. No bowling alley could ask for more.
Mark Deming, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Do Wah Diddy Diddy
  2. Woo Hoo
  3. Land of 1,000 Dances
  4. If I Had a Hammer
  5. Crocodile Rock
  6. She Won't Turn Over for Me
  7. The Chick-en Pecker
  8. Love Letters in the Sand
  9. From Me to You
  10. GTO
  11. Kung Fu Fighting
  12. The U-Tone Rock
  13. The Birds & the Bees
  14. Dear One
  15. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
  16. Satisfaction
  17. At the Hop