Bill Hicks: Rants in E-Minor

Yes. Another comedy album.

I wanted to roll through the Bill Hicks collection for two reasons:
1) I love Bill. Most of his work is just amazing, and 10 years AFTER his death, most of it is still disturbingly relevant.

2) I don't think enough people know the genius that is Bill, and if I can get one or two people two listen to him, then I feel good.

As with all his albums, "Rants" is not safe for work or children.

This album, the first I ever heard, is also, perhaps, the most disjointed.

Bill covers a wide spectrum, from silly jokes to warm up the audience ("Let's hunt and kill Billy Ray Cyrus" and "People who hate people, come together! Fuck you!"), and in between some of the warm up, he hits with some small, true social commentary, and then bounces back to the lighter comedy.

Later on in the album, after he's talked about Easter, Prolifer, Gideons, COPS, and more, he starts getting on his rage-a-hol box of anti-right wingers, which is really more an angry rant at the religious right who's too dumb to look at the world as it is.

When I first heard this one, I truly could not stop laughing. This was both the most hysterical, and the most funny thing I'd ever heard. Its comedy, its social commentary (Not just dick and fart jokes), its ANGER. But, from my stance, its still true.

In the End: There are better albums that will give you a better idea of Bill's work. After you've picked up Arizona Bay or Relentless, this material may feel better, as you've been brought into the world of Bill Hicks a little softer. But no less true.