Four Men

Today I will be highlighting a little-known comedy-folk group. While anyone with a life is aware of the folk-comedy-rap-hyphenated-crossover duo Flight of the Conchords, I and a select few have found a comedy outfit that predates Bret and Jemaine by a decade. A few weeks ago, during a trip to Boston, we stopped at Planet Records and found a miraculous deal. 5 mystery CDs in a package for only $1. How could we resist? Well, excited as we were to unwrap our early Christmas presents, we soon saw why these CDs were selling at that price. Most of the CDs were terrible death metal groups or extremely poor rock bands. However, one gem was found in this pile of crap that can only be described as a used adult diaper filled with shards of glass and evil. This gem was a demo CD by The Foremen. While there were only 3 tracks, it was definitely worth 20 cents. The highlight of the disk was a non-album track by the name of Christmas is Pain, which is joyously pessimistic Christmas tune sung as a Bob Dylan protest song from the 60's. This biting satire really puts Bob Dylan in his place, and shows that imitations can be better than the original.