Imagine the World through Yellow-Colored Glasses
This month I’m going to break from the usual and review musical DVDs instead of CDs. Perhaps it’s because I’m hungry right now that I chose these DVDs, which include songs like “Punching Cheese” ...
My favorite is Gustafer Yellowgold’s Have You Never Been Yellow? In a previous CD, Gustafer was introduced as an odd little creature form the sun who has come to live in Minnesota with his flightless pterodactyl named Forrest Applecrumble.
Morgan Taylor, Gustafer’s creator, is a self-proclaimed fan of The Beatles and Kiss and describes his music as coming from ‘70s pop. Listening to the lyrics, you might feel as if Taylor has, indeed, taken some leftover hallucinogenic drugs, but that’s just his sparkly imagination showing through the music.
From the introspective “Bluebird Tree,” about finding a special place to dream, to the upbeat “The Cactus Calls,” about camping in the living room and running from the dragon sheriff, the music Taylor has created for Gustafer will beguile adult and child alike.
The companion DVD contains videos corresponding to the songs, illustrating Gustafer’s many adventures. It’s entertaining to see Gustafer’s world, which you and I would never imagine. With zealous reviews from a lengthy list of publications including The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly, Gustafer might become as iconic a character as a fellow extraterrestrial better known as E.T.
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