Bo-Day-Shus!!! Explained

Bo-Day-Shus!!!
Type:Album
Artist:Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Cover:MNixon_Bo.jpg
Released:1987
Studio:George Tobin Studios, Hollywood, California
Label:Enigma
Producer:Ron Goudie
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Prev Year:1986
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Bo-Day-Shus!!! is the third album by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, released in 1987.[1] [2] It contains the song "Elvis is Everywhere," which became an MTV hit.[3]

The album peaked at #189 on the Billboard 200.[4]

Production

Skid Roper wrote and sang two songs on the album, "The Polka Polka" and "Lincoln Logs."[5]

Critical reception

Kiernan McCarthy of AllMusic praised the album's humor, writing that "not every joke Mojo Nixon lets fly on Bo-Day-Shus!!! is a knee-slapper, but one cannot deny his persistence. If you don't like the first quip, he might catch you on the second one, or the tenth." He specifically referred to "Elvis is Everywhere" and "I Ain't Gonna Piss In No Jar" as the best examples of this. Robert Christgau also appreciated "Elvis is Everywhere," comparing it to the music of Phil Ochs, but was critical of several of the other tracks, especially Roper's contribution "Lincoln Logs." Trouser Press called the album "a hoot," and praised the "epic" "Elvis is Everywhere."[6] The Rough Guide to Rock called it "shambling and sweet-tempered."[7]

In a retrospective review, PopMatters wrote: "Two decades later, Bo-Day-Shus!!! stands as the ultimate musical document of America's '80s love affair with redneck culture."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Mojo Nixon and published by Tallywacker Tunes/La Rana Music except as indicated.

  1. "Elvis Is Everywhere"
  2. "We Gotta Have More Soul!"
  3. "I Ain't Gonna Piss In No Jar"
  4. "The Polka Polka" (Skid Roper)
  5. "I'm Gonna Dig Up Howlin' Wolf"
  6. "The Story Of One Chord" [*]
  7. "Gin Guzzlin' Frenzy"
  8. "B.B.Q. U.S.A."
  9. "Positively Bodies Parking Lot"
  10. "Wash No Dishes No More"
  11. "Lincoln Logs" (Skid Roper)
  12. "Wide Open"
  13. "Don't Want No Foo-Foo Haircut On My Head" [*]

[*] Bonus tracks on CD and cassette releases.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MOJO NIXON OFFERS NO APOLOGIES. September 26, 1987. Los Angeles Times.
  2. Book: KRAMPERT, PETER. The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica. March 23, 2016. Mel Bay Publications. 9781619115774. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Mojo Nixon | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  4. Mojo Nixon/Skid Roper. Billboard.
  5. Web site: NO TARGET IS SAFE FROM SONGS OF OUTRAGEOUS MOJO NIXON. MIKE. SAUNDERS. Sun-Sentinel.com.
  6. Web site: Mojo Nixon . Trouser Press . 24 December 2020.
  7. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. December 24, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, Bo-Day-Shus!!! (1987). January 2, 2008. PopMatters.