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Cockamamie
by Jennifer Trynin
Product Group: Music
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
ISBN: B000002MZ2
EAN: 0093624593126
UPC: 093624593126
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 1994-01-01
Release Date: 1995-06-13
SKU: 107340
Condition: Fine
Comments: 093624593126 CD not factory sealed but looks brand new. CD in new sleeve & plays perfectly; front insert rumpled but fully legible. no jewel case. This title flies by 1st Class or Air in bubble wrap, cardboard and weather-resistant packaging; we are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Customer Reviews
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Therapy called for .........
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-10-16
1 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
You have to wonder about someone who, on her first cd, would show you the sole of her shoe but not her face.
A workmanlike voice is hijacked by her pretentiousness, and doesn't produce any results that most people would be interested in. She simply lucked an invitation to the Next-New-Thing Waltz, which usually ends in tears.
The funny thing is, she's better than she thinks she is, but she's so bound up in her own head space she'll probably never prove it.
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Not some undiscovered gem
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-02-16
3 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
Sorry, I have to depart from what seems to be the consensus here...apart from the "hit", "Better Than Nothing", there's nothing here to recommend this disc...it is, not to be unkind, eminently forgettable. A classic case of a one-trick pony...
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found this at a used bookstore...
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-01-04
6 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
i have heard this cd twice so far and i have not skipped any tracks...this is probably the catchiest album i've listened to in years...the woman can flat out write songs and plays guitar killer. the hooks just jump out at me. I love " happier." " it's too bad " is hilarious...the songs have edge, but i love it that she has a sense of melody. pop radio could play this stuff easily...but then ( maybe it's weird i'm saying this ) i'm kinda glad she never got huge....my new years resolution will be to listen to 100 jazz cds. i think i'll amend it and throw in some indie rock acts as well..i will buy her other one...
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Keep spreading the word about this innovative, hard-rocking musician
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-10-03
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a Boston-area native, I was turned on to Jen Trynin through some musician friends gigging with her in the late 80s - and from the moment I heard her do "Knock Me Down", I was a groupie. That song, with its heavy-rocking offbeat, is still one of my all-time favorite rockers and a pretty good gauge of her dark, off-kilter often-funny musical and spiritual perspective. I kept waiting for her to break out as a star. That she didn't is frustrating in large part because it means so many people who'd like, maybe love her, will never hear her. It's understandable that she's compared to Alanis, but she's a better writer and musician, and less hysterical (don't get me wrong; I do like some Alanis songs). We can still spread the word, though. Buy both Cockamamie (which includes Knock Me Down) and Gun Shy Trigger Happy (which is on my wish list to replace the audio cassette I've worn out). Apparently she's finally finished her memoir about her roller-coaster experience with big-time music industry....Don't know how much music she's doing these days....
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Surprisingly Excellent . . . . . .
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-30
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Great pop music. Jen has a real, down-to-earth style in both her lyrics and music - nothing pretentious here. She's also a fantastic guitarist - better than most of 'em you hear on alt-rock radio these days I'd say. She may not be quite as technically impressive as, say, Tom Morello of Audioslave, but she plays with more feeling and a wider range of emotions than that particular guitarist.
I just dug COCKAMAMIE out of my CD collection where it's been hiding for years (I've got a lot of CDs and very eclectic tastes, so I've been hearing other stuff). COCKAMAMIE sounds as good as it did 10 years ago when I first picked it up. "Beg" is still one of my all-time favs. Shame on me for not picking up her follow-up record (I'd still like to). Hope she's doing well and still playing.
Here's a breakdown of my impressions of COCKAMAMIE:
"Happier" - not really a particularly happy song, it's about people who can't or don't for whatever reason make it in society. It's one of the most frantic songs on the album, a bit thrashy and also a bit awkward with its lurching rhythm (intentionally so I would say). Great guitar with cool feedback. ***1/2
"Better Than Nothing" - should've been a radio hit. It may have been too straightforward or pop for many when it was released, but it should've found a huge audience among people wfho just like good rock music who aren't trying to be "Goth" or "Emo" or "Metal" or whatever. ****1/2
"Everything Is Different Now" - Jen gets sexy on this dark and slinky track. ****1/2
"One Year Down" - an easy-going rocker and a longing for a love who went away (one year ago). ****
"Snow" - one of the best songs, this one has a fantastic guitar line laden with harmonics. Wonderfully uplifting. *****
Note: "Snow" is the end of side 1 on cassette and there's a very cool hidden segment, just Jen and guitar.
"All This Could Be Yours" - my least favorite track, this song replicates the thrashiness of "Happier" as well as its odd time signature. It's only 1:45 in length, though. ***
"It's Too Bad You're Such a Loser" - this one hits home hard with me because I'm a loser just like the guy she's singing about (had every opportunity in life and blown it - haven't given up though). This song is so heavy and draggy until the chorus takes off in the way Jen imagines this guy is capable of. I never met anyone else who likes this song. *****
"Knock Me Down" - seems to celebrate a rather disfunctional relationship. Sexy. ****1/2
"If I Had Anything to Say" - excellent alterna-rock and I love the changes in rhythm and tempo. *****
"Beg" - this song gets me high without drugs. It has a fantastic etheral quality and the main guitar riff is cutting. "Wanting has had its way with me/ I'm curling up from too much handling/ Wishes rubbed raw and tired . . ." This one kills me. *****
"Do It Alone" - this could actually be the best track. It's so real. Just Jen and guitar, this one is very spare and heartfelt. It's a bit possessive, but a beautiful love song. *****
The extra track is a reprise of the previous hidden track. Jen sings, "I know what it feels like to be down." I believe it. She can do both up and down songs quite convincingly, in a style that's all her own.
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