Ecoute! C'est bon! Magnifique! However, this CD is neither live nor recorded in Paris - nor is it a collection of French 'chansons' - so I guess we're not in on the joke, but what it is is a musically diverse, often sardonic and thoroughly solid slate of songs. Disco schtick ('Grooveline/YMCA'), cartoon themes ('Underdog') and seventies soul ('Midnight Train to Georgia') are interpreted fervently, but the originals have the staying power: 'The IHOP Song,' 'Crocodile Tears,' and the Sweepstakes best original song winner, 'So Far,' which nails those dulcet Beach Boys-type harmonies to the most engaging of melodies.