Complaints and Grievances

Complaints and Grievances
Live album by George Carlin
Released December 11, 2001
Recorded November 17, 2001
Genre Comedy
Length 56:16
Label Eardrum/Atlantic
Producer George Carlin
George Carlin chronology
You Are All Diseased
(1999)		 Complaints and Grievances
(2001)		 Life Is Worth Losing
(2006)

Complaints and Grievances is an HBO stand-up special by comedian George Carlin. Its working title was purportedly I Kinda Like It When a Lot of People Die, but it was renamed following the September 11, 2001 attacks.[1] Another possible title was The Great American Cattle Drive, according to Carlin during an interview with Coast to Coast AM in 1999.

Complaints and Grievances was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

In the special, Carlin reduces the Ten Commandments to the "Two Commandments." Using the Roman Catholic version of the Ten Commandments, with which he was most familiar, he removes what he considered redundant concepts ("Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife" and "Thou shalt not commit adultery" are merged into "Thou shalt not be unfaithful") and outmoded ideas (dismissing "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods" as counter to the spirit of capitalism and detrimental to the economy).

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Contents

Track listing

All tracks by George Carlin.

  1. "The Opening" – 9:22
  2. "Traffic Accidents: Keep Movin'!" – 6:16
  3. "You & Me (Things That Come Off of Your Body)" – 10:38
  4. "People Who Oughta Be Killed: Self-Help Books" – 1:16
  5. "Motivation Seminars" – 1:05
  6. "Parents of Honor Students" – 2:15
  7. "Baby Slings" – 0:59
  8. "'My Daddy'" – 0:51
  9. "Telephone Mimes" – 1:09
  10. "Hands-Free Telephone Headsets" – 0:38
  11. "Answering Machines" – 0:52
  12. "Family Newsletters" – 1:23
  13. "Music on Answering Machines" – 1:39
  14. "People Who Wear Visors" – 0:39
  15. "Singers with One Name" – 0:41
  16. "Rich Guys in Hot Air Balloons" – 1:01
  17. "People Who Misuse Credit Cards" – 0:51
  18. "Guys Named Todd" – 1:30
  19. "Gun Enthusiasts" – 1:26
  20. "White Guys Who Shave Their Heads" – 0:48
  21. "NASA-Holes" – 1:32
  22. "Why We Don't Need 10 Commandments" – 7:14

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References

  1. ^ Carlin's complaints not shocking, for him | Topeka Capital-Journal, The | Find Articles at BNET.com

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