chuck_flacks
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:54 | |
Wasn't Zoot Suit Riot also a hit for them?
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chuck_flacks
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:52 | |
This almost sounds like Klezmer (Jewish Jazz) music? Did they have any kind of Klezmer background??
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drtjdel
(Saratoga, CA) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:51 | |
Bohemian Rhapsody from hell?
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celadonstone
(the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:51 | |
timrd wrote:Where does this stuff come from ?
Carrboro, North Carolina.Squirrel Nut Zippers, a U.S. Jazz band formed in 1993, who applied punk's DIY aesthetic to early 20th century American popular music. The band's name comes from the Squirrel Brand's Nut Zippers, a peanut and caramel candy for sale since the mid-20s...the Zippers defied description, incorporating everything from Harlem Hot Music, Cab Calloway, Johnny Ace, Delta Blues, Raymond Scott, Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, Tom Waits, and klezmer. Maxwell's "Hell," their biggest (and only) hit single, peaking at number 13, was calypso music in the tradition of 1930s artists such as Lord Executor and The Growler. The band's lyrics sometimes referenced William Faulkner or quoted 2,000 year old Chinese poetry. As Hell was the only song that got real airtime, they are mostly considerd a one-hit wonder, although they do have a strong cult following.
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Wilmshurst
(My pineal gland) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:51 | |
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bokey
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Glockman45
(undisclosed) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:50 | |
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25demayo
(dreaming of an asado) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 10:41 | |
pianocomposer wrote:What the H-e-double-hocky-sticks is this chit? 1=sucko barfo That's what I'd give your spelling, a 1. |
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Hannio
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 10:39 | |
timrd wrote:Where does this stuff come from ?
I don't know, but a little bit sure goes a long way. |
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timrd
(listening at work - NY) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 10:37 | |
Where does this stuff come from ?
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dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 10:37 | |
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Dutchess
(......Before my time) | | Posted: Dec 04, 2006 - 20:54 | |
Perfect! Up at midnight..........working on a paper for class......keep 'em coming....
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driver8
(At the Mountains of Madness) | | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 06:44 | |
Stephen Foster "father of American music" - was also the first American songwriter to get royally fleeced by the music business, and he died in 1864 with only 38 cents to his name, a forgotten resident of the Bowery.
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
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th0m
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parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA) | | Posted: Sep 22, 2006 - 17:13 | |
This is fun!!!! |
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cattgirl813
(Wherever I go, there I am) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 10:45 | |
andrewmi wrote:"if we were made of cellophane we'd all get stinking drunk much faster, ah ha ha!"
That just cries for a shot. If only I weren't at work right now....  |
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psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.)) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 10:45 | |
Aww . . .
Drunks and losers,
Dwarves with limps,
Flos and ho's and one-eyed pimps -
Down the alleyway they creep.
They're all your friends when you can't sleep.
Come with me and you will see.
A late-night-freak-show-Jubilee!
Kick the Sandman in his sack;
Stay up late - Insomniac!
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Grumm
(Alabama) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 10:44 | |
I love it. So bizarre. I haven't heard any of their songs other than Hell. This makes me want to check out more of their music now.
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zlsdad
(Ashton Heights) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 20:35 | |
pianocomposer wrote:What the H-e-double-hocky-sticks is this chit? 1=sucko barfo
Go to Hell (click here)
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andrewmi
| | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 12:41 | |
"if we were made of cellophane we'd all get stinking drunk much faster, ah ha ha!"
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Gambrinus
(Either on the ice or in the bar) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 12:39 | |
This one lifts my spirits!
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Platypus
(here, now) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 12:37 | |
I like a lot of their tunes, but this one just doesn't cut it.
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ScopArch
(at the beach) | | Posted: Jun 26, 2006 - 20:37 | |
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tesserakt
(Vancouver & Brussels) | | Posted: Jun 12, 2006 - 06:10 | |
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Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas) | | Posted: May 28, 2006 - 16:07 | |
I love the purposefully off-key singing by the band.
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darukaru
(A miniature planet in the Kuiper belt) | | Posted: May 28, 2006 - 16:06 | |
The video for this is a work of genius, and the song ain't bad either.
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algrif
(Slightly west of Zero) | | Posted: May 14, 2006 - 02:16 | |
Anybody remember The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band ?? This reminds me of some of the crazy stuff Viv Stanshall used to do in that band.
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Varan_Komodsky
(North West England, in the rain.) | | Posted: May 14, 2006 - 02:15 | |
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iMacomania
(Bavaria - Germany) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2006 - 12:40 | |
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rKokon
(Colesville, MD) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2006 - 07:29 | |
Very, very interesting and clever pastiche. Did not like other song I heard by them. Will keep door open.
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