Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
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Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
(1968)

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parttime
Jan 10, 2010 - 17:41
After hearing this song 1,847 time's one learn's to tune it out ...


MojoJojo
Jan 10, 2010 - 17:35
Nigel is my favorite.


donnyballgame
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:34
paulmack wrote:


Good answer. You made me laugh, Chicago dude. And I don't think I fully appreciate the 100K Pyramid reference, either. Still clever even then. Anyway, I just reacted because the local university near me has the same (more cowbell) slogan that they yell at all their football games.


Boise State with that wild blue field?

Glad I made you laugh.

DB



paulmack
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:30
donnyballgame wrote:

cow — udder — cream — churn — butter — bell

I saw that on The $100,000 Pyramid.



Good answer. You made me laugh, Chicago dude. And I don't think I fully appreciate the 100K Pyramid reference, either. Still clever even then. Anyway, I just reacted because the local university near me has the same (more cowbell) slogan that they yell at all their football games.



paulmack
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:27
petesoper wrote:
Shocked and dismayed that RP accepted this into their playlist. I guess this is the other side of "eclectic!"


Hope you can still sleep at night.... God knows the stress you must be under after this revoltin' development.


donnyballgame
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:16
paulmack wrote:

Chicago dude, what do you know about cowbell?


cow — udder — cream — churn — butter — bell

I saw that on The $100,000 Pyramid.



paulmack
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:10
Dave_Mack wrote:

Yes indeed. That REALLY pushes this one over the top. In a good way.


I remember hearing that AB on occasion (regularly?) arrived on stage to start his set via crane and had somehow contrived to do so while appearing to have his hair on fire. Remember reading it in some concert review - or maybe that review was part of the liner notes on the original vinyl album cover. Too far back and, well, you know.....



paulmack
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:08
donnyballgame wrote:
Is that Will Farrell on lead vocals? Needs more cowbell.

Chicago dude, what do you know about cowbell?



petesoper
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:03
Shocked and dismayed that RP accepted this into their playlist. I guess this is the other side of "eclectic!"




donnyballgame
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:03
Is that Will Farrell on lead vocals? Needs more cowbell.


AphidA
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:02
I always thought this was from King Crimson's first release ... or somebody like that. Not whatever-the-hell-this-band-name is!

No entry yet in Wikipedia for Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Wow.


Dave_Mack
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:02
gcrumb wrote:
Ah, but what about the 5 minute acid-inspired spoken intro to the song? It's just not the same without the kooky intro!

Yes indeed. That REALLY pushes this one over the top. In a good way.



More_Cowbell
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:01
retire this one!


UltraNurd
Dec 10, 2009 - 09:01
It's always fun to find one-hit wonders of previous eras on RP.


On_The_Beach
Nov 08, 2009 - 23:28
keller1 wrote:
. . . Carl Palmer on drums. . . .

Truth is stranger than fiction!



That_SOB
Nov 08, 2009 - 23:27
keller1 wrote:
This got to number 2 on CKLW in (I think) 1968. Carl Palmer on drums.

A real period piece, avec extra fromage.



Ageed. Did he do any other music of note ? Or would that be an opinion ?


Baby_M
Oct 08, 2009 - 10:49
There was a late-night monster movie host in Cleveland in the 1970s (The Ghoul, on Channel 61) who used to dub this over the soundtrack of that week's B-movie every time Godzilla breathed fire on Tokyo, or a witch was tied to the stake, or the action on the screen involved combustion in any other fashion.



sirdroseph
Oct 08, 2009 - 10:44
This is a terrible song; I love it! {#Daisy}


keller1
Oct 08, 2009 - 10:43
This got to number 2 on CKLW in (I think) 1968. Carl Palmer on drums.

A real period piece, avec extra fromage.



flatpicker
Oct 08, 2009 - 10:42
I didn't know this song until seeing Hot Fuzz (great film btw)

I get such a kick out of this tune!

Good fun.

Kind of makes me think of a groovier version of Alice Cooper (the band, not the solo artist)



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