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Oingo Boingo — Dead Man's Party
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Keef
(Confluence of the American River)
Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 08:01
 
Just started reading "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline.  This song is referenced at the beginning of the novel. 

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:41
 
 james_of_tucson wrote:
 kcar wrote:
  It's like the band is trying hard to be quirky and edgy, but it's pretty predictable stuff. Time and the river...

In the early 1980s this band seemed quite unique, hardly derivative of anything.  Nothing, if "predictable".  Their own promoters didn't know what to do with them! (You could often catch Oingo Boingo as an opening act for Reggae bands like Steel Pulse, Killer Bees, or the Twinkle Bros.)  Not exactly "new wave", not at all "reggae", not prog rock.  They were strange and you had to be a little beyond the norm yourself to ever be in a space where you'd discover them. 

I don't think they were trying to be "quirky" or "edgy", that part came naturally.  I think they tried hard to be *big*.  There were 9 or 10 performers credited on the '80 EP.  I knew about this band because a friend of mine pointed out the Strawberry Alarm Clock connection, and insisted that I go see them in concert (which was quite amazing — they are as much *performers* as they are *musicians*.)

 

''performers''  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7PGHF_kza8

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:29
 
Must turn up!     {#Dancingbanana_2}

JIan
(Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 15:42
 
I cannot hear this song now without mentally picturing the movie Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield and Robert Downey Jr. Help!  {#Lol}

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 15:39
 
I demand more Oingo Boingo!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 13:32
 
Fortunately, Danny found another quite successful and profitable way to make a living.

this is quite dated

idiot_wind
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 13:31
 
Play some R n R. It's Friday afternoon for crying out loud.

blackjackshellac
(Montreal)
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 04:12
 
Reminds me of frat boys slamming their fists from one side of their chest to the other.  It's the endless auto-tuney beat that drives me nuts.

SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:17
 
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
Excellent song!! I love the video too.

This is one I crank around Halloween.
 

Wow, how clever! I bet you play "Everyday is Halloween" and "Bela Lugosi's Dead" too.

 



Stingray
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:14
 

Did not know that are that good!

WOOOW!

 

Might be stupid:

But compare them to the methadone-music of Pink Floyd!



neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 11:02
 
If only someone would remove Danny Elfman from the ass of Tim Burton the world would be a better place

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 10:58
 
 obstetricus wrote:
Nothing like a little Oingo Boingo to beat the afternoon blahs
 
Exactly!! Just when the post-lunch slow down is kicking in Boingo kicks it in gear.

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 10:57
 
One of the most under rated and talented band of the 80s.

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 10:56
 
Excellent song!! I love the video too.

This is one I crank around Halloween.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:15
 
{#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana}

That_SOB
(In at least 2 places at once)
Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 08:45
 
Mummy and me be doin the E—gyptian all across the rug . ..

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 08:40
 
I see that more Boingo needs to be uploaded to RP.  I'll take care of it.

obstetricus
Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 08:39
 
Real Genius...highly recommend this for everyone's viewing pleasure; a Val Kilmer classic

ziakut
(Unmoon)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 18:14
 
Leave your body and soul at the door! Yep...really love this fun tune.

beachbum
(Lk Stevens, WA (or at work nearby))
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 16:19
 
Not sure why I like this song soooo much—is it the memories or just the groove?  :)   I was shutting down my computer to head home for the day when this came on.  Think I'll stick around a little longer, dancing in my chair and cranking up the volume. 


james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:35
 
 kcar wrote:
  It's like the band is trying hard to be quirky and edgy, but it's pretty predictable stuff. Time and the river...

In the early 1980s this band seemed quite unique, hardly derivative of anything.  Nothing, if "predictable".  Their own promoters didn't know what to do with them! (You could often catch Oingo Boingo as an opening act for Reggae bands like Steel Pulse, Killer Bees, or the Twinkle Bros.)  Not exactly "new wave", not at all "reggae", not prog rock.  They were strange and you had to be a little beyond the norm yourself to ever be in a space where you'd discover them. 

I don't think they were trying to be "quirky" or "edgy", that part came naturally.  I think they tried hard to be *big*.  There were 9 or 10 performers credited on the '80 EP.  I knew about this band because a friend of mine pointed out the Strawberry Alarm Clock connection, and insisted that I go see them in concert (which was quite amazing — they are as much *performers* as they are *musicians*.)


beachbum
(Lk Stevens, WA (or at work nearby))
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:30
 
Have to share a memory for this song.  WAY back when this album came out I worked my first regular job at a stationery store in a mall in Buena Park, CA.  Remember the Teddy Ruxpin dolls that played a cassette, causing their mouths to move and read a book?  We sold those in the store and one night someone brought this cassette and put it in our Teddy Ruxpin demo.  It was funny to have Teddy's mouth moving and this song coming out as we cleaned and closed the store.  So I always remember that, and those fun times of my youth, when I hear this song.  A favorite after all these years!

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:26
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Tongue} {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Daisy}{#Bananajam}{#Roflol}{#Clap}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananasplit}

obstetricus
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:25
 
Nothing like a little Oingo Boingo to beat the afternoon blahs

shakitten
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 05:39
 
Love it! Mister Tuma, I be dancing!

walk
(SF)
Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 00:19
 
 leathepea wrote:

and bubbles.
 

wait are you saying Danny Elfman did a soundtrack? 

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 07:32
 
This would be good on the soundtrack of a remake of Corman's classic Masque of the Red Death. Here's an illustration from the original Edgar Allan Poe story, posted on DeviantArt:

Masque of the Red Death


leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 07:26
 
 countyman wrote:
This song always reminds me of Rodney and "Back To School"

R.I.P. Mr. Dangerfield
 
and bubbles.

Alexandra
(Here and Now)
Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 07:24
 
Yeah!!! {#Dance}  {#Guitarist}

kcar
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 21:16
 
 Proclivities wrote:

That singer did enjoy astronomical success on his own - and still does.
 
I see Danny Elfman's name all the time and like his soundtrack work—had no idea he was the singer. After just listening to this song again, I'm still only mildly entertained. It's like the band is trying hard to be quirky and edgy, but it's pretty predictable stuff. Time and the river...

 lynnypoo wrote:
Danny Elfman - Married Bridget Fonda.  Just a trivia note.
 
Wow, had no idea. Did she retire? IMDB doesn't have any credits for her after 2002. More trivia: Larry Hagman is her godfather. 
  

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 14:07
 
Is it Halloween already?

debskolmodin
(Florida)
Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 12:21
 
Love this song!!  Danny Elfman is the greatest!

naviganter
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 07:30
 
Pretty cool, gets me jumping up and down :)


xenothaulus
(NEPA)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 07:27
 
Excellent, thanks! Just what I needed this morning. {#Bananajam}

Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion)
Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 20:02
 
Great college music.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 07:09
 
 kcar wrote:


I don't know that reason, but they never were all that big in the US either. It may have had something to do with the singer. 
 
That singer did enjoy astronomical success on his own - and still does.


lynnypoo
(Cambridge, MN)
Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 10:35
 
Danny Elfman - Married Bridget Fonda.  Just a trivia note.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 21:03
 
 chedak wrote:
...or maybe a "Bop" dance like Molly Ringwald did in the movie "The Breakfast Club" if anyone can remember.

Poacher wrote:

I would recommend a 80s tango fusion. . . in lurex. . . with a rose. 

 
 
Well, I'll give it all a try. Loved Molly Ringwald in "The Breakfast Club." She did a variation of the "Point" from "Flashdance."

I am a dork. (No, not a geek, because a geek is that guy in the carnival who bites the heads off live chickens. I looked it up.)

I'll go with the Bop dance. Or maybe I'll just make something up as the rhythm and beat move me... (I'm still trying to figure out the tango-fusion thing.  NO LUREX.  Possibly a rose.) Poacher, you are absolutely evil. {#Cheesygrin}

pggriff
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 20:57
 
uuuh...nope


kcar
Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 12:27
 
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
Not really my thing at all. There's a reason Oingo Bongo never made it to the UK. This is just a little too generic for my tastes.
 

I don't know that reason, but they never were all that big in the US either. It may have had something to do with the singer. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 12:19
 
9 {#Arrow} 10

This song evokes so many great memories of fun parties that I can't keep rating it less than a 10.

mapman
(East Coast USA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 15:47
 
So much for "the life of the party".

{#Taped-shut}

Kinda fun??

No-ingo Boingo in the end for me though!

Clever album art points!!!



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 05:52
 
No, uh-uh, no........just no.

GuiltyFeat
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 05:50
 
Not really my thing at all. There's a reason Oingo Bongo never made it to the UK. This is just a little too generic for my tastes.

chedak
(Somewhere-over-the-rainbow, KS)
Posted: Jan 09, 2011 - 12:30
 
...or maybe a "Bop" dance like Molly Ringwald did in the movie "The Breakfast Club" if anyone can remember.

Poacher wrote:

I would recommend a 80s tango fusion. . . in lurex. . . with a rose. 

 



pinnyrat
Posted: Jan 09, 2011 - 12:29
 
MAKE IT STOP

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 08:15
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Love this song. Um, what kind of dance does one do to this song? Disco doesn't really work, but break-dancing doesn't, either. Pogo? Flashdance? Never mind - I'll just make it up as I go.  {#Dancingbanana}
 
I would recommend a 80s tango fusion. . . in lurex. . . with a rose. 


jessfine
(exiled to Wisconsin)
Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 19:11
 
No, I guess not.

JH_Junior
(São Paulo Brazil)
Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 18:37
 
Dead Man's Party......   perfect !  I still dancing...   


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 16:44
 
Come on in
Take off your skin
And rattle around in your bones.... {#Skull}