You’ll all be glad to know that most of my music files are safe and unaffected by the great crash of 2011.
Sadly I didn’t have time to go through them for this week’s topic which may mean that poor JD has to miss out on hearing some of the wilder tracks from my collection.
Fear not, however, you shalln’t. Here they are in all their tatty glory.
We’ll start with some 60s dance craze stuff.
First up The Weasel by Little Eddie. I love this one for the ridiculous “No there had ever seen ….the weasel”…line, can’t imagine why.
Following on we have more of the same , this time from the fabulously named Sonny Boch’s Elephants who produced Beetle Squash. I don’t think they were real elephants but , judging by their musical prowess, it is a possibility.
Next up a real treasure ( to me) the theme song to the fabulous Japanese kid’s show “Gimme gimme octopus” ( aka KureKure Takora, look for it on Youtube). Sung in Japanese , it’s about an octopus. Or something.
To follow I bring you an all time Ubu fave, Wee Willie Shantz- Hush Puppy Hush . Willie was, to all intents and purposes a “bum” ( American usage) but recorded about half a dozen tracks in the 60s-70s. The resultant “wino collage” is like nothing you’ve heard before ( or since). I love them. Perhaps you may too ?
Then we come to a little known facet of the American music scene. There are, of course, many Americans of Scandinavian origin, particularly in the Mid-West and they have held onto their traditions much as you would expect any group to. Hence Yogi Yorgesson and Who did the halibut on the poop deck, which is performed in what can only be described as “Pseudoswede”.
Finally, by special request ( you can thank Fredflinstone for this one) . I bring you…..as a bonus track…..me.
Yes, it’s my “band” currently trading as either the Aniseed Telephone ( Myspace) or The Moss Gatherers ( Reverbnation) with “our” ( O.K. it’s just me) version of Sister Ray. The quality is not great, I was into my “make it sound like a bootleg” phase.
Endure.
Hi Pairubu
I have given you the words to Gimme Gimme Octopus and even translated them for you!
I know you really wanted to know them!
Japanese
Kure kure kure
Kureppe
Kuryarinko
Nandemo hoshigaru
Kurekure takora
English
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
deceitful win or lose
deceitful child pickpocket
You will do anything to get what you want,
Gimmie Gimmie Octopus
Thank you. I can sing along now.
Have you seen the show , it is, to us westerners, beyond surreal.
The show was made before me, so I did not see it on TV but I have seen episodes on cable TV and Internet, it is like a small cult thing here now also.
It is actually a little eccentric…… well OK surreal!
The puppy is kawaii!!!
Is that wee Nipper yours? Adorable. I suspect the accompanying tunes may be less immediately so but look forward to listening later…
Yes, that is our pup.
She is as mad as a box of frogs. I love the expression on that photo “Get me back home to the warm now, you bastard” it seems to say.
She is beautiful.
Eclectic doesn’t begin to describe these. I’m pleased your great crash didn’t take these gems with it, as probably even the Smithsonian sound archive hasn’t got copies of these!! The first two were gems of the sort rockin’mitch regularly serves up to my delight. And the Ubu special piqued my interest to hear a track from you that wasn’t recorded underwater! The rest, frankly, the Smithsonian is welcome to… ;-} (more, please!)
From the Ubu oeuvre, ‘Cat soup’ would have been a more appropriate pick, surely?
nuts – the Pseudoswede – kinda made grasping on to the words difficult – did I say nuts – yep – much enjoyment – and a strange look of puzzlement from the Ms. as she tried to listen in – job done.
ta very much.
Damn you, pairubu – I can’t get ‘who put the halibut on the poop deck’ out of my ears!