Music
The Bay City Rollers Show
What happens when some one-hit wonders team up with the creators of H. R. Pufnstuf and The Banana Splits.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 27, 2022 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, Television, 1970s
Visions Fill The Eyes Of A Defeated Basketball Team In The Shower Room
We've posted about American composer Harry Partch twice before — once about the odd musical instruments he built, and another time about his unorthodox sources of inspiration (hitchhiker graffiti).This post is about his weirdo song titles, particularly this one: "Visions Fill The Eyes Of A Defeated Basketball Team In The Shower Room." The song is below. I'm not sure how the song relates to the title.
Other titles from the same album (The Bewitched) include:
- Three Undergrads Become Transfigured in a Hong Kong Music Hall
- Euphoria Descends a Sausalito Stairway
- A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among the Voteless Women of Paradise
- The Cognoscenti Are Plunged Into a Demonic Descent While at Cocktails
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 26, 2022 -
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Category: Music
Six Boys in Trouble
This album features jams on homemade percussion instruments by six 11- and 12-year-old African American boys living in New York City public housing, about 1955. These young, untrained musicians improvise the tunes and tales of their upbringing on this rhythmic release and draw inspiration from family folk traditions and popular radio and juke box hits of the era. The group’s enjoyment is apparent in their school yard musical expressions, as is their self-identification with the community in which they live. The album is divided into three parts: Percussion Ensembles, Rhythms with Voices, and Rhythms with Verses. The liner notes provide a deeper look into each section, as well as a subsequent transcription of the lyrics.
Playlist for the rest of the album here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 23, 2022 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Hobbies and DIY, Music, Juvenile Delinquency, 1950s
French Fries Guitar
Made out of McDonald's fries. By Russian guitar maker Artem Mayer.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 19, 2022 -
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Category: Food, Music
Dougal and the Blue Cat
Everything was extra trippy in the 1970s.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 18, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation, Psychedelic, 1970s
Liberace and the Young Folk Perform “Feelin’ Groovy”
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 11, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Television, 1960s
World’s Largest Collection of 8-Track Tapes
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 09, 2022 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Kitsch and Collectibles, Music, Technology
The Sylvers
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 05, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Music, Television, 1970s
Your Musical Horoscope
Use the embedded player to skip ahead to your sign, and acquire a new signature theme for your life! Or just listen to the whole album from start to finish, and try to apply the songs to people whose signs you know! "Yes, that sounds just like Jane!"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 03, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal
Ánnámáret: Homegrown Concert
"Ánnámáret is the performing name of Sámi musician Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman. Ánnámáret performs yoik, a distinctive singing and songwriting tradition of the Sámi people."
The actual singing begins at the six-minute mark. Let us know how much you enjoy yoik music.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 29, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
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