# Quirky music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272 "2010-07-02T04:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/1 "2010-07-02T04:19:09Z")
What are your favorite musical oddities? Please share if you have any. Here’s an old fave: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/boNLZY1Jh08/hqdefault.jpg "We don't need no smurf here") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNLZY1Jh08) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/2 "2010-07-02T12:37:03Z")
Here, these should keep you busy for a while: > **[Incorrect Music with Irwin Chusid and Michelle Boulé](https://wfmu.org/playlists/IM)** > > Playlists & archives ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/3 "2010-07-02T13:12:12Z")
The Bonzo Dog Band, of course. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4vUaNQKHk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4vUaNQKHk) (Important note: this was done _before_ **Laugh-in** aired.) Even odder than that is Lol Coxhill: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4xdjaZHu4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4xdjaZHu4) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/4 "2010-07-02T14:14:45Z")
You want odd? Try these guys. [The Three Mustaphas Three](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvf52QQwjmo&feature=related) Used to hear them on the John Peel show. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/5 "2010-07-02T14:40:09Z")
These aren’t as out there as some you’ll no doubt see mentioned in this thread, but I like them, and, well, there you go. [ul][“The Spectrum Song”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dczpjt5HLo)[/ul] [ul][“Know Your Chicken”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COMWwwv_MTk)[/ul] [ul][“Kiss Me, Son of God”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ4iFNYszTc)[/ul] [ul][“Satisfaction”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o)[/ul] [ul][“Freedom of Choice”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/6 "2010-07-02T16:05:15Z")
Whether they fit your idea of _quirky_ or not, you may find some amusing examples in a couple of recent threads: [Musical Abominations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563295) which ran from 05-15-2010, 10:40 AM until 05-23-2010 08:48 PM [Offbeat/Unusual Versions of Music that you still consider good](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563670) which ran from 05-18-2010, 12:24 PM until 05-19-2010 10:27 PM ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/7 "2010-07-02T19:37:45Z")
Great links, thanks! To be quirky enough, stuff just needs to be a bit odd, although totally insane is perfectly nice too. Here’s a pretty, odd track from a guy who did soundtracks for Mr Magoo and Tom and Jerry. From the days when stereo sound was a new thing: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C6lAgTMEIBw/hqdefault.jpg "Dean Elliott - Lonesome Road") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6lAgTMEIBw) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/8 "2010-07-02T19:57:40Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#): > > Great links, thanks! To be quirky enough, stuff just needs to be a bit odd, although totally insane is perfectly nice too. Here’s a pretty, odd track from a guy who did soundtracks for Mr Magoo and Tom and Jerry. From the days when stereo sound was a new thing: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6lAgTMEIBw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6lAgTMEIBw) Then, by all means, you must include [SPIKE JONES & CITY SLICKERS - COCKTAILS FOR TWO - 1945](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q) and any of his other things at YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/9 "2010-07-02T20:12:36Z")
So, then, I guess [Metal Machine Music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0KkzbbqPI) would fit your criteria? ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/10 "2010-07-03T05:10:17Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > So, then, I guess [Metal Machine Music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0KkzbbqPI) would fit your criteria? Yeah that would be in the ballpark 🙂 > [@Zeldar](#): > > Then, by all means, you must include [SPIKE JONES & CITY SLICKERS - COCKTAILS FOR TWO - 1945](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q) and any of his other things at YouTube. Yeah I like Spike, but that tune’s kind of spoiled for me since I downloaded it one night from early Napster, drunk, and gleefully played it about 15 times. I had that tune stuck in my head for 3 weeks. I never play it anymore. Even thinking about it’s dangerous. Chuck Mingus did a nice version of “Cocktails” but I can’t find it anywhere. Speaking of quirky, nothin’ beats ol’ Melvin Van.. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/okULELQL5kA/hqdefault.jpg "MELVIN VAN PEEBLES - LILLY DONE THE ZAMPOUGHI EVERYTIME I PULLED HER COATTAIL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okULELQL5kA) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/11 "2010-07-03T05:50:19Z")
MC Frontalot, in general is pretty quirky, through being geeky rap. But I’ll just stick to my favourites (due to being my particular geekdom)… [It Is Pitch Dark](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE) - about all those old Infocom text adventure games. [Final Boss](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHH3O8OxaMw) - a more generalized video game song. And, while we’re on the topic of video games…a little less inherently odd, but one of my favourite artists doing a song about video games… [the brilliant green - I’m a Player in TV Games](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ARw25KV8Ak). (And, yes, they’re dressed in Hogwarts uniforms. Tommy’s fun like that.) ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/12 "2010-07-03T14:49:54Z")
Also: [ul][“Truth Is Out of Style”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vgDpI8kU98) - MC 900 Ft. Jesus[/ul] [ul][“Earth People”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjKHQeRSvjk) - Dr. Octagon (note the reference to “space doo-doo pistols”)[/ul] [ul][“Ape Call”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdvM0DdRVMA) - Nervous Norvus[/ul] [ul][“Danger! High Voltage”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4gyJsY0mc) - Electric Six[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/13 "2010-07-03T14:57:11Z")
Man! How could I forget [“The Curse of Millhaven”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JzqRIdZ8Rk), by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds? ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/14 "2010-07-03T17:57:13Z")
Some stuff (mostly weird covers) from my party music playlist: [Die Zorros - Final Countdown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prZpm27bK5Y) [Henry Jerome - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ODDeO3rdo) [The Tornados - Jungle Fever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZMByT7N9OY) [Sun Ra - Pink Elephants](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfLpnXQpjvw) [Raymond Scott - Lightworks (50’s radio commercial)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbzAa_c1VY) [King Automatic - The Model](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4m7jKWT3-8) ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/15 "2010-07-03T18:17:56Z")
Also: [The Portsmouth Sinfonia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw) - interesting project [see Wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Sinfonia). [Belbury Poly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1-uRJN61E) [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - There’s Something Wrong With You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cn-k8-SIyA) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/16 "2010-07-03T19:08:58Z")
Considering my musical tastes…god, where would I _start?_ Just off the top of my head…how about [The Doctor’s Wife by the Clockwork Quartet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFtWyvRMOk)? ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/17 "2010-07-03T21:23:13Z")
Theme from Shaft - arabized. “Can ya dig it” becomes “Insha’Allah”. Not sure, but it sounds like “Shaft” becomes “Shah”. * * * [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-_8GE8c-kE) ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/18 "2010-07-04T00:49:02Z")
Dip into the music of Finnish bassist Pekka Pohjola. One of his less quirky, more ‘mainstream’ examples just to ease you in gently: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-65Ee58UCQw/hqdefault.jpg "Pekka Pohjola - Mathematical Air Display") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-65Ee58UCQw) But if you explore his work, you’ll get plenty of ‘quirky’, believe me. His work is a fascinating blend of the mainstream/accessible and the ‘so quirky you wonder how it ever got recorded and released’. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/19 "2010-07-04T01:03:32Z")
Besides Mr Bungle? And The Worst Song Ever? Well, a couple months ago my dial stopped on a Christian station (since I always keep it in the left hand side of the dial searching for NPR and classical.) They were playing praise music in Spanish, but the backing music was a mix between trad Mexican (i.e. guitars and accordions) and “modern” latin american music (i.e. vaguely 80’s sounding hip-hop influenced pop). Which isn’t a TOTALLY odd combo. But. The singer’s voice was altered to sound exactly like the Hampster Dance (sweet rodent Jesus!) Strange enough for one song, but they played like 3 or four of them in a row! In retrospect it was probably a block of music by the same artist, despite the theortetical quirkiness of a station that only played Spanish Christian Norteño Chipmunk Rap. ---
**Author:** ![Mervyn\_Pumpkinhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mervyn\_Pumpkinhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mervyn_Pumpkinhead)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272/20 "2010-07-04T06:03:17Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Dip into the music of Finnish bassist Pekka Pohjola. One of his less quirky, more ‘mainstream’ examples just to ease you in gently: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-65Ee58UCQw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-65Ee58UCQw) > > But if you explore his work, you’ll get plenty of ‘quirky’, believe me. His work is a fascinating blend of the mainstream/accessible and the ‘so quirky you wonder how it ever got recorded and released’. Have you heard of Pinnin Pojat or the amazing accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen? [Kimmo performing ‘Animator’ live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZJC6F5jvwo) [Kimmo’s duo Kluster, featuring an electronic percussionist whose sounds are all sampled from Kimmo’s own accordion!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gYAFsMuBw&feature=related) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-music/545272.md?page=2)