# Wierd Music You Love **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825 "2000-07-17T12:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/41 "2000-07-20T15:35:55Z")
Once again…I’m the only doper that digs **DEVO** Jocko Homo Girl U Want Gates Of Steel Secret Agent Man Satisfaction ALL of it is great. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/42 "2000-07-20T16:25:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JimmyNipples \* > \*\*Once again…I’m the only doper that digs **DEVO** > \*\* No you’re not. Devo kicks ass. Surprising that nobody mentioned them before you. Though I’m also surprised nobody has mentioned Mojo Nixon or Tom Waits yet. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/43 "2000-07-20T16:52:21Z")
Alright Eve and Ike, when are we getting together to talk about old movies and other bits of arcane stuff. Let’s hear it for the Nairobi Trio! As to Stockhausen, someone once asked a more mainstream composer (Rubinstein maybe?) if he had listened to any Stockhausen and his reply was “No, I have not trod in any of his work of late.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/44 "2000-07-20T21:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > For that matter, Redneck Rampage has some killer rockabilly songs like My Baby’s All Liquored Up. And Sealemon88 reminds me that I need to go out and actually buy some **Mojo Nixon** CDs. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/45 "2000-07-20T22:05:39Z")
Two words: **Roger Miller**. “You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd/You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd/You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd/But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to!” I had that written on my folder in high school. I was not popular. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/46 "2000-07-21T03:50:44Z")
I just reread the thread and have realized that a large % of my CD collection is listed here: Devo, Squirrel Nut Zippers, TMBG, Art of Noise,Aphex Twin, Orbital, Pet Shop Boys. What does that say about me? Some other bands left out: [list] [li]Einsturzende Nuebauten (sp?)[/li][li]Gwar[/li][li]Kraftwerk[/li][li]Joolz[/li][li]Dead Milkmen[/li] My Favorite weird song of all time is “Warm Leatherette” by The Normals. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/47 "2000-07-21T04:07:52Z")
Tricky ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/48 "2000-07-21T04:19:33Z")
Not deliberately trying to hijack this thread but two of the aforementioned had two videos that always stuck out in my mind. “Fish Heads” I remember seeing this video and thinking What in the Hell??? Years later when listening to Phantom of the Opera, I would swear that Andrew Lloyd Webber ripped off this tune for his “Music of the Night”. “Art of Noise” anyone remember that truly bizarre video where they are taking chain saws to a grand piano? I remember it as being such a startling image but really cool nonetheless. And to now segue back to the thread at hand, I submit They Might Be Giants for a weird rock band that can take some strange lyrics and put them to highly enjoyable music. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/49 "2000-07-21T04:46:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*“Me too” on Weird Al (try “The Night Santa Went Crazy” - his original stuff is by far the best), They Might Be Giants, and the mighty Space Ghost. \*\* Just to be obnoxious, I have to point out that the tune from “The Night Santa Went Crazy” appears to be taken from Soul Asylum’s “Black Gold”. It might be coincidental, though. Either way, TNSWC is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/50 "2000-07-21T07:29:21Z")
Meat Puppets is about as weird as my tastes get. Lemme see if I can find some lyrics for the uninitiated… > [@](#): > > ``` > --Liquified-- > > Jerry roll fire cracker > Chicken farmer's luck > Gutterball goldfish wedding > Rare new siamese duck > Out size lavender basket > Linoleum money floor > Stubborn flexible hayride > Reborn plastic door > Liquified > > Cowtown on the horizon > Bioled in twisted jade > Pearly wooden fish-fight > Calico cascade > Portable nylon lobster > Big bad southern brew > Dried up aluminum water > Spilling down on you > Liquified > > Petrified lizard antlers > Asphalt orange wheel > Dog-eared alphabetic > Rubber turns to steel > Platinum vegetaion > Blue eyed chandelier > California milk dust > Freeze dried gerbil ears > Liquified > > ``` OR… [quote] ``` --Hot Pink-- Hot pink volcano in the heart of the tornado Is shaking the lemonade tree Hot pink forest is backed by a furnace That boils the lemonade free and it all went down Tomorrow is a number Hot pink apple with the sweet golden dimple Has stuck its claim in me Hot pink rubber comes in every color And every style that you please ``` ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/51 "2000-07-21T08:23:57Z")
I’m surprised no-one has mentioned King Crimson. I’ve heard albums by several different incarnations of this band, and not only are they all ‘weird’, they all sound totally different. Still, I guess our perception of ‘weird’ depends on our perception of ‘normal’. How many of you would reply to a thread called ‘Normal Music’. “Everybody’s got to deviate from the norm” ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/52 "2000-07-21T10:17:31Z")
“Rum titty- pinch titty bang nipple squeeze PING!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/53 "2000-07-22T02:22:43Z")
Wow, I’m flashing back to my college roommates. Ween and Harry Partch passed for normal in my dorm room. Brian is still waiting for a CD reissue of _Barstow_. Spike Jones, brilliant. Just a small step from there to P.D.Q. Bach. The music “played” by the Nairobi Trio was _Solfeggio_ by Robert Maxwell. The main theme to _The Ernie Kovacs Show_ was called _Oriental Blues_ although it bears a remarkable similarity to _Rialto Ripples_ by George Gershwin. Allow me to add: Big Daddy. Current songs (as of 1991, anyway) recorded in the style of the 1950s. _Memory_ from “Cats” done in the old _Blue Moon_, doo-wop style. _Welcome to the Jungle_ to the tune of _The Lion Sleeps Tonight_. The Squirrels. Another band I remember for their mix-and-match tinkering. The _Hawaii Five-O Theme_ as it would sound from Dave Brubeck. The lyrics from _Deck the Halls_ to the tune of Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_. Try it yourself, it works “Deck the halls with boughs of holly…” Uncle Bonsai. The most literate, satiric folk music I’ve ever heard. Guitar and three voices perfectly matched to the material and each other. If you want to poke fun at something, you have to be even more talented than people who play it straight The Bobs. New wave a cappella. I got hooked on them when a friend put their cover of _Psycho Killer_ on a mix tape, and the first time I saw them in concert, they ended with _Particle Man_. Their original songs can be wonderfully satirical or silly, like UB, and they also have the vocal chops to back up anything they want to try. When Janie Bob used to sing lead on _White Room_, it could lay waste to entire villages. Laurie Anderson. Surprised I’m the first to mention her. A guy I used to work with couldn’t believe it when I told him that I probably didn’t have a single record from Rolling Stone’s list of the 200 most signifigant albums. He brought in the list and sure enough, I did have one, _Big Science_. Seeing _Home of the Brave_ on video opened my ears to everything I have heard since. ---
**Author:** ![dorkbro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@dorkbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkbro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/54 "2000-07-22T05:08:28Z")
I’ll second the Bobs and Big Daddy. Uncle Bonsai is out of business - but the main songwriter did at least one album as The Electric Bonsai Band, which still shows much of the same sense of humor in the lyrics. My most bizarre album, however, is probably by the New International Trio - a group from Minneapolis with instrumentalists playing: [ul] [li]Piano/Keyboards[/li][li]Northumbrian small pipes/Recorder[/li][li]Several different traditional Cambodian instruments[/li][/ul] The music they choose was equally eclectic, ranging from 16th century English barouque to traditional Cambodian to swing era classics. A version of “In the Mood” played with _tro u_ (a traditional Cambodian violin), small pipes and harpsichord is an experience not to be missed. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/55 "2000-07-22T06:14:04Z")
Steeleye Span wasn’t really all THAT original. For one, **Fairport Convention** was doing electric folk before them. With **Richard Thompson**. And there were many other members of the genre. **The Incredible String Band** did their own songs in an electric folk fashion. They Might Be Giants reminds me of them, plus accordian. I have already expressed my displeasure with the recording industry since the introduction of the electronic microphone, so I needn’t go into that here. **The Fugs, The Godz, Bonzo Dog, Amun Düül I & II, Can, The Velvet Underground, Stooges, doo-wop, surf instrumentals, folk, old blues, hillbilly.** Basically, if I put it on in the car it’s too wierd for my kids. Although my daughter turned me on to a local techno program, so she has some potential. **Brute Force** was a strange guy from the sixties. Been going through a **Sparks** period lately. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/56 "2000-07-22T06:17:29Z")
Robot Arm, is your **Big Daddy** the same one I listen to from the seventies? Aussie band? ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/57 "2000-07-22T08:27:36Z")
A friend just demanded that I download a few songs by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. They do punk remakes of a lot of songs from the 70’s and other songs one would not think would sound good punk, for instance, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Seasons in the Sun, and The Boxer. The Boxer is one of my all-time favorite songs, so I was hesitant, but damn…I like it. And before anyone gets all pissy with me for using Napster, I actually got onto to CDNOW and bought both their CDs. 🙂 But yeah, they seem pretty weird to me… ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/58 "2000-07-22T08:47:35Z")
Three songs: “Nellie the Elephant”, by The Toy Dolls “Ya Gotta Move”, by The Rolling Stones “Detachable Penis”, by Green Jelly (formerly Green Jello) ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/59 "2000-07-23T05:47:24Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by lunasea \* \*\*I just reread the thread and have realized that a large % of my CD collection is listed here \*\* [QUOTE] Well yeah. I though we were talking about WEIRD music. > [@](#): > > **Favorite weird song of all time is “Warm Leatherette” by The Normals.** A tear of petrol is in your eye. the hand brake penetrates your thigh. on warm leatherette join the car crash set Einsturzende Neubauten The Residents Foetus Inc. Syd Barrett The Fall Negativeland Perfectly normal as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/60 "2000-07-24T14:35:38Z")
**dorkbro** , Uncle Bonsai is not completely defunct. They’ve done a few reunion concerts over the last couple years, and released two new CDs, _Doug_ and _Sponge Boy_. Andrew Ratchin still performs and records as The Elecrtic Bonsai Band, and he also has a group called Mel Cooleys, which now includes Arni Adler from UB. Check out [http://www.yellowtailrecords.com](http://www.yellowtailrecords.com) **dropzone** , I don’t think we’re talking about the same Big Daddy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825.md?page=4)