Favorite Weird Song

[mike costelow]

clearspot by captain beefheart.everything the captain did was good but weird.

 

[foq1978]

Several hundred by Tom Waits....Oh, like Chocolate Jesus; the Earth Died Screaming; Eyeball Kid; Fish in the Jailhouse; A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun; Dragging a Dead Priest; All stripped Down; Step Right Up

+1000 on every one of those. And many more by Mr. Waits.

 

[5StringBlues]

clearspot by captain beefheart.everything the captain did was good but weird.

+1 on the good Captain.

Here's an almost fairly normal one by Captain Beefheart/Frank Zappa: Willie the Pimp

 

[geeza]

No love for Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen?

I really like The Ramones version of that song.

 

[5StringBlues]

Some O.G. weirdness.

Spike Jones,William Tell Overture

 

[Matt R.]

I can't believe nobody mentioned this one:

The song starts about 12-13 seconds in:

 

[Fetusyolk]

My name is mud - PRIMUS

 

[JazzBass Love]

Pink Floyd- "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"



The best band to have ever graced the earth.

+1. Ummagumma had some pretty neat (albeit messed up) tracks, and "Several Species..." is probably my favorite of the album.

 

[RS]

That vid reminded me about Snakefinger's "Man In The Dark Sedan"


I was lucky to see him with the Residents a few years before he died.

I am jealous.

Thanks for the clip.

Any idea where to get some of his solo music on CD? I looked on amazon.com, everything is out of print.

 

[5StringBlues]

I am jealous.

Thanks for the clip.

Any idea where to get some of his solo music on CD? I looked on amazon.com, everything is out of print.

All I came up with was this compilation Cd [This invalid link has been removed]

and some stuff on Ebay.

 

[Baskesman]

What about
Softmachine's first 2
Slapp Happy
Henry Cow
Back Door's first (if you love bass, check it out!)
Dow Jones and the Industrials
Pete Brown and his battered ornaments
Twink's think pink
Devo
and on and on

 

[Luke19Boarder]

well, my favorite "weird" band would probably be deerhoof:



love this video ... not my favorite song by them, but it's pretty good.

 

[RS]

well, my favorite "weird" band would probably be deerhoof:



love this video ... not my favorite song by them, but it's pretty good.

I dig it. What is their best CD?

 

[strappa]

Southern Culture On The Skids - Camel Walk

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[mccartneyman]

How about Ludo's "Lake Pontchartrain?" The story of a roadtrip where the singers two friends are killed by mind-controlling crayfish.

 

[5StringBlues]

How about Ludo's "Lake Pontchartrain?" The story of a roadtrip where the singers two friends are killed by mind-controlling crayfish.

I've never heard this but you can be damn sure I'm going to start looking for it!

 

[Luke19Boarder]

I dig it. What is their best CD?

that song is off of "friend opportunity," which is the most accessible of their albums that I own.

My personal favorite album by them (also the first one i heard and bought) is "apple o'"

All of them are really good, and I've seen them in concert twice. Their drummer is ridiculous.

 

[Baskesman]

Oh and Zoogz Rift!

 

[Trapezius]

Something by Mr Bungle.. I love that band, especially the California album.
Goodbye Sober Day or Ars Moriendi, maybe.

 

[The Owl]

"For Calvin and His Next Two Hitchikers"- Frank Zappa

"Contrasong" - Egg

"Doctor Diamond" - King Crimson

"None of Them Knew They Were Robots" - Mr Bungle

"De Futura" - Magma

"All The Things You could've Been By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother" - Charles Mingus