tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2550688900952740424..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Music -- David Sevillemybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17426986695130469462010-09-30T17:55:44.026-05:002010-09-30T17:55:44.026-05:00Witch Doctor - YES!
Chipmunks - NO!Witch Doctor - YES!<br />Chipmunks - NO!Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-12884377634136951262010-09-30T10:04:30.122-05:002010-09-30T10:04:30.122-05:00(that should be "a parade" as in a parad...(that should be "a parade" as in a parade of novelty songs on CDR RADIO, as audible here:<br /><br />http://www.earwolf.com/ )<br /><br />Now to go Work and eventually get my own accreting Forgotten Music post up...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-2541590614811236222010-09-30T10:02:24.778-05:002010-09-30T10:02:24.778-05:00And I did, btw, do a William Saroyan novel (or &qu...And I did, btw, do a William Saroyan novel (or "novel" as collection of linked short stories) as one of my FFBs a while back.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-27467791289194262802010-09-30T09:26:48.814-05:002010-09-30T09:26:48.814-05:00Wow, this brings back a lot of memories!Wow, this brings back a lot of memories!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31573624673650339582010-09-30T08:28:26.002-05:002010-09-30T08:28:26.002-05:00Thanks for the link, Todd.
Jeff, that's why I...Thanks for the link, Todd.<br /><br />Jeff, that's why I don't gamble.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-10343367733177608332010-09-30T08:26:27.642-05:002010-09-30T08:26:27.642-05:00Och. or even Nellie McKay.Och. or even Nellie McKay.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-8692728048025426062010-09-30T08:26:03.193-05:002010-09-30T08:26:03.193-05:00To say nothing of Nellis McKayTo say nothing of Nellis McKayTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-10443161210974312682010-09-30T08:22:22.234-05:002010-09-30T08:22:22.234-05:00With the music-hall tradition, if anything novelty...With the music-hall tradition, if anything novelty songs did better on average there, I suspect. <br /><br />As for today's novelty songs, quite aside from the career of the famously good-natured Al Yankovic, there is parade which are featured on the weekly COMEDY DEATH RAY RADIO (named after a recurring review/comedian showcase in LA) where host Scott Aukerman enjoys playing novelty songs, pro and am, as bumpers. Along with Yankovic on the pro side, such folks as They Might Be Giants and Hard and Phirm are making at least some of their careers straddling the line of novelty and...non-novelty? music...though perhaps even more favored than them by me are the charming women of Garfunkel and Oates.<br />http://www.garfunkelandoates.com/Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-25924267051117561692010-09-30T07:32:01.901-05:002010-09-30T07:32:01.901-05:00Wrong - "Witch Doctor" reached #2 in the...Wrong - "Witch Doctor" reached <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Doctor_(song)" rel="nofollow">#2 in the British charts</a>.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-59210783588304311762010-09-30T07:30:18.939-05:002010-09-30T07:30:18.939-05:00"oo ee oo ah ah
ting tang walla walla bing b...<i>"oo ee oo ah ah <br />ting tang walla walla bing bang"</i><br /><br />They just don't write classics like that anymore.<br /><br />"The Chipmunk Song" was the first 45 I ever owned.<br /><br />*searches for geezer bus*<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42528635862897773192010-09-30T07:18:52.316-05:002010-09-30T07:18:52.316-05:00Good question. I have a feeling he didn't do ...Good question. I have a feeling he didn't do too well.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91440269515925073552010-09-30T07:06:57.328-05:002010-09-30T07:06:57.328-05:00The Witchdoctor is the only one I can say for sure...The Witchdoctor is the only one I can say for sure that I've heard before although there is something familiar about the others. Wonder how well he did in the UK?Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.com