Novelty records that you think are genuinely good?!

[tedmanzie]

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1441917423' post='2863022']
Jilted John
[/quote]

Of course, excellent!

[Mykesbass]

Got me scratching around now - this?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg[/url]

[tedmanzie]

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1441920940' post='2863066']
Got me scratching around now - this?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg[/media]
[/quote]

Of course, how did I miss this! 100% hits the nail on the head! A perfect blend of weirdness, sonic novelty and pop quirkyness

[tedmanzie]

This!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W25_jgiY51I[/media]

[Slipperydick]

Sick man blues, Goodies.

Surprised no ones mentioned Bonzo Dog Doodah yet.

Edited September 10, 2015 by Slipperydick

[BigRedX]

I suppose this counts too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnIJOO__jVo

[tedmanzie]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1441907834' post='2862888']
Sid is Dead by Wavis O'Shave
[/quote]

Nice!

[tedmanzie]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1441922865' post='2863089']
I suppose this counts too:
[/quote]

Yes, that is brilliant!

[The Admiral]

[quote name='operative451' timestamp='1441901003' post='2862820']
This is seriously my favourite record of all time. I want it played at my funeral.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sfrg4bFoc[/media]

I can't work out how to do the embed thing...
[/quote]

Sarah Brightman, before she went all West End, and married that Lloyd Webber bloke. Quite the eye candy when I was a teenager......I remember it well!

[alyctes]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1441895634' post='2862751']
Nellie The Elephant by that band, whose name I've forgotten.
[/quote]

Toy Dolls. Their reading of Blue Suede Shoes is a minor epic, and its timing is glorious

[alyctes]

Bohemian Rhapsody.

[BigRedX]

Everything by Kate Bush.

[mrtcat]

http://youtu.be/F5_sfkEkqA0

[tedmanzie]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1441951728' post='2863149']
Everything by Kate Bush.
[/quote]
that's probably true.

[tedmanzie]

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1441931696' post='2863127']
Bohemian Rhapsody.
[/quote][quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1441931149' post='2863126']
Toy Dolls. Their reading of Blue Suede Shoes is a minor epic, and its timing is glorious
[/quote]

Excellent!

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1441931696' post='2863127']
Bohemian Rhapsody.
[/quote]

I was wondering about this, it certainly fits my novelty blurring definition in the original post. Even though the song makes me feel queezy.

[Nicko]

Still not sure if the Scouting for Girls first album is supposed to be a serious music projecty or a novelty album. Either way theres some cracking stuff on it. Surely any song with "You put the meaning in whakaday" counts as novelty.

[chris_b]

[quote name='Slipperydick' timestamp='1441921542' post='2863072']
Surprised no ones mentioned Bonzo Dog Doodah yet.
[/quote]

I'll raise, your Bonzo Dog with both Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band albums.


A recent BK lineup

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnWF8U8S5Kg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnWF8U8S5Kg[/url]

[4-string-thing]

Coalville Girls by my old band Iron Python.... You probably have to be from or near Coalville to appreciate the lyrics though....


http://youtu.be/AJOvkq7V4do






Failing that, Bunsen Burner by John Otway, which also features Basschatter Seymourfluid .....

Edited September 11, 2015 by 4-string-thing

[JellyKnees]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM[/media]

[KevB]

Don't have time to go thru whole thread so apologies if these have already been posted

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUfg3uCBbg[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cITjfIMXN0g[/media]

No so much novelty in the actual sounds as the not quite run of the mill subject matter.

Edited September 11, 2015 by KevB

[kendall]

Halfman Half Biscuit - 99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd

[tedmanzie]

i need a new genre - that includes Trio Da Da Da / Flying Lizards / Telstar but excludes The Birdie Song / Cum On Squeeze Me Boils / Etc !
'Novelty' is too broad! (too awful!!)

[Earbrass]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441894331' post='2862729']
Anything by Flanders and Swann.
[/quote]

Oh yes. For example:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYr0eNtpDHs[/media]

From the sublime to the ridiculous - I know I shouldn't like it, but I can't help myself:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL15Ya5fsgo[/media]

[tauzero]

How about

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLEMncv140s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLEMncv140s[/url]

And of course there's

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU[/url]

and

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM[/url]

But maybe

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32SkxLCZz_o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32SkxLCZz_o[/url]

is more like what the OP envisaged.

[Beer of the Bass]

No mention of Ivor Cutler yet? Some of his songs definitely tend towards the novelty category, but there's a bit more going on than that. I think my favourite album is Ludo, for its slightly fuller sound with bass and drums.
The songs are either daft like this:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NRTks2M50"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NRTks2M50[/url]


Or whimsical but beautiful like this:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk7IiSdCkEw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk7IiSdCkEw[/url]