EBS_freak Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 As the title says... I was having a conversation with a mate about music that is fundamentally cheesy, or novelty based... but still has a certain amount of musicality, cleverness or/and credibility about it. Has anybody got some examples that they want to throw into the mix? I offer up one of the first tracks I came up with... The Piranhas with Zambezi. From you can tell from the get go, they are firmly placing themselves tongue in cheek in their appearance... but the song stands up... well imho anyway. Any other suggestions of songs that are on the cusp? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I agree that the drummer in a chicken suit is a good way to signal that you are not taking it too seriously. I think in another TOTP appearance the drummer played at the front , topless - using fish as drumsticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just now, Nail Soup said: I agree that the drummer in a chicken suit is a good way to signal that you are not taking it too seriously. I think in another TOTP appearance the drummer played at the front , topless - using fish as drumsticks. Indeed - Tom Hark. I didn't include that one, based on the fact it was a cover, despite it being their err... breakout track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, EBS_freak said: Indeed - Tom Hark. I didn't include that one, based on the fact it was a cover, despite it being their err... breakout track. Yes Tom Hark was one that made them into global super stars! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Rhythm Stick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Nail Soup said: Yes Tom Hark was one that made them into global super stars! Richard Slexia messing about on TOTP playbacks before it was cool. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I offer you: Ekseption. Half their output were pop songs based on classical themes, with jazz impros in the middle. Based on tackiness, they still knew what music was, and were great players to boot. Have no sound on my laptop, and can only hope the vid shows the correct song, IMHO a well-crafted reworking of a Beethoven melody. BTW, the other half of their output, their own songs, to me are sometimes very forgettable, and sometimes as intensely beautiful today as they were fifty years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Ariel - Dean Freedman With lines such as "She was collecting quarters in a paper cup She was looking for change and so was I..." "She wore a peasant blouse with nothing underneath I said "Hi", she said, "Yeah, I guess I am" " "She was sitting in a corner against the wall She would smile and I melted all over the floor" Pure 70s wet pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Video Killed the Radio Star by Buggles? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Credible enough for me anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Focus: "Hocus Pocus" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Laurie Anderson: "O Superman (for Massenet)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Nail Soup said: I agree that the drummer in a chicken suit is a good way to signal that you are not taking it too seriously. I think in another TOTP appearance the drummer played at the front , topless - using fish as drumsticks. if my stomach was still that flat, I'd probably spend a bit more time topless too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Most of "They Might be Giants" output. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Anything with Deon Estus on bass usually pretty good... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, EBS_freak said: Indeed - Tom Hark. I didn't include that one, based on the fact it was a cover, despite it being their err... breakout track. Zambezi was actually a cover too - was from the 1950’s by Lou Busch. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Rap, before 'dudes' wore their trousers around their ankles and wrapped themselves up in bling. The arrangement is credible and stands up (IMO, of course). Edited May 6, 2021 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 56 minutes ago, BassTractor said: Laurie Anderson: "O Superman (for Massenet)" No, no, NOOOOO!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, TheGreek said: No, no, NOOOOO!! No no no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no no no Superma'an ... Edited May 6, 2021 by BassTractor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, casapete said: Zambezi was actually a cover too - was from the 1950’s by Lou Busch. 🙂 Oh man, I just gone off to listen to it. My grandpa used to have this on an old 78 and I never clocked. What a moron! I prefer boring Bob's take on it though! At 1:17, I suddenly feel like I'm in the Lovebug movie.... It's not just me who hears the same vibe? Is it...? Edited May 6, 2021 by EBS_freak 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 It's guilty pleasures, isn't it 😃 I loves me a Bossa, I do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EBS_freak Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just now, Bilbo said: It's guilty pleasures, isn't it 😃 I loves me a Bossa, I do. Now that's a prelude to pornography if I ever heard it... Hmm... "a prelude to pornography" sounds like the title to my next song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Get the trumpet solo on this... Edited May 6, 2021 by Bilbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Recently mentioned in another thread, but stuff like "Livin' it Up" by Bert Kaempfert. Easy Listening in style, incredibly cheesy, and still just wow. Also this Mantovani thing called "Charmaine". ...and since I now speak of what is essentially ballroom or lounge music: almost the complete output by Max Raabe, with songs like "In meiner Badewanne bin ich Kapitän" (in my bathtub, I am the captain 😀 ) Edited May 6, 2021 by BassTractor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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