Jonesy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Looking at the darker side of humour and a bit of punk...... TSOL - Code blue, for a tune about necrophilia DI - Richard hung himself. Slayer also covered it, but I prefer this Angry Samoans - They saved Hitlers cock 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Gary Willis - One Brick Shy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Loons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 hours ago, Maude said: I'm not sure if Ministry would ever want to be classed as whacky but Jesus Built My Hotrod is edging towards that territory... and is fantastic. Puts a smile on my face every time. I really wish Gibby had down more with Al and the Ministry/RevCo guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) https://youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI&si=ULoES7CdemU73xTW Still can't work out how to embed things. Not quite an instrumental, but hey... Edited March 14 by Lfalex v1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 21 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI&si=ULoES7CdemU73xTW Still can't work out how to embed things. Not quite an instrumental, but hey... Under the video is a button marked "Share". Click on that, then click on the "Copy" button under the row of icons. Then paste the copied link here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 5 hours ago, Frank Blank said: On a slightly more serious note? Edited March 14 by Lfalex v1.1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 The Aristocrats. Complete with rubber chicken & pig solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skilamalink Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 You asked and Martin Mull answered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassybert Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) One of my favourite instrumental tracks ever, a Serge Gainsboroug title track from the Cannabis soundtrack. Also love this song by the Beastie Boys 1994 record Ill Communication which was basically the soundtrack of my teens. I quite often play along to this with a nice fat fuzz tone. Edited March 14 by Bassybert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Brilliant thread! I love finding new music that pushes my boundaries a bit, so finding intriguing quirky new music is always something I enjoy. A couple of years ago, I went through a phase of listening to French artists (who are, generally, already quirkier than those of us not living on the European mainland). Many artists jumped out and have stuck around in my regular rotation, but this one featured heavily for a while. I think, as well as being quirky, it's cool and sophisticated, and eminently listenable. Malik Djoudi is also a very interesting artist in my opinion. Again, en Francais. What's he singing about? F***ed if I know, but it sounds good. John Frusciante, who I have followed since RHCP Stadium Arcadium days, went really experimental with his solo stuff a few years ago. It's not bad, but it can be a little jarring if you're hearing it for the first time. I actually quite like it. (FWIW, I have a first release vinyl of the above album for sale on Discogs, among several other albums) Thom Yorke and Flea had a very interesting collaboration about 10 years ago. Sadly, this supergroup only ever released one album. I thought it was great. This song was played live by Thom on the Jonathan Ross show - it's a lovely stripped-down version (just Thom and a piano) and is, in a sense, a much nicer song in the live version - would certainly appeal to a wider audience than this techno-masterpiece. I think, in general, a lot of modern music is less formulaic, or certainly follow very different formulas than the major recording artists of the 60s up until the early 2000s. I think certain movements tried to break the formula (like prog rock), and some are still persevering with it, but what's doing well today is almost unrecognisable to what did well 60 years ago. I like to listen to Lindsay Buckingham - he's still writing and recording solo music, and it is very good, but it does really feel like a man stuck in a certain period of music history. For somebody who wrote so many hits, it's a little sad to see that his music won't be enjoyed by as many people today simply because tastes have moved on from what now feels like a rather tired music-writing formula. Edited March 14 by MiltyG565 More thoughts :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 7 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Brilliant! It's like if Jacob Collier was asked to provide music for the 1969 moon landing 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MiltyG565 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Another one from the sphere of Thom Yorke (which almost guarantees a degree of weirdness). This one is cold, with a somewhat tense and menacing feel. This one is lovely and floaty Mac rarely fails when it comes to quirkiness. L'Imperatrice, another great French artist. This song, quirky in it's own way, but the really quirky thing about this is that it's essentially an English-language copy of their own song Erreur 404 which is, of course, en Francais. The lyrics are completely different between the French and English versions, for example, in the French version, the first line of the chorus is "404, screen turns black" which is where the title of the songs comes from, but it doesn't work harmonically and lyrically in the English version, so there's just "it's an error 404" tucked away in one of the verses instead due to the lyrics being rewritten to fit the song. It essentially means these two songs by the same artists are almost completely identical, and yet, very different! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Final contribution from me. More French weirdness. This one features the name of a former French president as its only lyric. Its meaning, who knows? Seems to have been released around the time he died, so we can only imagine it's in tribute, not in mockery. This one is about cassoulet, which is French beans and sausages (I would advise against comparing it to Heinz beans and sausages in French company unless you want to invoke an angry and hilarious French meltdown) - The music video is pretty trippy. Jacques Chirac in a Samba band, for some reason. Another one about a politician, this time with no lyrics at all! After a minute or so of weird, spectral sounds, the song begins, although not much less weird. This from Air, an artist which had some success in the UK. This is part of a movie soundtrack, but weird, nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) I love Mark Korven's work for film scores. I've seen him live and it's incredible: https://youtu.be/nbtuaIJKMI4?si=OPGyz7_wZe4RcHi_ Edited March 15 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Sticking with quirky instrumentals, and staying away from jazz (for the moment), early indie-new-wave pioneers featuring Andy Warren on bass: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassybert Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 8 hours ago, MiltyG565 said: This one is about cassoulet, which is French beans and sausages (I would advise against comparing it to Heinz beans and sausages in French company unless you want to invoke an angry and hilarious French meltdown) - The music video is pretty trippy. That is quite the video, think a few chemicals might have been ingested during the making of that 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 And pretty much everything with Captain Beefehart & The Magic Band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 14/03/2024 at 09:36, bartelby said: Ah, it was number 1 on the day I was born in Coventry. Maybe I should give it a listen... I'll warn you now, it's an acquired taste!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 5 hours ago, Bassybert said: That is quite the video, think a few chemicals might have been ingested during the making of that 😂 Maybe! Or perhaps they’re just French and a bit mental 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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