The weirdest song you've ever heard?
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Topic: The weirdest song you've ever heard?
Posted By: alanerc
Subject: The weirdest song you've ever heard?
Date Posted: December 28 2007 at 13:27
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The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet
-Frank Zappa the dialogue between Sussie and her mind... it's so weird this song good for Zappa  
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: December 28 2007 at 22:35
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Litany IV - John Zorn Sonatas & Interludes For Prepared Piano - John Cage Merry Go Bye Bye/Nothing - Mr Bungle |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 04:52
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Zappa - The Return of the Son of the Monster Magnet, Zolar Czlakl, Nine types of industrial pullution, The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny... etc...
Captain Beefheart - Pena
Mr Bungle - Carry Stress in the Jaw
Fantômas - Various songs from their first album
Koenjihyakkei - Lussezogi Zomn
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 09:52
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Lots of weird songs that come to my mind. Almost any song from "Eskimo" by the Residents, for example. Or how about Faust's "Why Don't You Eat Carrots?" "Woodpecker's Dream" from Guru Guru's album "Mani und seine Freunde" is another good one. Some "songs" by Daevid Allen (who, by the way, STILL not is in the archives ahem. Rather weird because his Microcosmic band is). Someone already mentioned Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese". -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 11:20
| Anything from 'Trout Mask Replica'. I hated it very much. |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 14:54
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"As Slow as Possible" by John Cage because of the length (639 years)
"4'33" by John Cage because the performer does not play anything, the music consists of whatever noise the audience makes
Of course, to my senses, I find Britney Spears and all of them pretty weird. Who actually writes three minute verse-chorus-verse-chorus songs? And what's that whole deal with that 4/4 thing?
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 18:16
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Zappa have plenty of those weird songs,
The Radio Is Broken, Adventures of Greggary Peccary, Didja Get Any Onya and so on!
All of them are extremely good though, but also definitely an acquired taste
 ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: muhamad dlai
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 18:22
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frank zappa: when yuppies go to hell.... (lets make a jazz noise, that live...) mr bungle - my ass is on fire... planet x - alien hip hop... (actually, unplayable.) ------------- "llrr lrlr rrllrrlrl lrlrrlrlrlrr... at the end are just senseless letters... " |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 00:14
In fact, Faust's debut in general is just plain weird!
Bands like Wha-Ha-Ha, Fantômas, Begnagrad, Myrbein and Samla Mammas Manna as well. Incredibly odd, but equally as satisfying though
 ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 15:14
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Anything from '95-present era Scott Walker, especially "Farmer in the City". He has to be the weirdest artist in my entire library. Now for the negative connotation of weird, those blasted "experimental" tracks from John Lennon and Yoko Ono. My jaw was almost to the floor when I heard some of their "music"... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 15:18
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I would go with Captain Beefheart. He has got some stuff that is out there but he gets points for hanging with Zappa. Zappa has got some stuff but the man was ahead of his time and unappreciated and misunderstood by the masses. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 21:53
Actually, I think you're confusing two different projects. 4'33 is actually composed with time changes and whatnot, but the performer does nothing. The audience is expected to remain silent as well. Then he has his other projects were he doesn't tell anyone what he's going to do and goes onstage and just sits at the piano waiting, or in the middle of the city, et cetera, and just records the reactions he gets. I think. |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 13:42
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Art Phag - 4 Basic Vejabo Groups ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: January 01 2008 at 15:08
| Something by The Doors, I think. Maybe Horse Latitudes, although that's more a poem with backing than anything else. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 01 2008 at 17:43
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It has to be some of The Gerogerigegege's senzuri songs. ------------- 
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 16:11
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I once heard a song on BBC Radio 3 where the individual sounds of the words were stretched out so much that one word would take about a minute to sing.
Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddddddddddddd!
Can't remember who it was though. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: khammer99
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 18:13
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The Hawaiian Pups - Baby Judy ------------- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
Posted By: Era V.
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 20:50
A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous...got me? How could you NOT like that album? It's just so out there and bizarre it's brilliant. Having it in your collection to throw on randomly at parties is essential! |
Posted By: mecca
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 20:56
Nevermind, I thought you were saying a band "whatnot" made the song originally... I just glanced at your post. :D
Weirdest song?
That's way too hard for me to possibly answer.
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Posted By: Hirgwath
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 21:18
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The Apocalypse Now remix of "The End", by the Doors. A very weird song to begin with (very Oedipal), its surreality was accentuated by the footage of napalm, helicopters, and Martin Sheen prancing about drunk in a Saigon hotel room. This song visibly *scares* my friends, especially during the notorious "F*ck, f*ck, f*ck" portion.
------------- Skwisgaar Skwigelf: taller than a tree. Toki Wartooth: not a bumblebee. |
Posted By: Sinusoid
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 14:07
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Pink Floyd's "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict" yet. It's just a bunch of animal noises and then some.
(I probably botched the title. Oh, well...)
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Posted By: Kim Ankara
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 16:43
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"Sound Chaser" by Yes; it took me a few listens to even understand what was going on. Same with most zeuhl and "Thrakattak" really. ------------- "I'm a dinosaur" - Adrian Belew "I am a camera" - Trevor Horn "I am yourself" - Keith Emerson |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 13:27
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Just found out a few "songs" that i forgot to mention:
Some of the Sound experiments Pink Floyd did live 68-71.
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: January 15 2008 at 01:40
| Stoah, and Maaht by Magma |