Anyone remember Spike Jones?

[trof]

and his City Slickers?


and "Cocktails for Two"?
http://www.spikejones.net/Files/cocktails42.zip

[MuseRider]

1. Oh yes!

I had a friend who had a whole collection of 78's and when we would get really loaded we would crank them up and listen. Funny stuff.

[Divernan]

2. "You Always Hurt the One You Love". . ."Chloe". . . .

"Holiday for Strings". . . my Dad, who was a banjo player, adored Spike Jones and his band, The City Slickers.

[Richardo]

3. Indeed! Some of the funniest music ever.

Spiritual grandfather to Weird Al.

Their version of "Laura" is a classic. :D

[LynneSin]

4. Or Spike Jonze - he made some great movies & videos

[Bossy Monkey]

5. Also his Other Orchestra. And his Wacky Waikikians.

I just have the Greatest Hits. Goofy!

[OldSoldier]

6. Der Fuehrer's Face!

Originally written by the Disney organization, Jones re-recorded it.

Jones' version is on Symbolman's "Bush is not a Nazi, so stop saying that."

[Faygo Kid]

7. One of the greats, with Jorgi Jorgannsen

I know, spelling is wrong. But, "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas" is still Home as a youngster for this person of Swedish descent.

[Speck Tater]

16. Jorgi Jorgannsen was my grandmother's cousin, so...

...our family listened to him all the time. hehe. what memories!

[DinahMoeHum]

8. How about his partner-in-crime, Doodles Weaver??

Yeah, I have a tape of SJ's greatest hits somewhere.

"and every afternoon at five. . .(ding)(ding)(ding)(ding)"


:evilgrin:

[displacedtexan]

10. sigourney's uncle

fact.

[Kolesar]

9. At first I thought "Spike Jones" was another name for Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones was the director of the famous "Looney Tunes" with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. The spoken, nasal, Brooklyn-accent voices in Spike Jones material sounded like Mel Blanc doing Bugs Bunny to me. I bought the Spike Jones LP in the 1970s and still was not sure.

[chromotone]

11. His version of "Carmen" is another classic...

And his musicians were always top-notch...

[jono]

12. Oh yeah

My dad was a big Spike Jones fan, so we always had him on in the car.

Now I'm going to have the noise chorus from Cocktails for Two in my head all day.

[tsakshaug]

13. yes

I liked "you always hurt the one you love"
with all the bashes and crashes

[bmbmd]

14. Don't care much for the way he sings

but I love to hear him talk....

[Richardo]

15. Great Levon Helm reference, bmbmd!

Kudos! :thumbsup: