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They're Coming To Take Me Away (Ha Ha)
I was sitting on my patio yesterday, digging the beautiful weather... sunny, about 75 degrees, light breeze. Suddenly, one of the local kids, about 9 or 10, came running past my patio, stopped in front of me and yelled... "They're coming to take me away... ha ha", and ran off like a bolt of lightning. A few seconds later, his buddies followed in hot pursuit. Damn, they run fast!
Where did they hear that? I guess his dad or PopPop must have told him about it. That came out in 1966, and I haven't heard it in well over 50 years. I decided... Hey... I should do a cover. Nobody in their right mind would do that. Well, I was wrong. No less than three bands have covered it. All of them stuck to the original feel, so I thought I would do a dark, creepy arrangement. That seems to be popular around here. This is not to be taken seriously. It's a joke... end of quote.
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Weird but fun! I was singing the song "Shaving Cream" earlier at the store today and was explaining to my wife that I learned it from a radio program I used to listen to , "The Dr. Demento Show". The song you covered was a frequently played tune on that very program.
In case anyone missed out on the Shaving Cream song:
@MadeofWax You get it! I played that for Karen and we both laughed... and laughed.. and laughed. Do you know what it's like to laugh like that? Yes. I do! (Airplane, Raymond Burr). Dr. Demento and Ken Nordine (Word Jazz) were my favorites.
Here is a good one...
That is a good one!
Another of my favorites in that vein:
The Drunk Scotsman
This made me cry. My mother was 100% Irish (O'Malley), my dad (100% Icelandic, Einarsson). Me and dad climbed to the summit of Croagh Patrick (The Reek) and it was an experience I will never forget. When we got down to the base we went to the little pub and the bartender said 'Would your boy like a taste?" My dad said, "I think he earned it." I was twelve.
I haven’t thought about these guys in years. As a twelve year old I knew most of the lyrics to many songs by Flanders and Swann.
Great cover btw, Paul. I’d like to hear the original again.
Good one! I always liked Allan Sherman, too. Who can forget Hello Mudda Hello Fadda!
I also wanted to post some info about the track, per @McD. The 'vocals' for this were done with 4 Pockets Lyricist. This is the first time I have used it. The rest of the instruments could be any synth or drum machine. Nothing out of the ordinary. I did use Qneo Voice Synth on one of the doubled vocal tracks. Other than that, nothing but some reverb, chorus, and EQ.
Here is the original, BTW
I scrambled the lyrics a little.
My older brother had the 45. The B side was the same song in reverse. I loved it.
Reinstated by request.
Zu Zu POW!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_García_Esquivel
Experimented with Theremin, recording two bands playing the same tune simultaneously in adjacent studios (!), a set of tuned bongos he called the Bam Bam, studio sound effects, and in The Peanut Vendor and Brazil even created street scene stereo soundscapes as ambience for the melodies… Self taught, naturally gifted as a composer, band leader and pioneering stereo sound engineer, wildly experimental, but working in the constraints of what was looked down upon as disposable, ‘lounge music’… Mexico’s Joe Meek? His version of Harlem Nocturne (2nd track here) is alternately haunting and BIG… His Boulevard Of Broken Dreams is a doozy too. Cheese with a twist of weird…
Also: Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me to The End Of Love: compare and contrast. Just sayin’.
For tweeters and woofers…
My dad used to say “There coming to take me away” alot
And also “Look there goes the funny wonder bus”.
Great track, my Dad would have loved it!
@dafrimpster @Toastedghost I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for listening and commenting!
I was sort of looking forward to listening to that at lunch today.
I usually only have a few minutes in the morning, and at lunch, to check AB forum activity.
I hope you can repost. It looked good.
Creative and fun, tight and danceable. Looking forward to listening to more of your tracks
That’s a nice take on it. Good job.
Don’t feel bad. I was walking around the supermarket singing “Monster Mash” less than 30 minutes ago.
Quite understandable. After all, it was a graveyard smash!
@Svetlovska I'm glad you put them back. I listened to all three a couple times last night. The first time for the music, the second time for the arrangements. There's a lot going on in those Esquivel pieces. I can picture him sitting at a piano with a pencil and paper, working out all the parts in his head. I can only imagine how it felt to present the scores to the musicians and hear it played for the first time. Sadly, those days are now gone since the computer got involved. It would be fun to do a cover of the first one. Fun, and time consuming, but that's fine with me. I'm sure most would find that to be insanely boring, but I like to think of it as walking in the footsteps of great composers. I did that with Sabre Dance and Flight of the Bumblebee a few months ago. Of course, I couldn't resist putting a bit of my own scent on them!
I liked the Leonard Cohen piece a lot. His music is always very emotional, and I'm a bit of a sucker for that stuff. The scene with the empty chair was especially powerful, for me at least.
I'm hearing my co-workers start to file in so I'll have to go. I hope you will give my music a listen from time to time. I am interested in your opinion. Have a good one!
I had a lot of fun putting it together. Thank you very much for listening and your nice comment!
Bumping this for a friend. It’s a few years old and way down on the list. I just thought this would be easier. I wish SoundCloud had the ability to reorder tracks like Bandcamp. The Spotlight is okay, but not ideal. The programming involved is not complicated. It’s called a double linked list, and wouldn’t be that difficult to implement. I guess not many are requesting it. Oh well, if it ain’t broke…