Sgt. Pepper Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) It’s been well documented here I’m one of those that listens to Frank Zappa. He can get weird, but his music is rarely weird to me except when he does instrumental stuff that goes nowhere. Now these guys I would consider weird - The Residents. So far only one person has come forward and admitted he was in the band before he passed away. Hardy Fox. I suspect the others are Homer Flynn, John Kennedy (obviously not the deceased President, and Jay Clem. All had ties to the Cryptic Corporation and Ralph Records, their management, and label. Here is them doing what they do. This is from an album called the Commercial Album where every song was exactly 1 minute long. Here’s a video. The guy playing guitar on the moon is Homer Flynn. I saw them twice live. So what weirdness do you celebrate? Edited July 9 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 (edited) Here is a snippet from a show from the first tour I saw. Edited July 9 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 2 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Here is a snippet from a show from the first tour I saw. Okay, gee, this is dredging up some chemical fog shrouded memory… I think I may have seen them too, but accidentally on some last minute comps at 1st Ave. Had no clue who they were, and very little memory of the show other than I think I booked out with a bad case of the heebie jeebies over the eyeball in my enhanced state. Tbh, some of the 70s and 80s died with my brain cells. I did see Laurie Anderson a couple of times more clear headed, and she put on killer, mind blowing shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Sarge, do you know the story behind how The Residents got their name? If not, look it up sometime. It's pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 They Might Be Giants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 16 hours ago, Phil OKeefe said: Sarge, do you know the story behind how The Residents got their name? If not, look it up sometime. It's pretty funny. Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 16 hours ago, PrairieDog said: Okay, gee, this is dredging up some chemical fog shrouded memory… I think I may have seen them too, but accidentally on some last minute comps at 1st Ave. Had no clue who they were, and very little memory of the show other than I think I booked out with a bad case of the heebie jeebies over the eyeball in my enhanced state. Tbh, some of the 70s and 80s died with my brain cells. I did see Laurie Anderson a couple of times more clear headed, and she put on killer, mind blowing shows. I saw Laurie in Berkeley on shrooms. Killer show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 13 hours ago, Sheepdog1969 said: They Might Be Giants I saw TMBG when stationed in Hawaii. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 There is a doc about the Residents called Theory Of Obscurity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 The Cramps.....Bad Music For Bad People.....we don't need a bass player! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Ceptorman said: The Cramps.....Bad Music For Bad People.....we don't need a bass player! To me they were campy Punk-A-Billy. Playing dress up. Does Punk need a bass player? Edited July 10 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 If the Cramps were Punk-A-Billy, then they were the originators of the genre, IMHO. Does listening to The Dr. Demento Show count as weird? Years ago, I used to listen to it ever week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 44 minutes ago, Phil OKeefe said: If the Cramps were Punk-A-Billy, then they were the originators of the genre, IMHO. Does listening to The Dr. Demento Show count as weird? Years ago, I used to listen to it ever week. Sure some can be. Was Weird Al’s music really weird or Pop Songs turned into Polka Novelty Hits using songs from other performers as his inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Adrian Belew's trilogy of Side One, Side Two, and Side Three is way the hell out there. I view these songs as "too weird for even Robert Fripp". I give them a listen every now and then. 😗 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 1 hour ago, sparquelito said: Adrian Belew's trilogy of Side One, Side Two, and Side Three is way the hell out there. I view these songs as "too weird for even Robert Fripp". I give them a listen every now and then. 😗 I hope my wife doesn’t turn into a Momur tonight. Adrian was with King Crimson both times I saw them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 19 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Sure some can be. Was Weird Al’s music really weird or Pop Songs turned into Polka Novelty Hits using songs from other performers as his inspiration. Weird Al would be, in my opinion, more novelty than weird. YMMV. But I do think some of the stuff in the good doctor's enormous record collection (and that was featured on the show) qualifies as being pretty weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 These days? Very little.. The 1st would have been Saucerful of Secrets (original title track) in 1968 which I liked to listen to in the dark. At Art School it was Ron Geeson, Kevin Ayres and Ivor Cutler. They were more eccentric/experimental backing into weird. Then Beefheart and Zappa. 'Free Music' was sort of weird: Iskra 1903, Han Bennink, Evan Parker etc. 12 tone stuff, both classical & jazz can be great but in small doses. Weird is important. Its an escape from humdrum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 (edited) I have some stuff by a band called Bongwater. They were weird. Not sure if Progressive Rock can be called weird. I’m talking beyond Yes, who I dig. King Crimson may be a tad weird for most people. A while back I discovered a label called Esoteric Records and it re-releases old mostly English Prog and Rock I never heard of. Some of the UK’ers probably have heard of them. Here is a list of the bands I’ve gotten music from on that label : Affinity, Audiance, Babe Ruth, Baker Gervitz Army (yep Baker is indeed Ginger Baker). Tim Blake, Boxer, Fruupp, Hard Meat, Help Yourself, Jonsey, Nektar, Patto (this is before Mike Patto formed Boxer), and Stackridge. And some I have heard about : Be Bop Deluxe, John Martyn, Anthony Phillips, Procol Harum, Renaissance, Al Stewart, Soft Machine, and Spirit. Edited July 12 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 My cousin turned me on to King Gizzard And The Lizzard Wizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 (edited) On 7/10/2024 at 6:04 PM, sparquelito said: Adrian Belew's trilogy of Side One, Side Two, and Side Three is way the hell out there. I view these songs as "too weird for even Robert Fripp". I give them a listen every now and then. 😗 Ever heard Fripp’s Exposure album. That’s out there, and Daryl Hall sings on it. Peter Gabriel too. The guy from Van Der Graff Generator Paul Hammill and Terry Roche from The Roches. Check out the song NY3. Your a Cocaine sniffer. Edited July 12 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) When I had XM Radio in my car, I would sometimes listen to a channel called Watercolors. It' played this weird jazz that reminded me of the type of music you'd hear in a low budget PBS program or in the background of a weather channel. Edited July 19 by saturn spelling eror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 (edited) 15 hours ago, saturn said: When I had XM Radio in my car, I would sometimes listen to a channel called Watercolors. It' played this weird jazz that reminded me of the type of music you'd hear in a low budget PBS program or in the background of a weather channel. Life might be to short to listen to low budget Jazz. I dig Jazz but can only listen to an album or two in a row. Most of Miles stuff after In A Silent Way was too weird for me. Fusion to me was either noise or a wank fest of showing off virtuosity that seemed to go nowhere. Ken and Barbie or Bro and Chick Country is weird to me. They have been incorporating Rap (another lovely music form I loathe). It sounds like the same 5 females are the only ones allowed to record. It just now sounds like really bad pop music sung with a twang. The Moody Blues were a bizzare band many didn’t get or like. They read poems, and worked with an orchestra long before anyone else did. Well Sinatra did, but he was crooning. Breath deep The gathering gloom Edited July 19 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 4 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Life might be to short to listen to low budget Jazz. I dig Jazz but can only listen to an album or two in a row. Most of Miles stuff after In A Silent Way was too weird for me. Fusion to me was either noise or a wank fest of showing off virtuosity that seemed to go nowhere. Yeah. But sometimes I like cheesey music just for some fun. I would only listen for 10 minutes or so. Remember those Wyndham Hill artists from the late 80s/early 90s? Michael Hedges is the only name I can remember. They had some great musicians, but kinda weird and avant garde. Edited July 19 by saturn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 15 minutes ago, saturn said: Yeah. But sometimes I like cheesey music just for some fun. I would only listen for 10 minutes or so. Remember those Wyndham Hill artists from the late 80s/early 90s? Michael Hedges is the only name I can remember. They had some great musicians, but kinda weird and avant garde. Other than Michael, most to me were New Age background music for offices and elevators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Deep House, #55 on the Sirius. Chill. I also record such things, badly, but I'm getting better at it. I just like it, I like the synth challenges, and the ambient guitar challenges. If it isn't fun I don't want to do it, and after an entire life of Klassik RHWAK, this stuff is fun as hellz. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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