Heavy Friends
Saturday August 18th, 2018 with Heavy Ben and heavy friend Melanie
An exploration and questioning of the notion of novelty songs, parody, bizarre and un-classifiable music from the 1940s to the present day. Classics from the loosely defined genre, humour and absurdity
Happy birthday Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drummer for Weird Al Yankovic).
| We begin with the self-proclaimed "world's worst orchestra". Then a flurry of 2-minute blues, rockabilly and r&b tunes. |
| Also Sprach Zarathustra Portsmouth Sinfonia - Plays The Popular Classics - Transatlantic - 1973 |
| Shaving Cream Benny Bell - 7" - Vanguard - 1975 (recorded 1946) |
| They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV - 7" - Warner Bros. - 1966 |
| Poon Tang The Treniers - 10" - Okeh - 1952 |
| Calling All Cows Blues Rockers - The Excello Story - Excello - 1972 (recorded 1955) |
| Don't Fuck Around With Love The Blenders - 7" - Jay-Dee Records - 1953 |
| The Crusher The Novas - 7" - Parrot - 1964 |
| Bikini With No Top On Top June Wilkinson and Mamie van Doren - 7" - Jubilee - 1964 |
| Enchanted Farm The Forbidden Five - 7" - Capitol - 1959 |
| Lullaby Raymond Scott - Soothing Sounds For Baby Volume 1: 1 To 6 Months - Epic - 1964 |
| Trigger Happy Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End - Scotti Bros. Records - 1992 |
| Skeet Surfing Val Kilmer - Top Secret! OST - Passport Records - 1984 |
| It's A Gas Alfred E. Neuman - Flexi-disc single - Mad Magazine - 1966 |
| La Caravane St. Germain feat. Brigitte Fontaine - Jazz À Saint-Germain - Virgin - 1997 |
| Surfin' Bird Pee-Wee Herman - 7" - Columbia - 1987 |
| Vertigogo Combustible Edison - Four Rooms OST - Elektra Entertainment Group |
| I Am Very Glad, as I'm Finally Returning Back Home (Trololo) Eduard Khil - (single) - Megaliner - 2010 (orig 1976) |
| Big Swifty Frank Zappa - Waka / Jawaka - Bizarre Records - 1972 |
| Unemployment Steve & The Holidays - 7" - Dandy Records - 1964 |
| Gilligan's Island (Stairway) Little Roger & The Goosebumps - 7" - Splash Records - 1978 |
| Black Lassie Cheech & Chong - Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album - Ode - 1974 |
| Do You Think I'm Disco Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation - 7" - Ovation - 1979 |
| Wet Dream Kip Addotta - 7" - Laff Records - 1984 |
| Blowfly's Rapp (Instrumental) Blowfly - Blowfly's Party - Weird World - 1980 |
| Great Day The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain - Universal Republic Records - 2011 |
| Kiss My Ass (Clean) Denis Leary featuring The Enablers and The Rehab Horns - (not on album) - Funny Or Die - 2012 |
| Closer Richard Cheese - Lounge Against The Machine - Oglio Records |
| Hungry Like the Bruce (Hungry Like the Wolf lounge cover) Bruce Campbell - (not on album) Old Spice ad - (not on label) - 2007 |
| Nature Trail To Hell Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al in 3-D - Scotti Bros. Records -1984 |
| On veut du R.O.T Les Suppositoires de Satan (Rock et Belles Oreilles) - The Spectacles - Audiogram - 1987 |
| Majesty of Rock Spinal Tap - Break Like The Wind - MCA Records - 1992 |
| Fake Songs Liam Lynch (Duet with Jack Black) - Rock and Roll Whore - S-Curve Records - 2003 |
| One Note Samba - Spanish Flea Perrey & Kingsley - Kaleidoscopic Vibrations - Vanguard - 1967 |
| Spooks In Space Perrey & Kingsley - The In Sound From Way Out! - Vanguard - 1966 |
| The Problem With Bodies Gregory Whitehead - The Pleasure Of Ruins And Other Castaways - Staalplaat - 1993 |
| Green Eggs and Ham Kevin Ryan - Dylan Hears a Who - (not on label) - 2007 |
| As-Tu Du Feu? (Beurre De Peanut) Bill - 7" - Celebration - 1982 
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