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Any Spike Jones fans here?
Any fans of Spike Jones & The City Slickers, here? I have loved their unique brand of musical humor for a long time. What is amazing is that they could play anything put in front of them and that all of them were actually excellent musicians. Not only that but when doing their funny songs, no sound was out of place musically-it all fit in.
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Spike Jones was one of my first loves. I can still remember listening to him for the very first time -- it was "My Old Flame" and I was about four years old. Mind altering good stuff.
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Spike and the gang have a warm spot in my heart. Love em!
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Though HTHBellcaptain is scarce around here these days, I know that Spike Jones is one of his favorites, and thanks to that, one of mine too.
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Spike Jones... good stuff.
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Hello? You don't say. You don't say! You don't say... Who was it? He didn't say! Did you know that Joel Grey (father of Jennifer Grey) is the son of Mickey Katz, the "glugger" for the Spike Jones Band? In an interview on Downstage Center Joel went into his dad's old bit without missing a beat! ring ring Hello? You don't say. You don't say! You don't say... Who was it? Same guy! |
Count me in, too. I just watched a couple of hours of old Spike Jones tv appearances last week.
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I don't know who you're talking about so I'm in the "no" column.
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For those of you who don not know who Spike Jones is. You owe yourself to go investigate him. Without even investigating him if you remember Disney short "Symphony Hour" that is pretty much what Spike Jones did, but with a little mroe style and flair and everything flowed well without becoming a cacophony.
Beforehand do a study of music from the Big Band era of the late 30's and 40's because that is most of the material Spike Jones would lampoon (along with familiar classical pieces). Spike Jones' "Der Fuehrer's Face" was turned into a Disney short subject so you may have seen that if you have the Treasures DVD it appears on but I think it can also be found on youtube...at least I have seen it there in the past. |
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