Any Spike Jones fans here?

BDBopper · 04-10-2007, 11:25 AM

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.

Ya dig Hep'Cats and Kittens?

Tref · 04-10-2007, 12:12 PM

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.

Tref sez, checkitout.

Snowflake · 04-10-2007, 12:18 PM

Spike and the gang have a warm spot in my heart. Love em!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

flippyshark · 04-10-2007, 03:16 PM

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.

Morrigoon · 04-10-2007, 03:23 PM

Spike Jones... good stuff.

Tref · 04-10-2007, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang bang bang!!

Gn2Dlnd · 04-10-2007, 03:35 PM

ring ring
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!

mousepod · 04-10-2007, 03:55 PM

Count me in, too. I just watched a couple of hours of old Spike Jones tv appearances last week.

Alex · 04-10-2007, 04:05 PM

I don't know who you're talking about so I'm in the "no" column.

BDBopper · 04-10-2007, 04:49 PM

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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BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	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. Ya dig Hep'Cats and Kittens?
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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	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. Tref sez, checkitout. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Spike and the gang have a warm spot in my heart. Love em! Bang! Bang! Bang!
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	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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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Spike Jones... good stuff. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	ring ring 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! __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Count me in, too. I just watched a couple of hours of old Spike Jones tv appearances last week. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't know who you're talking about so I'm in the "no" column.
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BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	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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