David Bowie's "The Laughing Gnome"
- Thread starter Woebot
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Top tune, innit
stelfox said:
miserable bugger...
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droid
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'Love you till tuesday' with those stacatto 'fa, fa, fa, fa, fa's' is a much better candidate..
jenks
thread death
i think gnome reminds us that people like bowie were quite unsure as to what a 'popstar' was supposed to be - no-one had done it befor them and they were still working on previous models available to them. in bowie's case some kind of anthony newley variety character.
but even here bowie has realised the future for him is in his own accent and not the midatlanticisms of his contemporaries.
the song is ,of course, dreadful but no worse than any number of comedy songs (maybe another thread ?)
but even here bowie has realised the future for him is in his own accent and not the midatlanticisms of his contemporaries.
the song is ,of course, dreadful but no worse than any number of comedy songs (maybe another thread ?)
jenks said:
The Goons' 'Ying Tong Song' is tops. Plus it goes helium-hardcore at the end.
Some of the most bizarre music historically comes from comedy. Anyone familiar with Spike Jones?
Ivan Polygon
Member
the laughing... frog!
Are you guys sure that the laughing gnome is a good number? Apart from the drug-infused final laughter of David the song sounds so unlike Bowie's future aspirations and ambitions! Besides, it powerfully reminds me of the crazy frog's tone...
Are you guys sure that the laughing gnome is a good number? Apart from the drug-infused final laughter of David the song sounds so unlike Bowie's future aspirations and ambitions! Besides, it powerfully reminds me of the crazy frog's tone...
magic pendulum
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the best comedy theme ever, Spike Milligans Q5, falling over itself, hurry up and finish it piano and hilariously incongrous buzzer (Lewis Carrol meets Pierre Schaeffer, although not really..)
http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/themes/q5.mp3