Music
Space Songs
Here's a sample track from the album depicted below. The rest of the tracks are on YouTube.And a bonus! The first side of ENERGY & MOTION SONGS.
Tom Glazer at Wikipedia.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 29, 2024 -
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Category: Education, Music, Science, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1950s
And the answer is…
The Internet Archive offers a collection of "answer songs" from the 50s and 60s. I embedded a player below, but going to the Archive itself allows you to select which songs to play.We've previously posted about "answer songs," but here's the definition again (via wikipedia): "a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist."
It's a genre that, as far as I know, has now entirely disappeared.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 27, 2024 -
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Category: Music
Les Fo’Plafonds
Somewhat, ah, unique instruments.Their YouTube channel is here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 23, 2024 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Inventions, Music, Europe
Into the Stream
Betcha can't watch/listen to the whole thing!The artist's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 16, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Avant Garde, Asia, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Song about the human dimensions of the oceans
From the YouTube description:The singer really pulls out all the stops starting about 45 seconds in. But I'm stumped about what scientific concepts the song is expressing. Is the singer trying to sound like a humpback whale?
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 10, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Science
Harmonica Record
Obscure world record: longest time playing the harmonica while sitting in a chair balanced on top of three wine bottles. Set by Michel Perrigaud in 1959, who played for seven-and-a-half hours.
Albuquerque Journal - Jan 29, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 08, 2024 -
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Category: Music, World Records, 1950s
Purple Earthquake
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 06, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
Huey Smith and the Clowns, “Popeye”
The musician's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 29, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Comics, 1960s, Dance
Under Water/In Air
The band's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 17, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Surrealism, Cartoons
The Conqueroo
No Wikipedia entry, but here's an interview with one of the founders.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 11, 2024 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Psychedelic, 1960s
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