Music
Das Kufsteinlied
Would you ever actually admit you wrote this sappy song, then sue for your rights? See details of the lawsuit here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 24, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Regionalism, Lawsuits, Europe
Insult + Injury
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 21, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Public Humiliation, Sports
The Sandpaper Ballet
Any orchestral work that uses sandpaper as a musical "instrument" qualifies as weird. But when it's performed by men in tutus, it's even weirder.Read more about composer Leroy Anderson here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 06, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Tools, 1950s
The Shaggs
Here's an oldie-but-goodie from the catalog of weird music: MY PAL FOOT-FOOT, by the Shaggs.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 05, 2009 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Family, Music, 1960s
The Weird Sisters
P J Harvey and Bjork onstage together is almost the definition of a weirdness black hole.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 04, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Music, Women
Tattoos, Telephones and Tabby-cats.
When Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere decided to have the Latin for "live without regrets" tattooed on her back, she was probably not expecting it to be a test of whether she actually would. Unfortunately her tattoo, which reads "vivere senza rimipianti" is misspelled, the correct phrase is "vivere senza rimpianti". Hayden is, to her credit, taking it all in her stride and told a reported from the UK's Daily Mirror "It is misspelled, whatever, vivere senza rimipiantic means live without regret in Italian. I just put my own spin to it." (Digital Spy).Someone else who's - so far - taking misfortune in their stride are the family from Oldham in the UK who receive upwards of 60 phone calls a day from people hoping to reach the chart-topping rap artist Soulja Boy. This is down to the fact that SB's latest single, "Kiss Me Through The Phone", includes their 12 digit phone number as part of the chorus, causing many fans to try ringing out of curiosity. Given the near ubiquity of tie-in media in modern films and television programs (think of all the websites spun off from "Dr. Who" or "Lost"), this is perhaps understandable, if a little inconvenient for Gerry Matley and partner Catriona Smith. "It's easy to understand that, isn't it? When you look at me, I've got the perfect profile for a rapper," joked Matley, 54 (Guardian).
And surely if a 54 year-old Oldham man can make it as a rapper, a 1 year-old cat can be a political pundit? A woman whose cat had gone missing a few hours earlier was astonished find out that it had made an impromptu appearance on a weekly live UK political debate program. That week "Question Time" was being recorded at a community college in Newquay, close to where owner Jackie Ellery lives. She was wondering where Tango the cat had got to when he walked unnoticed into shot behind the host and his panel of MPs. "My friend phoned me to say, 'Have you seen your cat on the telly?' And there he was," said Ellery (Digital Spy).
Finally, it is with regret that I relay news of the death of the queen of the "pussy joke", Molly Sugden. Her most famous role was in the light-entertainment sitcom "Are You Being Served?" as the pompous, and frequently inept, shop assistant Mrs. Slocombe, who could not make an entrence without commenting on how the weather/busman strike/energy shortages were 'effecting' her pussy (BBC News).
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Thu Jul 02, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Pets, Cats, Tattoos, Goofs and Screw-ups
Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley
Time to make fun of the Eurovision Song Contest again. Here's the winning entry from 1984.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 29, 2009 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Music, 1980s, Europe
The Ritz Brothers
This novelty song and alleged "comedy" act is guaranteed to stink up your day, it's so incredibly bad.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 28, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Cats, 1930s
Michael Jackson on THE SIMPSONS
Goodbye, Gloved One!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 26, 2009 -
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Category: Celebrities, Death, Music, Cartoons
Funkadelic, 1970
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 26, 2009 -
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Category: Music, 1970s
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