Snoop Dogg's Daughter Sings

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From the comments: "I like how he supports her without interrupting." (I agree!)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Bass voice...

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Lowercase music

Lowercase is an extreme form of ambient minimalism in which very quiet sounds are amplified to extreme levels. Minimal artist Steve Roden popularized the movement with an album entitled Forms of Paper, in which he made recordings of himself handling paper in various ways. These recordings were commissioned by the Hollywood branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Steve Roden stated this about the lowercase tendencies in which he began to develop in his later works: “It bears a certain sense of quiet and humility; it doesn't demand attention, it must be discovered... It’s the opposite of capital letters—loud things which draw attention to themselves."

Steve Roden died, age 59, on September 6, 2023.

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One-hit wonder

Jerrold Samuels (May 3, 1938 – March 10, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Under the pseudonym Napoleon XIV, he achieved one-hit wonder status with the Top 5 hit novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" in 1966.

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Most Popular Song Each Month in the 1960s

 

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Elvis (Wooden Heart)

 

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Golden Earring (Twilight Zone)

 

I don't know what this says about me, but this is one of my all-time favorite songs. I often listen to it on a loop. My lameness is obvious to all...  

The song I like; the video not so much. The film quality is pitiful.

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Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band or The Bonzos) was created by a group of British art-school 
students in the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz and psychedelia with surreal humour and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to public attention through a 1968 ITV comedy show, Do Not Adjust Your Set.

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Indifferent penguin

An indifferent penguin next to a bagpipe-playing explorer.  Just the sort of juxtaposition that makes perfect sense to me.  

Agreed! Supremely ridiculous. I overlooked the identification of Piper Kerr (right). It's a good thing this was pointed out to us all. I know I might have mixed up which was the penguin vs the bagpiper.

I had a multi-paragraph rant that I created here, then erased. Those of you who subscribe to the LLL, are already familiar with my painfully lame rants. There's no reason to subject my unsuspecting blog visitors to more of the same.

Thanks for the entertaining comment and clearer image, Randy!

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Tom Lehrer

https://tomlehrersongs.com/.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT
I, Tom Lehrer, and the Tom Lehrer Trust 2007, hereby grant the following permissions:
All copyrights to lyrics or music written or composed by me have been relinquished, and therefore such songs are now in the public domain. All of my songs that have never been copyrighted, having been available for free for so long, are now also in the public domain.

The latter includes all lyrics which I have written to music by others, although the music to such parodies, if copyrighted by their composers, are of course not included without permission of their copyright owners. The translated songs on this website may be found on YouTube in their original languages.

Performing and recording rights to all of my songs are included in this permission. Translation rights are also included.

In particular, permission is hereby granted to anyone to set any of these lyrics to their own music, or to set any of this music to their own lyrics, and to publish or perform their parodies or distortions of these songs without payment or fear of legal action.

Some recording, movie, and television rights to songs written by me are merely licensed non-exclusively by me to recording, movie, or TV companies. All such rights are now released herewith and therefore do not require any permission from me or from Maelstrom Music, which is merely me in another hat, nor from the recording, movie, or TV companies involved.

In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.

So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money.

NOTICE:


THIS WEBSITE WILL BE SHUT DOWN AT SOME DATE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, SO IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING, DON’T WAIT TOO LONG.

Tom Lehrer
November 1, 2022

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Thanks to Randy_B.

Variations of "On Top of Old Smokey"

 

Lyrics:

On top of Old Smokey  
All covered with snow,  
I lost my true lover  
For courting too slow.  

Now, courting is a pleasure  
And parting is grief,  
And a false-hearted lover  
Is worse than a thief.  

A thief will just rob you  
And take what you have,  
But a false-hearted lover  
Will lead you to the grave.  

And the grave will decay you  
And turn you to dust;  
Not one girl in a hundred  
A poor boy can trust.  

They'll hug you and kiss you  
And tell you more lies  
Than the crossties on the railroad  
Or stars in the sky.  

So, caome all you young maidens  
And listen to me,  
Never place your affection  
On a green willow tree.  

For the leaves they will wither,  
And the roots they will die,  
You'll all be forsaken  
And never know why.  

On top of Old Smokey  
All covered with snow,  
I lost my true lover  
For courting too slow.  

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On top of Old Smokey, 
All covered with sand, 
I shot my school teacher, 
With an old rubber band. 

I shot her with pleasure, 
I shot her with pride, 
For I couldn't miss her, 
She was forty feet wide. 

She run out and catched me, 
Throwed me 'cross her knee, 
But in the seat of my britches, 
I had my old Geography. 

She reached for her ruler, 
And took a swipe at me, 
She missed old Kentucky, 
But she hit Tennessee.  

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On top of Old Smokey 
All covered with dirt, 
I lost my suspenders 
My socks and my shirt. 

I lost my umbrella. 
I lost my pet frog. 
My food in my lunch box, 
Got ate by a dog. 

I lost my left sneaker, 
My hat and my comb. 
I lost my new toothbrush. 
I lost my way home. 

I found my way home, then 
I did sure enough. 
And I found my mommy 
With all of my stuff 
Yes I did (with all of my stuff!)  

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On top of my pizza 
All covered with sauce 
Could not find the mushrooms 
I think they got lost. 

I looked in the closet 
I looked in the sink 
I looked in the cup that 
Held my cola drink. 

I looked in the saucepan 
Right under the lid 
No matter where I looked 
Those mushrooms stayed hid. 

Next time you make pizza 
I'm begging you, please 
Do not give me mushrooms 
But just plain old cheese. 

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On top of spaghetti, 
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball, 
When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer, 
It grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.

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Frank Zappa (1966)

The kind of song that if played in a loop would drive anyone out of their every-lovin' mind. 

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Hugh Brannum (Mr. Green Jeans)

Hugh Brannum (January 5, 1910 – April 19, 1987) was an American vocalist, arranger, composer, and actor best known for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo. During his days with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, he used his childhood nickname "Lumpy".

Mr. Green Jeans earned his moniker from his distinctive apparel, a pair of farmer's overalls (later, jeans and a denim jacket) in his signature green (although, since the show was broadcast in black-and-white for much of its run, this was lost on viewers). He was a talented and inquisitive handyman who provided assistance at the Treasure House. He frequently visited the Captain with the latest addition to his menagerie of zoo animals.

Aside from Mr. Green Jeans, Brannum played a number of characters on Captain Kangaroo from 1955 to 1984, including the Professor, Greeno the Clown, the New Old Folk Singer, and Mr. Bainter the Painter. His role as Mr. Green Jeans was partly based on stories about a farm kid named "Little Orley" that he told with the Fred Waring orchestra, on the radio and on 78-rpm records under the pseudonym "Uncle Lumpy". According to Bob Keeshan, Mr. Green Jeans was an extension of Brannum's real personality. The shows were performed before a live audience. During one episode of Captain Kangaroo, a lion cub bit Brannum's finger and drew blood. Brannum stuck his bleeding hand into his pocket and never broke character for the remainder of the episode.

A long-running but incorrect rumor claims Brannum was the father of musician Frank Zappa, apparently because of a Zappa composition titled "Son of Mr. Green Genes" on his 1969 album, Hot Rats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Brannum

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Hate lives in a small town

 

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