My x-boyfriend is the one who directed me to the video. He was convinced that Bobby Farrell of Boney M. was the prototype for Prince as far as fashion goes. When I saw this video, I had to wonder also. Beware, the song is an earworm! Per wikipedia: Boney M. is a Euro-Caribbean vocal group…
Category: Novelty Song
Novelty Song Friday #14 — “I’m in Love with my Car,” by Queen
Dedicated to Johnathan Harris, boy racer to the end. Wikipedia says: Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on November 21, 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was…
Novelty Song Friday #13 — “Thumbsucker,” by Shel Silverstein
Per wikipedia: There is a an eye-popping amount of information highlighting Shel in wikipedia. I’m including just a bit of it. If you want to learn more about his many talents, achievements, etc., I encourage you to click the link. Sheldon Allan “Shel” Silverstein (9/25/30 – 5/10/99) was an American writer known for his cartoons,…
Novelty Song Friday #12 — “Doobie in my Pocket,” by Keller Williams
One of my friends whose daughter travels far and wide to see live music and sometimes drags her along told me I needed to go to youtube and find this song. She is the same friend who told me about Billy Strings so I did as she instructed. Nowadays, with reefer becoming legal in so…
Novelty Song Friday #11 — “Bubbles in the Wine,” by Dex Dubious
15 remixes by today’s hottest underground DJs, Lawrence Welk like you’ve never heard before. ‘A preposterous idea? Absolutely. But that’s what makes the set so charming. This concept should not work, but it does – in a very quirky Playboy mansion pool party way.’ – Billboard. “Dance of a peppy chill-out variety reigns here, which…
Novelty Song Friday #10 — “Upminster Kid,” by Kilburn and the High Roads
Per wikipedia: Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He died from colorectal cancer. Kilburn and the High Roads were a British pub rock band formed by Ian Dury…
Novelty Song Friday #9 — “Marie Laveau,” by Bobby Bare
Welcome to another installment of Novelty Song Friday. Today I’m encouraging anyone who has a neat novelty song to post it in the comments section. I like this song, but I like the singer as much if not more. He’s been around for awhile, and he’s still going strong! Per wikipedia: Robert Joseph Bare Sr….
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