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Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.
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March 31, 2023: Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 44 - "The Wacky World of Spike Jones Tributes"
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MHLee | Merrily We Roll Along Theme | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Bob Kerr and his Whoopee Band | Cocktails For Two | 1992 | 0:01:11 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Lee Presson and the Nails | Hotcha Cornia | 2019 | 0:06:23 (Pop-up) | |||||||
The Bobs | [I was a] Teenage Brain Surgeon | 2005 | 0:09:22 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Gísli Rúnar Jónsson | Sveita-hveiti-geit | 1995 | "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" in Icelandic. Google translate tells me it's "Country-wheat-goat". | 0:12:24 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Halli og Laddi, Gísli Rúnar Jónsson | Tygg-igg-úmmí | 1976 | "Blowing Bubble Gum" from Spike Jones in 1947. | 0:14:07 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Joanie Bartels | Ya Wanna Buy a Bunny? | 1980 | 0:18:56 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Richard Ho'opi'i With Ledward Kaapana And George Kahumoku Jr. | Put the Dishes in the Sink | 2014 | 0:21:42 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Johnny Bond | Der Fuehrer's Face | 1942 | Spike Jones actually plays a fairly straightforward version of this which he somehow managed to get out before the Disney film of the same name. I think the raspberries show this version has a Spike Jones influence. | 0:23:37 (Pop-up) | ||||||
The Red Clay Ramblers | Pat-Yat-Chee | 2001 | 0:26:27 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Banu Gibson | Strip Polka | 2008 | Actually had a couple of versions of this that seem closer to Spike Jones than the Andrew Sisters. I chose this one because the male vocalist yelling "take it off" is a Spike Jones thing. | 0:32:28 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Ralph Gunderman, David Lahm, Steve Kolodny | The Man On The Flying Trapeze | circa 2009 | Doodles Weaver inspired version found on YouTube. | 0:34:36 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Byron Nilsson and Malcolm Kogut | Never Hit Your Grandma With a Shovel | 2021 | Live performance as part of a Tom Lehrer Tribute at Saratoga's Caffe Lena on April 9, 2021. | 0:39:45 (Pop-up) | ||||||
The Clams | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | 1974 | A band which had a single session featuring Tony Levin (yes, of King Crimson) and his brother Pete along with drummer Steve Gadd. Conceived as a Spike Jones tribute, the single got played as an example of bad record on WNBC but people loved it. This caused it to hit top 40, despite this no copies were pressed for the record buying public. This is the B-Side. | 0:44:40 (Pop-up) | ||||||
The Clams | Close To You | 1974 | 0:47:19 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Rita Schneider | Pass the Biscuits Mirandy | 2007 | Rita seems to have covered a lot of Spike Jones songs. | 0:49:47 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Bob Kerr and his Whoopee Band | Chloe | 1992 | 0:55:03 (Pop-up) | |||||||
The Stone Country Band | Silly Tunes | 1983 | 0:58:35 (Pop-up) |
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