a dedicated thread, why not
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 January 2020 17:02 (six years ago)
zipfile/MP3 links in this are dead but lots of great info here http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/toytown1.htm
as a subgenre it's an incredibly specific and essentially silly thing but for some reason I find a lot of it charming, just a fun rabbit hole to go down
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 January 2020 17:06 (six years ago)
and occasionally creepy as hell!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVgWJOCbGXM
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 January 2020 17:09 (six years ago)
Jeff Lynne gettin in on the actionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7_S3nv7uY
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 January 2020 20:34 (six years ago)
Jeff Lynne is one of the masters of the genre, the first Idle Race album is a classic and the even the second album has traces.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Monday, 20 January 2020 20:46 (six years ago)
haven't heard the second one, is it as twee as the first?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 January 2020 20:51 (six years ago)
No, some of the songs are written and sung by other band members, it does however have "Mr. Crow and Sir Norman" on it, the only song I know about a ventriloquist and his dummy.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:05 (six years ago)
lol
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 January 2020 21:07 (six years ago)