Most anachronistic record ever!

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― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's whatever song it is that goes

It's the year 2000 - is there anyone out there?

If you're from another planet, put your hands in the air!"

(who was that anyway? It reminds me of Bomfunk MCs "freestyler".)

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything by the Strokes

― Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything by the Strokes

jesus they only have 2 albums at least pick one!

I always thought that "Let Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Kool was really odd that it broke when it did, seemed like a 1982 party record...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dukes of Stratosphear - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball.

And I mean that in a good way!

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Missy's Under Construction pops to mind, but I dunno if it's the most evah.

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

That song was by a bunch of cunts called Frigid Vinegar. It is one of the worst pieces of music ever recorded, although its legacy is still being continued in the form of Har Mar Superstar's new album

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything from the LP era released on 78, like that Cheap Suit Serenaders record. Has any modern act ever done an Edison cylinder? I read an article once that this would have been an ideal hi-fi medium had they stuck with it.

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Mauricio Kagel, 1898.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

buell kazee - wagoners lad (1929?)
the first verse of this is so amazing and seems out of place geographically, demographically, and chronologically.
"hard is the fortune of all womankind
their always controlled, always confined
controlled by their parents, until they are wives
then slaves to their husbands the rest of their lives"

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

That doesn't seem so anachronistic: despite the rise of feminism in the early 1900's, that was surely still the lot of most women at that time.

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I think he means in relation to now it's anachronistic.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

For many, it's still not so far off the mark. Is the point here that feminism is anachronistic, or that sexism is? Or that Buell Kazee was unusually progressive or prescient for singing about the issue?

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dukes of Stratosphear - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball

gets a second nomination.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

that he was unusually progressive etc...and the fact that he was a rural southernor as well, while it seems that most progressive movements were based in the north.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Those Gregorian chant records from the early '90s.

― mike a, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

that he was unusually progressive etc...and the fact that he was a rural southernor as well, while it seems that most progressive movements were based in the north.

ever hear Uncle Dave Macon?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

or Woody?

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Has any modern act ever done an Edison cylinder?

They Might Be Giants did this, though they only ever formally released one song from the sessions. It appears on Factory Showroom.

I third the Dukes of Stratosphear.

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

woody was virtually absorbed into new york culture though, as far as i can tell. and from what ive gathered (admittedly not much) uncle dave macon was a political character but not of the progressive type. buell seems more of an isolated character than either of them.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

That Britpop record done by a long forgotten soapstar (Shane McSomething? Chorus went "It's a lovely day!") which was released in 1998 or something.

I think Jon Spencer Blues Explosion recorded a song on Edision cylinder too.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost: Yeah, I'm not sure Buell Kazee is really comparable. Isn't The Wagoners Lad a traditional song anyway? Long history of balladry providing a voice for distaff complaint. And musicians have always known which side of the audience butters the bread.

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

uncle dave macon was a political character but not of the progressive type

so wrong if mainly because "progressive" means something far different now then it did then.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"progressive" meaning (at least in this contexti thought) refering to the progressive movement of this time period in america.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

or maybe not necessarily the movement totally but more doing with ideas that call for "social progress." i think thats slightly better.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, and his lyrics indicate that he was part of that movement (which was rather broad, btw).

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

caroliner - rearend hernia puppet

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Lyrical anachronism by Prince, from "Sign o the Times":

"Sister killed her baby because she couldn't afford to feed it / And we're sending people to the moon."

Yep, lotsa moon landings in those bustling Reagan years! (And yeah, I KNOW he was referring to the Challenger, but it's still a tiresome 1971 cliche made ludicrous by appearing in a song 16 years too late. But the best part is in the very next line, when you realize that he used "moon" just because he needed a rhyme for...JUNE!! Moon/June...Can't believe that he didn't try to work "spoon" in there somewhere too - it woulda fit nicely with the heroin reference.) I still like the song anyways, even with a few dumb lyrics (including a laughable reefer-leads-to-smack warning.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i still feel hes out of place, but perhaps not just chronologically.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Sonic anachronism: Lenny Kravitz's first few LPs coulda been recorded in 1973 or thereabouts.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

in the year 2525

― autovac (autovac), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

well, i guess ELEPHANT could have been recorded in 1972-3. Costello's more Bacharachian adventures ("All This Useless Beauty") could have been done at any point over the last 35 years... (i'm assuming we're not counting bands like Silly Wizard or other overtly anachronistic folk, New Age, Celtic etc).

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

uncle dave's politics weren't particularly exceptional for his time and place. he was a bit of a relic, but he was a big roosevelt supporter. mostly cos roosevelt repealed prohibition.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought he wrote the song about Al Smith? Maybe I have him confused with somebody else.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

as for "wagoner's lad," it's an old ballad. old ballads are full of sympathy for the lot of young women. it's practically all they are about.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

That Britpop record done by a long forgotten soapstar (Shane McSomething? Chorus went "It's a lovely day!") which was released in 1998 or something

Lahvahduck it was Sean Maguire. and YES you are right right right

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

amateur!st - check out "Governor Al Smith" and "Farm Relief" by Uncle Dave Macon. The latter doesn't have anything to do with alcohol (tho the former still does).

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, i know he was def. sympathetic to the new deal and to new deal-ish suggestions before the new deal. i guess that makes him a progressive in a broad sense, maybe a little too broad for my tastes. at least he was less, er, conflicted than blind alfred reed.

uncle dave rocks so hard. have you picked up that cheap box set yet hstencil?

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

nope, I just have a couple of songs here and there.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

dude!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00022M5HC/qid=1091046765/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-3995598-7123036

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa, thanks.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The Real Tuesday Weld - "Bathtime in Clerkenwell." What IS that "wonda eenga oomba doomba diddly-dat dodo" thing anyway? That HAS to be a sample from an old jazz record, right? Anybody know?

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

It's 'Onda Eenga Oomba Doomba Diddly-dat Dodo' by Bessie Smith.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Poor Bessie. That's sacrilege. That RTW track makes me want to kill

― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i was going to say the real tuesday weld as well. good choice. also billy childish.

― purple patch (electricsound), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I always thought that "Let Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Kool was really odd that it broke when it did, seemed like a 1982 party record...

that's cos it WAS a 1988 party record but Mark the 45 King. i'm not sure if you were already saying this...?

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I really think the Cooler Kids record came out a couple years too late. It's amazing, but so pre-9/11.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

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