Silly Song Saturday

Everyday, as I flip through the 45s to grab the day's 10 songs I keep passing these songs that I think are so silly or goofy.  Some were intended to be comical and other's are just plain so-bad-they-are-funny.   So, I said to myself, "Moonbeam (that's what I call myself when I talk to myself) if you can find 10 silly songs why not do a whole post with them!"  I found 14, but have narrowed it down to 10.  So, that is what today is all about...silliness.

Red Robot has gotten into my Simpson Pez' and decided that Bart Pez is his favorite.  Good choice!  Only problem is, he is on a bit of a sugar high right now and he is acting, well, silly! Good time to git this thang started, huh?

Here they are, Today's Silly 10 Songs....

(Click here to listen to clips of these songs)

1.  Another One Rides The Bus - Weird "Al" Yankovic 2:36 (T.K. Records)  Oh man!!!  Obviously this was before Weird "Al" was making lots and lots of money doing his parody songs because this sounds like it was recorded in his bathroom but it is very funny!  Based on the lyrics, he obviously rode the bus with me to school cause he described the twice daily excursion perfectly!  The accordion playing, foot stomping and what can only be described as "hand farting" noises make this the number one silly song of the day!

2.  The Name Game - Shirley Ellis 2:45 (Congress Records)  This song gets cross-referenced on 2 lists...silly and MOST ANNOYING!  The only thing that saves this song for me is the music.  I love the horns!  This is the kind of song that I want to see in a movie blaring out as someone goes postal and at the end of the scene they shoot the record player and the record gets blasted into a million pieces.  Just saying!  RR is in total agreement here. (There's a first! Must be the Pez!)

3.  You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal 3:45 (A&M Records)  I love this song!!  The music is so totally 80s dance music and then Billy as Hernando starts talking....too funny!! "Just looking into your eyes Darling, I can just tell you have the legs of a dancer!"  Chair dancing and laughing my butt off!  My Mom used to like this song!  I have to play it for her again.

4.  Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 3:43 (Columbia Records)  Too ridiculous to even talk about! Seriously, other than hearing the Pac-Man sound effects, there is nothing really to say!  RR is throwing Pez at the record!

5.  Pop Goes The Movies Part 1 - Meco 3:32 (Arista Records)  Following the success of their Star Wars interpretations Meco set out to take on some of the most memorable movie themes and put them together with an inane clapping dance beat.  Personally, I think they did a great job!  Really gorgeous orchestrations against that drum-clap-drum-clap-drum-clap beat was pretty ingenious. What do you mean, so what makes this silly? RR, it is silly because I said so.  shuttup.

6.  Hi-Heel Sneakers 2:45 Tommy Tucker (Checker Records)  I first heard this song by David Cassidy on an album he did in the 90s.  I liked his version alot and thought I should pick up the original.  They are very different animals, let me tell you folks.  Not even sure how to categorize this song.  Is it blues, is it jazz, is it some drunk guy in his basement with a Hammond Organ and an electic guitar sitting on some beer crates?  You decide.

7.  Achy Breaky Heart - Alvin and the Chipmunks with special guest star Billy Ray Cyrus 4:50 (Epic Records)  Honest folks, you can't make this stuff up!!!  This was from an album called The Chipmunks in Low Places!  It is as silly as you would think it is!  Oh man, this is too annoying to even listen to!  Somehow, as time went on and the powers that be needed to milk even more money out of the Chipmunk franchise, their voices got even higher and more annoying.  Sorry, the Chipmunks of the 60s were the REAL Chipmunks.

8.  Hot Hot Hot  - Buster Poindexter & His Banshees Of Blue 3:45 (RCA Records)  Ok, this is a really fun, silly song whose only purpose is to entertain and make people on cruise ships dance!  Well, it seems to be working on RR, he is dancing as if in a conga line playing little air maracas!  Very nice.  Hey RR, how you feeeeeeeeeling? 

9.  Shoppin' From A to Z - Toni Basil 3:36 (Chrysalis Records)  Yes, Toni Basil released more than just Mickey!  After listening to this again, I can understand why there probably wasn't much released after this!  It is silliness at it's best.  It is exactly what the title implies....Toni making her way through the alphabet in her grocery store!  OYE!  I do like her voice though!

10.  Hang On Sloopy - The Ramsey Lewis, Trio  (Cadet Records)  This is not the original version by the McCoys and I have no idea why I even have this record!!  It is some jazz combo playing the song in a bar with a bunch of drunk people laughing and clapping and singing the chorus.  I thought this a fitting way to end the silliness.

Well, that was a lot of fun, for the most part!  Some of it was a bit painful but at least it is over now.  Although, I just know I am going to wake up with The Name Game stuck in my head tomorrow!  I had a really great day today.  Spent it with my parents and helped my Mom make some really cool stuff on the computer for a project she is working on. In turn, she made a fantastic meal!  It is something that Nan used to make and was a family favorite....porcupines and corn fritters! Porcupines are simply chopped meat, milk and rice rolled like meatballs, covered in tomato soup and baked (30 minutes covered, 30 minutes uncovered) until the rice pops, hence the name.  I am still stuffed!  I hope you all had a great day today.  Go give someone you love a huge hug.  See you tomorrow!!