What's the wierdest thing you ever saw on a music series or music TV special?

[jillfoster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7sJBGVOj3Y&feature=related

[jillfoster]

This one is right up there, too:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLMjHy12eWo

[MIKEW-UK]

Weird? This performance won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Finland, beating 24 other countries. Now that proves just how weird audiences are as well as performers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOycSsO1to

[heikki]

Hi Mike!
Although I'm not a Eurovision Song Contest fan - I never was - I cheer for the victory. I'm not a hard rock fan either, far from it, but that shooked up the whole contest. Now unfortunately we've gone back to the same old... [[I won't print the word here). It was amusing to follow the reaction in some countries such as France and Russia. It was just a refreshing and amusing short moment in the history of otherwise dull and "glamorous" contest.

Best regards
Heikki

[MIKEW-UK]

Heikki, let me guess.......you're from Finland. Am I correct? You have to support you own, of course, and I applaud your loyalty to your artists from Finland. Question; did your sense of loyalty persuade you to adopt the costumes of Lordi whilst walking around Helsinki?

I have to say what fabulous work you do, I was reading The Manhattans epic write-up on your website; that website is truly at the very top of its game! It's masterful in its research and presentation. Best Regrds and Congratulations [[on the website, not Lordi LOL). Mike

[marv2]

David Bowie and Bing Crosby singing a duet of "White Christmas" in 1977. It was weird to me at the time, but now I think it is a classic clip.

[jillfoster]

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Weird? This performance won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Finland, beating 24 other countries. Now that proves just how weird audiences are as well as performers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOycSsO1to

It won???!!! That's the most disgusting display I think i've ever seen. As bizarre and "dark side" as the Arthur Brown clip is... at least the man has a voice and impressive range. How the hell did the judges choose something like THAT? Certainly a far cry from Clodagh Rodger's "Jack In the Box", now, isn't it?

[heikki]

Hi Mike!
Yes, I'm from Finland, a very soulful country! Unfortunately hard rock in our country wins over soul music by 200:1 so far :-). Thank you for your comments. I see that the Manhattans thread hasn't any feedback so far, but I hope it's because nobody hasn't any time to read it so far.

To see how good Finland is, please visit http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/the-world-s-best-countries.html.

To "Jillfoster" - all the jurys all over Europe voted the song to number one. It was a democratic vote, and the song won overwhelmingly - all over the Europe! I don't say anything about the song, but I think that victory was refreshing.

Best regards
Heikki

[heikki]

Hi!

Just to amuse you, please watch the following YouTube performace [[skip the Finnish language in the beginning and keep watching) - see how good opera versions we can make.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eY23Wow2WQ

Best regards
Heikki

[gary_james]

Keith Moon's fish tank drum set... with Goldfish in the tom tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Gkm171TVA

[uptight]

The Bugaloos. It was weird watching it when I was a kid, but we kids didn't have many choices in that time slot Saturday mornings. Very creative but weird. I didn't quite know what to think of it. What interested me the most was when they played phonograph discs, and I was a huge fan of record playing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfLiFjOjndo

[jillfoster]

The Bugaloos. It was weird watching it when I was a kid, but we kids didn't have many choices in that time slot Saturday mornings. Very creative but weird. I didn't quite know what to think of it. What interested me the most was when they played phonograph discs, and I was a huge fan of record playing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfLiFjOjndo

I think someone was on an acid trip when they wrote that. I love this song, though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrc-B-su2gU&feature=related

[robb_k]

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That Lordi performance was the WINNER? I'd hate to live through the losers. I'd rather sit through 2 hours of "How Much is That Doggy In The Window" by Patti Page, and I HATE that kind of music.

[heikki]

Hi Robb!

I don't like the song either, but it was different. It stood out from the decades-long grey mass of music in that contest.
Now we're back to boredom again. Even the half-naked lady singers don't turn me on anymore :-).

Best regards
Heikki

[uptight]

The Banana Splits were a bit more entertaining than Bugaloos. The Bananas were from Hannah-Barbera instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cfHKmQ2ZzI

[roger]

Well .. never heard of the Bugaloos before, but I don't think it outweirds this clip from U.K. Channel Four Children's show "The Hoobs" .. where they sing about .. ahem .. "bloomers" ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr2u8Gsh6EY&feature=related

Could this be the worlds first X rated kiddies song? :)

Roger

[mark speck]

Here's a good one: Frank Zappa discovery Wild Man Fischer coming out of hiding to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live...
http://youtu.be/6Z9Hl8gE10A

I would say that the Legendary Stardust Cowboy's performance on Laugh-In would also have to be up there!

Marv--"White Christmas"? Are you sure you don't mean "Little Drummer Boy"? Or did they sing "White Christmas" as well?

Roger--Even though it was a US TV series, The Bugaloos were British kids...one of 'em was Jack Good, who had a minor career here in the States as a teen idol.

Best,

Mark

[jillfoster]

This is bizarre and cooler than HELL at the same time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98JrWm9IMMA

[mr soul]

The producers of the BBC's Top of the Pops, thought the late great Jackie Wilson that Dexy's were singing about, was a scottish dart player Jocky Wilson, hence the picture in the background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ao9p3ou7-U&feature=player_detailpage

[tsull1]

You know you're living in a strange era when the Banana Splits sound better than 99 percent of the groups out there today. I actually liked that song.

[jillfoster]

You know you're living in a strange era when the Banana Splits sound better than 99 percent of the groups out there today. I actually liked that song.

Preach it!

[marv2]

Here's a good one: Frank Zappa discovery Wild Man Fischer coming out of hiding to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live...
http://youtu.be/6Z9Hl8gE10A

I would say that the Legendary Stardust Cowboy's performance on Laugh-In would also have to be up there!

Marv--"White Christmas"? Are you sure you don't mean "Little Drummer Boy"? Or did they sing "White Christmas" as well?

Roger--Even though it was a US TV series, The Bugaloos were British kids...one of 'em was Jack Good, who had a minor career here in the States as a teen idol.

Best,

Mark

Mark, it was "the Little Drummer Boy". I couldn't remember the song, it was just weird I thought at the time to see them singing together.

[marv2]

This is bizarre and cooler than HELL at the same time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98JrWm9IMMA

Jill, I remember that episode, it was totally cool!

[Drew P. Nads]

Any music show of today [[such as 'Later....with Jools Holland') which has Martha Reeves caterwauling and shrieking 'Heatwave' [[or any other song) like a tambourine banging, hideously frocked Banshee!
Shocking! Simply shocking!

[tomato tom]

Diana Ross and that bloke from Dallas on one of her T.V. specials...CRAP

[chidrummer]

Well, as long as we're dropping weird Saturday morning cartoon bands, I nominate this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNS6HhtElLo&feature=related

oh, they could get Funky too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS-Od8fN0KY&feature=related