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Spike Jones made his reputation in the 1940s by making zany arrangements of sentimental pop songs, performing them in a frenzied 1920s style, adding cartoon sound effects to the rhythm of the music. But Rock N' Roll popped up in the mid 1950s. Spike didn't know how to handle this new music. "How do you make fun of something that already sounds like a seagull with its foot caught in a garbage disposal?" he asked one interviewer. So Spike's last two comedy records for Liberty in 1960 take two different approaches to comedy. "Omnibust" is Spike's takeoff on the current television programs of the day. There are Mad Magazine-type soundalikes of detective shows, soap operas, kiddie shows, travelogs, sporting events, and even plenty of late night TV commercials. Much use is made of the then-new toy of stereo sound. Obviously, the jokes will mean more to those of us who remember the original shows. Still, some of the goofy humor still holds up today. The other LP, also heard in its entirety on this CD, is "60 Years of Music America Hates Best." Each of the 12 tracks is modeled after a musical era of the 1920s through the 1950s, performing representative hit songs of each decade. Much of the humor comes from the dead-on soundalike arrangements of the original bands. Not quite up to the zaniness Spike's manic City Slicker records of the 1940s, but still amusing. In fact, some collectors actually PREFER this more subtile parody to the slapstick records Spike recorded earlier. (There is one web site dedicated completely to this one album.) The remastering is flawless on this CD.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Terrific CD with the best of this innovative musician/comedian. Spike was way ahead of his time. Superb recording. MPS
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Great
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yes some of the funniest and greatest music of all time he was such a genus I used to listen to him as a kid and really learned what hip meant