Here's a few more quickies for America's favorite evil holiday. A little number from The Groovie Ghoulies....Lookout Records answer to the Cramps.
You know, Green Day but with monsters.............!
As we celebrate again this wicked night, when the Great Pumpkin rises once more from his pumpkin patch, here is more macabre music from my favorite Halloween-themed Punks!
They may be gone for now, but like any broken band, they can be re-animated someday. Right now, though Kepi is due to drop a Country album shortly.......
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Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween! Dream Syndicate, Go Groovie Ghoulies and The Cramps that Bind!
Happy Halloween! Here's a few super songs from the Kings and Queens of Halloween!
Groovie Ghoulies! This is the Ramones on Halloween!
I will relate a spooky story that happened in my own home town probably 10 years ago. It is a true story and could probably only happen here. A couple was handing out candy for Halloween. At some point the wife decided to take out her false teeth for a little bit and left them on the table. Later that night, when she went to retrieve them, she couldn't seem to find them!
The next morning, I hear her husband's voice on the radio, telling their story, and imploring the kid who found dentures in their candy sack to please return them! Dentures are expensive Halloween treats, after all.
Reality is a lot scarier than anything even Steven King could dream up!
Here's my favorite Halloween song from Lux and Ivy. It's not about Hockey goalies.
Have a fun and safe Halloween! From the Days of Wine and Roses.....
Groovie Ghoulies! This is the Ramones on Halloween!
I will relate a spooky story that happened in my own home town probably 10 years ago. It is a true story and could probably only happen here. A couple was handing out candy for Halloween. At some point the wife decided to take out her false teeth for a little bit and left them on the table. Later that night, when she went to retrieve them, she couldn't seem to find them!
The next morning, I hear her husband's voice on the radio, telling their story, and imploring the kid who found dentures in their candy sack to please return them! Dentures are expensive Halloween treats, after all.
Reality is a lot scarier than anything even Steven King could dream up!
Here's my favorite Halloween song from Lux and Ivy. It's not about Hockey goalies.
Have a fun and safe Halloween! From the Days of Wine and Roses.....
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Wednesday is Best Friends Day!!! Kepi for Kids---ex-Groovie Ghoulie Zanes out Impressively
I didn't do a post on children's music last December for nieces birthday. She was just inducted in the National Honor Society and I'm proud of her achievement, so now is as good a time as any. So here is a fairly recent children's release from the former front man of the Groovie Ghoulies, Kepi. Of course adults are allowed to listen also.
If you thought was South Sudan is the newest nation, now we have Kepiland. Though it may not be the biggest country, and the World Bank and World Trade Organization might find the economics a bit unusual (the money is love, the money is hugs, you get paid in high-fives), it seems to be a fun place for Kids.
If you don't know who Kepi is, pick up some Groovie Ghoulies now. Halloween is almost upon us and they embodied Halloween as well as about any rock group I know. You know, Ramones with monsters and UFOs. But this is his first venture in the world of childrens music. And I really like this as an album for kiddies.
I think that children's music is akin to kids movies. Kids want to see a movie that's interesting, but ultimately its parents that buy the tickets. So its a plus if Brad Pitt is the voice of the surfer penguin, or Britney Spears is the dyslexic wallaby. Kids could care less about this marketing tactic--the sad effect of this is probably never going to be another Mel Blanc. And its an easy paycheck for the actors. So anyway, on some level you want to take your kid to a movie, but you need a hook.
That can be evident in shopping for kids music. You want your kids to be exposed to music, and to develop an appreciation for the art form. There is a tendency to project your tastes onto your kids. But kids are kids, and you don't want them to grow up too fast.
I'm happy to say that Kepi successfully walks the tightrope between hipsterdom and honestly making a kids album. Because the emphasis of the music is that it really is for kids. Its a pretty sweet album that would be okay for toddlers even. If you are familiar with the Groovie Ghoulies, you know that he has a great ear for a hook. And the songs are goofy, touching, and have elements of wisdom, while hearkening back to his music for older folks. To put it succinctly, its a sweet little album, and not too long for the short attention spans of youngsters.
So you have tunes for kids like I Can Talk to the Animals, and the Country stomp of Thunder & Lightning. I can definitely see kids jumping up and down to the song Spazz Out! or Do the Kangaroo!
As far as adults go he does a reprise of the classic tune The Beast with 5 Hands, which is actually a bit of a love song to a girlfriend. He also sings the tune Dee Dee Taught Me How to Count which reference I'm sure needs no explanation. I picked up a Ramones for Kids record, which was okay, but I felt leaned a little to far toward adults rather than the actual target audience.
A Little Bit Weird is a nice song which preaches against conformity, that its okay to be yourself because everybody is different in their own ways. Thunder and Lightning is a song about not being afraid of bad weather. I really like the song Moonbeam--its basically lullaby in the style of Buddy Holly a great song.
In my estimation the hit single though is Days That End in Y, an extremely hook laden kiddie masterpiece. Basically a Friday I'm in Love for the little ones.
And of course there is the Kepi artwork which only adds to the quality of the release. This is a pretty good little kids records that I would definitely recommend.
Here's the Groovie Ghoulie version of The Beast with 5 Hands!
If you thought was South Sudan is the newest nation, now we have Kepiland. Though it may not be the biggest country, and the World Bank and World Trade Organization might find the economics a bit unusual (the money is love, the money is hugs, you get paid in high-fives), it seems to be a fun place for Kids.
If you don't know who Kepi is, pick up some Groovie Ghoulies now. Halloween is almost upon us and they embodied Halloween as well as about any rock group I know. You know, Ramones with monsters and UFOs. But this is his first venture in the world of childrens music. And I really like this as an album for kiddies.
I think that children's music is akin to kids movies. Kids want to see a movie that's interesting, but ultimately its parents that buy the tickets. So its a plus if Brad Pitt is the voice of the surfer penguin, or Britney Spears is the dyslexic wallaby. Kids could care less about this marketing tactic--the sad effect of this is probably never going to be another Mel Blanc. And its an easy paycheck for the actors. So anyway, on some level you want to take your kid to a movie, but you need a hook.
That can be evident in shopping for kids music. You want your kids to be exposed to music, and to develop an appreciation for the art form. There is a tendency to project your tastes onto your kids. But kids are kids, and you don't want them to grow up too fast.
I'm happy to say that Kepi successfully walks the tightrope between hipsterdom and honestly making a kids album. Because the emphasis of the music is that it really is for kids. Its a pretty sweet album that would be okay for toddlers even. If you are familiar with the Groovie Ghoulies, you know that he has a great ear for a hook. And the songs are goofy, touching, and have elements of wisdom, while hearkening back to his music for older folks. To put it succinctly, its a sweet little album, and not too long for the short attention spans of youngsters.
So you have tunes for kids like I Can Talk to the Animals, and the Country stomp of Thunder & Lightning. I can definitely see kids jumping up and down to the song Spazz Out! or Do the Kangaroo!
As far as adults go he does a reprise of the classic tune The Beast with 5 Hands, which is actually a bit of a love song to a girlfriend. He also sings the tune Dee Dee Taught Me How to Count which reference I'm sure needs no explanation. I picked up a Ramones for Kids record, which was okay, but I felt leaned a little to far toward adults rather than the actual target audience.
A Little Bit Weird is a nice song which preaches against conformity, that its okay to be yourself because everybody is different in their own ways. Thunder and Lightning is a song about not being afraid of bad weather. I really like the song Moonbeam--its basically lullaby in the style of Buddy Holly a great song.
In my estimation the hit single though is Days That End in Y, an extremely hook laden kiddie masterpiece. Basically a Friday I'm in Love for the little ones.
And of course there is the Kepi artwork which only adds to the quality of the release. This is a pretty good little kids records that I would definitely recommend.
Here's the Groovie Ghoulie version of The Beast with 5 Hands!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
21 Days Until Samhuinn--World Contact Day Groovie Ghoulies
With the Groovie Ghoulies everyday is Halloween. Chuck Berry and the Ramones meet the dark side, maybe on an episode of Scooby Doo. Kepi, his wife Roach, and Wendy conspire as punk rock cheerleaders for extraterrestrial invasion here. It's all good fun here.
Not all songs are explicitly macabre, but as you can see in the liner notes, the otherworldly and supernatural themes are implied. The disc starts out with a public service announcement from the invading aliens. Then its right into a nifty Ramones styled version of Neil Diamond's Hello Again. With songs like Running With Bigfoot, 50,000 Spaceships (Watching Over Me) & When The Kids Go Go Go Crazy you can't help but smile. Ghoulies Are Go!! is a perfect Saturday morning cartoon theme which hits you as though you polished of 10 bowls of Captain Crunch cereal. They also do an okay sloppy version of A New England by Billy Bragg.
A lot of silly silly fun, as are their many other albums, many of them on the esteemed label Lookout!!
It seems like after some financial difficulties, the label that helped introduce us all to Green Day and Mr T Experience is up and running again. Hopefully many of these great records will be back in print, and maybe we will be introduced to some more great punk pop. Unfortunately the Ghoulies split up in 2007 as a result of a Kepi-Roach divorce, but they put out a lot of great Halloween music in their day for us to enjoy.
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Not all songs are explicitly macabre, but as you can see in the liner notes, the otherworldly and supernatural themes are implied. The disc starts out with a public service announcement from the invading aliens. Then its right into a nifty Ramones styled version of Neil Diamond's Hello Again. With songs like Running With Bigfoot, 50,000 Spaceships (Watching Over Me) & When The Kids Go Go Go Crazy you can't help but smile. Ghoulies Are Go!! is a perfect Saturday morning cartoon theme which hits you as though you polished of 10 bowls of Captain Crunch cereal. They also do an okay sloppy version of A New England by Billy Bragg.
A lot of silly silly fun, as are their many other albums, many of them on the esteemed label Lookout!!
It seems like after some financial difficulties, the label that helped introduce us all to Green Day and Mr T Experience is up and running again. Hopefully many of these great records will be back in print, and maybe we will be introduced to some more great punk pop. Unfortunately the Ghoulies split up in 2007 as a result of a Kepi-Roach divorce, but they put out a lot of great Halloween music in their day for us to enjoy.
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