I found two Shel Silverstein LPs at the same antique shop today. Freakin’ at the Freakers Ball was under Rock-S and A Boy Named Sue was on the floor in the dollar bin.
I searched the rest of the shop on the off-chance that I’d find his other albums. I was specifically looking for his first LP – Hairy Jazz or the one simply titled Fuck ‘Em which features adult-themed tracks such as “Dope” and “I Love My Right Hand.”
Freakers Ball is similar to Fuck ‘Em with songs like, “I Got Stoned and I Missed It,” “Polly in a Porny,” “Masochistic Baby,” and of course its famous title track.
Lyric:
All the fags and dykes they boogy’n together
Leather freaks dressed in all kinds of leather
The greatest of sadists and the masochists too
Screamin’ “please hit me and I’ll hit you”
(This ain’t The Giving Tree.)
Track 3, however will be recognized and loved by adults and children alike – it’s “Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out.”
In 1999, the album was re-issued on CD with bonus tracks, including a fun tune called “26 Second Song”
All the DJs keep complainin’ tunes run much too long
So I’ve gone and wrote myself a 26 second song.
~The End~
While these next few albums are not new to my collection I definitely wanted to make mention of them as they’ve been in heavy rotation as of late.
Future Loop Foundation is an electronic artist that completely captured my attention but was soon lost in a pool of new arrivals. I recently querried the members of the Lemon Jelly Forum who are well-versed in the world of blissful electronic music and I promptly received a response identifying the half-forgotten track that was tumbling around in my brian.
This song alone was enticing enough to make me hunt down 18 other discs from FLF’s catalog and to complete the puzzle game on the artist’s website to unlock additional tracks. “Sunshine Philosophy,” along with the rest of The Fading Room album was constructed using interviews with the elder members of Mark Barrott’s family which had been committed to tape during his childhood.
And for a second helping of tasty ambience here is “The Sea and the Sky.”
This final track, titled “Another English Summer,” was specifically recommended by a member of the Forum for it’s particularly Jellyesque quality.
All three of the above songs were released as singles/EPs between 2008 and 2009. If you’ve already got The Fading Room, I recommend the Scratch & Sniff EP as your next FLF disc.
Another similarly mellow track that has been stuck in my head ever since I acquired a promo copy of the album is “Sing,” the opener from People Like Us’ 2011 album, Welcome Abroad.
I’ve been humming the Perry Como sample that comes in around 1:35 for several days. Wonderfully addictive.
Sundae Club is another delightful duo I discovered through the Lemon Jelly forum. Technostalgia, British Summer Time, and Sea-sides are well worth a listen.
Check out one of their most popular tracks – Angels in the Sky.
My last Jelly-friendly artist for this entry is The Found Sound Orchestera.
For their current project, titled 52 Weeks they post a new track to their website each week. You can download them all at http://www.foundsoundorchestra.com.
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