James Urbaniak ([info]urbaniak) wrote,
2006-09-07 01:35:00
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God bless the internet

On YouTube some person has combined a bunch of Ernie Kovacs clips with some of the classic rock songs of my generation. The results are frequently hilarious, touching and mesmerizing, sometimes all at the same time. These are my favorites:










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[info]eronanke

September 7 2006, 06:05:32 UTC 5 years ago

Does "Relax" actually qualify as a "hard rock" song?

I'm watching Meatloaf's biopic, and it's kinda sad. If I didn't love the music so much, I'd change the channel.

[info]eronanke

September 7 2006, 06:05:56 UTC 5 years ago

I meant "Classic Rock"

[info]urbaniak

September 7 2006, 06:16:45 UTC 5 years ago

I didn't say "Classic Rock," I said "classic rock songs of my generation." There's a difference.

[info]eronanke

September 7 2006, 06:18:12 UTC 5 years ago

Ok, ok.
Meanwhile, how are the little ones? Are they keeping you up? It's 2:20 in the morning where you are, no?

[info]wronggirl

September 7 2006, 18:38:32 UTC 5 years ago

ooh, meatloaf is my hero. such the renaissance man.

[info]outlaw_jesus

September 7 2006, 06:32:27 UTC 5 years ago

i find it interesting that kovacs works were "surreality injected with humor and occasional tenderness". i only got through the first two videos [bad connection on my end], but i think there's a whole level of oddity in those pieces. thank you for sharing those. :)

i've always had a soft spot for the Nairobi Trio:



the timing, the unchanged expression, the deliberate movement ... reminded me of jack benny.

[info]danifesto

September 7 2006, 06:47:41 UTC 5 years ago

The Nairobi Trio will never stop being funny. Ever.

[info]mcbrennan

September 7 2006, 10:30:54 UTC 5 years ago

Jell-o, folks!

Hey, who knows, it might be Jack Benny. All three of 'em can't be Kovacs.

[info]collisionwork

September 7 2006, 14:10:43 UTC 5 years ago

Re: Jell-o, folks!

I remember seeing a clip of a Nairobi Trio appearance on some live variety show where they took off the masks at the end and Jack Lemmon had been guesting as the one with the mallets (the other two were Kovacs and Edie Adams that time).

[info]greyaenigma

September 7 2006, 07:37:00 UTC 5 years ago

Wow -- I'm very curious to know how much of the timing on that was due to editing, and how much came naturally -- the rhythm of the dining family must have been set to (or making) some sort of music, but it seemed to fit so well. That and the milk caps.

Wait a second -- those were classic rock songs of MY generation! Well, except "I Believe In You", I don't recall ever having heard that one.

Dammit, this sort of thing is why I don't sleep nights. Now I'm off to find a clip of the Nairobi Trio to refresh my exhaustion-addled mind.

[info]dougo

September 7 2006, 14:16:33 UTC 5 years ago

Dude, Talk Talk!

[info]greyaenigma

September 7 2006, 14:48:03 UTC 5 years ago

Yeah, I learned that later in the evening (a poor trade for sleep), but I hadn't heard of it before. The only Talk Talk video I remember was "It's My Life".

[info]dougo

September 7 2006, 14:58:02 UTC 5 years ago

Go out and get Laughingstock, Spirit of Eden, and Colour of Spring, pronto! (Or borrow them from [info]twistjusty.)

[info]greyaenigma

September 7 2006, 17:22:25 UTC 5 years ago

I don't see Justy that often, alas.

I'll add those to my "music to get" note. (Still need a music icon.)

[info]greyaenigma

September 7 2006, 07:48:28 UTC 5 years ago

Use the faucet, Luke

My god, what have I done?

Nairobi Trio found. We are pleased to report that sleep may be within measruable distance of victory.

[info]rjwhite

September 7 2006, 13:22:35 UTC 5 years ago

Though, part of me does kind of wish the originals were posted somewhere.

Why the heck isn't this stuff out on DVD yet? There has to be a market for it.

[info]collisionwork

September 7 2006, 14:03:51 UTC 5 years ago

It's out on DVD. Right here.

Not the cheapest 2-DVD set (though some vendors seem to be selling it new for a lot less than list), but it has all half-hour episodes of the Best of Ernie Kovacs that were put together for PBS in the 1970s (I remember being 9 or 10 and frantically trying to pull in the Long Island UHF station that was showing it, waving rabbit ears covered with tinfoil, when those were airing). The chapter encoding is lousy, and they've added some pretty lame "bonus footage," but it's Ernie, and it's good clean copies.

I wasn't so taken with the first two clips posted above -- I thought maybe cause I know/love them in the original state too well, but then I was surprised at how well the Esquivel and Bartok soundtracks were replaced on the next two, and the McCartney worked well on the last (though somebody's showing off by using the bootleg version of "Her Majesty" with the last chord).

I hope somewhere they haven't replaced The Nairobi Trio's "Solfeggio" with another song. That'd be approaching sacrilege.

[info]rjwhite

September 7 2006, 14:21:54 UTC 5 years ago

Ah, thank you very much.

[info]greyaenigma

September 7 2006, 17:20:17 UTC 5 years ago

I hope somewhere they haven't replaced The Nairobi Trio's "Solfeggio" with another song. That'd be approaching sacrilege

Looks like they did, but the original is still there.

[info]automatoid

September 7 2006, 19:38:16 UTC 5 years ago

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S4UsuL21bqw

I, for one, blame it on the rain.

[info]___acid_queen

September 8 2006, 04:17:22 UTC 5 years ago

While they are all awesome, they just don't hold a candle to apocalypse pooh.

[info]rosetinted_gurl

September 8 2006, 14:41:28 UTC 5 years ago

those are amazing!!!
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