Warm Leatherette and O Superman were truly bizarre chart singles.
A few additions (some non-hits)
Karen Finley - Tales of Taboo
Big Stick - Drag Racing
Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
Yoko Ono - Walking on thin ice
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine (
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Most Bizzare New Wave Single
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by yipyipcoyote » Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:55 am
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by raserx » Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:16 am
How about.....Turning Japanse-The Vapors
Polecats-Make a Circuit w/ me
Dominatrix sleeps tonight- Dominatrix
Lawn Chairs-Our Daughters Wedding
Bow wow wow- Sexy Eiffel tower
Bollick Bros.-Horror Movies
Bauhaus-Bela Lugosis' Dead
EBN-OZN - AEIOU
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Polecats-Make a Circuit w/ me
Dominatrix sleeps tonight- Dominatrix
Lawn Chairs-Our Daughters Wedding
Bow wow wow- Sexy Eiffel tower
Bollick Bros.-Horror Movies
Bauhaus-Bela Lugosis' Dead
EBN-OZN - AEIOU
El
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by nowhere girl » Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:30 am
More bizarre new wave songs: "Total Eclipse" by Klaus Nomi, "New York,New York" by Nina Hagen, and "The Kid With the Replaceable Head" by Richard Hell and the Voidroids.
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by Berserker » Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:55 am
It had never occurred to me, and the song is not weird musically, but according to Midge Ure's autobiography (which I've just been reading) Visage's song "Love Glove" is about homosexual fisting. [:0]
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by 2Nu » Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:43 am
This one just came to mind but it came out in 1991 thus making for another Honorable mention.
(Note: The guy doing vocals sounds just like Comic Steven Wright)
"This is Ponderous" by 2Nu
This is ponderous man, really ponderous
I had this dream th
(Note: The guy doing vocals sounds just like Comic Steven Wright)
"This is Ponderous" by 2Nu
This is ponderous man, really ponderous
I had this dream th
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by Jimbo L » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:20 am
A lot of good ones mentioned already--this would make a great CD-r!
B-52's--Song for a Future Generation
Toto Coelo--I Eat Cannibals
The Fools--Life Sucks and Then You Die
Ten Pole Tudor--Rock Around the Clock, Who Killed Bambi
Ian Dury--Hit Me Wit
B-52's--Song for a Future Generation
Toto Coelo--I Eat Cannibals
The Fools--Life Sucks and Then You Die
Ten Pole Tudor--Rock Around the Clock, Who Killed Bambi
Ian Dury--Hit Me Wit
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by design_femme » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:13 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by middlesexnj[/i]
<br>I have to second "Dominatrix sleeps tonight"
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<br>I have to second "Dominatrix sleeps tonight"
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by middlesexnj » Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:47 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
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by 2Nu » Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:01 am
<MARQUEE><h3>This Is Hilarious!</h3></MARQUEE>
Sorry but I keep finding these bizarro gems (Courtesy of my beloved WLIR 92.7)
Do You Remember "Star Trekkin" by the Firm?
Well there's a twisted Hanna Barbara style video interpretation of the tune <
Sorry but I keep finding these bizarro gems (Courtesy of my beloved WLIR 92.7)
Do You Remember "Star Trekkin" by the Firm?
Well there's a twisted Hanna Barbara style video interpretation of the tune <
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by ExRat » Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:01 am
Another good one was "Charlton Heston" by Stump:
The pyramids were in construction
The pharoah glowed with satisfaction
But then to his immense surprise
His empire fell before his eyes
A hundred thousand busy slaves
Downed their tools and stood an
The pyramids were in construction
The pharoah glowed with satisfaction
But then to his immense surprise
His empire fell before his eyes
A hundred thousand busy slaves
Downed their tools and stood an
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