Thursday, May 24, 2007
Magnificent Racket
The music site Idolator just blogged the above video, a clip of The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo performing on The Gong Show. Soon after they appeared in the cult film Forbidden Zone -- a patently strange, but ultimately excellent black and white indie that worshiped old school Ub Iwerks animation while laying the groundwork for the Los Angeles punk/geek ethos that would spawn folks like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman and Gary Panter.
What strikes me about the band's performance is how closely it resembles other cacophonous music that I adore. Such as:
Man Man:
and Tom Waits:
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2 comments:
See Forbidden Zone. Now. If not for Herve Villachez, then see it for Danny Elfman playing the Devil ala Cab Calloway.
I thought Bill Bixby was Dennis Hoffman.
Phalic rocket was cool.
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