If there was ever a popular song from The Inflatable Boy Clams this was it.
A Halloween Favorite:
Play Skeletons
The "B" side of this 45rpm single was a song called snoteleckS. It was the "A" side in reverse. Somehow I like the "B" side better.
Play snoteleckS
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Just brought back memories of taping (that's audio cassettes for you kids out there) Rodney on Saturday nights :D
And yes, I still go around singing "Two little skeletons, hanging on the wall..."
I made this a few years ago. I don't know why.
...I forgot to comment on Emma's comment.
I remember tapes. I miss them. When I was around ten, I used to tape Dr. Demento's show by holding my crappy portable cassette player up to the speaker. High fidelity. Eventually, I acquired better stereo equipment, including two (crappy belt-drive) turntables. (side note: I bought my second turntable on sale at Rogersound Labs with money I borrowed from Our Man Gavin Elster's mother! I'll bet HE doesn't remember that.) Making a mix tape was not the same experience as making a mix CD. For one thing, mix tapes were made in real time. A 90 minute tape took an hour and a half to create, and if you were mixing music live, there was always prep time beforehand. The restrictions of the format forced last minute reshuffling of carefully planned sequences in order to exactly fit the tape length (because, as we all know, blank space at the end of the tape is evil... as is cutting off a song prematurely). If a record skipped you had to find a clever way to make it look intentional, or just accept it. Making a mix CD is just not the same. Grabbing random music from a folder and letting the computer take five minutes to copy it to a disc just isn't as personal. I think that's why my CD covers for mix discs have become more detailed- to add a little personality to the discs.
I still have all of my stereo parts (except my beloved Radio Shack mixer, which gave up the ghost long ago), but the turntables aren't connected to the stereo. Instead, I have one of them connected to my computer in case I find old vinyl I want to transfer.
Luke, did you ever read "High Fidelity"? There's the definitive ode to mixed tapes and a great book to boot.
I loved High Fidelity- a much better book than a movie. The section where he describes making a mix tape for the singer is spot on.
By the way: it's Diana Rigg's birthday, which means it's sort of your birthday!
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