The Wacky World of Spike Jones

1. Cocktails for Two

2. Blue Danube

3. Pal-Yat-Chee

4. My Old Flame

5. Dance of the Hours

6. Man on the Flying Trapeze

7. Liebestraum

8. Der Fuehrer's Face

9. You Always Hurt the One You Love

10. Chloe

11. Ill Barkio (Il Bacio)

12. Glow Worm

13. None But the Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta)

14. Rhapsody from Hunger (Y)

15. Hawaiian War Chant

16. William Tell Overture

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Average customer rating: As good of a one album collection of Spike Jones as you can find

The Wacky World of Spike Jones Spike Jones Manufacturer: Pair ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003C7O Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Cocktails for Two
2. Blue Danube
3. Pal-Yat-Chee
4. My Old Flame
5. Dance of the Hours
6. Man on the Flying Trapeze
7. Liebestraum
8. Der Fuehrer's Face
9. You Always Hurt the One You Love
10. Chloe
11. Ill Barkio (Il Bacio)
12. Glow Worm
13. None But the Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta)
14. Rhapsody from Hunger (Y)
15. Hawaiian War Chant
16. William Tell Overture

Customer Reviews:

As good of a one album collection of Spike Jones as you can find.......2006-01-24

When I was in grade school I had a teacher who would play his Spike Jones records for us from time to time. I clearly remembering listening to "Cocktails for Two," "Der Fuehrer's Face," "You Always Hurt the One You Love," and, of course, "The William Tell Overture," from which comes my strong affection for a race horse named Beetlebum. Of course as youngsters we were enthralled by the idea of a band playing music and using sirens, bells, whistles, and apparently anything they could get their hands on as instruments. So what if we had never had a cocktail, were at a loss for who der Fuehrer might be (okay, I admit it, I knew it was Hitler and explained it to my classmates), and associated "The William Tell Overture" with the Lone Ranger. This was good stuff.

"The Wacky World of Spike Jones" is a solid sampling of that good stuff from Spike and his City Slickers. Since it has all four of the songs that I remember when I was a mere lad, so it meets my minimum requirement. Actually the only thing that is really missing, assuming you do not have a personal favorite, is what is clearly his most famous novelty song, "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth." But even without that one (aptly covered by the Chipmunks) there are still plenty of first-rate Spike Jones songs here, what with "The Blue Danube," "The Man on the Flying Trapeze," "Chloe" and "Hawaiian War Chant." There are only sixteen tracks, but that is certainly a really decent number for a collection like this one and a bigger Spike Jones fan can certainly skip this one and go right for one of the bigger collections

You can certainly see how Spike Jones sent the stage for those who would follow. He does his own twisted versions of classical songs like "Liebestraum" and "Rhapsody from Hunger" by Lizst, and turns the works of Saint-Saens and Tchaikovsky into "None But the Lonely Heart (A Soaperetta)," which foreshadows the work of P.D.Q. Bach. Of course, that is highbrow musical satire when the more obvious descendants of Spike Jones would be Alan Sherman and "Weird" Al Yankovic. But Spike Jones is to them as Woody Guthrie is to Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, and on that off-the-wall musical analogy I will take my leave of you.

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The Wacky World of Spike Jones & His City Slickers Spike Jones & His City Slickers Manufacturer: Good Music Record Co. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SIS7R2

Product Description

Song list: 1. Cocktails for Two (2:55) -- 2. William Tell Overture (3:15) -- 3. Holiday for Strings (3:09) -- 4. Der Fuehrer's Face (2:37) -- 5. None But the Lonely Heart (3:15) -- 6. The Man on the Flying Trapeze (3:02) -- 7. Chloe (3:09) -- 8. Hawaiian War Chant (2:44) -- 9. My Old Flame (3:30) -- 10. The Glow Worm (3:06) -- 11. Yes! We Have No Bananas (3:13) -- 12. You Always Hurt the One You Love (2:50) -- 13. Dance of the Hours (3:29) -- 14. Liebestraum (3:09) -- 15. Love in Bloom (3:23) -- 16. The Sheik of Araby (2:27) -- 17. Laura (2:56) -- 18. I Dream of Brownie with the Light Blue Jeans (3:04).

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