Pat Boone recorded "Stagger Lee"? Pat Boone????
*boggles*
Obviously not the same version as the Nick Cave one, though that would be hilarious.
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2010 9:51:35 am PDT #2726 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hayden - Mar 19, 2010 9:53:55 am PDT #2727 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Wrong 'Em Boyo! I'm going to download your show tonight, Jon. Looking forward to it!
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2010 10:02:38 am PDT #2728 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Thanks for the link, JZ. In'eresting....
Just in case people don't know, the most awesome song on Nick Cave's Murder Ballads (the album that "Stagger Lee" is on) is "The Curse of Millhaven," a bloody and funny song about a serial killer who's a 14-year-old girl.
eta: Since the song is from the p.o.v. of the girl, originally Nick planned to have a woman sing it (Polly J Harvey sings on a lot of the tracks) but then Nick decided he loved the song so much he wanted to sing it himself.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2010 10:06:34 am PDT #2729 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Just in case people don't know, the most awesome song on Nick Cave's Murder Ballads (the album that "Stagger Lee" is on) is "The Curse of Milhaven," a bloody and funny song about a serial killer who's a 14-year-old girl.
I swear I've heard rumours that he's done versions of "O'Malley's Bar" that go on three or four times as long, and the original is not short.
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2010 10:07:24 am PDT #2730 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I swear I've heard rumours that he's done versions of "O'Malley's Bar" that go on three or four times as long, and the original is not short.
Oh dear. That would be awesome, as that song is already awesome (but without the italics)....
DavidS - Mar 19, 2010 12:37:39 pm PDT #2731 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Have you all seen the video of Nick singing "Staggerlee"? He's wearing a pink Take That t-shirt. (Take That being the UK equivalent of N'Sync.)
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2010 12:42:35 pm PDT #2732 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's cool. (I've been using the word "awesome" too much, I think.)
Nick once said that he doesn't understand why more people don't realize his songs are meant to be funny....
DavidS - Mar 19, 2010 12:51:26 pm PDT #2733 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lyrics, NSFW, so don't play it too loud.
"I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know
And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole"
Said Stagger Lee
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2010 12:59:16 pm PDT #2734 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That was awesome!
Jon B. - Mar 19, 2010 3:25:52 pm PDT #2735 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I found the blog I was thinking of that had all the Stagolee mp3s: [link] It looks like it's now password protected, but this page gives you an idea of what he has.