CajunGypsy The original recording and still the best.
CajunGypsy Actually, this is the third one I haven't been able to fully memorize.

Tom Lehrer CHEMISTRY element song

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CajunGypsy One of the only two Lehrer songs to which I haven't memorized the lyrics. The other is "Lobachevsky" and mainly it's the Russian I have trouble with.

Tom LehrerNew Math

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CajunGypsy Because his polka medleys of pop hits are so addictive.
Sadako ...aahhh.... @joechapman: "New Orleans Ladies – Louisiana's Le Roux" (reblip)

New Orleans Ladies

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CajunGypsy One of my fave tunes from a truly demented band...of which Bill "Lennier/Will Robinson" Mumy is one-half.
CajunGypsy Not as good as the album version, but if you can stand Mull and Willard's annoying intro, it's worth it.
CajunGypsy Another one Dave FM plays way too much.

Train In Vain

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CajunGypsy You ain't never heard the Stones' songs until you've heard 'em like this!
Mtii welcom ! hear from you later ....@SethMichaels

Lady Gaga "Poker Face"

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CajunGypsy does this take you back to high school too?
CajunGypsy Again, from the soundtrack of my teenage years.
jolynnw michell, haldeman and ehrlichman go to jail
CajunGypsy Because we just gotta get some filk in this dance.
CajunGypsy and again from the Dark Lord of the Smith...
CajunGypsy A typically idiosyncratic song from ol' No-Show Jones.
CajunGypsy The year I graduated college and moved to New Orleans to start my career. One of the best years of my life.
CajunGypsy Weird Al's polka version of this made me want to hear the original, which I somehow missed hearing when it was released.
CajunGypsy The best 9/11 song I've heard, bar none.

Alan Jackson-Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning

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CajunGypsy @MoniiVLombardi: "#solotarantino - smoking cigarretes and watching Cpt.Kangaroo.. now don't tell me.. I've nothing to dooo..-" (reblip)
shortygal TGIF! :)

Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time

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CajunGypsy Bet you didn't know she sang as well as doing comedy and impersonations, huh?
CajunGypsy From CASINO ROYALE, the 2007 Bond film series that rebooted the 007 legend.
CajunGypsy A benefit single for COMIC RELIEF UK, this cover of the Judds' hit features the Pretenders' Chryssie Hynde and ol' Slow Hand himself on guitar.

Cher,N. Cherry,C. Hynde & E. Clapton-Love Can Build A Bridge

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CajunGypsy One of my favorite two-hit wonders.

terence trent d arby wishing well

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CajunGypsy from the AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME soundtrack, with that film's co-star Heather Graham and the star-spangled convertible too.
CajunGypsy more from Lenny

Lenny Kravitz "Are You Gonna Go My Way"

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CajunGypsy One of the most perfect songs for a Friday ever written, from Todd's album THE EVER POPULAR TORTURED ARTIST EFFECT.
CajunGypsy Here's Bonnie again, big '80s hair and all, duetting with Todd Rundgren on another Jim Steinman-penned hit.
CajunGypsy the '80s babe who, along with Meat Loaf, launched the Jim Steinman song fad (everyone and his brother had a Steinman single, even Barry Manilow). (reblip)
CajunGypsy Recognize the dialogue at the beginning? (Hint: it's from the sci-fi film Dan O'Bannon made *before* ALIEN.)
CajunGypsy Be patient during the whole talky intro - the original video is worth the wait.

the escape club wild wild west

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CajunGypsy I would have vastly preferred to see more faithfulness to the TV series, but I can't stay mad at Will...especially when he does a rap like this.
CajunGypsy The first movie was better than the second.
CajunGypsy dates a bit but still fun...

Will 2K

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CajunGypsy Like I said, the first film was better.
CajunGypsy Nobody can do a Bond movie theme like Miss Tina...except perhaps Shirley Bassey.
CajunGypsy Actual title: "The Best." Album: Foreign Affairs. Look it up. And nobody burns up a stage like Miss Tina live.

Tina Turner Simply The Best Live 1990

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CajunGypsy A sexy back-seat-of-the-car romp, with Tina in the driver's seat.
CajunGypsy Yes, you damned well better. She buried Ike.
CajunGypsy Not safe for work, kids or your grandma.
CajunGypsy Like I said, Jim Steinman songs were big back then. This one was Air Supply's.
CajunGypsy Again, the music of Jim Steinman and the voice of Barry Manilow.
CajunGypsy Can't find the original video for this one. Sorry.
CajunGypsy Another '80s fond memory. I filked this as "Thomas Baker's Eyes" way back when. (reblip)
THX3 rb>>@djilo oh snap! I never knew a white dude sang that!! (reblip)
CajunGypsy What can I tell you? I'm a sucker for gorgeous lady belters and sappy sentimental anthems.
CajunGypsy You can download this video for FREE at nasa.gov. The studio recording is even more spine-tingling and moving.

Patti LaBelle: Way Up There (Columbia Space Shuttle Tribute)

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scotlandlover yeah, i bet you do lol @ElZorro: "Alicia Bridges-"I love the Nightlife"" (reblip)
CajunGypsy I loves me some blue-eyed soul, yes indeedy I does. (reblip)
CajunGypsy The lyrics didn't sound right as mondegreens...and they STILL don't make sense now that I've actually read them. But the song still rocks.
CajunGypsy The Piano Man may have largely abandoned his pop roots, but he'll always have a special place in my heart...and my playlist.
CajunGypsy This is Billy live at his rockin'-out best.
CajunGypsy The man with the identically made-up women in his backup band covers an old Cherrelle hit.
CajunGypsy The first big 1980s hit for the late Robert Palmer.
CajunGypsy Third single using the identical women in the video...and one in the shower.
CajunGypsy The Canadian music industry's answer to "We Are the World," a benefit for Ethiopian famine relief.
CajunGypsy Frank and his little girl Moon Unit with a demented classic...and demented by Frank is several orders of magnitude above anyone else's demented.
CajunGypsy Frank, it should be noted, was Roman Catholic like most Italian-Americans.
CajunGypsy Frank promotes nutrition and inter-species amity between humans and produce.
CajunGypsy Raising me up a crop of dental floss...

Frank Zappa Moving To Montana

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CajunGypsy This is the live version I mentioned. Watch for Frank to haul out the chalkboard for sing-alongs.

I'm The Slime- Frank Zappa Live 1976

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CajunGypsy The new drums do sound cool.

Zappa "Dirty Love" Over-nite Sensation Drum Improv

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CajunGypsy A fragrant classic from Frank and the Mothers.
CajunGypsy Don't be a naughty Eskimo, whoa...

Frank Zappa Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St. Alphonzos Pancake Breakfeast, Father O'Blivion

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Asbel John Williams - Superman Theme

Superman (Main Theme)

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Inkygirl "David Duchovny I know you could love me I'm sweet and I'm cuddly - I'm gonna kill Scully!" LOVE this song, with GREAT cameos.

Bree Sharp's "David Duchovny"

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CajunGypsy Love this song even though I've only been to L.A. once in my life, decades ago.

Beth HartLA Song

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CajunGypsy Continuing the Lilith Fair artist roundup...
CajunGypsy Talk about "slit-your-wrists ose"...

Angel

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CajunGypsy One of my theme songs lately...
CajunGypsy Yet another deep-blue-funk song.

A Long December

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CajunGypsy Back to the Lilith roster...

***** YOU 'RE MY FAVORITE MISTAKE ***** ( Stereo / High Quality ) SHERYL CROW CLASSIC 90'S

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CajunGypsy Sheryl gets all futurist on us.
CajunGypsy Explain these lyrics to me. Go on, I double-dog dare you to try.
CajunGypsy Sheryl covers a Guns 'N' Roses classic for the BIG DADDY soundtrack. The film (starring Adam Sandler) is entirely forgettable; the song is not.

" SWEET CHILD OF MINE " ( Stereo Video / Rock Version ) SHERYL CROW = 9 Grammys '95 to 2009

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CajunGypsy Ellen DeGeneres doing the intro and Alanis in full-on whiny-bitch mode on the Grammys. What's not to love?
CajunGypsy If Loretta Lynn is the heart of country music, Johnny Cash was its soul and George Jones was its liver, this man is beyond question its funny bone.
CajunGypsy Down in Louisiana where I come from, we even had a local artist cover this one in Cajun French. Probably Ray's signature song if any of his are.

Ray Stevens The Streak

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CajunGypsy Ray takes on the Lord of the Apes in this swingin' ditty.
CajunGypsy For someone who is unquestionably southern, Christian and conservative, Ray showed a surprising perceptiveness about the religious right in this song.
CajunGypsy Ray channels Spike Jones and His City Slickers in this...um, *unique* rendition of a country classic.
CajunGypsy Tabloid news gets the Stevens treatment in this number.
CajunGypsy This is the other candidate for Ray's signature song.

Ray Stevens Shriners Convention

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CajunGypsy Jerry's one and only attempt at a country rap song.
CajunGypsy A silly little ditty by a silly little man from England.
CajunGypsy One of England's funniest songwriters.
CajunGypsy The all-time most requested song on THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW.

Dead Puppies by Ogden Edsl featuring Bill Frenzer

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CajunGypsy Another song Weird Al destroyed for me decades ago. I can't listen anymore without hearing "Lumbar hernia! Richter's hernia! Obstructed, inguinal..."
CajunGypsy This song ought to be the national anthem—this rendition, by this man, and no other. There's a reason he's called The Genius...

America, The Beautiful : Ray Charles '91

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CajunGypsy 94 and still singing. Just give him the damn Nobel Peace Prize already!

Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at the inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

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CajunGypsy If Woody Guthrie was the father of American folk music, Pete Seeger is the grandfather.

pete seeger which side are you on

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CajunGypsy couldn't find James himself singing it, so this will have to do.

John Garza performing Cold Missouri Waters 2001

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CajunGypsy tell me you haven't wondered about this stuff...
CajunGypsy Rand and Adam in full con-show mode.
CajunGypsy Always loved this one for dancing.
CajunGypsy I still want to hear Buster Poindexter cover this one for some bizarre reason.
CajunGypsy Because I-and-I need to jam, mon!

bob marleyjammin

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CajunGypsy Yeah, I like Bond film themes. Deal.
CajunGypsy Paul and Storm on their own, with their usual show opener.
CajunGypsy P&S team up with JoCo again on their tribute to the late inventor of the chicken nugget.
CajunGypsy Not too many folks remember this one...most only know Tom for that other hit song about science.
CajunGypsy Alecia "Pink" Moore at her ranting best.

PinkStupid Girl

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CajunGypsy P!nk after her divorce, working out her feelings in song as usual.
jet333 Louis Armstrong ~ "What A Wonderful World"
CajunGypsy This movie is where I first developed a crush on Steven Tyler's little girl Liv.
CajunGypsy Another favorite metal ballad.
CajunGypsy Pat is a goddess in both voice and guitar chops. (reblip)

Pat Benatar::We Belong

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Depeche Mode: Just can't get enough

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JodyGirl162 @hollycleary: "*Merlotte's Jukebox* ~Violent Femmes – Blister In the Sun~" (reblip)
CajunGypsy love this lady and her voice...

Paradise

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CajunGypsy best thing they did after Lionel Richie left...
CajunGypsy better known hit...

Sade- The Sweetest Taboo (Remastered Audio)

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CajunGypsy The only woman singer/songwriter I know whose lyrics make even less sense than Sheryl Crow's...

KT Tunstall "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" on Jools

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CajunGypsy Another song with lyrics that make even less sense when you read them than when you mishear them...
CajunGypsy k.d. sings Cohen...wow. Never heard of this one or imagined it, but...works for me.

K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah

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CajunGypsy Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio did a hilarious parody of this one called "What If God Smoked Cannabis?"
CajunGypsy when you need something upbeat to listen to...
CajunGypsy Another one Dave FM plays way, way too often...

Sting-Synchronicity II

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CajunGypsy This was the song that first clued me to what a hoot John and his music are.
CajunGypsy three times a single word titles were kind of a thing back then...

ABBA Gimme Gimme Gimme Lyrics!!

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CajunGypsy Why, yes, I did see MAMMA MIA! (the film)...why do you ask?

ABBA-The Winner Takes It All Live 1980

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CajunGypsy another step into the Wayback Machine to the 1970s...
CajunGypsy can you tell I loves me some Talking Heads?
CajunGypsy this one is drilled into my brain from days at work listening to radio...
CajunGypsy This one makes me giggle ever since I heard "Psycho Chicken" on Dr. Demento...but the original is pretty twisted too.

TALKING HEADS

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CajunGypsy if you remember the Talking Heads original, you'll love this version...

Burning Down The Cartoon House Bob Rumbaugh 'n' Basketcase

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CajunGypsy If you suffered through the weeks and weeks of the original being played to death on radio in 1987 or so, you should like this.

My Girlfriend Is Inflatable John Mammoser

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CajunGypsy John is a nutcase (in a good way) as you may have surmised by now...

9 Coronas '99 John Mammoser

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CajunGypsy Another great '80s pop parody...
MarisaJFox How high? :P

Van Halen Jump

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CajunGypsy Wait through the opening patter...the song is worth it!
CajunGypsy My sentiments exactly.

Conservative, Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, Wh

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CajunGypsy This is the "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" guy.

Napoleon XIV- I live in a split level head (Lyrics)

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CajunGypsy One of the few songs I like that can arguably be called punk.
CajunGypsy The title is a pun...why do you think they did this reggae style?
Ms7angela7 Prince- Cream ...don't ask why...

Prince - Cream

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Austringer Come out and play but..., ya whatever.
CajunGypsy This song would be depressing if it weren't so damn funny...
CajunGypsy If only I could find a pill like this, I'd buy crates full!
CajunGypsy Listen carefully...it's not the song you think :-)
CajunGypsy Proof that the Man in Black had a fine sense of humor...
CajunGypsy Another funny song from a man we all miss dearly.

Johnny Cash One Piece At A Time, With lyrics.

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betsiek Woke up a little Funky this morning... Parliament - Give Up the Funk
Nehalia This song is in my head. Maybe I am channeling being an independent, unemployed woman who still rocks it!
CajunGypsy What can I say? Stevie's always been my favorite witchy woman...
CajunGypsy @funkmandoo: "Well tan me hide, a blast from the distant past." (reblip)
CajunGypsy This is the *unbleeped* version, so watch where you listen.
CajunGypsy A funny little curio of a song that made the charts a few years back...
dawnie22 HA..Dedicated to "Let me out I'm a celebrity" Fans... B-U-G-S by Pearl Jam (reblip)

Pearl JamBugs

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CajunGypsy Glad he finally got permission to release this.
CajunGypsy Because EVERY hit song should be done in polka time!

weird al's alternative polka

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CajunGypsy more from the Weird One...

Weird Al Yankovic-Polkarama

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RnBE Tag Team – Whoomp! (There It Is) @MalikX let's get it on!
CajunGypsy INXS was one of my favorite bands from the '80s. This song helps illustrate why. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Another one from the hit machine that was INXS.
CajunGypsy one more...

Disappear

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CajunGypsy ABC and Martin Fry pay tribute to one of R&B's giants.
BuySellDomains Well that didn't work, no St. Elmo's Fire tonight... How about Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire instead?!
CajunGypsy This is "our song" (me and the Songbird) ever since Edwin played it live for us at Bryn Mawr's May Day.

I Could Not Ask For More-Edwin Mcain

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CajunGypsy Ignore the silly anime video and listen to Julie's inspired zaniness.

Cause I'm A Blonde

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CajunGypsy another from Julie's first album...

julie brown girl fight tonight

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CajunGypsy Original video from the title track of Julie's album.

Julie Brown .............Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl

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CajunGypsy Continuing the theme...
CajunGypsy A cool tune from Fred and his other band...
CajunGypsy More madness from the kids out of Athens, GA.

B-52's Private Idaho

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CajunGypsy Fred and the girls' most famous hit since "Rock Lobster."
CajunGypsy An overlooked gem from the band's early days.
CajunGypsy The band's signature song and first big hit.
CajunGypsy another favorite dance tune from the '80s.
CajunGypsy Still another from an Eagles member turned solo artist.
CajunGypsy The video for this is even better than the song - a few dozen people lip-synching.
CajunGypsy A great song for driving really fast down a major highway...
CajunGypsy First heard this as the soundtrack to a fan video for HEROES on YouTube.
CajunGypsy Another fave from my favorite decade. (reblip)
JerryKidd My Sharona...nuthin more to say about this one
CajunGypsy Another Bowie favorite, from his early Thin White Duke phase.
CajunGypsy This is the longer dance version of the '80s hit.
CajunGypsy Another '80s fave from the oddly-named trio of Britpop kids.
CajunGypsy Yes, kids, this is one of those '80s "hair bands" you hear so much about.
CajunGypsy Just so y'all don't think I'm all '80s pop and weird sh#t...
CajunGypsy Continuing on the theme Chef laid down...

AC/DCBig Balls

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CajunGypsy Prince's songwriting, Sinead's voice. Her one and only US hit.
CajunGypsy Heard this played at the dance during a science-fiction convention and ended up liking it.
CajunGypsy Another favorite one-hit wonder from the '90s. (reblip)
CajunGypsy A live version I hadn't run across before.

Chicago A & E 3 "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?"

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CajunGypsy My girlfriend lives and works in Africa, so this one has a special meaning for me these days. Plus it's just a damn good song.

TotoAfrica

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CajunGypsy I still hear Weird Al's lyrics about the Brady Bunch to this one. (reblip)

Safety Dance- Men Without Hats

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CajunGypsy The B side of one of their '80s hits on a 45 RPM vinyl single. (I had a copy. Yes, I really am that old.)
CajunGypsy Not the best sound, but the only copy I could find.

"Weird Al" Yankovic- "Mr. Popeil"- 5/17/84

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CajunGypsy can you tell I hear their stuff on radio a lot?
CajunGypsy from their landmark MTV Unplugged show...

10,000 Maniacs- Trouble Me

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CajunGypsy A live performance of a demented classic from a man I miss dearly.
CajunGypsy This was a silly song that was all over the radio in 1981 when I was finishing high school.
CajunGypsy Turn down your headphones; the volume on this is rather high.
CajunGypsy Another one-hit wonder Weird Al ruined for me forever with his parody. (reblip)
CajunGypsy And here you can see why...
CajunGypsy A talented and sexy lady taken from us too soon. (reblip)
CajunGypsy @kikihalbert: "One of the world's most amazing songwriters..." Agreed. (reblip)
CajunGypsy More from the original film based on the song.

Rock 'N' Roll High School (The Ramones)

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CajunGypsy Dunno why this one just caught my ear, but it does.
CajunGypsy Someone still loves you, Freddie. Rest in peace. (reblip)
CajunGypsy George and the Delaware Destroyers kick it old-school with a bit of help from B. B. King and Lucille.
CajunGypsy You can't beat these guys for songwriting.

FLEETWOOD MAC LITTLE LIES

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CajunGypsy One-hit wonders from right around here where I live.
CajunGypsy The video is almost as cool as the song.
CajunGypsy It's the Moodies. What else ya need to know?
CajunGypsy One of the only two times Adam and the boys hit the top of the charts.
CajunGypsy Brian Setzer and his crew with their first big hit. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Another hit from rock's favorite arrested adolescents.
CajunGypsy Jenny proves she can do a gay-dance-bar-ready hit single with the best of them.

Waiting For Tonight- Jennifer Lopez

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CajunGypsy some more headbanging...

Ac/Dc- T.N.T. with lyrics

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CajunGypsy That was today.

It's a Great Day to Whoop Somebody's Ass...

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CajunGypsy The pictures and captions are very interesting...if you read German.
CajunGypsy An a cappella group's version of Dr. Dre's rap hit. Jonathan Coulton, call your office... (reblip)
CajunGypsy Another song for when you have "one of those days." (I have one of those *lives*!)

The Fools Life Sucks Then You Die

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CajunGypsy First heard this in SHREK. Another good depressed-mood song.
CajunGypsy Straight off Dr. Demento's show...probably illegal as all hell.

Diet Song Shel Silverstein

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CajunGypsy One great twisted musical genius meets another.
CajunGypsy @mrrowe8: "and how many people besides me closed the bar to this song,I mean a real bar,no vip puss room or girls &guys that r all show no go" (reblip)
CajunGypsy "Send lawyers, guns and money / The shit has hit the fan..."
CajunGypsy My favorite WZ song, even more than "Werewolves of London" of which it was the B-side on the original 45 RPM vinyl single.
CajunGypsy Another funny country song from Johnny.

Johnny Paycheck "Colorado Kool-Aid"

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CajunGypsy Not what it starts off sounding like...
CajunGypsy "And in addition to the darkness, there was also me." --Bomb #41

Dark Star Music Video

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CajunGypsy fits the day...

Summer In The City Lovin' Spoonful

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CajunGypsy another good song for a bad mood...

first cut is the deepest- sheryl crow

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CajunGypsy Another master of musical comedy tees off on the pop hits of his day,
CajunGypsy Somehow I got to liking this. I have no clue why.

Forgot about dre lyrics

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CajunGypsy Heard this on radio one night working in NYC and got to liking it.
CajunGypsy I likes me dem reggae riddims every so often.
CajunGypsy This one got to me on the radio driving.
CajunGypsy This one was another radio find.

Mis-Teeq- Scandalous Live @ CD:UK

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CajunGypsy Drive-time radio channel-surfing strikes again.
CajunGypsy Actually, this is Bob Ricci, not Weird Al. You can hear him and many other funny music artists at TheFUMP.com for FREE!
CajunGypsy Here's another of Bob's wicked parodies.
CajunGypsy Another song on the same subject, original this time.
CBSpinner ♫ Twilight Zone ♫ http://clayton-bruster.fineartamerica.com Buy some art before it's too late. (reblip)

golden earring-twilight zone

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CajunGypsy Eric's going to the *special* hell for this one... :-)
CajunGypsy How many of you besides me had an adolescence this describes?

D&D by Stephen Lynch, Live at El Rey

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CajunGypsy Another product of the songwriting genius of Roy Zimmerman.

Hell Froze Over Today The Foremen

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CajunGypsy Definitely not work or kid safe, so watch where you listen to this one.
CajunGypsy Weird Al polkafies yet another year's pop-radio playlist.
CajunGypsy @MugichaGozen: "Jigsaw – Sky High ミル・マスカラスのテーマ" a very rare find. (reblip)
CajunGypsy My late mother had this on a Supremes Greatest Hits album when I was little. I remember playing the daylights out of it. (reblip)
CajunGypsy @MattBukowski: "this makes me laugh so hard hahahhahahahahha" Me too. (reblip)

Head Over Heels: Literal Video Version

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CajunGypsy Apparently Falco covered this one in German...or these guys covered it in English, I dunno.
CajunGypsy This is actually the version I meant to play.

Hooverphonic : The World Is Mine

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CajunGypsy radio late night got me again...

Janet Jackson & Shaggy Luv me Luv Me Oh Boy I Luv U So mix

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CajunGypsy Another ballad that pretty much says what I feel about my beloved far better than I ever could.
CajunGypsy At least two parodies of this exist that I have heard...one for The Simpsons and one for science fiction fangirls.
CajunGypsy The studio version for you purists in the audience.
CajunGypsy Stan sends up the signature song of Harry Belafonte, recorded when it first was released.
CajunGypsy Stan deals with an overenthusiastic drummer.
CajunGypsy The Weird One with the parody that got him in trouble with Coolio.

Amish Paradise by Weird Al

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CajunGypsy Rawwwwwk!!!

Billy Idol-Cradle of Love (with lyrics)

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CajunGypsy Makes you think of Buffy Summers, don't it?

Superchick- One Girl Revolution

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CajunGypsy A favorite from the '80s.

Billy Ocean Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car (1988)

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CajunGypsy If this pasty-faced Brit bitch has so much as one drop of black blood in her, I'm Tupac Shakur!
CajunGypsy @billow: "Let me tell you about the days of high adventure..." The film may not have been all that, but the music was cool. (reblip)
CajunGypsy I actually owned a 45 RPM vinyl copy of this one when it first came out. (Check out Shatner's version!)
CajunGypsy This was the B side of "Convoy." An underappreciated gem.

C.W.McCall/Comin' Back For More

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CajunGypsy Another interview by the king of musical movie parody.

Hey, E T Dickie Goodman

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CajunGypsy @GrandaddyPete: "From zany to completely mad Lol" (reblip)

Napoleon XIV: 'They're coming to take me away'

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CajunGypsy this is fun...

weird al -gump

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CajunGypsy should really see the movie sometime...
CajunGypsy Three guesses why this one's on my list...and the first two don't count. (Hint: know where your towel is?)

Journey of the Sorcerer

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CajunGypsy This one is still every bit as timely as when it was recorded...sorry to say.
CajunGypsy Another unintentional Dr. Demento Show hit.
CajunGypsy This guy was unique and original and flat-out weird-ass...and his death was a loss to dementia fans everywhere.
CajunGypsy This song was one of the few Weird Al parodied that was as funny as Al's version.
CajunGypsy The Four Seasons may have done it first, but the Spinners did it best.
CajunGypsy Can you tell I love this group?
CajunGypsy Guess why this one's on my list too....
audiomurphy @audiomurphy: "@iiBrandi@scheffxp@dogbay oh what a time oh what a girl" (reblip)

Frank Valli and the Four Seasons- DECEMBER 1963 OH WHAT A NIGHT

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CajunGypsy Dire Straits' frontman on the history of fast food's Goliath.
CajunGypsy The Surfers' one and only radio hit. (Do you suppose they chose their name on purpose to keep themselves from breaking big and selling out?)
CajunGypsy couldn't get away from this one on the radio last year...
CajunGypsy I was listening to this on heavy rotation even before Weird Al parodied it with "White & Nerdy."
CajunGypsy another radio inescapable from last year...

Crank Dat Soldier Boy By Soulja Boy With Lyrics

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CajunGypsy This one got parodied on YouTube as "Blago" when the former governor of Illinois got in trouble last year.
CajunGypsy heard on the radio way too much lately...
CajunGypsy another favorite from Sting and the boys...
CajunGypsy sean paul is not to be confused with sean john AKA p. diddy...

sean paul temperature

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CajunGypsy As long as we're dipping into the 1970s bin...

The White Knight-by Cledus Maggard & The Citizen's Band

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CajunGypsy Another oldie-but-moldy from the '70s.

Charlie Daniels "Uneasy Rider"

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CajunGypsy Charlie and the boys do a sequel, a decade later.
CajunGypsy Lenny Kravitz: funkiest Jew ever? You decide.
CajunGypsy finally found one that works...
CajunGypsy never thought a cover could top the Guess Who's original but live and learn...
CajunGypsy And the Weird Al version...
CajunGypsy this is the original, no matter what all those Rascal Flatts fans say.
CajunGypsy for those who remember taking "the hippest trip in America" every Saturday afternoon.
CajunGypsy Watch the video for the misheard lyrics...!

Rock the Casbah: The Misheard Lyrics

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CajunGypsy One of my favorite '80s guitar goddesses. (reblip)
CajunGypsy One of metal's baddest bad boys, with or without Van Halen.
CajunGypsy A sexy and talented lady, taken from us far too soon.
CajunGypsy Laura's rewritten English version of After the Fire's German/English hit.
CajunGypsy Another hit from Laura's heyday in the '80s.
CajunGypsy Laura's signature hit, the one that shows off what her pipes can really do.
CajunGypsy Another mainstay of alt-pop radio station playlists.
CajunGypsy Ray and the Kinks with their biggest '80s hit.
CajunGypsy a funny little curio of bygone days on the radio...
CajunGypsy Yet more proof that the late, lamented Man in Black did indeed have a sense of humor...even about himself.
CajunGypsy Makes you think of a James Bond film, don't it? Probably not accidental.
CajunGypsy Having been raised Roman Catholic myself, this one hit me especially hard in the humor center of my brain.
CajunGypsy From history and medicine we proceed now to astronomy...

The Galaxy Song (Monty Python)

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CajunGypsy This song's title was made a lie as soon as it was released; I heard it on KVIL radio in Dallas, TX in 1981.
CajunGypsy The very first of Al's polka medleys, from way back in 1980.
CajunGypsy This is from the soundtrack of STEP UP, which is where I first heard it.
CajunGypsy This soundtrack is vastly underrated, in my opinion, even if the film has since been much better restored.
CajunGypsy Another great track from the 1980s release of the film.
CajunGypsy Right around the time Bonnie was hot with songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out For A Hero."
CajunGypsy This is the music from the flooding undercity sequence near the film's climax.
CajunGypsy This song leads into "Machines" in the film.
CajunGypsy Another track co-written by Giorgio Moroder for the film.
CajunGypsy This one has an especially well-written lyric.
CajunGypsy Sean Paul strikes again with a bit of help from Rihanna.
CajunGypsy The band's first big hit without the makeup.

KissLick It Up

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Suval (Ten songs for Robert) Dirty Deeds... done dirt cheap!
CajunGypsy Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio take on AC/DC.

Dirty Deeds (Done With Sheep)

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CajunGypsy For all you computer users unlucky enough to be shackled to the spawn of Satan Gates.
CajunGypsy For those who thought Falco's original was as bad as it could get...
CajunGypsy A dear friend of mine and also filk music's biggest rocker...in more ways than one.
CajunGypsy The first of two songs celebrating the greatest movie serial killer that never was.
CajunGypsy Another inspired and hilarious parody from the Dark Lord of the Smith™.
CajunGypsy Tom Jones sings Prince. Breaks your brain, don't it?

Tom Jones-Kiss.mp3

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CajunGypsy Tom gets some help on this one from his fellow artists of The FuMP (Funny Music Project) at www.thefump.com.
CajunGypsy I happen to be an agnostic who enjoys gospel music. This is a perfect fit for me.

Agnostic Gospel Song (by Andy Corwin)

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CajunGypsy Another great silly song from Kip Addotta.
CajunGypsy See how many fish puns you can catch in this classic.

Wet Dream Kip Addotta

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CajunGypsy Straight off the DR. DEMENTO SHOW...

Life In The Slaw Lane Kip Addotta

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CajunGypsy She supposedly wrote this as a teenager. Gee, who'd have thunk??
CajunGypsy The Bobs, the world's premier a cappella group (excepting solely Rockapella).

Banana Love

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CajunGypsy One of two great pop songs that use Rod Serling's greatest creation as a jumping-off point.

TWILIGHT ZONE/MANHATTAN TRANSFER

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CajunGypsy Another great number from one of pop's greatest harmony acts.
CajunGypsy The Transfer live, with another of their big hits.

Manhattan Transfer Boy From New York City

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CajunGypsy another favorite from the '80s. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Just to remind y'all that despite years away from my home town, I am a country boy...and my daddy taught me who was the First Lady of country music.
CajunGypsy I wish they'd credited the male artist here; I can't remember his name.
CajunGypsy This actually got made into a TV-movie starring Barbara Eden post-Jeannie.
CajunGypsy Yet another parody of "Rock Star" by Nickelback, but it's worth it to hear Luke send up the summer's hottest flick.
CajunGypsy Camille West, the most recent addition to the Babes roster, was responsible for writing this gem.

Viagra In the Waters Four Bitchin' Babes

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CajunGypsy Always loved this one even as a kid.

R.B. Greaves -Take A Letter Maria

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CajunGypsy Probably my favorite song from my all-time favorite musical.
CajunGypsy The climactic number of Act One, performed in the 10th Anniversary Concert.
CajunGypsy Another longtime favorite musical of mine.
CajunGypsy The one really good song added for the movie of the musical.

Mean Green Mother from Outer Space [scene 20]

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CajunGypsy The original, before SPAMALOT! reworked it.
CajunGypsy The movie version, which is better orchestrated but not quite as lively as the stage version Patti Lupone recorded.
CajunGypsy The movie version of the song, with Antonio out front on vocals.
CajunGypsy One of the best songs from the original stage recording of my second all-time-favorite musical.
CajunGypsy The original Broadway production, with an oh-so-young Julie Andrews as Guinevere. Far better than the movie.

Musical Mania Camelot The Lusty Month of May

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CajunGypsy One of the musical's best songs, and one of the earliest works I used in a filk parody.

Nathan Gunn as Lancelot in Camelot sings "C'est Moi"

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CajunGypsy My favorite musical that was on film BEFORE being on stage, rather than the other way around.
CajunGypsy The most harrowing number of the best American musical ever. (Yes, I'm doing show tunes this morning. Deal.)

1776: Motion Picture Soundtrack: Molasses To Rum

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CajunGypsy William Daniels, reprising his starring role as John Adams from the stage production.

1776 MPS: Sit Down, John and Piddle, Twiddle, and Resolve

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CajunGypsy My favorite song from this musical.
CajunGypsy The best original song from the musical (I.e., one Eric didn't swipe from an old Python movie).
CajunGypsy Yes, this is the very same Sara Ramirez who now plays Callie on GREY'S ANATOMY. Got a great set of...pipes, don't she? ;-)
CajunGypsy One of the numbers from the original stage ROCKY HORROR SHOW that didn't make it into the movie...at least, not in the U.S.
CajunGypsy This song was the first one I thought of when I got the news about MJ. They're right; the poor guy never had a chance from his early childhood.
CajunGypsy Dick Clark introduces Michael and the brothers doing their first big hit.

Jackson FiveABC

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CajunGypsy My other favorite song from Michael's J5 days. Mariah Carey covered it decades later, but couldn't top the original.
CajunGypsy Weird Al paying tribute to Michael's first big hit off "Thriller" and his video of same...in backhanded fashion, as usual.

Weird AlEat It

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CajunGypsy Another Weird Al parody of both Michael's hit and its video, this time from "Bad." (Al's album title was "Even Worse.")

Weird AlFat

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CajunGypsy Michael teams with Sir Paul for a mock duel over a girl in song.
CajunGypsy The best part of Michael's magnum opus, from the groundbreaking short-feature-length video for the title track of "Thriller."
CajunGypsy For my money, one of Mike's best from the days between the Jackson 5 and "Thriller."
CajunGypsy A bizarre demented curio about Michael's purchase of the Beatles' back catalog.
CajunGypsy The title track from Michael's first album as an adult artist.
CajunGypsy One of Michael's "message" songs--his best, IMHO.
CajunGypsy Another parody of one of Mike's big hits, from Bud LaTour. This one got major airplay on Demento's show.
CajunGypsy The official video for another big MJ hit.
CajunGypsy Michael co-wrote this with Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones. Sadly, the problem it was recorded to help solve in Africa is still with us.
CajunGypsy Michael's second big hit off "Thriller."
CajunGypsy Mark Jonathan Davis (AKA Richard Cheese) pays his own loungified tribute to the King of Pop. (reblip)
CajunGypsy One of the best covers of this song anyone ever did, from Mike and the brothers. (reblip)
CajunGypsy In memory of both Michael and Gene Gene the Dancing Machine from Chuck Barris' original GONG SHOW.
dferver this man INVENTED breakdancing, and his choreography was always amazing
CajunGypsy This song has been a favorite of mine since I was in short pants.
CajunGypsy Another longtime fave from Richard & Karen. (God, I miss her still.)
CajunGypsy Show of hands: How many remember this being on the soundtrack of the original movie THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE?
CajunGypsy This was the album and the song that first made me a Manilow fan, way back when I was a teenager.

even now by barry manilow

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CajunGypsy Barry says he played this for his then-girlfriend and turned around when he finished to see her on the floor crying.
CajunGypsy This was the video on MTV most often in 1986 when I was living in a balcony apt. in New Orleans' French Quarter. (reblip)
CajunGypsy @RockItRadio: Sarah McLachlan: I Will Remember You "Blipped 4 Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson..RIP ...thoughts & prayers go out to family & friends" (reblip)
CajunGypsy Daryl & Toni's signature song. Still my fave of theirs.
CajunGypsy I know this song, but never imagined Daryl & Toni would have ever covered it. Wild!
CajunGypsy In fond memory of Farrah Fawcett, who now is literally an angel.
CajunGypsy Another one for Farrah, from one of my all-time fave guitar goddesses.
CajunGypsy Still another one for Farrah, one of my favorite moving songs from the last decade.
CajunGypsy One of the two signature songs of the Girls. (The other is "Galileo," of course.) (reblip)
CajunGypsy This guy is a hilarious nutjob of a songwriter. This is one of his best.
CajunGypsy This was the first song of Henry's I heard, the title track from his first CD.
CajunGypsy Henry sings live on THE BOB & TOM SHOW. That's Bob, Tom and Chick laughing in the background.

MMV Gotta get a Girlfriend

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CajunGypsy Henry starts off sounding innocent enough, then sticks the knife in on this one.
CajunGypsy Another demented genius discovered by Bob Kevoian & Tom Griswold on their radio show.

The Revenge Song

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CajunGypsy Another song from somewhere inside the twisted little mind of Heywood Banks.

Wiper Blades- Heywood Banks

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CajunGypsy Heywood being weird again, from his CD titled TREATED & RELEASED.
CajunGypsy probably Heywood's strangest song yet.

Heywood Banks -TOAST!

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CajunGypsy Come on, haven't you had some moment when you wished to God you had some heavy earthmoving equipment handy?

If I Had a Bulldozer

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CajunGypsy Here's the album version of Al's "Bad" parody with the lyrics onscreen. Not as much fun as the video, but still pretty neat.
CajunGypsy Al can only do this one in concert because Michael would never let him have permission to record it.
CajunGypsy Al's parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillonaire & Krazie Bone. From his last CD, STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD.
CajunGypsy One of Barry's most beautiful songs, for my money. From one of his early albums.
CajunGypsy @powerhealths: "In Memoriam of Farah Fawcett & Michael Jackson. The memories they left behind are eternal. ❀❀❀Candle in the wind❀❀❀ " (reblip)
CajunGypsy One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite hot '80s babes. (reblip)
CajunGypsy The Black Eyed Peas' frontwoman takes it on her own in the first hit from her solo EP THE DUTCHESS.

FERGALICIOUS

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CajunGypsy Alecia "P!nk" Moore with her first big hit.
CajunGypsy One of my longtime crushes, singing one of her biggest hits.
CajunGypsy Another of Livvy's singles from the PHYSICAL album.
CajunGypsy One of my favorites from the XANADU soundtrack. Livvy as Kira pleading to the gods to give her and Sonny a chance.
CajunGypsy Another overlooked gem from Livvy's PHYSICAL-era back catalogue.
CajunGypsy Livvy on the PHYSICAL tour, doing a live version of one of her early country-era hits. (I got to see her on that tour in Baton Rouge.)
CajunGypsy Love this lady to death, love her songs. The video for this is even better.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite upbeat tunes, from one of reggae's greatest legends.
CajunGypsy The greatest reggae artist of all time, gone from us way too soon. It's easy to see why Jamaica's tourist bureau used this in their ads.
CajunGypsy The theme from the original HIGHLANDER film and the TV series. "In the end, there can be only one..."
CajunGypsy A parody of "Tom's Diner" that Suzanne Vega herself loved and put out on a CD of songs inspired by hers.
CajunGypsy from the '80s hit machine that was Susanna Hoffs and her band.
CajunGypsy Susanna and the girls live, doing what I think is their most beautiful song.

The Bangles --- Eternal Flame

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CajunGypsy From the soundtrack of LESS THAN ZERO, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Would you believe this was originally a Simon & Garfunkel song?
CajunGypsy Probably the Bangles' best-known hit...certainly their most popular dance tune.
CajunGypsy Their name may be misspelled, but the song is one of their best.

Bangels Hero Takes a Fall

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CajunGypsy The girls' first big hit. Still holds up amazingly well even after all these years.
floralmask Nice... @HeyAmaretto: "all we need is candlelight you and me" (reblip)

Video Killed the Radio Star

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CajunGypsy Sammy does one of his hits with Van Halen live.
CajunGypsy You should hear Tom Smith's mashup of this and "If I Had A Million Dollars" by Barenaked Ladies. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Can't find a vid of Bruce Cockburn doing this great song of his, so you'll have to settle for a cover.
CajunGypsy The King of the Road doing one of his hits. (reblip)
CajunGypsy This is the song that was used in that old Vonage commercial on TV where people are seen driving back and forth.
CajunGypsy This is the unofficial fight song of my alma mater, LSU's Tigers. You can see the "Eye of the Tiger" painted on the 50-yard line in Tiger Stadium. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Some weirdness for your Friday evening.
CajunGypsy More recent Weird Al goodness from his last CD.

That's Your Horoscope For Today

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CajunGypsy Another favorite one-hit wonder from the '80s.
CajunGypsy How many of you actually saw the movie this is from?
CajunGypsy Don't be fooled by the rewritten version from KUNG FU PANDA; this is the one and only original!
CajunGypsy My all-time favorite all-girl band, bar none. (Though the Bangles do come in a close second.)
CajunGypsy Another overlooked gem from the girls' first album, BEAUTY AND THE BEAT.
CajunGypsy Their second hit, from the same debut album.
CajunGypsy Elton wrote this for John Lennon after his death...but it fits Michael too.
CajunGypsy I had the 45 rpm vinyl single of this when it came out.
CajunGypsy Look closely at that bleached-blonde Nazi guy...yes, it's John "Capt. Jack Harkness" Barrowman!

Springtime for Hitler

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CajunGypsy Another lounge version of a hip-hop hit, courtesy of Richard Cheese. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Wonder if Kelis has heard this version...?
CajunGypsy If you thought the original was fun, wait 'til you get an earful of this version...!
CajunGypsy This one was done by Richard in his "other" persona.

Star Wars Cantina By Richard Cheese!

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CajunGypsy Only Jonathan Coulton has a cover of this that's funnier.
CajunGypsy Canada's funniest export since the late John Candy.
CajunGypsy Another hilarious song from the Great White North's funniest musical group (with the possible exception of the Frantics).
CajunGypsy The weekend's here...time to board the PARTY TRAIN!!!
CajunGypsy Two large-bodied, large-talented gentlemen, both gone from us now. Their one and only collaboration (so far as I know).
CajunGypsy The man could make absolutely anything sound romantic...as he proved on a Letterman Top 10 list one night. "Gubernatorial..."
CajunGypsy Barry White could do great music without even opening his mouth...as this song by his group proves.
CajunGypsy Mariah gives us an inspirational ballad.
CajunGypsy There's a great SUPERMAN RETURNS fan video on YouTube that uses this song as its soundtrack. It's worth looking up.
CajunGypsy Spike's big number from the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER musical episode, "Once More With Feeling."
CajunGypsy One of my favorite gay-dance-bar hits.
CajunGypsy This is the English version.

KRAFTWERK-POCKET CALCULATOR 1982

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CajunGypsy Bob Ricci shows how gutless he is in relationships.

I Wish

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CajunGypsy Camille West's original song about women's complaints to fashion designers.
CajunGypsy Camille and the Babes' take on health care reform.

Toe To Toe With The HMO CAMILLE WEST

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CajunGypsy Camille's high-tech approach to the problem of sexual deprivation.
CajunGypsy From TV Land's tribute to Sid & Marty Krofft. Yes, that's really Cyndy in the Empress of Evil costume!
JerryKidd Heard this today and realized I hadn't heard it on Blip in a while, so here it is!
CajunGypsy One of my favorite shows, and one of the best opening themes ever, also for Farrah.
CajunGypsy Another favorite from the '80s. I crushed big-time on the redheaded lady in the video. (reblip)
CajunGypsy From the BUFFY musical episode, the climactic number for the Slayer and her friends.

Buffy Musical ~ Walk through the fire lyrics

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CajunGypsy Another number from the BUFFY musical episode, translated to American Sign Language.
CajunGypsy Tara's song to Willow, from the BUFFY musical episode. (Can you tell I'm a huge BUFFY fan?)
CajunGypsy From Livvy's early period, when she was trying to be a country singer. (It got added to the movie version of GREASE when she was cast as Sandy.) (reblip)

Olivia Newton-John / Hopelessly Devoted To You

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CajunGypsy Olivia teams with ELO for the theme from the movie...and the later Broadway musical.
CajunGypsy Probably my favorite of Livvy's slow ballads.
CajunGypsy Heard this on a REBOOT fan video for Hexadecimal on YouTube. Pretty good song in its own right, too.
CajunGypsy Just in case you didn't believe me when I wrote the Boys had covered this song. Wild, ain't it?

Oak Ridge Boys- Seven Nation Army (2009)

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CajunGypsy best musical adaptation of a geek meme I've heard yet.. (reblip)

All Your Base Are Belong To Us!

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CajunGypsy For she who has become my reason.
CajunGypsy Another blast from the big-hair past.
karie just cuz SNL is on...reminded me
CajunGypsy "I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance, Never settle for the path of least resistance..." (reblip)
CajunGypsy Chrissie and the boys give us a moving inspirational ballad. Carrie Underwood covered it for IDOL GIVES BACK a couple years ago.
CajunGypsy Another gem from the '80s, courtesy of the late Robert Palmer. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Because THE NEXT DOCTOR is airing on BBC America tonight.
CajunGypsy In honor of Stonewall Anniversary weekend...
CajunGypsy You know they're right...

If There Is A God, He's A Queen by Romanovsky & Phillips

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CajunGypsy Two musical icons of the LGBTQ come together in this recording: Fred Small's moving songwriting and the Flirtations' sublime voices.

Everything Possible

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CajunGypsy More from the queer community's best male singing duo.
CajunGypsy Queer folk can do comedy as well as music...as Suzanne demonstrates here.
CajunGypsy another of my favorite lesbian stand-up comics...
CajunGypsy Sandra teams up with Tom Jones for a wild and fun number.

Sandra Bernhard & Tom Jones "You're Unbelievable" (#4)

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CajunGypsy Sandra channels her inner Stevie Nicks...

Sandra Bernhard ~ Songbird (Fleetwood Mac Cover) HIGH QUALITY

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CajunGypsy Ellen and Lily together doing Lily's cover of Britney's latest hit.

Lily Allen and Ellen DeGeneres Performing "Womanizer"

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CajunGypsy Atlanta's most famous queer part-time resident, with one of his biggest slow-ballad hits.
CajunGypsy Continuing our Pride Parade of gay/lesbian tops of the pops...
CajunGypsy can't have a LGBTQ-themed day without this gal and her smokin' hot...guitar :-)
CajunGypsy Another truly demented act to celebrate Pride weekend.

The Kinsey Sicks: "The Dragapella Chorus"

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CajunGypsy Another hilarious parody from the best drag musical act in the biz.

The Kinsey Sicks: "Baby Dyke"

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CajunGypsy One of the straight music world's most gay-positive ladies.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite offbeat demented musicians gets a fanvid. He's been watching a tad too much TWILIGHT ZONE, methinks. :-) (reblip)

Creepy Doll

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CajunGypsy The Queen of Soul performs one of my favorite dance tunes of hers live.
CajunGypsy The only actual gay member of Kids In the Hall...that we know of. :-)
CajunGypsy Sir Elton clowning around with his tourmate Billy Joel on one of Billy's biggest hits in Japan.
CajunGypsy Richard Cheese again, with a very laid-back cover of Jet's big debut single.
CajunGypsy And the original, just so you can see the comparison.
CajunGypsy This was the original novelty-hit recording, long before the Muppets got ahold of it.
CajunGypsy another of my favorite demented groups, with their own take on the Piero Umiliani classic.
CajunGypsy funny rap in its own right before Bob Rivers parodied it with "Be Claus I Got High" a couple Christmases back. (reblip)
CajunGypsy The World's Fastest Filker parodies Afroman's hit "Because I Got High" for fans of Joss Whedon's shortest-lived TV show.
CajunGypsy In honor of the release of the long-awaited GHOSTBUSTERS video game for XBox and Wii. (reblip)

Ghostbusters Theme Song

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CajunGypsy @DJSUNSHINE2: "He's the man!" Indeed he was...and he is still dearly missed. (reblip)

You Are The First, My Last, My Everything (Barry White)

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CajunGypsy They weren't using the "Jefferson" part of the name when this was recorded due to a legal squabble with Paul Kantner, but that's all over with now.
CajunGypsy Everyone forgets this was on the MANNEQUIN soundtrack now, but some of us still remember.

Starship-Nothing´s Gonna Stop Us Now

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CajunGypsy In honor of the impending 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's "one small step."
CajunGypsy Another timeless classic from Julia Ecklar, filk music's greatest ballad songstress.
CajunGypsy Julia's terrific song inspired by the 1980s fantasy film, written from the point of view of Matthew Broderick's young thief character.
CajunGypsy Rufus' daddy with his most demented hit. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Remember this little oddity from the 1980s?
CajunGypsy The funniest song about heavy metal and its fans I've yet heard.

METAL HEAD by Blotto

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CajunGypsy Blotto's one other demented hit.

I Wanna Be A Lifeguard by Blotto

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CajunGypsy The Canadian songstress' signature tune.
CajunGypsy Anne's cover of the Monkees' hit.
CajunGypsy Another fave tune of mine from the '80s hit machine that was (and still is) Hall & Oates.
CajunGypsy Probably my all-time favorite H&O tune, from their album H20.
CajunGypsy From the CHESS soundtrack...the only song from that musical that made it onto the pop charts. (reblip)
CajunGypsy The intro sounds like flipping through radio stations on the dial, doesn't it? (reblip)
CajunGypsy The original German version of the '80s hit. A lot of German hits came here that way; see Falco and After the Fire. (reblip)

Nena- 99luft Balons

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CajunGypsy Comedian/singer Tim Cavanagh parodies Nena's hit with an alleged new translation.

99 Dead Baboons Tim Cavanagh

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CajunGypsy One of Tim's original songs, for the anally fixated among my listeners. :-)
CajunGypsy Some sound advice for bar-hopping from a frequent Dr. Demento and Bob & Tom Shows guest artist.
CajunGypsy Tim's blues song saluting the alleged discoverer of America.
CajunGypsy Another of those songs that makes even less sense when you know the actual lyrics than when you first mishear them. (reblip)
CajunGypsy A great lipsynch of Al's funniest bitter-breakup song since "One More Minute."

Since You've Been Gone- Weird Al Yankovic

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CajunGypsy The U of Michigan's chorale covers Weird Al's OTHER great bitter-breakup song.
CajunGypsy You have to wonder what sort of alarming things Al would be doing if he didn't have his music to sublimate them...
CajunGypsy Another favorite Canadian lady of mine with one of her recent English-language pop hits. (reblip)

Celine Dion- That's the way it is

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CajunGypsy If this old agnostic ever comes close to believing again, it's when I hear Celine sing this. Watch her really let loose and belt it out near the end.

Celine Dion-Oh Holy night

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CajunGypsy First heard this in a great KIM POSSIBLE Shego fan video on YouTube. Definitely a departure for Celine from her usual style...but she sells it!

Celine Dion Treat her like a lady

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CajunGypsy Watch TORCHWOOD's 2nd season premiere with James Marsters guesting and you can hear this under his and Capt. Jack's bar brawl/snog scene. (reblip)

BlurSong 2

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CajunGypsy Celine sings the official theme of 1996's Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games.
CajunGypsy The Cheesemeister takes on Guns 'N' Roses' signature tune.
CajunGypsy If yer gonna play it, play a decent copy of it fergossakes!

Petticoat Junction

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CajunGypsy Laura covers a classic from the decade just before hers.
CajunGypsy The original from Vikki Sue Robinson, which even I must admit is much better.

VIKKI SURE ROBINSON TURN THE BEAT AROUND RCA

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CajunGypsy Robert Lund & Spaff parody "I Kissed A Girl" for The Funny Music Project (www.thefump.com).
CajunGypsy Everyone seems to prefer "Don't You Want Me Baby," but for my money this is HL's best single.
CajunGypsy For some reason, hearing Human League always makes me think of these guys next.
CajunGypsy This is the version I was looking for earlier, that was played on radio. Sorry about that.
CajunGypsy Wait till I find Tom Smith's SOUTH PARK parody of this one and then you'll really hear some funny sh*t.
CajunGypsy Here's something you don't see every day: both the original AND the Weird Al parody in one video!
CajunGypsy Just because a friend said on Facebook it was raining where she is.
CajunGypsy Annie & Dave back up the Queen of Soul on one of my favorite feminist anthems.
CajunGypsy Another favorite Eurythmics tune of mine.

EURYTHMICS Missionary Man

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CajunGypsy Annie on her own, singing another favorite of mine. (The video is even cooler.)
CajunGypsy Annie teams up with the Rev. Al Green to deliver a little holiday cheer, from the SCROOGED soundtrack.
CajunGypsy The video for this is amazing, with Annie dancing alongside doubles for herself in all her various music-video looks, from "Sweet Dreams" on.
CajunGypsy The Thin White Duke and the Rolling Stones frontman team up to cover an old Motown classic.
CajunGypsy And here's the original just for comparison.
CajunGypsy Darius Rucker and the best bar band that ever made it big.
CajunGypsy This is a whole lot funnier when Weird Al covers it in his polka medley.
CajunGypsy @nestorilian: "Would I'd followed down my chosen road Or only wished what I could be" (reblip)
CajunGypsy Another favorite dance-floor burner of mine from the '80s.
CajunGypsy This was included on a flexi-disc in a BLOOM COUNTY bound collection in the '80s.
CajunGypsy This is one of the "shorts" that got made in the 1930s-1950s for restaurants and bars to play on nickelodeon-type machines. The earliest music videos!
CajunGypsy We miss you, Jerry. This is one of many funny songs the old Alabama swamp rat recorded.

Jerry Reed-Another Puff

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CajunGypsy Another favorite Jerry Reed song of mine...even though I've never been divorced, my folks were.
CajunGypsy Probably my all-time favorite Jerry Reed song...even before the problems Detroit's been having lately.

'Lord, Mr. Ford' (Jerry Reed)

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CajunGypsy Uncle Shelby returns the compliment with a song about the late, great Man in Black.
CajunGypsy Shel was an unabashed pothead, and this song is one of several he wrote that prove it.
CajunGypsy Another of Shel's great story-songs.
CajunGypsy Speaking of those pot songs of Shel's...this is probably his best.

The Great Smoke Off

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CajunGypsy Sex was about the only thing Shel loved more than smoking grass, and this is one of his songs about it.

Stacy Brown Got Two

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CajunGypsy Here's another song of Shel's sex numbers, from his SONGS & STORIES collection on CD.

Show It At The Beach Shel Silverstein

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CajunGypsy Shel wasn't the only one who could write songs full of innuendo; John Prine has one I like here.
CajunGypsy When it comes to the Dark Knight, Danny Elfman's theme for the '80s film series stands head and shoulders above all the rest.
CajunGypsy Possibly the best version of the old 1960s cartoon theme since...well, the original! From SPIDER-MAN 3.
CajunGypsy And speaking of the original, just for comparison...or in case it was before your time, youngsters.

Spiderman70sCartoonTheme

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CajunGypsy And since we're doing super-hero theme songs...
CajunGypsy The song is "Cartoon Heroes" by Aqua. The shots are from just about every DC and Marvel superhero's movie and TV show ever made.

Marvel/DC Cartoon Heroes

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CajunGypsy I may not be a redneck, but I grew up around them. Hearing stuff like this was pretty much unavoidable.
CajunGypsy Another nod to my rustic country upbringing.
CajunGypsy This one I remember being all over the radio in Lafayette, LA when I was a kid.
CajunGypsy Great fanvid about the deepest friendship in all the Buffyverse. (I still want to know why Will hasn't magicked up Xander a new eye.)

There, there baby. Xander and Willow.

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CajunGypsy @CrescentMoonglow: "Me, too, Dick Clark! What a loss when Paul died. Great singer/songwriter." I didn't know he'd died... (reblip)
CajunGypsy When I was backed over by my dad's pickup, this song was all over radio while I recovered.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite Tom Paxton songs.

Talking Viet Nam Pot Luck Blues Tom Paxton

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CajunGypsy This is another favorite song Weird Al ruined forever for me; I can't listen anymore without hearing the "I Love Rocky Road" lyrics. (reblip)
CajunGypsy And just to show you what I mean...here's the Weird One with his version.
CajunGypsy A rare old Weird Al cut from his very earliest days recording his songs in the bathroom of his college campus radio station. (Love that echo!)

School Cafeteria

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CajunGypsy Another of my favorite funny singer/songwriters explains why he has a deep abiding loathing for a certain well-known classical composition.

Pachelbel Rant PL

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CajunGypsy The great one from my home city of New Orleans, with one of his biggest hits.
CajunGypsy The original version of the song, from the ole 'Fessor himself.
CajunGypsy The *other* Mardi Gras song Prof. Longhair is best known for. You can hear this all over New Orleans from 12th Night in January onward.
CajunGypsy The third best known song about Mardi Gras, after "Go to the Mardi Gras" and "Big Chief."
CajunGypsy The best song out of MULAN's soundtrack, even without the montage of Mulan and the men getting through boot camp.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite '80s tunes.
CajunGypsy Another hit from Martin Fry and his band.
CajunGypsy Funny parody of "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals.

My Boss Is Lazy Laszlo & Gary

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CajunGypsy Another great parody from L&G, this time of "Can't Touch This."

Oooh, Don't Touch That Laszlo & Gary

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Franova The Idiot by Stan Rogers A Canadian classic

The Idiot

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CajunGypsy One of the late balladeer's most famous and best compositions. If I were Canadian, I'd campaign to make this the country's new national anthem.
CajunGypsy Another of the late Mr. Rogers' signature tunes.

Stan Rogers Barrett's Privateers

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CajunGypsy Probably my favorite of Stan's songs. The first time I heard someone singing it, I cried.
CajunGypsy Yeah, I know it's out of season. You never heard of Hanukkah in July? Oh, wait, that's Christmas...
CajunGypsy There's a reason these three are the biggest group in folk music at least since the Weavers...and you can see it here.
HuMBush WoW... this came out in 1982? Daaayum~ I'm getting old =P

Prince1999

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rosecryst Am I the Magnet or am i the steel? i am much softer than either... ~ MAGNET AND STEEL by Walter Egan (reblip)
CajunGypsy Okay, show of hands: How many of you remember roller skating to this at your local rink way back when? I do.

ChicLe Freak

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CajunGypsy Another all-skate number from waaaay back in the day.

ChicGood Times

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CajunGypsy Call them just another boy band if you will, but I actually liked this song when it first came out.
CajunGypsy If you think this is good, wait 'til you hear Natalie Merchant's cover of it! (reblip)
CajunGypsy An ex-girlfriend of mine introduced me to this song, which she said Neal Rodgers used to play on his radio show in Florida.

I-95 The asshole Song

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CajunGypsy As good as Jimmy Buffett's "asshole" song is, this one is even better.
CajunGypsy Denis' and Ben Stiller's funny musical warning to the next generation.
CajunGypsy Denis writes perhaps the quintessential folk song of his ethnic heritage.
CajunGypsy Denis stands up for the lowest of the low.
CajunGypsy Just in case you thought Denis was forgetting he's supposed to be a stand-up comic as well as a singer...
CajunGypsy My all-time favorite comedian sings the Oscar-nominated song from SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT.

Blame Canada by Robin Williams @ Academy Award 2000

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CajunGypsy Probably the late Mr. C's signature routine; certainly the one for which he was most (in)famous.
CajunGypsy George compares America's supposed national pastime with its REAL national sport.

Baseball And Football George Carlin

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CajunGypsy Robert Lund of The Funny Music Project (http://www.thefump.com) parodies Nena's one US hit with new lyrics about a favorite subject of mine.
CajunGypsy The only thing I've heard of his that I really like.
CajunGypsy Enrique proves again he got the good genes from his daddy Julio.
CajunGypsy This used to be the theme song for a pro wrestler calling himself the Junkyard Dog down in the Mid-South league.
CajunGypsy One of the many great songs off their FREEZE-FRAME album.
CajunGypsy If all you've heard off this album is "Centerfold" and the title track, lemme clue you to another lesser-known track from FREEZE-FRAME.
CajunGypsy Probably the best non-single track off the FREEZE-FRAME album.
Jeffrey__Scott I can only think of the "Weatherman" when I hear this song now.
CajunGypsy Joni's signature tune, as it was first released.
CajunGypsy another one heard way too often on the radio

Elton John- Levon

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anothercraze Whoa @FruitlogCowboy! I don't think @DjEntronic mean THAT sort of game...you ARE talking about a circle jerk, right?
CajunGypsy Just to follow "On Top of Old Smokey," whose tune this is.

MMV- On Top of Spaghetti

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CajunGypsy Continuing on the Italian food theme...
CajunGypsy Another SOUL TRAIN performance of some classic '70s funk.
CajunGypsy This was the song used in Jaguar's XK TV ad a few years back.
CajunGypsy Kenny & Sheena's duet take on a Bob Seger classic. (reblip)
CajunGypsy This is mainly worth listening to for the chorus and Ronnie Spector's magnificent voice complementing Eddie's.

Eddie Money-take me home tonight

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CajunGypsy It's hard to listen to this and not hear John Mammoser's parody lyrics from "Boulevard to Krispy Kreme."
CajunGypsy I was listening to radio and heard the lyric "This club will hopefully be closed in three weeks..." That line alone convinced me to get the song.
CajunGypsy One of my longtime favorites from Demento's show. It was funnier before he had to remove the "Impossible Dream" clips for legal reasons.

Existential Blues Tom T Bone Stankus

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CajunGypsy Another parody of a Michael Jackson hit, in backhanded tribute to his memory.
CajunGypsy The first Top 10 hit about masturbation since "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper. (reblip)
CajunGypsy And speaking of...

Cyndi Lauper- She Bop

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CajunGypsy And the other one, from the soundtrack of possibly the most popular romance/action flick of the '80s.
CajunGypsy This one has better sound quality than the last copy.
CajunGypsy 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN's French Stewart singing a number from Randy's musical FAUST.
CajunGypsy Another song from FAUST, with James Taylor on lead vocals as God.
CajunGypsy P&S do their own "Schoolhouse Rock" song...that ABC would probably NEVER approve for airing.
CajunGypsy P&S, with Jonathan Coulton in the middle, pay tribute to a true scientific pioneer.
CajunGypsy I actually have this on my iPod, even as lily-white as I am. Go figure.
CajunGypsy I actually had this song on a 45 rpm vinyl single back in the day. What can I say? I'm a child of the disco era.
CajunGypsy This is only funny if you watch the video AND listen to the lyrics.

Total Eclipse of the Heart (Literal Video Version)

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CajunGypsy This is another one you have to both watch and listen to get the joke.

Kyrie: Literal Video Version

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CajunGypsy This was the original version, decades before Bananarama got ahold of it.

Venus by Shocking Blue

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CajunGypsy And here's Bananarama with their version, for comparison. They were probably in nursery school when Shocking Blue released the original!
CajunGypsy The former Ginger Spice releases a solo single. Listen closely to the lyrics.
CajunGypsy And here's the Fat Boys version, just so you can see the difference.
CajunGypsy This was a recording for Pres. Kennedy's national fitness program. The 45 was distributed by the President's Council, which Kennedy founded.
organicsue Electric Light Orchestra – All Over the World
CajunGypsy The Girls' OTHER signature song ("Closer to Fine" is the first).
CajunGypsy In honor of both Michael Jackson's memory and this week's NEWSWEEK report that obesity in the US is on the rise.
CajunGypsy Same theme, different take...

Big Butt Bobby Jimmy the Critters

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CajunGypsy Probably my favorite Tap tune.
CajunGypsy I crushed big-time on this gal way back in the '80s. This is her best song and biggest hit.
CajunGypsy Since vampires are so popular these days...
CajunGypsy My favorite Canadian comedy troupe continues our theme.

You People Are Fat The Frantics

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CajunGypsy My second favorite Canadian comedy troupe, with one of their funniest routines.

PMS Airlines The Royal Canadian Air Farce

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CajunGypsy Anyone easily inclined to take offense at cheerful musical blasphemy, please tune out NOW.
CajunGypsy My favorite Canadian comedy band (not to be confused with "comedy troupe," which is NOT the same) with one of their best.
CajunGypsy Another gem from the Worms. Think about it...it really is true!
CajunGypsy The Worms again, this time getting up in the face of militant vegans.
CajunGypsy While we're celebrating great Canadian musical groups... (reblip)
CajunGypsy And the studio version, just for comparison. You haven't lived until you've seen a whole room of people singing this, with a conga line going around.
CajunGypsy A gem written by Leslie Fish and rerecorded for the Prometheus Music CD TO TOUCH THE STARS.

Surprise!

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CajunGypsy Bet all you heavy-set folks are glad we changed themes, huh? :-) Continuing on the celebration of STAR TREK...
CajunGypsy Probably the funniest non-filk song ever about STAR TREK.
CajunGypsy "Booze, the wino frontier..."

Bar Trek Thomas Gauthier

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CajunGypsy One of my favorite '70s bands live.

Turn To Stone

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CajunGypsy Truly peculiar video for one of ELO's later hits.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite ELO tunes.

ELO- Sweet Talking Woman

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CajunGypsy Another of my favorite ELO tunes, from the XANADU soundtrack.
CajunGypsy Another fave from the XANADU soundtrack.
CajunGypsy Another overlooked ELO gem from the XANADU soundtrack.
CajunGypsy One of ELO's biggest hits, with newly remastered audio.
CajunGypsy Okay, just one more ELO song, I promise.

Electric Light Orchestra- Evil Woman

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CajunGypsy Carnival Cruise Lines played some of this song in their TV commercials a couple years back. (reblip)
CajunGypsy An authentic early music video, from the Spoonful on a TV dance show.
CajunGypsy A largely overlooked dance-floor gem from a band that was fairly big in the '80s.
CajunGypsy The theme with vocals, as it is heard over RD's closing credits.
CajunGypsy The obvious Cure tune for this day of the week.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite weird-ass a capella songs from THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW. (Try singing "Dawn of the Dead of the Dawn" as fast! It ain't easy.)
CajunGypsy Since someone blipped "Bohemian Rhapsody" just now...

weird al Bohemian Polka

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CajunGypsy The first single from ALAPALOOZA. You gotta watch the even funnier Claymation video!
CajunGypsy Another groove from "the hippest trip in America." The kids dancing are almost as much fun to watch as the song is to hear.

mc fadden and whitehead-ain't no stoppin' us

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CajunGypsy As long as we're dipping into the disco bin...
CajunGypsy "The curse your mama put on you came true / 'I hope your kids act just like you!" One of the many songs that will likely keep me under 100 listeners.

StupidDon White

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CajunGypsy Don's other funniest song, a big hit on Demento's show.

'LijahDon White

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CajunGypsy Another oldie-but-moldy from deep in the disco bin.
CajunGypsy Camille West's original tune, given a polish by her new bandmates in the Babes. (Watch for the Harry Chapin gag ending the first verse.)
CajunGypsy Originally recorded by Jim under the rubric of his group Jim's Big Ego. The theme song for far too many of us during the work week.

Stress Jim Infantino

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CajunGypsy I didn't even know they'd recorded a sequel tune until now.
CajunGypsy If you ever get a chance to see these guys live, freaking TAKE IT!!

Vampire Girl From Orn Emerald Rose

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CajunGypsy The ladies are always encouraged to dance in the aisles when ER plays this one live...and they usually oblige.
CajunGypsy If you've ever heard "Whiskey in the Jar" or "Danny Boy" played straight, you are STILL not ready for this hilarious ER mashup!

Emerald Rose- Danny in the Jar

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CajunGypsy This is a new song of Carla's you can download for FREE at www.thefump.com, home of The Funny Music Project. (There's a lot of other artists too!)
CajunGypsy @dharmaputra: "been abt 20 yrs since I heard this........" I don't even remember this one, and I was a humongous Sheena fan back in the day! Thanks. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Saw this guy singing this and lots of other songs in Central Park in NYC back in 1996. (reblip)

Garth Brooks -The Thunder Rolls

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CajunGypsy @NicoleVSanchez: "luv this song! Hello! How are you? @ShiaoMei: "Wilson Phillips~~ Hold On ..."" (reblip)
CajunGypsy One of my favorite Billy Idol tunes.
CajunGypsy This song is awesome enough by itself; the video is even more so.
CajunGypsy Being a Southern boy, this one naturally appeals to me.
CajunGypsy Because Spike TV is playing THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK tonight.
CajunGypsy Can't play a string of Billy Idol songs without his first big hit, now can we?
CajunGypsy for those who may be of the right persuasion to enjoy this...
CajunGypsy Loudon Wainwright's music keyed to various anime scenes.
CajunGypsy You have to hear this...especially if you're Roman Catholic--or were raised that way, as I was. www.paulandstorm.com
CajunGypsy Took me long enough to find this one on blip. Two words you need to remember when searching: "quote marks."

Dead or Alive You Spin Me Round

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CajunGypsy This is the parody I mentioned...
CajunGypsy And another great idea for a cheesy sci-fi film by the Weirdo.
CajunGypsy I actually like this when Dave FM isn't playing it to death.
CajunGypsy Another one for my home city.

New Orleans Ladies

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CajunGypsy Another one for my friends in New Orleans, who lost so much four years ago this August.

We Rise Again

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CajunGypsy One of my favorite "one world" anthems, and one of its best renditions.
CajunGypsy Watch this and try not at least sniffling a bit. Go on. I double-dog dare you.
CajunGypsy Another "Idol Gives Back" video guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye...or two. Carrie covers one of my favorite anthems by The Pretenders.
CajunGypsy This is what I feel about my girlfriend...and what I try to say to her as often as I can.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite songs on this day every year. Patriotic, catchy and educational all at the same time!
CajunGypsy Martina McBride gives Pat Benatar a chance at her hit song...and Pat knocks it out of the state!

martina mcbride and pat benatar Independence day

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CajunGypsy Pat's another of my fave '80s music babes as well as one of my fave guitar goddesses...and here's her best anthem.
CajunGypsy Yes, this is the theme from STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE...and no, it wasn't Rod who sang it in the TV show, but Russell Watson.
CajunGypsy One thing you have to say for Disney cartoon films: they often give us some really cool songs. This is one of them.
CajunGypsy Another musical lawyer joke from Georgia's own Tim Wilson.
CajunGypsy Apparently this one has been around for 13 years now without my hearing it until very recently. Sometimes I can be utterly clueless.
BrettGreene rb @musicfanmic: "@anddog1 I wish you had HUGH...GINORMOUS speakers and you could blast this tune. " (reblip)
CajunGypsy A truly sick and twisted comedy bit featuring Rowan Atkinson of BLACK ADDER and MR. BEAN fame.

Rowan Atkinson Fatal Beating

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CajunGypsy For all my geeky listeners, this parody of "When I'm Cleaning Windows" about what users of PCs spend far more time doing than Mac users.

Reinstalling_Windows

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CajunGypsy The lady singing with Ol' Blue Eyes is a now-forgotten actress named Dagmar who was a hot item at the time...unlike Frank, who was in a career trough.
CajunGypsy Is it true what I hear, that KMFDM stands for "Kill Mutha Fuckin' Depeche Mode"?
CajunGypsy Because I heard this on the radio this afternoon as I was driving out of work.
CajunGypsy Another old, old favorite off the radio today. What I say quite often to the lady who kindly chooses to share my life.

You Are The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

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CajunGypsy Heard this for the first time on the ray-diddi-oh today and dug it.

Short Skirt Long Jacket by Cake

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CajunGypsy Not quite as good as the Gap Band original, but still worth a listen.
CajunGypsy This lady is almost as funny as Carla Ulbrich and has a couple of CDs out.
CajunGypsy @ayroso: "When M&M was just a snack and Michael Jacksons skin was black..." Brand new from the band that gave you "Cartoon Heroes." (reblip)
CajunGypsy If you haven't heard of Uncle Bonsai, here's a taste. A terrific dementia band now sadly disbanded.

Cheerleaders On Drugs Uncle Bonsai

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CajunGypsy Remember this one? Great ballad, even if the lyrics make no sense whatever.
CajunGypsy Another old hit from one of my favorite soulful girl groups.
CajunGypsy Check out the video with shots of all the singers mentioned in the lyrics.
CajunGypsy Actually, it's only 38, not 39...but still words to live by. :-)
CajunGypsy For all those who have suspected infernal forces behind the rise of technology controlling all our lives.
CajunGypsy Here's another sick and twisted lounge-style version of a grunge classic.

Steve_Eydie_Black_Hole

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CajunGypsy This song is a favorite of mine I heard on Demento's show a long time back.

Moose In My House Scott Laningham

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CajunGypsy A fine old Scottish folk song by Robert Burns, which I first heard performed by Bob Esty of Clam Chowder.
CajunGypsy @Trunorth: "(You're Beautiful & you're mine) " (reblip)

Ringo Starr: You're 16 (You're Beautiful & you're mine)

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CajunGypsy This is the lively new dance tune by the former lead singer for Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Michael Franti, from his new CD "All Rebel Rockers."

Michael Franti & Spearhead : Say Hey Music Video

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CajunGypsy One of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs. For my Songbird, who is my delivery recipient.
CajunGypsy One of my favorite Springsteen tunes from back in the '80s, off the BORN IN THE U.S.A. album.
Awannabeangel Rock me Gently, Rock me slowly (reblip)

Andy Kim Rock Me Gently

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CajunGypsy Remember this one? I forgot all about it until just the other day.

Don't Cry Out Loud-Melissa Manchester

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ROSIEOLIVEIRA @Choonks: "Word to breast cancer: I'll never be your- Beast Of Burden. Love Bette Midler...big fan here/" SO AM I !!! (reblip)
CajunGypsy This is the one that ruined Toni Basil's "Mickey" for me permanently. Tress Macneille is playing Lucy to Al's Ricky.
CajunGypsy It's been hard as the mischief to find this anywhere online until now. One of my favorite comedy records, along with Billy Crystal's Fernando songs.
AlyG to be honest, it is just hilarious...and only exists in a special place that is very much outside of reality. it's funny, but a little sad. (reblip)
Captblackeagle Why when a lady is with child a wabbit must die? @DJDolceVita

KILL THE WABBIT!!!!!

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CajunGypsy This was all over the radio in my sophomore college year.
DJRosaNava He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother...@AlessandraNava@dri_lu I love this one...!... |Listen
CajunGypsy A good song for that ex you broke up with badly.
CajunGypsy The Brobdingnagian Bards, who wrote this travesty originally, singing it as only they could.

Scotland's Depraved

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CajunGypsy "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

Mrs Fletcher Help Me, I've Fallen slant 6 & The Jumpstarts

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CajunGypsy "The things you say / Your purple prose just gives you away..."
CajunGypsy Chryssie Hynde wrote it, Juice Newton covers it. Probably the best known version of this song recorded.
CajunGypsy Another blast from the past to start off your weekend.
CajunGypsy An overlooked gem from the pop/jazz master who brought you "Feels So Good."
CajunGypsy Parody of "Me So Horny" by 2 Live Crew. 2 Live Jews also do a couple of other funny songs.
CajunGypsy This is the other song from 1999 that mentions Kryptonite (besides the 3 Doors Down song of that title).

DMXParty Up

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CajunGypsy A funny little oddity off the PET SOUNDS album.
CajunGypsy And here's the original for comparison. Personally, I think it's way better than the Gnarls Barkley cover.

George Formby Tribute-When I'm cleaning Windows

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CajunGypsy Dunno how such a lily-white nerd as myself developed any taste at all for rap and hip-hop, but there it is.
CajunGypsy A more recent prime cut from Athens, GA's favorite campus bar band.
JDS442 stole it ..thx !!!@lisa_michele: "Congrats to @JDS442 for 250 badge! Yay!!! Here's a song to celebrate...and perhaps use on your "F.B.C." ;-)" (reblip)
CajunGypsy From the man who composed theme songs for many of the most popular TV shows in Britain during the '60s and '70s.
CajunGypsy For some reason this is stuck in my head at present and I can't seem to get it out.

Never Tear Us Apart - INXS

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Pillo Quiero una banda asi, aunque ya no tenga el cabello suficiente para peinarme como Mike Score, soy muy fan de AFOS

Space Age Love Song

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CajunGypsy This is an old, old recording I have only heard on Demento's show until now.

My Wife Left Town With A Banana Carlos Borzenie, Sr

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CajunGypsy This was on the radio today and wormed its way into my brain.
CajunGypsy Probably Frank's best known song. An early recording from one of the grand masters of filk music.
BandCrab Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums - 250 - The River
CajunGypsy This is played on the soundtrack of the film MARTIAN CHILD, based on David Gerrold's novella of the same name. (reblip)
CajunGypsy "we're gonna sing this song all night today..."
Chrissyisms Natural Selection – Do Anything || I wonder...does anyone remember this one?? I loved it when it came out : )
CajunGypsy Would you believe this was originally written and recorded by Burt Bacharach? Yeah, THAT Burt Bacharach.
CajunGypsy Heard this on the radio for the first time today and thought it was Céline Dion. Can you blame me?
CajunGypsy A 1930s favorite for this time of year.
CajunGypsy Was just remembering this show last night. "In a time of ancient gods, warlords and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero..."
CajunGypsy This one got shoved into my head by B-98.5 FM in Atlanta playing it way too many damn times.
CajunGypsy This one's been stuck in my head since way back in the day...but seems to be cropping up on the radio a lot lately for some reason.
CajunGypsy Speaking of which...

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me (than a frontal lobotomy)

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CajunGypsy This is by a talented Canadian singer/songwriter named Nancy White, from her CD called MOMNIPOTENT: Songs for the Beleaguered Parent.
CajunGypsy In honor of the 20th birthday of TV's #1 cartoon family.
CajunGypsy My other favorite track from THE SIMPSONS SING THE BLUES.
CajunGypsy Bob and the gang make fun of CCR with this one.

Burned On The BBQ - Bob Rivers

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longtide [rb@mammara] mi prendo anche qs e poi a nanna. (reblip)
CajunGypsy Another one for all my Jewish listeners, in memory of Mary Travers and in honor of Hanukkah, which begins Friday evening.
CajunGypsy Everyone's favorite green Muppet as voiced by his creator, the late, great and dearly missed Jim Henson. (Who could be colored more Christmassy?)
CajunGypsy Heard this ages ago and it still strikes a chord with me after years of dealing with car problems.

15 days under the hood-jack tempchin

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CajunGypsy For my girlfriend Mary, about whom nearly every lyric in this song rings true for me.
CajunGypsy From the annual holiday TV special benefiting the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Watch this year's show on CBS.
CajunGypsy Because Encore Mystery just ran the ALIEN NATION movie where this song appeared. I always considered it one of the best things about the film.

Four Tops ~ Indestructible 1988 (Used On The End Credits Of Alien Nation)

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CajunGypsy Another funny favorite of mine for the holidays.
CajunGypsy This is a hoot and a half! Watch for Adolf Hitler and Gen. Charles de Gaulle sitting in.

Intro and Outro- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

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CajunGypsy Bob Rivers and Twisted Radio f#@! around with your childhood Christmas memories once again.

Dr Demento- I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus

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CajunGypsy This song is kind of growing on me since I first heard it a few weeks ago.

Elton John (Step Into Christmas)

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CajunGypsy @Eri_Z: "makes me wonder..." This is part of a whole CD of "Stairway to Heaven" parodies called STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN. (reblip)
CajunGypsy This group made a specialty of re-recording '80s pop and metal songs in a '50s doo-wop style.
CajunGypsy The Tokens meet Guns 'n' Roses in this Big Daddy track from their CD titled CUTTING THEIR OWN GROOVE.
CajunGypsy The very first demented track of 2010 on my station...Enjoy!
CajunGypsy This is probably the song Tiger's singing after his wife found out. :-)
CajunGypsy Slipped onto the ol' mental jukebox just now for some reason.
CajunGypsy Here's my favorite Elvis recording...but not for the reasons you might think at first. Happy 75th birthday, Your Majesty...and rest in peace.
CajunGypsy And here's my favorite song *about* Elvis for his birthday.
CajunGypsy Who knew Mike Resnick even sang, much less played guitar?!? Here's the SF master singing "Woad" from The NESFA Hymnal.

"The Woad Song"

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CajunGypsy And here's the original for comparison.
CajunGypsy Another funny song about urinalysis, courtesy of folkie Michael Collins and Dr. Demento.

The Jar Song Michael Collins

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CajunGypsy Another operatic Jim Steinman joint, with Céline singing her heart out as usual.
CajunGypsy One of my faves of Ringo's solo career, from waaaay back in the day.
CajunGypsy ♫ "When I grow up, I want to be Peter Lorre..." ♪

Spike Jones My Old Flame

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CajunGypsy Because I haven't heard this one on all the stations that do '80s weekends for some reason.
CajunGypsy One of several delightfully off-the-wall cuts from a delightfully off-the-wall songwriter and singer.
CajunGypsy Heard this for the 1st time on a KLM flight from Amsterdam yesterday.
CajunGypsy Another kick-ass video I caught on the 747 home from Europe and Africa this week.

Owl CityFireflies

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CajunGypsy Ziggy carries on the old man's tradition with this reggae classic.
CajunGypsy @PavlovsStepson: rb @DeAnn: "rb@alexandralugli: "Black flowers blossom." (Yes, this is the HOUSE, MD theme in case you wondered.) (reblip)
CajunGypsy Because I heard this on NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, of all places, this afternoon.
CajunGypsy Another great hit by Lou. The man was once called "the thinking man's Barry White." Judge for yourself.

Lou RawlsLady Love

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CajunGypsy Not many parodies of "Valley Girl" by Frank & Moon Zappa exist to begin with...but when they do, they'll have this one to beat.
CajunGypsy Heard this on the radio and didn't know who sang it or its title until today...but liked it.
CajunGypsy Because lately there's been a whole helluva lot in my life I had to roll with...and because someone just blipped an Oasis song with the same title.
CajunGypsy This is obviously the same group and not one of the kajillion lame-assed covers on blip...but a piano arrangement I've never run across before.
CajunGypsy Somehow this one always makes me think of gray depressing winter days.
CajunGypsy This was written back in the 1990s the last time the GOP boys tried to "zero out" public TV and radio from the federal budget. They're at it again.
CajunGypsy Dunno why this plopped down on the ol' mental jukebox, but hey...
CajunGypsy A great parody of one of The Police's biggest early hits for those in the practice of law or studying to be.

Snail In A Bottle

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CajunGypsy From the 007 film of the same name - for my money, the last good one.
BleakMouse Classic alert! Everyone needs it! Don't miss the daring guitar solo either...@keefee: "I just needed this - Original Bonzo Dog Stuff" (reblip)
DDPlay aww, luv you too! ~~>> @FullMetalJacket: "DAVID WILCOX – Layin Pipe @Crazy_lil_Stef @DDPlay Luv you two! :)" (reblip)
CajunGypsy Two of America's greatest folk music legends singing another of the greatest songs ever written about America.

Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger/ This Land Is Your Land

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