Let’s review the ground rules here. The Mystery Date song is not necessarily something I believe to be good. So feel free to rip it or praise it. Rather the song is something of interest due to the artist(s), influences, time period… Your job is to decipher as much as you can about the artist(s) without research. Who do you think it is? Or, Who do you think it sounds like? When do you think it was recorded? Etc…
If you know who it is, don’t spoil it for the rest. Anyone who knows it can play the “mockcarr option.” This option is for those of you who just can’t hold your tongue and must let everyone know just how in-the-know you are by calling it. So if you know who it is and want everyone else to know that you know, email The Back Office. If correct, The B.O. will let me know and I’ll post how brilliant you are in the Comments section.
As noted this is a Twofer and we are looking for both the composer/artist and the guest-artist/vocal-talent.
The real test of strength though is to guess as close as possible without knowing. Ready, steady, go!
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The slow sludge music sounds like Black Sabbath. Narrator sounds like a non-musician. Probably a self-described voice of his generation type that’s just an old guy hanging around younger kids. Sound clip from a movie?
Along the lines of chickenfrank’s movie speculation, I’m thinking it sounds like the backing track to a scene from an Alex Cox movie, with the Circle Jerks backing Harry Dean Stanton.
Is the narrator Jello Biafra? It sure sounds like something that he would do. I have to say that it reminded me of what I saw/heard on the Boston telly this past Friday.
Sounds like Dan Aykroid talking over Iron Man
The song is “Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath, isn’t it?
The text sounds like something that I would imagine Henry Rollins or Jello Biafra writing but I don’t know much of their work so I’m just speculating. Andy might be onto something with Dan Aykroid. What was the weird movie he was in? Dr Detroit, right? I don’t remember anything about it except that it was trying to hard at something, just like this song is. Is this from a project like that?
It sounds like a weird Dog Bowl/King Missile spoken word but with Jello Biafra as the speaker.
All right, I’m going to take a flyer, having just listened and then scrolled to this form without reading other responses. The voice sounds a bit like Dave Barry but maybe there’s a bit too much of a lisp. And because the music is rudimentary and the concept a bit jokey, I will guess this is that band formed by a group of fiction writers like Steven King, Dave Barry, Amy Tan, et al. Ah, yes, The Rock Bottom Remainders.
Ima shocked by you folks!
No shit! The media response has been scary.
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But points for “funny”.
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Early progress on this one. diskojoe gets 1 of the 2. The voice is in fact Jello Biafra. Congrats diskojoe.
Will also stop the “movie” train here as it has nothing to do with any movie. I think. I fear that Rockodial might Pince Nez me on that…
Hint (and this is a pretty good hint despite it’s overt pessimism): Guessing the composer/artist based on the music and Jello’s involvement is a fool’s game.
Well actually…partial points. Not saying what part though.
Well actually…partial points. Enough that I’m gonna revise this:
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This just in!:
jeangray has taken the mockcarr option and…
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jeangray adds “That was too easy.”
So we’ve got Jello Biafra over a Black Sabbath sample…but it didn’t, as heard above, appear on a Black Sabbath release nor a Jello Biafra (or DK) release.
So who would combine those two and put it on their own release?
Good luck.
Anyone?
This just in. slimjade has invoked the “XXXXXX” option and…
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I can’t share the XXXXXX with you. Not because that is it’s rating but rather because instead of “mockcarr” he used the real name of the artist in question. That’s another vague and likely unhelpful hint.
Did Motorhead put it out?
C’mon man!
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I got it! It’s the B side to Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s “Two Tribes!”
That would make me dig out my I’m Too Sexy t-shirt and dance around. Maybe I’ll do that for you when I see you in a couple of weeks here.
Is this the Butthole Surfers fronted by Fred Schneider of the B-52’s?
Certainly not.
I would give that combo a try.
Then I’ll bring along my Extended Club Mix of “I’m Too Sexy” (and a Spanish version!) to inspire your dance…