I was a teenager in the 1950s living in the UK. Transistor radios had just come in, I remember listening to Radio Luxembourg in bed at night, that's when the signal became strong enough on medium wave, that's when I first heard Spike Jones and his City Slickers.
@denp54z Жыл бұрын
Cool story . I was just watching a video about the history and last transmission of Radio Luxembourg last week.
@CrampedGrampy9 жыл бұрын
As a kid in the 1950s, I feel now to have been fortunate to have enjoyed Spike Jones, the band and their antics; what a hoot! Even now, they bring laughter, happiness and joy to this old guys' heart.
@Solidfact426 жыл бұрын
It was my dad that introduced me to the music of this man. As a small child it was something we could listen to/laugh at together. I've still got a couple albums and will probably be playing it for my kids when I have them. Such a delight that this music is able to stay alive generation to generation.
@dantv233 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. Demento for turning me on to this Force of Nature!
@kingbee150010 жыл бұрын
Spike Jones and his crew HAD to be great musicians in order to keep up all that schtick and jive while playing in tune. And all those different rhythms and props to work in...my word!
@fletcherlayton73743 жыл бұрын
instablaster...
@RJBA3289 жыл бұрын
It was my childhood, but now being able to learn more about the man I appreciate him even more. He had a Cagney-like look and was always chewing gum. No one like him today.
@josephinerimmer68884 жыл бұрын
RJBA328 I thought he was sexy.
@bockforzelorum016 жыл бұрын
He was a big comedian and musicalic talent. He was one of the best. I like it so much.
@dggd3 жыл бұрын
PURE GENIUS…ALL OF THEM! 👏🏽🍷💞
@GaylordBuzzard Жыл бұрын
Pop took me to see him live in the late 1940's and i still remember it. On guy sat up on the rear corner of the bandstand reading a newspaper throughout the entire show.
@sheilariley1261 Жыл бұрын
I fell in love with Spike and his antixcs when I was a kid in the 69s. Never gets old. Genius
@slakinsam2 ай бұрын
I saw some of this actual show when it aired I had heard Spike Jones on a vinyl record that belonged to my grandparents I feel beyond lucky to have seen this on pbs 8pm when I was in elementary school And to find it just as I remember it on KZbin literally 30+ years later
@marSLaZZ664 жыл бұрын
Spike "King of Cowbells" Jones!!! 👏👏👏😂🤣🤩💓💓
@user-uz4hq5zi7b3 ай бұрын
Laudato sii , mi SIGNORE x Spike Jones e tutti i genii...come lui...❤ Aspiro ad ESSERLO 😊 Benito Edoardo Cinosi 🤟
@sachavoronej51042 жыл бұрын
Merci. Grande époque du talent.
@ignorecorporatenews8 жыл бұрын
He was a great percussionist
@nicholaswiltshire6356 Жыл бұрын
I still have a few 78's with these guy's recorded on them.
@lenhummel56142 жыл бұрын
The funniest, craziest, zaniest comedy Band of all time❗😅🤐☺️
@raywolfe39699 жыл бұрын
Love it, real originality, Frakes Zappa of the era.
@ignorecorporatenews8 жыл бұрын
That's what I've always said also RAy
@dariowiter30783 жыл бұрын
That's "Frank Zappa," dolt-4-brains! 🙄😒😡
@carlcleary54810 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this video back in my youth i was 9 years old then 😅😊
@webinator97154 жыл бұрын
I can’t take the way he sings but I love to hear him talk...
@sparkyrunner42832 жыл бұрын
Timing and disciplined, a master musician having a little joke on the seriousness of music conducting.
@ergbudster333310 жыл бұрын
Spike was the Duke Ellington of crazy. You wanna be the leader of the band.. you gotta work your ass off.
@railroad900011 ай бұрын
Spike and his band were very acomplished musicians!
@MultiPetercool Жыл бұрын
Spike Jones and Raymond Scott were the most important musicians of the post-war era. I wish they would have collaborated.
@mikelyons922811 ай бұрын
Just now realizing that Dr. Damento was a part of the crew.
@blakepace2 жыл бұрын
One of my heroes!
@winniedelrosario77899 жыл бұрын
I don't know him but all his videos really makes me laughs 😃
@geraldnichols27226 жыл бұрын
If you think it's easy to play like that, you better think again! ;D
@pollypurree1834 Жыл бұрын
He died young at 53 in 1965
@michaelmapes4119 Жыл бұрын
That look on the Trombone players face at 6:14 is Classic!
@1okanaganguy4 жыл бұрын
He was the Steely Dan of the Fifties
@kurtarmbruster10 жыл бұрын
Priceless stuff--what a genius Spike was! Can someone give us the background on the da-da-DAT-da-da-da tag he used to end so many of his pieces? Thanks for sharing this great tribute to a great talent!
@JohanBrodd10 жыл бұрын
That's just a simple way to end a jazz tune. Many artists had their own ways of ending their songs. This is like a watermark on money to prove the authenticity of them. In a similar way.
@patrickdieter53897 жыл бұрын
It's a very ancient "secret knock" that shows up in movies from the 1920's on. It's known as the "shave and a haircut, two bits" knock. It's the ultimate in corny musical cliches these days.
@keithm11385 жыл бұрын
Del Porter was the one who came up with that ending.
@tkhering Жыл бұрын
Del Porter credited trumpet player Frank Wylie for dropping the notes in during one on of their performances, and it stuck. The notes, of course, come from the 1920's tune, "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune."
@greggeshelman710610 жыл бұрын
I want to find a recording of the January 21st 1990 episode of the Dr. Demento show. It contains the only broadcast ever of "Your Morning Feature" by Spike Jones, recorded on "Standirt", a parody of "Standard Transcription" records under the band name "The Country Dodgers". Pressings of the records were only sent to radio stations subscribing to Standard Transcription records. None of them played it on-air, until the one and only time it was on Dr. Demento. There were three other songs on that show to have their one and only broadcast - at least on Demento.
@greggeshelman71069 жыл бұрын
It's online! Finally after 25 years the world can hear again the rarest Spike Jones recording! drdemento.com/online.html?i=DDS9003
@kurtarmbruster10 жыл бұрын
Ya know, there's something suspiciously suggestive about that rising cello.
@georgerivera8834 Жыл бұрын
Awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍
@bockforzelorum016 жыл бұрын
It was real comedy performing to laugh, ...ok long time ago..
@valeriecampbell95819 жыл бұрын
young spike is a dead ringer for Leonardo dicaprio
@dabedwards8 жыл бұрын
+valerie campbell Yes, I noticed that. But whereas Leonardo filled out a little in the face in a healthy way, Spike's face became disturbingly boney. Too much energy, coffee and smoking, I guess.
@carohelion4 жыл бұрын
@@dabedwards Or maybe Leonardo grew up with the unhealthy American diet - too much sugar and processed food. Lean is usually healthier than well-fed. (Just sayin') Valerie, I did notice that resemblance to Leonardo too!
@michealridenoour53204 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that saw that!
@synthonaplinth59803 жыл бұрын
@@dabedwards Interesting that Spike Jones and Frank Zappa both died from the same thing, essentially.
@dlee37102 жыл бұрын
Leonardo who?
@FlippinDingDong10 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the song they play from 1:10 - 3:23? I love me my Spike Jones, but have never heard that one before and cannot for the life of me find it anywhere D:
@flippindingdong97110 жыл бұрын
Nevermind, just found out its Bizet's "Farandole"
@Smakificator9 жыл бұрын
***** That exact performance is part of this collection: www.ebay.com/itm/Spike-Jones-3-Record-Vinyl-Album-Set-1977-Comedy-LP-/160888510588?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2575b3d87c This set is loaded with live recordings from the TV show.
@missumenimsatanass2 жыл бұрын
Wow! At 17:22 tell me he didn't look exactly like Leonardo Decaprico? Haha So if they're smart they'll do a movie about spikes life and leo can play the part. Its would tk a special person to be able to even fake playing the stuff he did back then. Its a shame he died so young. Thats what 5 packs of cigarettes a day will do to ya. Hell, half a pack a day can kill ya. Crap shoot and sadly spike lost. I think his legacy went higher when he past so young. If you watch his breathing at 19:27 you can tell he was starting to have bug problems. Idk when that int took place and he could've already been diagnosed with emphysema by this time. He couldn't stand very long and eventually had to have an Oxygen tank waiting for him when he got off stage. Then he had to have it onstage as well and stayed seated behind his drums. Such a sad ending for such a talented great piece of Americana.... R.I.P. 🙏😞
@UncleMike439 жыл бұрын
Dixieland & Grabass
@ergbudster333310 жыл бұрын
Alfred E Newman??
@jackmehoffen435911 ай бұрын
Spike Jones & the City Slickers!!
@hollerinwoman Жыл бұрын
So this is where Peter Schickele got all his PDQ Bach schtick.
@gilgamess4 жыл бұрын
What is the song at the beginning of the documentary that is played during the credits?
@sairin84033 жыл бұрын
Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1
@Auggies19566 жыл бұрын
Danny Thomas native Toledoan.
@ul718511 ай бұрын
1:08 Farandole
@mrviniciussiri10 жыл бұрын
A tradução para o Português nas legendas impossível de se entender, uma droga.
@girlgeniusnyc2722 жыл бұрын
Há dez mil anos, 8000 anos antes de Cristo)- música com pedras (nada de "Nasci Há Dez Mil Anos Atrás" rsrsrsrs) 1789 - Mozart 1907 - WC Handy, JAZZ 1935 - Benny Goodman, SWING 1941 - Spike Jones, ele ponou a música 10 million anos atrás! (Com as pedras de novo, uma piada mesmo!)
@jetpaq8 жыл бұрын
Tell me true... Is conan obrian his re-incarnation or WHAT??
@lenhummel56142 жыл бұрын
Views: 66690. yeah. could be. anarchy. absurdity. kinda crazy.🤔
@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr6 ай бұрын
He looks like Casey Neistat.
@yogihaughton4 жыл бұрын
100 cigs a day... :0(
@thomasklugh43453 жыл бұрын
PLEASE... Re-do this but get rid of the closed captions!
@KnowlesKnows3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don't see any captions on this video when I play it.
@hiimryan23883 жыл бұрын
KnowlesKnows don't worry op forgot to turn off captions...