Mr. Bungle/Mr. Bungle

Ooooooh yeah. Definitely gets my nod.

Probably friendsfriends -- when I've refreshed the page for the last four times in two hours and get nothing, I tend to friendsfriends.

Nah, that's why I add people -- more to read!

I did notice that we have some differing beliefs (judging from the groups your in) so I'll make you a promise -- I'll agree to disagree on any issues if you do the same. Deal? I'm kind of an...open person.

Good! I can say I do respect the heck outta someone who is willing to have strong beliefs but doesn't expect everyone to share them. There's a lot more subjects in the world, anyway.

:D

I love the Heavy Metal Umlaut!

I've heard a couple songs from this:
Tiny Tim/ Current 93 Nurse with Wound album

http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/T/Tiny_Tim/Discography/Songs_of_an_Impotent_Troubadour/

Also I've heard some songs from this album:

http://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4164

I heard a couple songs from the Amon Duul II Phallus Dei album. They were bizarre.
http://www.progweed.net/reviews/amonduulii/amonduulii-band.html#phallus

Dude, under "The gratuitous umlaut in other popular literature" (HEE!), they have Bloom County's "Deathtongue"!! Heeheehee!

I am drawing a complete blank on "strikingly odd" albums.

The Mike Patton/John Zorn albums never appealed to me, in a "this is too weird and I don't like it" way. Not that John Zorn was ever a favorite of mine by himself, mind you.

Also, shut up, Radiohead fans. It's "trendy" to bash Radiohead? Are you kidding me? Thom Yorke can't leave the house without getting head from professional rock critics, for heaven's sake.

So odd that people can put a little male or female symbol next to their name on the forum posts.

1) Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp - MC Chris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mc_chris
http://mcchris.com/

2) Pleasure Man - Gunther
http://www.gunthernet.com/

The Mask and the Mouse, DangerDoom (an album about Cartoon Network, wtf mate??^^)
Deltron 3030, Deltron (science fiction)
Dr Octagonecologyst, Dr Octagon

Oh, and wow, any Residents album.

I nominate "Story of I" by Patrick Moraz.

http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/display.php?rev=pm-tsoi
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1267948/a/Story+Of+I.htm

"Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart, although I haven't managed to listen to it all the way through.

"I Am Sitting In A Room" by Alvin Lucier.

I hear Edgard Varese has some excellent material done in the genre of music concreté, which went on to inspire Frank Zappa as a young man ( Zappa is another underrated composer ).


Slightly less arty:

"The Transformed Man" by William Shatner is jarring the first time you hear it - conceptually ambitious, but the delivery takes a while to grow on you. It is superior in this respect to the more mundane output of Leonard Nimoy, even outshining the latters "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" and attending video clip. "Revolver" from the Beatles totally inverted my perceptions about what kind of band they were.

I think I could list dozens and dozens more, particularly if you were allowing spoken word ( "Shut Up, Little Man", for example ), but I think that's enough for now.

Incidently, the first minute thirty seven of the famous Bilbo Baggins video seems to have surfaced on Youtube.

Also, while digging through youtube bookmarks, I found this charming video of The Smiths appearing on British childrens television show, "Charlies Bus". Notable for the exchange between the little girl and Morrissey on the bus itself.

-- curious_jp

p.s. I can furnish you with "the Transformed Man" and "I Am Sitting In A Room" if you are interested.

This is a great wierd album too. You can listen to samples!
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Satan%20Takes%20a%20Holiday:1921242483:upc=709106059423