I don't consider much of my music to be 'weird' although some people at my school seem to think it is. But I have to admit there are a few albums that are just plain strange.

Canned Hamm- I cannnot even begin to explain this band... one word: 'Poptronica'.

Harry and the Potters- all of their songs are about the Harry Potter books! pretty good actually. My dad says it is the kind of music that dorky kids would put on during a road trip and everyone would sing along.

I also own a Best of John Travolta CD which should be self explanatory.

neutral milk hotel
yoko's cds
frank zappas stuff

108 "Songs Of Seperation": What do you get when Hare Krishna devotees decide to start a hardcore/metal band to get their message accross? Well, this.

The Stinky Puffs "A Little Tiny Smelly Bit Of...": what do you get when two 12 year old kids form a band with their parents and 2/3 of Nirvana? Well, this.

V/A "Dynamite With A Laser Beam": what do you get when you ask 16 grindcore and noisecore bands to butcher a Queen song? Well, this.

V/A "The World Still Won't Listen": what do you get when you ask 18 hardcore/punk bands to do a Smiths cover? Well, this.

V/A "Short Music For Short People": and what do you get when you ask 101 punk bands to each record a 30 second song for a compilation? Well, this.

HERE`S  MY WEIRD TOP TEN ALBUMS [AND I LIKE THEM AS WELL]

OLLIS OF SUNHILLOW - JON ANDERSON
HAS BEEN                  - WILLIAM SHATNER
TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS - YES
REMAINS IN LIGHT - TALKING HEADS
DEBUT                 - BJORK
FISH RISING      - STEVE HILLAGE
MY LIFE IN A BUSH OF GHOSTS- ENO & BYRNE
CAMEMBERT ELECTRIQUE - GONG
IS THIS DESIRE - PJ HARVEY [OR ANY PJ HARVEY ALBUM ]
FOLKJOKEOPUS  - ROY HARPER

Dj shadows entroducing... is pretty weird too

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HERE`S  MY WEIRD TOP TEN ALBUMS [AND I LIKE THEM AS WELL]

OLLIS OF SUNHILLOW - JON ANDERSON
TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS - YES
REMAINS IN LIGHT - TALKING HEADS
DEBUT                 - BJORK
FISH RISING      - STEVE HILLAGE

I'd be interested to know what you considered weird about these albums?

Hello BLUE MEANIE , ill do my best .

Wierd as in not your average your top ten stuff is it ,have you heard them?

ollis of sunhillow is erm....
Topographic is 4 sides of jon andersons attempt at putting music to shastrick scriptures thats weird in my book.

Remain in light is a classic album im not saying its weird and putting it in a bad light  

DEBUT  BJORK recording in a toilet is weird init?

Fish rising a whole album about fish! .LOVE  STEVE HILLAGE he`s a genius .  

I'm going to get back to you on this in time. This could be a big discussion! You may be right about Topographic Oceans though!!!

My favorite weird album is "Songs of the Stevedore" by "Stevedore Steve."  

"Roll out the gangplanks and all hands aboard
trim the derricks round, boy, hear the lynches roar,
and open up that tackle and get those things aboard
we're hard-driving, rough-and-tumble rugged stevedores . . ."

Another song is a recitation about how Bill Funday gets a load dropped on him on Black Monday and is left a babbling drunken fool.

But the best thing about the album is an autograph: "To a mighty fine little gal, Ronnie, 'Stevedore' Steve."


My other favorite weird album is an early Jimmy Swaggart sermon album in which he blames the "curse" on the Kennedy family on some passage in the old testament which relates somehow to Joe Kennedy's rum-rumming in the 20s.  

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My favorite weird album is "Songs of the Stevedore" by "Stevedore Steve."  

"Roll out the gangplanks and all hands aboard
trim the derricks round, boy, hear the lynches roar,
and open up that tackle and get those things aboard
we're hard-driving, rough-and-tumble rugged stevedores . . ."

Another song is a recitation about how Bill Funday gets a load dropped on him on Black Monday and is left a babbling drunken fool.

But the best thing about the album is an autograph: "To a mighty fine little gal, Ronnie, 'Stevedore' Steve."


My other favorite weird album is an early Jimmy Swaggart sermon album in which he blames the "curse" on the Kennedy family on some passage in the old testament which relates somehow to Joe Kennedy's rum-rumming in the 20s.  

Sounds like Tom Waits.

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I'm going to get back to you on this in time. This could be a big discussion! You may be right about Topographic Oceans though!!!

Ok BLUE MEANIE  ill be glad to hear from you .
Id be intersted in what you listin to ,apart from the beatle music obviousley,
and your thoughts on topographic oceans ,that would be a disscussion

Topographic Oceans has some fine melodies, but it's a drag to listen to from start to finish.

Topographic is like going to the dentest ,you get there its nice, your sat next to the fish tank its calm, then it gets nervy, they call you in, now your sweating [third side] Then the teeth pulling[side four] then its all over,it was`nt that bad after all
                                                                                                                      

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Topographic is like going to the dentest ,you get there its nice, your sat next to the fish tank its calm, then it gets nervy, they call you in, now your sweating [third side] Then the teeth pulling[side four] then its all over,it was`nt that bad after all
                                                                                                                      

Good way to put it. Wakeman's keyboards pad it out very nicely. Curious considering he was against the mystical spiritual input. Rick is a Christian. He left I think because of TFTO and I think because of it's attempted grandioseness and lyrics. And I read a long time ago that around about then Yes were going on tour and eating at seperate tables in the same restaurant! Anyway, the keyboards ebb and flow nicely throughout.

RICK apperentley ordered a curry and had it delivered on stage on that tour, not RICKS favourite album.
Saw RICK and JON ANDERSON on tour last mounth at palace thearter manchester,they were brilliant.RICK was on form he said that one of his wifes filed a divorce because his did`nt open the car door, he said he panic`ed and swam to the top!