The Singing Dogs – Jingle Bells 1955

Christmas Records Party tonight! Costume is ready. Records are ready. This is going to be really stupid.

On a serious level this 1955 recording has some crazy early sampling on it. Cutting up tape (or was this pre tape?) for the chorus was clearly enough work so they used a guitar on the verses but its still impressive.

On a stupid level this is a really stupid record. I think it sold tons in America. It was reissued a bunch of times (the pictured one is 70s) and the picture sleeve 50s version is worth a handful of moneys.

Odd.

St Augustin’s School Choir and Band – The Stuart Hall Song (Brand New Shirt and Tie) 1981

File under “Why was this made?”

Stuart Hall is now doing the voiceover for Ninja Warrior on challenge TV, but in 1981 he was a geniune superstar and school choirs up and down the United Kingdom sung songs about him.

Maybe.

The lyrics appear on the back of the single in the original Northern and also in English translation.

Tune.

Judging by the cover, St. Augustine’s School had more Clarinet players than any one school could ever use.

According to Wikipedia Stuart Hall “possesses an extensive collection of clocks including one that was once owned by Napoleon.”

This is probably my favourite youtube video yet…

That’s it!

50 seconds of the instrumental from Crime Mob’s riotmongering “Knuck If You Buck”.

A dude rapping a few cusses about a “rake-lookin-ass-nigga”.

Still images of the lookin az things, that appear in time with the rapping.

There’s a follow up by another dude. It’s a little weak but it does introduce the concept of somebody looking like a flock, something I had never before considered.

Timing. It’s all about timing.
I have no idea whether these two videos are part of a greater “lookin az ning” scene or whether they are the only examples. I can only hope more lookin az videos appear on youtube.

In fact have the instrumental so you can make your own…

Crime Mob – Knuck If You Buck (Instrumental) 2004