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Boogn1sh



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There’s a thin line between an album being completely ridiculous, and ridiculously great. I’m a huge fan of anyone who’s able to push over the line and create something so audacious, so unlike what anyone else is making, that you can’t help but respect their ignorance to everything else that’s going on. So what are some albums that you recognize may be extremely cheesy, or just plain bad by conventional standards, but you love because the artists dedication and adherence to their vision.

My Picks:

Rick Wakeman- Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Alexander Skip Spence – Oar

The Residents- God In Three Persons, If you’ve never heard this go, now, and get it, NOW…

The Shaggs- Philosophy of the World, Obvious choice, but it really is charming

Butthole Surfers- Hairway To Steven

Guns N’ Roses- Chinese Democracy- The hubris that it took to make this beyond me. Songs like Street of Dreams are so completely corny that you can’t help but love them for their otherwordly, almost robotic sheen.

Bobb Trimble – Harvest of Dreams

Bonzo Dog Band- The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse

Queen- A Night At The Opera- May be the best example of something that’s great because of how ridiculous it is. Random note, the song 39’ is incredible, maybe my fav on the album.

The Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo (fantastic country album that apparently just wasn’t what people wanted from the Byrds)

Gentle Giant- pretty much every album by them….

Ivor Cutler- Velvet Donkey

Anything by Jandek
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Jobriath

And the Shaggs, of course.
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Waits, Tom-Swordfishtrombones
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Motley Crue's Too Fast For Love. It's like, yeah, it's fucking horrible, but it's so relentlessly in-your-face, grimy and classless that it's actually a pretty fun listen.
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Kiss- Destroyer.

It sucks...but it's amazing as hell. (As long as you don't have GREAT EXPECTATIONS) get it? Very Happy
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The Presidents of the United States of America - self titled album.

The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies

any Kaiser Chiefs album. Love the non-stop tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Very Happy
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Good picks everyone. I also had a soft spot for that Bloodhound Gang record when it was released, just abysmal, but fantastic. Good choice with Tom Waits, he has definitely carved out his own niche and makes no attempt to soften his sound to appeal to a wider audience.

Well put 40foot, if your gonna get dirty, you might as well jump in the pool of grime!

Joanna I had never even heard of Jobriath, thanks for the intro. His story is pretty fascinating and the little bit of the music I've now heard is surprisingly solid.
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I'm gonna pick on a sacred cow for some people: Trout Mask Replica--Captain Beefheart is definitely in this category. I still can't decide if it's brilliant or just pretentious, and arguments could be made either way. Also, a lot of Frank Zappa belongs in this category and a lot of Guided by Voices stuff for its wacky imaginative/nonsensical titles and lo fi lack of professionalism. Early Sebadoh is pretty ridiculous. Beat Happening with Calvin Johnson's ridiculously low voice comes to mind.

Oh, a lot of solo Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers stuff and comes to mind (I'm a Little Airplane, Ice Cream Man, Here Come the Martian Martians), although I personally dig his quirkiness.
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Charicature wrote:
The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies


Good choice, especially these tracks:

Mama's Boy
The Ballad of Chasey Lain
The Bad Touch
A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying
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Butthole Surfers are a damn good choice but I would have to go with their "Locust Abortion Technician" or s/t album.
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