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New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:13 pm
by Eyeball Chair
I frequent the Demented music Database a lot (for artists like Damaskas, Wild Man Fischer and Tiny Tim- who isn't a novelty singer) and I found it something more about the elusive "psycho" song:

Psycho - submitted November 22, 1976; also features Mark Wurfl on banjo & background vocal

Mark Wurfl is some audio engineer who lives in Cali.
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Re: New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:13 am
by TMBJon
I don't know anything about this song. It's an Al Yankovic original, I presume?

Re: New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:16 am
by Eyeball Chair
I have no idea. Also, new info on the home demo of I'll be Mellow When I'm Dead:

I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead (home demo) - recorded March 26, 1981; also features Richard "Bopcat" Bennett on guitar, bass, and ukulele, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz on drums, and maybe others; never aired(?)

Re: New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:04 am
by minnick27
nov·el·ty

ˈnävəltē/

noun

1.

the quality of being new, original, or unusual.

Tiny Tim is most definitely a novelty artist

Re: New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:17 am
by Eyeball Chair
minnick27 wrote:nov·el·ty

ˈnävəltē/

noun

1.

the quality of being new, original, or unusual.

Tiny Tim is most definitely a novelty artist
I guess if you've only heard his well know work that's the general opinion. I just think he should be respected as a talented musician.

Re: New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:39 am
by minnick27
He is very talented, but the fact of the matter is he played his music in a very unusual manner. You sing Stairway to Heaven and play it on a ukulele its going to be a novelty no matter how well you play it

Re: New info on "Psycho" (1976)

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:54 am
by Eyeball Chair
minnick27 wrote:He is very talented, but the fact of the matter is he played his music in a very unusual manner. You sing Stairway to Heaven and play it on a ukulele its going to be a novelty no matter how well you play it
He actually never released a ukulele version of Stairway, but a lounge rock version back in 1996.