The Best of Spike Jones

The Best of Spike Jones Artist: Spike Jones
Label: RCA
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 078635374827
EAN: 0078635374827
ASIN: B000002WF6


Release Date: 1992-03-24

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Tracks:

  1. Cocktails For Two
  2. William Tell Overture
  3. Chloe
  4. My Old Flame
  5. The Glow Worm
  6. None But The Lonely Heart
  7. Laura
  8. The Man On The Flying Trapeze
  9. You Always Hurt The One You Love
  10. Der Fuehrer's Face
  11. Dance Of The Hours
  12. Hawaiian War Chant

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great nostalgia.......2006-08-23

My Dad shared this one with me and now I am enjoying sharing it with my son. A wonderfully esoteric piece of music history.

5 out of 5 stars You always hurt (*CRACK-BOOM* EGAH!) the one you love.......2006-07-28

Who else could gargle his way through the William Tell Overture, I ask you, than Spike Jones? This CD was first my grandmother's, then my mother's and now it's mine, and let me tell you, I am very proud to be in this hereditary line of musical insanity (strange as its existance is)! This is amazing stuff-HILARIOUS, innovative, imaginative (to say the least!), and gloriously over-the-top. I promise you, dear readers, my child will be humming Dance of the Hours before they know how to read, car-horns and all!

5 out of 5 stars Humorous big band music from the 40's.......2005-04-18

Another reviewer says Spike Jones was like the Robin Williams of the 1940's. Good analogy. We would add, like Weird Al Yankovic too. Like Weird Al is, this was a really TALENTED band of their era that could play anything with great skill, and goofy humor. This is the best best-of for a good price. [And, if you REALLY love these samples, then opt for the 4-disk "Strictly For Music Lover's" collection instead. It has all these hits, plus many more gems.]

4 out of 5 stars This would probably be the one to get.......2002-01-01

All of the well-known Jones numbers, BUT! If you don't get Spike's absurdist operatic parody (via hillbilly parody) "Pal-Yat-Chee" (on another disc) you don't yet have everything you need!

Also, for a whole nother dimension of fun, check out the VHS videos from Spike's 1950s TV show!

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely hilarious..........2001-11-03

Spike Jones and the City Slickers were among the most accomplished musicians ever to fall all over the stage. Whatever kind of music you love, from jazz to opera, this insanity will tickle your funny bone. The William Tell overture in Spike Jones'
hands ranks as one of the five funniest skits I've ever heard, Abbott and Costello's `Who's On First?' included... and that is praise of the highest kind. Is good stuff! I also saw the Mickey Katz album here on Amazon. If I remember correctly, Katz was Joel Grey's father, a singer with an insane tenor voice, and an incredibly accomplished clarinet player... along with being a Spike Jones' alumnus. Is also good stuff!

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  6. Off the Deep End ~ Weird Al Yankovic
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  8. Relentless ~ Bill Hicks
  9. I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday... ~ Joe Rogan
  10. Live at Carnegie Hall ~ Ray Romano

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Pasodobles de Siempre ~ Various Artists

You Should Be Loving ~ La India

The Best of Spike Jones ~ Spike Jones

Tales of the Sun People ~ Tim Clark

Rigoletto (Highlights) ~ Verdi

The Best of Ann Peebles: The Hi Records Years ~ Ann Peebles

Grandes del Folklore, Vol. 1 ~ Jorge Cafrune

Alma Desnuda ~ Lissy

Con La Fuerza Del Co ~ Los Cardenales

Homenaje Al Grande de Sinaloa Don Cruz Lizarraga ~ Banda Sinaloense de el Recodo