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There are two artists/bands with this name:
1) Moondog was the pseudonym of Louis T. Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999).
He was a New York City street musician and former beat poet who was blinded as a young adult. From the late 1940s until 1974, he was a permanent fixture, busking on 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. He was known not only for his music and poetry, but also for the distinctive Viking garb that he wore, including a horned helmet. He routinely gave away copies of his work to anybody who would take them. In this way, he came to the attention of producer James William Guercio, who took him into the studio to record an album, released as “Moondog” (1969) on the CBS label. The track Stamping Ground, with its odd preamble of Moondog saying one of his epigrams, was featured on the sampler double album “Fill Your Head with Rock”. A brief phrase of another track on the album, Bird’s Lament (In memory of Charlie Parker) was sampled by Mr. Scruff as the basis for his 7-minute track
Get a Move On, which in turn was used in commercials for the luxury model Lincoln Navigator SUV.
A second album produced with Guercio, and featuring both himself and his daughter as vocalists, contained song compositions in the forms of canons and rounds. It did not make an impression on popular music as the first had. The two CBS albums were re-released as a single CD in 1989.
1) Moondog was the pseudonym of Louis T. Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999).
He was a New York City street musician and former beat poet who was blinded as a young adult. From the late 1940s until 1974, he was a permanent fixture, busking on 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. He was known not only for his music and poetry, but also for the distinctive Viking garb that he wore, including a horned helmet. He routinely gave away copies of his work to anybody who would take them. In this way, he came to the attention of producer James William Guercio, who took him into the studio to record an album, released as “Moondog” (1969) on the CBS label. The track Stamping Ground, with its odd preamble of Moondog saying one of his epigrams, was featured on the sampler double album “Fill Your Head with Rock”. A brief phrase of another track on the album, Bird’s Lament (In memory of Charlie Parker) was sampled by Mr. Scruff as the basis for his 7-minute track
Get a Move On, which in turn was used in commercials for the luxury model Lincoln Navigator SUV.A second album produced with Guercio, and featuring both himself and his daughter as vocalists, contained song compositions in the forms of canons and rounds. It did not make an impression on popular music as the first had. The two CBS albums were re-released as a single CD in 1989.
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LePlatypope wrote:
lol at afiveletterword but yeah. I stand by that. I could set up these arrangements we wouldn't know who this guy was if it weren't for his ridiculously badass image/story. SORRY TO BREAK IT TO YOU GUYS.
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afiveletterword wrote:
Leplatypope: I don't like him. That was my first listen to him. He's like real simple/ done before jazz and classical. Not feelin' it.
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allancoote wrote:
this guy looks fucking mental haha
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Hai01134 wrote:
RuaraidhB , that comic is pretty awesome. I love the art style.
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KneeLamb wrote:
what a groovy genuis, although he has thus heightened my fear in vikings to a few levels.
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lilac-toj wrote:
amazing !!
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C3rp1nTaxt wrote:
Awesome, baroque jazz. Never though that could exist.
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BleedBeliever wrote:
besides moondog, what else should i listen to?
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boothanew wrote:
MewnD@wg
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secretpassage wrote:
stylin
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HBabylon wrote:
no u
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lord_helmchen1 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/I%27m+so+experimental+I+shit+beefhearts+and+bucketheads
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JDC1988 wrote:
Viking 1 is my shit! Moondog is a TRUE motherfucking GENIUS!
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Clashnroller wrote:
Really nice.
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hamboman wrote:
wo, those are really nice!
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RuaraidhB wrote:
here's a comic I made about Moondog http://ruaraidhbruce.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html http://ruaraidhbruce.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html
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Xhi wrote:
ich liebe dich, moondog
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gods_pee wrote:
mmmhhh so nice
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Budddda wrote:
so it says there are two moondogs, whos the second one?
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SeattleJQueen wrote:
I am so in love with Moondog. I don't even know what "third stream" is, but it's definitely my favorite genre.
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