Doctor Gonzo Played Guitar
Earlier this morning, I heard a street singer strumming along on his guitar. He was playing a song that I didn't recognize, but it wasn't all that different from say, Crosby, Stills & Nash or Buffalo Springfield. His guitar was in tune, which is rare for street singers and also amazing, considering how cold and drafty it was in the spot he chose.
He had a pretty good voice, I'd liken it to Tom Waits crossed with Stephen Stills, yet...
...he enunciated like Benicio Del Toro channeling Fenster from "The Usual Suspects" or Oscar Z. Alcosta from "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas." He made Bob Dylan sound positively crystal clear in comparison.
No, he wasn't a bullfrog and no, I didn't help him drink his wine.
Joy to the unintelligibles
Joy to the fruits and vegetables
Joy to those that make you wonder what you heard
Joy to those who garble every word
He had a pretty good voice, I'd liken it to Tom Waits crossed with Stephen Stills, yet...
...he enunciated like Benicio Del Toro channeling Fenster from "The Usual Suspects" or Oscar Z. Alcosta from "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas." He made Bob Dylan sound positively crystal clear in comparison.
No, he wasn't a bullfrog and no, I didn't help him drink his wine.
Joy to the unintelligibles
Joy to the fruits and vegetables
Joy to those that make you wonder what you heard
Joy to those who garble every word
posted by Writeprocrastinator at 8:12 AM
11 Comments:
Is he your new guitar hero?
Maybe he was covering "Oops I Did It Again," folk-style and was purposely concealing the words.
Dale has a bad obsession.
This sounds like a perfect opportunity to use Splotchy's song identification service.
Dale,
Naw, he can't enunciate like you and his resemblance to Benicio, is nowhere as near as yours to Eric's.
Becky,
Yeah, I guess all the street people would kick the crap out of him if he sung that.
"Dale has a bad obsession."
This cracked me up for a minute this afternoon, because I didn't have a reference to contextualize this with.
Bubs,
Tell me more, I have no idea what that is.
I am an html retard that still doesn't know how to put links in comments, so you're going to get the whole url. It's from Splotchy's blog
http://isplotchy.blogspot.com/
http://isplotchy.blogspot.com/2007/12/sympathy-ear-for-radio-nurse-proposal.html
Love the lyrics. Was it really Dr. Gonzo? You know what I mean. He sounds like an impressive singer.
Bubs,
There was something that was floating around Silicone Valley about eight years ago that could to that. I can't remember what it looked like or why it didn't catch on.
Katie-lah,
He seemed just a little too young to be the actual Doctor. The actual Doc allegedly had met a nefarious demise, so that would be cool if it actually he were actually alive.
Love your lyrics. Enunciating is a dying art...or at least that what I thought I heard the other day.
Chelene,
Eunciating by itself is slightly overrated (note "Crank That" by Souljah Boy), but some is necessary for the audience to halfway relate to the artist.
mwaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaa...
i have heard so many beggars in south africa who know what the words sound like but don't understand them and can't speak the language!
makes for interesting listening!
Angel,
Dutch makes my head swim as is, I couldn't imagine what it would sound like, when the person who is speaking it is soused.
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