Sunday morning eruption of evil

I now think I know what it feels like to have a bad acid trip.

Those of us who lived through the 70s didn't even need to drop acid to know that.

I can't quite figure it out: Is the Danish group a "tribute band" to Yanni ... or Tesh?

Is a puzzlement.

"I now think I know what it feels like to have a bad acid trip."

No bad acid trip was ever THAT bad!

Awesome!! It's the theme music they use for "Wild Chicago"! A public television program about out of the way corners and unusual people in the Chicago area hosted by local improv comics. (Though the new hosts aren't nearly as funny as the ones from the 90's.)

Oops. Correction: I see this is the "disco version". "Wild Chicago" uses the original version of Apache.

That was awesome :)

Dwight Schrute on drums?

Skip the eyeliner and frilly shirts. Send out the busty henchperson and we'll promise to think of you as scary.

AAAH! My eyes! and my ears! AAAHH!

Hehehe. Oh, PZ, this is truly an oldie but a goldie.

Indian maidens? I thought they were roaring 20's flappers. The costumes look like leftovers from some cheezy 70s porn flick.
The best part is where the guy spends a good 40 seconds singing to the girls with his back to the camera ha ha haa!

Now I ask you, what the freakin' hell did I do to deserve that!!?

I watched all 4.5 minutes and I still rate it as more enjoyable than going to church.

PZ, I'm thinking that looks like you in your younger days on those bongos....is this a blast from your past? BTW, I made it thru the entire thing...pirate-like voiceover at the end and all! Too funny!

Thank you. I feel like I just looked at the Necronomicon. There are no words to describe the horror...of cheesy videos.

I watched the whole thing, too. It's mesmerizing, like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (or a Pam Atlas vlog).

My eyes! My ears! It burns! It burns!

It should be a capital crime to use a Les Paul in the service of such an atrocity. And I didn't get a good look at the bass, but it had better not be a Rickenbacker!

Quote from the news magazine profil:

The 1970s -- an epoch marked by brutal ugliness -- [...]

So glad I was born no sooner than 1982. And didn't watch the video.

I sort of liked it. Is that so wrong? I'm...I'm not a creationist, though! That counts for something...right?

This is possibly one of the greatest videos ever created.

I think you're missing then point about the Army of Lovers video. It's cheesy, of course; but sort of tongue-in-cheesy. And you're definitely missing the point about the busty henchbabe. She's sexy and good-looking, but much more importantly, she's very, very funny.

This is why the islamists HATE the West. Not our porn filled entertainment, not "freedoms" and not our hate of their religion. This video is an affront to humanity. It is so bad Osama bin Laden said "All praise to Allah, this video makes David Hasselhoff's "Hooked On A Feeling" look like the work of a genius. Death to the infidels."

Here, try this death metal version of the video. >;-D

I believe Apache was a shadows tune origional (nice work Hank Marvin), but the funkiest version by far is Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band's.

http://o-dub.com/sounds/apache/bongoband.mp3

It's been sampled to death.

` *Spoony has collapsed in a giggling heap*

Hey, I thought that rocked! It took me back to the days before techno, house, industrial and superstar scratcher dj's took over the music on the dancefloor. And for more fun, check out Boney-M and their Russian gig. If you really want to look cool, PZ, get a dead ermine to drape over your shoulders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg

it was like a train wreck... I couldn't take my eyes away...

"I believe Apache was a Shadows tune originally"

Nope.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is Danish pop king Tommy Seebach and band. Danes older than ~ 30 will be intimately familiar with him and his music. He composed a number of nationwide hits in the 80s and 90s, and represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979, 1981 and 1993. He is probably best known for Disco Tango.

There's also a video of Disco Tango on YouTube (sorry, lyrics are in Danish).

What's wrong with the dancing apache girls? They look fine to me.

They look fine. They don't look Apache.

""I believe Apache was a Shadows tune originally"

Nope."

YUP:

"Apache" was a popular instrumental song written by Jerry Lordan and recorded by British group The Shadows in June 1960. It was released two months later. The song topped the UK singles chart for five weeks. It has since been covered many times. The record is considered influential, both in its time and in following years.

"Cover versions
Early British guitarist Bert Weedon also recorded "Apache" in 1960; it made it to number 24 on the charts. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_%28instrumental%29

397.

397?

How many levels is that wrong on?

397.

Softcorn. Very '70s.

You people are nuts. The Danish Apache flappers were hot. I'm calling my buddies and we're going to meet in the garage to start a band, just so we can call ourselves The Danish Apache Flappers.

That is like some overly cheesed spaghetti western theme song. Where's Squint Eastrood?

Fortunately, Youtube provided a link to the original, which is much better.

Quote from the news magazine profil:

The 1970s -- an epoch marked by brutal ugliness -- [...]

So glad I was born no sooner than 1982. And didn't watch the video.