spike jones love in bloom & that old black magic

[CaptainOvide]

To Skip to That old Black Magic, go to 3:50

[badgerbeth2]

I like how straight the singers are with all that mayhem going on behind them. Too funny

[DantheMan28821]

yackty yactky

[adoreslaurel]

When somebody sneezes they say "Ignition", just another "spark" of genius.

[Heisrisin3]

He could do it today with half the talent. Back in those days each musician had to be able to play his part perfectly in the studio. There were no multiple tracks or over dubbing to fix mistakes. You can bet if they could get that right their public performances were on par with their studio recordings unlike most artists today.

[petitequinte]

1:39-1:43: the point where I can't take it anymore and collapse onto the floor snorting.

[SirWinstonBeech]

That old black magic was the very first Spike I ever heard, with the deteriorating trombone cadenza, and the rip roaring horns that followed, I knew I had found "my" music. There were soooo many novelty acts back then and so many people lump them all together. Spike was not like the others. He was actually a fabulous musician and he hired fabulous musicians. Trumpeter George Rock was one of a kind. Many imitators, no equal.

[SirWinstonBeech]

When I was a kid we had this record and a handful of other Spike Jones songs. Today I have everything I could find available on CD, and Love In Bloom still stands out as his masterpiece of surreal insanity. The noise barrage beginning at 1:50 is almost unbelievable. I don't know which is funnier, the "barking dog getting hit with a pie" or the pulled sharp trombone blat ahead of it that makes my teeth hurt. I've been miming the bang/arg/bang/arg outro since I was a kid.

[petitequinte]

@SirWinstonBeech "barking dog getting hit with a pie." That's perfect; I never could figure out how to describe that noise, but you hit the nail on the head.  LMAO! :D

[fromthesidelines]

Originally released in 1947 on two different "78"s. "Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath" [A. Purves Pullen] delivers the bird calls at :40 and 1:04. Carl Grayson is the vocalist on "That Old Black Magic". The publicity photo at 3:32 features Spike and Joe Siracusa, a later member of the "City Slickers", circa 1950 [probably during production of Spike's unsold filmed TV pilot, where Joe did a gag hinging on Spike's remark that "this guy must have two heads" {"What'd he say?"}].

[happychappy12]

This Bloke is fantastic!!.....listened to him years ago via 'me mam' He was way ahead of his time and the musicians and singers were the very best.

[yarrowshore]

Fact is, he didn't need today's recording technology. He was awesome!

[Chesed1]

Nobody has ever matched Spike Jones for madcap musical comedy. It required real music and top musicians. Imagine what he could do with today's recording technology?

[petitequinte]

@Chesed1 Absolutely! I love the fact that everything he did, all the musical slapstick with absurd noises, was done long before sampling technology made it tidy and simple. I think that makes it much more compelling, the fact that actual co-ordination and physical effort was involved; it would be easy to sit down at the computer and string together some funny noises, but who cares?!

Music is undervalued these days; most people my age wouldn't "get" this at all. Their loss... ;D

[spellson1930]

Un fenómeno musical llamado SPIKE JONES combina los alegres charlestons y foxes con humor y diversos sonidos DISPARATADOS que alegran la grabación y que la gente se carcajea de lo mero bueno. Feelicitaciones al gran SPIKE. !!!!!

[Jostanos]

Spike Jones: A musical Comedic genius.

May his music live on here on Youtube!