Legendary Stardust Cowboy Paralyzed

[JRNelsonSr]

Lege is usually more legible than this (pun unintended), although his final Mercury single ("Kiss and Run") started as an attempt to pass him off as a serious country singer only to reveal that he really wasn't able to carry a tune. The genius is in the details, like the way the random horn parts on "Down In the Wrecking Yard" stop when he sings (?) about blowing the car's horn (dead battery?) and start up again when he moves on to another subject.

[JRNelsonSr]

Lyrics do exist, although they've never been compiled AFAIK. Supposedly the idea is Dylan singing after his motorcycle accident: "I got a girl / way cross town / She won't look at me 'less I pull the shades down / Paralyzed! The way she please me, way she squeeze me leaves me paralyzed"

Last verse:

"I went to the refrigerator / hungry as an aligator / Opened the door and what'd I see? / The girl I love starin' back at me / Paralyzed!"

If you pay attention, stuff starts to come out.

[planetgrl]

No. 2 in Kenny Everett's Bottom 30... glorious.

[corpsewulf]

So...'Stardust' is code for PCP, right?

[Malkmusianful]

oh god

this man invented opeth

[mightyrontor]

I submit for your consideration that this may well be the great-grandfather of the Black Metal growling.

[twoltyboy]

I put this on for background music just to chill out to

[PHABULUSS]

I'm going to start putting this right in the middle of my sex playlist.

[SeaBassVamp]

Fun. Fabulous.Free.

Crazy.Corny.Comical.

Cowboy Calls-Crafty.

Colourful.Clever.Cheery.

Freaky.Flashy.Fresh.

[Hagen823]

Unbelievably atrocious, but in a wonderful way!

[dlsNi]

Anyone know where I can get the lyrics?

[whoisit01]

@dlsNi AAAAGHAAGHAA YESSEAH LEYASEEAFOOSAAYAAAUH UHDAAAAY WOOOOOOOOOOOAHOOOOO OOOLOOOO AGGAAAAHSASHHAA EEEWWWYWOOOOO WHEN I GO TOO THE SHOOOOW AAU GI I GEABUTDHR WEOOOOOOOOOHOOO HOJ HAUGHUUUUUH UUUHHUUOOOOO AHGHGUAGHAHIAOOO

[whoisit01]

This is DEEP

[imgonnafart1]

This is fucking horrible. I just puked.

WTF?

If this is a joke I just shot myself in the face with clown dust.

Im still alive.. . dont ever believe anyone who sells clown dust that it will do anything. ..good saLESMEN THOUGHHH.

[SPAMDAGGER22]

@imgonnafart1 What are you a fucking racist? We clowns are a proud bunch. If that was indeed clown dust, you didn't get it from any Clowns I know. It was likely mime powder.

[schlesmail]

@SPAMDAGGER22: Buddy, can you spare a mime?

[SPAMDAGGER22]

@schlesmail Sorry, but I seem to be trapped in a glass box. And everytime I get out I am walking into a stiff wind.

[SPAMDAGGER22]

I want this song played at my funeral!

[fossie32]

Respond to this video... LOL that would be great at a funeral! R-r-r-r-revenge!

[lurch321]

Is he even singing (or rather, shouting) English?

[astrophonix]

The 'drum solo' sounds like they just threw the kit down the stairs! XD

[Whofan1000]

@astrophonix Believe it or not, the drummer was the legendary T-Bone Burnett, who has since played with Dylan, produced tons of albums, won Grammies, etc. I remember a friend in college playing this for me - I was astounded. It had that anarchic feeling I loved in the Bonzo Dog Band, but even the Bonzos' craziest songs had more structure than this. Later you could hear some of the same passionate chaos in Yoko Ono & Captain Beefheart, but this is still the wildest song I've ever heard.

[astrophonix]

@Whofan1000 Thanks for the info. I first heard this song on Kenny Everett's World's Worst Wireless Show where it featured as one of the worst songs ever recorded. I read it influenced David Bowie in calling his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust. We were lucky in the 60's for all the weird music that would never get released today, from the Bonzos, Zappa, Beefheart, Floyd etc.

[EYVC1]

It seems weird enough, but you think at first you could kind of pigenhole it into a certain genre, but then the jazzy brass solo comes in......

[Superabound2]

reminds me of Sam Rockwell

[DeliriousWanderer]

@Superabound2 And a french-fried cajun named Delacroix...

[pandaeyes42]

Woooooooooooooooooo Hoo!

[tenderbiscuit]

This song distills the essence of the concept of "hillbilly" perfectly. It's not been done better.

[AnElephantsChild]

"no description available"

My thoughts exactly !

[TurkeySandwich75]

What is this...I don't even

[SwistDrakThul22]

Something like "Ohhhhhmmmm" I can even hear Lister. =D

[djlowtek]

0 dislikes? well I gotta change that.

[BeauEvil]

Lol! Hilarious. This gives me hope that ANY ACT can make a stab at it!

[otonkonushi]

The drummer is T-Bone Burnette

[19revolver66]

So bad it's good.Love it.

[noirboi]

This is fucking amazing! :O

[rocknrollroy2007]

This record can be used to annoy every one of the neighbors that you do not like!

[unfamous13]

proto-punkz

[rocknrollroy2007]

Long live the Ledge!!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

at last without surface noise

it is avaliable without surface noise on

"The Rhino Brothers Present - The World's Worst Records "

if you have a store bought tape.