Joseph Spence - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

[3000EJS]

This is on a short list of bad songs from Simon Frith's essay "What Is Bad Music?" Frith writes: "'incompetent' performance and production". He's right, it's very incompetent, but in a good way!

[racefaceec90]

that was fantastic :-)

[mossjandrew]

senny-gor is comine....heeeeiiim!

[LEEKYLE99]

I'm selling all my belongings to purchase joseph spence lps

[iFrostyPS3]

SANDY CLOR IS COMING..... SCHPLINGGGGGSDLKNF!!

[abdc1928]

Sandy Gall is comin theee

[jamwithjeff]

FUCKIN A RIGHT! Bad Ass!

[newshounded]

What bowery did they dredge up this Wino from?

[maverickk714]

This is easily one of the best Christmas songs of all time...

[irateofwatford]

It sounds like a Lapp shaman casting spells while accompanied by a ragtime guitarist. It's the only version of the song I actually like!

[simonatford1]

Sandy Gall is coming to town

[ILoveTylerHoechlin22]

I can TOTALLY hear EVERY word he says.

[kornspan]

This is so baad asss stuff!

[LEEKYLE99]

is it worng to dance naked to this?

[bob101910]

Thanks Boers and Bernstein

[IsaAmonRa]

This is the only reason why I've even heard of this dude! B & B are nuts! By Cracky!

[hartmann12]

I am insane now.

[andyfireman1]

The BEST time wasted in my entire life

[ILoveTylerHoechlin22]

Believe it or not, I taught myself how to sing this. [;

[thecorianman]

It's so perfectly wrong. I admit I was never aware of this guy until Boers & Bernstein played it. I am going to every recording of this guy that I can find. The Uncle Pecos of the Bahamas!

[dablaqueguy]

"Need anotha' git-tar strang, nephew!!!"

[BossThugington]

sounds a bit like Mike in Milwaukee sometimes

[IsaAmonRa]

@BossThugington Yes it does!

[spartanbaseball7]

Show of hands who viewed this video because of the Boers and Bernstein show? Lol

[cavapoo08]

Who ya crappin'?

[wjosmun]

BY CRACKY!

[ledzeppelin1975]

BY CRACKEY!!!!!!

[lostsheep01]

cracking it up for santa

[meichrl]

Oscar the grouch?

[Pistakeerick]

Sanny clawr is coming nyiiii-hnnnnn!!

[doseofreality100]

This makes me seriously consider to quit drinking and smoking for some reason.

[doseofreality100]

Thank you Boers and Bernstein. What's this guys deal and why does he have some of his work in museums? My drunk uncle can play this quality of music. hahahaha

[NIN1337]

670 the scooooooooore

[D0llySh0t]

I used this for a Krampus burlesque performance. Perfect.

[empiremonkey]

I feel the same way around December 10th each year.

[MrDogrose]

Those who have trouble seeing what so many of us appreciate about this might try listening to the cd "The Spring of Sixty Five" with Joseph Spence and the Pinder family. In that setting, you see the scat singing and rhythmic additions of Joseph Spence in the setting in which he usually played, church and community groups. Like many jazz artists, Spence improvised and rearranged familiar (to him) tunes, and assumed his audience had a firm enough grasp on the original to enjoy the riffing.

[jecurrier]

Nailed it.

[jecurrier]

This gives me the will to live. Keep on keepin' on, Joseph Spence; you make the world go 'round.

[LawzOFRandom]

muuuhhhhhhhhhh

[MarshmallowG]

I JUST LISTENED TO THIS ABOUT 10 TIMES ON REPEAT

I WANT TO BUY HIS ALMBUM

OMG I AM IN TEARS.

He is awesome XD

[viralvideoguy1988]

@MarshmallowG its amusing, but "awesome"? @noobzaa is right, it sounds like he's having a stroke

[noobzaa]

sounds like he's having a stroke...

constantly...

[MrRandomluigi]

lol wat

[SuperWeiJia]

crushed it

[Serai3]

BRILLIANT

[AimmarCair]

Perfect.

[crmarcin]

Bahama Christmas cheers!

[Multi1628]

Yes, pleasantly festive, in a South Louisiana kind of way, way south, in the bayou ----------- DAVEDJ