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[Prospero]

Because, really, all of Danny Elfman's film scores pale in comparison to the genius of this:

or this:

And this is one of the best live albums ever made:

 

[BuddyC]

tell me more

 

[Ferrio]

I would like to unsubscribe to this mailing list.

 

[StrikerObi]

What this thread needs is more Platapi

 

[Doth Togo]

Where's the Bow Wow Wow appreciation thread?

 

[Ryck]

lol Platapi enthiusiasts ........

 

[Prospero]

In response to BuddyC's "tell me more":

Oingo Boingo was the band for which Danny Elfman was the lead singer, before he started doing film scores. The sound is hard to describe--early Oingo Boingo is something like punk, but it's not stripped down to two or three instruments. The band had a huge horn section and amazing percussion arrangements--not just drums, but xylophones and vibraphones and other mallet instruments. Once Elfman got into film scores and started doing that full-time, though, he broke up the band. Halloween 1995 was their last show.

And how dare someone compare the genius of Boingo to a cut-rate '80s band like Bow Wow Wow? I am shocked. SHOCKED.

 

[BuddyC]

In response to BuddyC's "tell me more":

Oingo Boingo was the band for which Danny Elfman was the lead singer, before he started doing film scores. The sound is hard to describe--early Oingo Boingo is something like punk, but it's not stripped down to two or three instruments. The band had a huge horn section and amazing percussion arrangements--not just drums, but xylophones and vibraphones and other mallet instruments. Once Elfman got into film scores and started doing that full-time, though, he broke up the band. Halloween 1995 was their last show.

And how dare someone compare the genius of Boingo to a cut-rate '80s band like Bow Wow Wow? I am shocked. SHOCKED.

awesome, awesome stuff. i've been meaning to get into oingo boingeo for a while now, i was gonna make a thread about it later this week. thanks

 

[Prospero]

You're welcome. The '95 live show would be a good place to start, since it covers their whole career. Or either of the studio albums I've listed above.

Dead Man's Party was their biggest album, but it's more pop-oriented than all of their other stuff, and has that '80s sellout vibe.

 

[Lucky Forward]

And who can ever forget their cameo appearance in Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School"?

 

[Willco]

I own Dead Man's Party!

 

[Error Macro]

Dead Man's Party is the most accesible album; neophytes need start there. That album also contains my absolute favorite Boingo track, "Heard Somebody Cry."