Aside from that, it looks like he's abandoned the sadness part of his act here. I liked it when he played up to that sadness. He seemed to draw strength from it and used it to pack emotion into songs that were powerful. It worked well for him.
Puddles The Clown..Stairway To Gilligan
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Aside from that, it looks like he's abandoned the sadness part of his act here. I liked it when he played up to that sadness. He seemed to draw strength from it and used it to pack emotion into songs that were powerful. It worked well for him.
tubegeek
Friend of Leo's
It's a nice rendition. Does anybody know which model Danelectro that is?
stepvan
Tele-Afflicted
Man he fakes guitar better than people using real guitars
Why blame a guy for having a bit/ a grift/an angle ?
Sabbath did it (ooooh - spooky !) and it worked for them...
I was gonna link his clip from America’s Got Talent where everybody went ga-ga over him but I think it would just fuel the meh-ers !
For what it’s worth, I fully credit Bill Kirchen for us doing Folsom Pinball blues...
Sabbath did it (ooooh - spooky !) and it worked for them...
I was gonna link his clip from America’s Got Talent where everybody went ga-ga over him but I think it would just fuel the meh-ers !
For what it’s worth, I fully credit Bill Kirchen for us doing Folsom Pinball blues...
I’ve played in rockabilly bands, and once got really drunk with the reverend Horton Heat. So maybe the clown and I have more in common than I thought.
tubegeek
Friend of Leo's
see ? i hope you have more talent than what you think puddle has though.
lammie200
Friend of Leo's
I am so glad they covered the latest version of the theme song where the Professor and Marianne get the billing they deserved. It is quite possible that being continued to being known as "The Rest" could have caused some major mental anguish in their lives.
rangercaster
Poster Extraordinaire
Jim Backus was the real star ...
The Professor was a drunk ...
The Professor was a drunk ...
rangercaster
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TokyoPortrait
Poster Extraordinaire
Hi.
Good point.
And good term. I’ve recently been trying out ‘meh-heads,’ to see if it flows for me. And ‘meh-niers.’ Neither quite work for me though when verbalised. A work in progress
Pax/
Dean
HotRodSteve
Poster Extraordinaire
"You're living in the past man! You're hung up on some clown from the sixties man!"
An old girlfriend of mine was deathly afraid of clowns, midgets and Oompa Loompas. Puddles would give her a heart attack. I don't understand it either, clowns are funny.
An old girlfriend of mine was deathly afraid of clowns, midgets and Oompa Loompas. Puddles would give her a heart attack. I don't understand it either, clowns are funny.
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StevesBoogie
Tele-Afflicted
I really like 'meh-niers'. Patent that baby!Hi.
Good point.
And good term. I’ve recently been trying out ‘meh-heads,’ to see if it flows for me. And ‘meh-niers.’ Neither quite work for me though when verbalised. A work in progress
Pax/
Dean
My brother had this weird thing about clowns. We lived in the sticks and he never had a bad experience from what I knew. But one day we go to the big city to the department store and there is a clown walking around making balloon animals for the kids. My brother freaks out, like really freaks out and starts screaming and pulling away from my Mother to the point that store security came and thought my Mom was trying to abduct my brother.
I found out later that my brother used to torment him with a ceramic clown my Grandmother gave my mother. It was all of 8" tall and was painted up with red curly hair, white face with a red nose and cheeks and a white one piece jumper with three big black cotton balls on the front and red clown shoes. Apparently is was one of a series of porcelain clowns my grandmother started collecting.
It kind of looked like this.
Anyway my brother would take that clown and hide it in my younger brother room. He would position it where it was "watching" my brother. He would put it behind a book shelf, under a desk, on the window sill, and once under the bed. He would tell him that it came alive at night and moved around on its own. He also told my brother that he should not touch it as if he did the clown would come alive and get him.
I don't think my brother likes clowns to this day.
I found out later that my brother used to torment him with a ceramic clown my Grandmother gave my mother. It was all of 8" tall and was painted up with red curly hair, white face with a red nose and cheeks and a white one piece jumper with three big black cotton balls on the front and red clown shoes. Apparently is was one of a series of porcelain clowns my grandmother started collecting.
It kind of looked like this.
Anyway my brother would take that clown and hide it in my younger brother room. He would position it where it was "watching" my brother. He would put it behind a book shelf, under a desk, on the window sill, and once under the bed. He would tell him that it came alive at night and moved around on its own. He also told my brother that he should not touch it as if he did the clown would come alive and get him.
I don't think my brother likes clowns to this day.
FenderGyrl
Poster Extraordinaire
JD,
When I was able to gig, I did a Funked Up version of Daytripper by The Beatles. Imagine "The Power Stations"version of Bang A Gong... That was the vibe. We mashed it up with the Hair Of The Dog Talk Box break.. Double verse the I Found Out line, but just slam on the repeat .. I...Found ...Out.
Yeah...Good Times.
^^^irregardless of clowns - I would like to hear that mash-up !
Lost_N_Austin
Friend of Leo's
I rather enjoyed the Puddles the Clown video and the song. Thanks for posting this and subjecting yourself to the ridicule.
Lost_N_Austin
Lost_N_Austin
