Hipsters, flipsters, and finger-poppin' daddies,
Knock me your lobes,
I came to lay Ceasar out,
Not to hip you to him.
June 11, 2002 11:02 AM Subscribe
Hipsters, flipsters, and finger-poppin' daddies,
Knock me your lobes,
I came to lay Ceasar out,
Not to hip you to him.
So says Lord Richard Buckley, a hipster among hipsters , who fused swing jive and beat-era hepcat slang to create some hip and dazzling monologues. The self-proclaimed "Lord" Buckley was "a comic philosopher, a bop monologuist whose vocalese fused the rhythms and patois of the street with the arch sophistication of the British upper-crust to create verbal symphonies unparalleled in their intricacy and dexterity"
Knock me your lobes,
I came to lay Ceasar out,
Not to hip you to him.
So says Lord Richard Buckley, a hipster among hipsters , who fused swing jive and beat-era hepcat slang to create some hip and dazzling monologues. The self-proclaimed "Lord" Buckley was "a comic philosopher, a bop monologuist whose vocalese fused the rhythms and patois of the street with the arch sophistication of the British upper-crust to create verbal symphonies unparalleled in their intricacy and dexterity"
Great post. My vinyl copy of The Bad Rapping of The Marquis de Sade is most prized. An absolute original.
posted by anathema at 11:46 AM on June 11, 2002
posted by anathema at 11:46 AM on June 11, 2002
I once read Hamet's Yorick speech rendered into Ebonics once:
From
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now..."
to
"My man Yorick. That dude be crazy, but he save my ass many times."
posted by alumshubby at 12:34 PM on June 11, 2002
From
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now..."
to
"My man Yorick. That dude be crazy, but he save my ass many times."
posted by alumshubby at 12:34 PM on June 11, 2002
Great link. Now I'm thinking bloggus caesari should go all-beatnik.
posted by D at 1:57 PM on June 11, 2002
posted by D at 1:57 PM on June 11, 2002
a friend turned me on to Lord Buckley a bunch of years ago and I've been a fan ever since.
How can you not like something like:
Wham-bam, Wham-bam.
Roopety, boopety, boop!
Bam-bam, a roop, bam-bam,
a roop,
bam-bam.
A roopety, boopety, boop. POW!
from "Governor Slugwell"
posted by birdsong at 3:50 PM on June 11, 2002
How can you not like something like:
Wham-bam, Wham-bam.
Roopety, boopety, boop!
Bam-bam, a roop, bam-bam,
a roop,
bam-bam.
A roopety, boopety, boop. POW!
from "Governor Slugwell"
posted by birdsong at 3:50 PM on June 11, 2002
These links are a treasure! The City Lights booklet, Hiparama of the Classics, is hard to find these days. I see there's a Lord Buckley biography also.
posted by sheauga at 4:44 PM on June 11, 2002
posted by sheauga at 4:44 PM on June 11, 2002
Yay!
posted by Optamystic at 5:34 PM on June 11, 2002
posted by Optamystic at 5:34 PM on June 11, 2002
Any way to find the actual recordings, as opposed to just the transcriptions?
posted by Rebis at 7:37 PM on June 11, 2002
posted by Rebis at 7:37 PM on June 11, 2002
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