Absurd-Ditties
Encyclopedia
Absurd-Ditties is a full-length album by the Punk
band Toy Dolls
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Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls
The Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979. Departing from the angry lyrics and music often associated with punk rock, The Toy Dolls worked within the aesthetics of punk to express a sense of fun, with songs such as "Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead", "My Girlfriend's Dad's a Vicar" and...
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Track listing
- "Absurd-Ditties" – 0:44
- "I'm a Telly Addict" – 2:48
- ""Terry Talking"" – 2:35
- "Ernie Had a Hernia" – 3:17
- "Toccata in Dm" – 2:37
- "My Wife's a Psycopath!" – 2:52
- "Sod the Neighbours" – 2:28
- "Melancholy Margaret" – 2:24
- "Drooling BanjosDueling Banjos"Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1955 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos", which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle". Smith recorded it playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by...
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Gone" – 2:59 - "When You're Jimmy SavileJimmy SavileSir James Wilson Vincent Savile, OBE, KCSG was an English disc jockey, television presenter and media personality, best known for his BBC television show Jim'll Fix It, and for being the first and last presenter of the long-running BBC music chart show Top of the Pops...
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- "Absurd-Ditties (End Bit)" – 0:46
Personnel
- Michael "Olga" Algar – Vocals, Guitar
- John "K'Cee" Casey – Bass, Vocals
- Martin "Marty" Yule – Drums, Vocals