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Very nice article… A little disappointed to see the graphic taken from mysticknightsoftheoingoboingo.com, but Richard is rectifying that
They’re real, and there are two of them. They were made by Leon Schneiderman and Elfman (primarily Schneiderman). They are basically a variation on the marimba/balafon. If I’m not mistaken, they first appear on the “Nothing to Fear” album.
Ved Buens Ende is another that claimed to be influence by Elfman; Oingo Boingo in particular. They are odd musically, but I don’t hear Elfman or Boingo in it myself. Their “cover” of “Insects” is a few minutes of droning insect noises… Perhaps they had trouble learning that opening riff? Hehe. I highly doubt Dimmu Borgir was offered any musical contribution to “Charlie…” in any capacity; that’s quite amusing of them to say that. True Norwegian Wonka Metal?
But for the adventurous, Arcturus’ “La Masquerade Infernale” album has shades of Elfman influence and is a very interesting listen.
Dawg Man Wrote:
> Now “this” is funny. Oingo Boingo is having a
> reunion concert but (get this) without Danny
> Elfman. Doesn’t that defeat the purpose? Check it
> out…
>
> http://www.stevebartek.com/Now “this” is even funnier–no one ever said the word “reunion,” or “Oingo Boingo reunion” for that matter.
Richard Gibbs from Oingo Boingo/Zuma II
Steve Bartek from Oingo Boingo
Miriam Cutler from The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
Ry Cooder
Tom WaitsThe Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo would fall between 1972 to 1979, and incorporated much, much more than Jazz alone. That era defies a single classification, but perhaps Avante garde or eclectic would be accurate. They covered a lot of Jazz territory, but also dabbled in 50s doo-wop (such as “I Got A Job”), classical (such as “Thus Spake Zarathustra” and “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies”), world music and rock (“I’m Afraid” and many other early “transition” Oingo Boingo tracks were MKotOB-era compositions). Their covers and renditions outweighed their originals much of the time, but their original material covered all this musical ground an more. Eh… long story short (too late); perhaps they really were unclassifiable on their musical side…I think eclectic is perhaps the best description though.
ooshmaster Wrote:
> Your mom is practically a book in itself.
> No wait… that didn’t make any sense… Ah,
> nevermind.The sandbox is elsewhere.
There is more to the Spiderman 3 fiasco than a tidbit or Christopher Young; the behind-the-scenes is practically a book in itself, ha.
Do you mind sending me an email if you get a moment? I’d greatly appreciate it. Cheers! (webmaster at stevebartek . com).
Apologies for taking the thread a bit off track…
