I love Spike Jones and am not going to apologize.

[Wapsie B]

Laugh uncontrollably at times, but apologize? Never.

[NeoTraitors]

1. I used to play his records at my Grandparents house.

'Chlooooeee... Where are you ya old bat!'

Go Hawks!

[Wapsie B]

2. Whoever has those records now is sitting on some valuable vinyl.

LET'S GO HAWKS! LET'S GO HAWKS! LET'S GO HAWKS!

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

3. He's the man on the flying traa-peeezzzee

I must have listened to this record a jillion times as a child.

[Wapsie B]

4. I remember hearing him for the first time in college.

Amusement for some of us music majors was listening to Spike. Just a wacky sense of humor.

[sleipnir]

5. I will show my age here, but my first thought, You spelled his name wrong

It's Spike Jonze...

I thought you meant the film/video director, then I saw the album cover.

Huh, two different worlds, funny how now the name Spike Jones/z is associated with a different person all together.

[Wapsie B]

6. I've never heard of the film director of with that name.

Spike Lee, yes.

[sleipnir]

9. Here ya go!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze

"Being John Malkovich" is probably his most known film.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. He's brilliant

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3846274

[Wapsie B]

13. Yes I read your post.

Cool. I'll check him out.

[NeoTraitors]

7. Jonez(s) must've used both spellings because it's 'Jones'

on that album cover.

[blitzen]

8. "Right in Der Fuhrer's Face"!!!! n/t

[Archae]

11. "In some secluded rendezvous..."

Whoopee! Bang! :rofl:

(Yes, I have a tape of his best.)

[blitzen]

12. "and.....Beetlebum" n/t