Holy Modal Rounders Roundup

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Ross Campbell
Date: 26 Nov 09 - 08:50 PM

Follow it up NOW!

Ross

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 Nov 09 - 09:09 PM

Thanks Ross .

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: beeliner
Date: 26 Nov 09 - 10:24 PM

The booklet notes to the Too Much Fun album (1999) state that two albums were recorded, with the second, titled Unholier Than Thou, to be released in 2000.

Was this ever released? Will it be?

Is Stampfel still an editor at Daw Books?

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Nov 09 - 11:39 PM

Severn, I fixed the link. It works now.

This is fascinating stuff!

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 12:56 PM

Nice youtube vid of Jeffrey Fredericks and Les Clams doing Beer Shits.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 06:29 PM

Rounder fans should check out the documentary about them. It's called "Bound to Lose" and Amazon's got it.

http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Modal-Rounders-Bound-Lose/dp/B001D5F380/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259364350&sr=8-9

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Dec 09 - 12:32 PM

try Jeffrey Frederick Site Worked for me. There are about a dozen Jeffrey clips on YouTube now, but one video, for "Saturday Night" is too long for YouTube and can be found on MySpace and Facebook. Any problems, email me: [e-mail]

Yes, Stampfel is still at DAW (he married Betsy Wolheim, who inherited the company from her dad). He continues to play up a storm in all kinds of musical conglomerations.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: GUEST,Aussie guest
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 01:42 AM

Just discovered this thread ... like most late comers I lurve HMR ..
I've still got (and was just digitizing) their double album I bought in the late 60s-early 70s?? ...it was one of the few vinyls I brought with me when I moved to Oz in '80 ...
anyway in response to way earlier post asking about He's Got Better Things for You - it's an old gospel song sung
by Bessie Johnson on Vol 1 of a Herwin album called Bessie Johnson 1928-29 ... other gospel singers have covered it ... she's bloody
hard to understand ... I'll have another listen and post the lyrics
if I can figure them out ...

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 04:08 AM

Here's Harry Smith's transcription of "He's Got Better Things for You":

HALF AIN'T NEVER BEEN TOLD. JESUS CHRIST SAVIOUR; GOT HOLY GHOST AND FIRE. CORNELIUS HUMBLE, NOT SUFFICIENT, GOD SENT ANGEL. SAINT MARY, VIRGIN, BIRTHED SON OF GOD. GOD MADE HER NEW; NOW WAITING IN GLORY.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: GUEST,Woodsie
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 04:12 AM

"strange offshoot of traditional folk music that included Wild Man Fischer, Country Joe and the Fish, Captain Beefheart among others"

This doesn't make any sense. I have stuff by all of these people and they certainly don't fit into any "weird offshpot of traditional folk" genre. The good captain was fairly weird, WMF was also pretty weird. Country Joe & The Fish were a left wing psychedelic acid rock band. Joe himself did do a lot of folk stuff - but not weird, or belonging to the same camp as WMF or that of Don Van Vliet. The Holy Modal Rounders remebered mainly for their contribution to Easy Rider soundtrack.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: RWilhelm
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 01:01 PM

Many of us remember the Holy Modal Rounders from our CD player earlier this week.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Will Fly
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 01:56 PM

If you want a sense of the anarchic wonder of the Holy Modal Rounders, check out their "Year of Jubilo" - they compress a whole fake-negro-dialect song into two razor sharp verses - plus some wild and wonderful instrumental playing. Wonderful!

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 01:58 PM

Hey Woodsie, cut me some slack. In 1999 when I started this thread, I hadn't heard the Rounders in probably thirty years, since my friend Steve played them for me. The other artists I mentioned were also people Steve had in his collection and turned me on to. I do see some correlations between Euphoria and tunes by Fischer, Beefheart, the Fugs etc. But I'm not here to classify anyone nor hang a label on them.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Will Fly
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 02:01 PM

I wouldn't wonder about it, LEJ - the Rounders were unique, unclassifiable. I just sit back and enjoy them!

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: GUEST,Woodsie
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 03:39 PM

Sorry Lonsome EJ - didn't mean to be prickley - one thing they all do have in common is they were in my record collection at various times over the last 40 or so years - and I've always been called weird! Can't seem to get hold of the album "An Evening With Wild Man Fischer" anywhere these days.

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 27 Oct 10 - 06:23 PM

S'okay, Woods. Sounds like you and old Steve had the same taste.

Subject: Holy Modal Rounders Roundup
From: GUEST,harpgirl
Date: 18 Feb 18 - 01:04 AM

I see we dont have the HMR threads very put together and we need lyrics. I put some up 17 years ago but I need so e more. joe Ogfer can you consolidate the threads?

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Hi, Harpy - good idea. Threads combined and regrouped. -Joe Offer, just a little slow, 20 May 2018-

Subject: RE: Holy Modal Rounders Roundup
From: GUEST,Aaack
Date: 18 Feb 18 - 01:06 AM

And fix my spelling... no eiditn...i forgot

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: GUEST,harpgirl
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 09:22 AM

Bad Boy
HMR

Violin

Mommy doesn’t like him because he’s got long hair
Daddy doesn’t like him, he says he heard him swear
He’s a bad boy, but I don’t care

He knows illegal people, he does illegal things
He doesn’t seem too legal when he plays guitar and sings
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Doesn’t it kinda break your heart
Doesn’t it make you sad when the boy you love so dear
Turns out to be so bad
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Violin

Don’t ever let a bad boy steal your heart away
You’ll never get it back again until your dying day
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

He’ll sell your heart on St Marks Place
In glassine envelopes
Hell cut it with a pigs heart and burn the chumps and dopes
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Doesn’t it kinda break your heart
Doesn’t it make you sad
When the boy you love so dear turns out to be so bad
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Violin

He’s awfulness incarnate
He’s wickedness on wheels
He’ll ruin my reputation how wonderful it feels
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

He’s Sodom and Gomorrah
And Cairo, Illinois he makes it seem so boring
Going out with other boys.
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Violin

Doesn’t it kinda break your heart
Doesn’t it make you sad
When the boy you love so dear
Turns out to be so bad
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Violin

My life is so exciting since I’m going out with him
Romantic more romantic when you know that it’s
a sin
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

Doesn’t it kinda break your heart
doesn’t it make you sad when the boy you love so dear
Turns out to be so bad
He’s a bad boy but I don’t care

No no I don’t care. No no I don’t care
No no I don’t care      
no no

Subject: RE: The Holy Modal Rounders
From: rich-joy
Date: 28 Feb 18 - 01:24 AM

Ooooo, Thanks harpgirl! Love that song!

Stewie introduced my late Best Beloved and me to the HMR many moons ago and my BB used to do this little number (and others), really great :)

Cheers!
R-J

Subject: RE: Holy Modal Rounders Roundup
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 May 18 - 07:52 PM

Harpgirl et alia,
The inevitable but sad news has broken at Mudcat
of the passing of "Antonia" --
see thread, the songwriter Antonia Stampfel.
Her lyrics are included in the songs covered by the H. M. Rounders.

In light of which,
Joe Offer has kindly indexed some H. M. Rounder threads,
the index can be seen at the top of the Antonia Stampfel thread.

I offer this suggestion.
Joe is reluctant to include, in this index,
songs that have been covered by many other acts/bands besides the H. M. Rounders.

Maybe posts to this thread would be an appropriate place to:
link to existing threads about songs/lyrics that have been covered by multiple bands,
including the H. M. Rounders.

or to:
reference songs in that category,
that perhaps don't have their own threads?

Any other ideas?