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13 Oct 09 - 01:15 PM (#2745058) Subject: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Rasener Well I don't really, but there must be thousands out there who do. So do you play the Kazoo and are you proud of it. Wh o is the best Kazoo player in the world? |
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13 Oct 09 - 01:33 PM (#2745079) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: BusyBee Paul Les, are you tempting Sooz?! |
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13 Oct 09 - 02:00 PM (#2745109) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Rasener Sooz wouldn't dare BusyBee Paul :-) |
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13 Oct 09 - 03:31 PM (#2745183) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Gurney 'Play' the kazoo? It is a voice modifier. You can only play it as tunefully as you can sing. The Ocarina, now,..... |
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13 Oct 09 - 03:49 PM (#2745206) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Acorn4 I play the gramophone and I'm proud of it! |
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13 Oct 09 - 04:02 PM (#2745215) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Mrs.Duck Then of course there is Geoff who plays kazoo and banjo mostly at the same time :) |
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13 Oct 09 - 04:02 PM (#2745217) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Tootler I played the kazoo and made a mess of it! |
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13 Oct 09 - 04:13 PM (#2745223) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: olddude How about spoons Les? I drop them a lot does that count? |
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13 Oct 09 - 04:25 PM (#2745227) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Rapparee I play the comb and sometimes even remember to use clean new toilet paper on it. |
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13 Oct 09 - 04:44 PM (#2745245) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Rasener Err is that a brown comb Repaire :-) |
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13 Oct 09 - 06:07 PM (#2745330) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Geoff the Duck And proud of them both! Quack! GtD. |
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13 Oct 09 - 06:12 PM (#2745337) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: olddude ok I can't resist, I have to fill in for Spaw right now "it is better than playing the skin flute" ... LOL |
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13 Oct 09 - 09:15 PM (#2745426) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,Dani I don't know about 'best'. I play every chance I get, and love it, and encourage others to play it whenever I can, much to the chagrin of those who don't get it. There is something wrong with them, if you ask me : ) Dani |
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13 Oct 09 - 09:24 PM (#2745429) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Joe Offer I love to play the kazoo, but only on certain songs. I tried it at church choir practice once, and I don't understand why people didn't like it.... -Joe- |
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14 Oct 09 - 12:49 AM (#2745486) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Genie I'm with you, Dani! As Gurney said, " ... You can only play it as tunefully as you can sing. ... " I.e., not just anyone can 'play' the kazoo well. It does take skill. Now, as for me, my piece de résistance sur le kazoo is a rousing version of The Stars And Stripes Forever (is there any other kind?) with which I end all my July 4th programs. The piccolo part is especially poignant. Genie §; D |
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14 Oct 09 - 09:58 AM (#2745509) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: melodeonboy So do I and so am I! |
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14 Oct 09 - 10:16 AM (#2745539) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: greg stephens Here is some state of the art kazoo work(and comb and paper) from the Mound City Blue Blowers. Enjoy! |
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14 Oct 09 - 10:23 AM (#2745546) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: greg stephens I should have thought of this before, my very favourite track of a very favourite band, and absolutely one of my Desert Island discs. The Memphis Jug Band playing K.C. Moan. Total magic. |
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14 Oct 09 - 11:23 AM (#2745597) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Bat Goddess I play the kazoo, but I'm sort of a closet case. Tom grimaces every time I even mention it. Definitely verboten at The Press Room sessions (at least for me -- I'm supposed to set "a good example"...) But I own three, count 'em -- three, kazoo LPs. (You haven't lived until you've heard "Hold On, I'm Coming" on kazoo...) Linn |
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14 Oct 09 - 12:26 PM (#2745653) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Roger the Skiffler Me too,, but I'm not even the best in the room when I'm alone! Best? Dunno. Favourites: Jesse Fuller & Jim Kweskin. RtS |
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14 Oct 09 - 12:37 PM (#2745661) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: greg stephens Here's Jesse Fuller with his big hit San Francisco Bay Blues . You have to wait a bit for the kazoo, it's the second solo, after the harmonica. |
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14 Oct 09 - 02:05 PM (#2745760) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Rasener I remember that. Great number. |
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14 Oct 09 - 02:11 PM (#2745766) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Sugwash There used to be a tradition of 'Tommy Talker' bands in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the 20s and 30s, Tommy Talker being Yorkshire for kazoo (an Americanism apparently). They were mostly comic in nature and took part in carnivals and competitions. |
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15 Oct 09 - 10:29 AM (#2746534) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,Dani Oh, Genie, I'm all choked up just thinking about it.... You're so right, it can be played badly or well. Do I notice a thread among the "proud to play" threads? Bodhran, banjo, kazoo. Most of the instruments I have in my house and aspire to play well! Kazoo is the only one I have mastered. Seem to have been born to it ; ) One of my proudest moments was at an impromptu Getaway sing (for the life of me, I can't remember of what) in the dining hall @ Ramblewood. It was the year the Shellbacks were there, and at the right spot in the song, one of them elbowed me, "'ave you got yer kazoo, lass?!" Of course! Right here! This past Getaway is actually the only one I can recall that I found not one opportunity to play it! Missed you, Jim! Dani |
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15 Oct 09 - 10:42 AM (#2746551) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,erbert Jimi Hendrix, comb & paper on "Crosstown Traffic" |
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15 Oct 09 - 10:58 AM (#2746571) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Dave MacKenzie I keep threatening to do "Duelling Kazoos" (lots of falsetto and rolling Rs) |
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15 Oct 09 - 11:02 AM (#2746579) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: The Sandman I in fact do a wonderful adaptation of John Cage 4 33, on the kazoo,I set my metronome to 220,and get the whole thing over in 3 minutes. |
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15 Oct 09 - 04:48 PM (#2746892) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Gurney Can you still get 'Hummazoos?' a round Kazoo that you could enfold within your palms and vamp like a mouth-organ. Someone once wondered if I was actually "holding anything in my hands or doing that with my mouth". |
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15 Oct 09 - 09:52 PM (#2747123) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,Dani ....speechless... Dani |
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25 Jan 12 - 08:22 PM (#3296331) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: motleyjust Then come over to http://kazoologist.org/ --More information than most people would ever want to know about Kazooz-- Celebrate National Kazoo Day--Some time between January 23 & 29th or whenever it is convenient for the kazooist. motleyjustmotleynothingbutmotley |
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26 Jan 12 - 03:43 AM (#3296448) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: foggers I love it when an old thread pops back up! We own 3 tin kazoos and do use them for one or two jug band songs we do. But my favourite kazoo moment was when we had a work training even that took us all to a hotel overnight. Several of us with musical interests took a range of instruments. Thus it came to be that we were giving "Norwegian Wood" a good run for the money at about 11.45pm in the hotel bar (with some exceptional soprano kazooing in progress) when one of our terribly posh colleagues who had gone to bed came bursting back through the bar door in floral nightgown to berate us for the noise. It was like being scolded by Hyacinth Bucket and we giggled like kids. (We were ver' ver' drunk at the time). Final note- I can personally testify to the tremendous musical power of Geoff the Duck's rendition of "Duelling Banjos" on kazoo and banjo. This was a highlight of the 2011 Mudgather in Wakefield and I sincerelt hope for a reprise (of the gathering and that particular number) in 2012. And now I must cease my work avoidance and get back to marking. |
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26 Jan 12 - 04:53 AM (#3296466) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Roger the Skiffler One of the things I got from Santa this Xmas was a t-shirt "I play kazoo like a badass". Nuff sed. RtS |
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26 Jan 12 - 05:16 AM (#3296471) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,999 Take a deep breath . . . |
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26 Jan 12 - 06:18 AM (#3296497) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: John MacKenzie Now that was what I call silly ;-) |
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26 Jan 12 - 06:24 AM (#3296500) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,Grishka Re "voice modifier": do you people realise that brass instruments such as trumpet, trombone, horn, are actually modifiers of "lip rasps"?! (Or "raspberries", as the Brits say; rhyming slang for "raspberry tart -> fart".) In other words: singing : kazoo playing = lip-rasping : brass playing. |
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26 Jan 12 - 06:45 AM (#3296504) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Big Al Whittle My favourite kazoo track was Mark Spoelstra's France Blues on the Blues Project album. The Mound City Blues Blowers are wrth a listen. My hero, Eddie Condon, used to play with them at one stage. |
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26 Jan 12 - 09:46 PM (#3296949) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: motleyjust Grishka, I have noticed the similarity between kazoo playing and brass playing. I have also played a brass instrument like a kazoo,that is,hummimg or singing into it instead of lip buzzing. |
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26 Jan 12 - 11:21 PM (#3296981) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: EBarnacle Try it with a salsa band. I was invited to join them on stage and we brought the house down. |
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26 Jan 12 - 11:36 PM (#3296987) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Big Al Whittle Here is greatness - look how few check this out compared to all the bumkissers and sycophants. Love these guys! a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LujdIKpDvv8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LujdIKpDvv8 Where is the congressional medal of honour for being good eggs? The rock and roll hall of fame? Your honours system in the States is as crap as the English one! |
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27 Jan 12 - 02:10 AM (#3297023) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Big Al Whittle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LujdIKpDvv8 |
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27 Jan 12 - 08:07 AM (#3297134) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: goatfell i play Kazoo and proud of it |
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27 Jan 12 - 07:24 PM (#3297552) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Peter K (Fionn) This fine instrument's most serious and enthusiastic exponent (there are those who say he overdid it) must surely have been Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker). Ok, so he was better known as a massively influential blues guitarist, but with a kazoo in his hands and mouth, who needed a horn section? His almost obsessive affection for the instrument is hard to avoid on his earlier recordings but is not well reflected in what's made it on to Youtube. But here's one example: You better let my gal alone. For a much finer earful of Tampa Red in full flow, go to the Amazon website where you can listen to a generous clip from his classic parody When I take my vacation in Harlem. Tragically the clip cuts off before the inevitable kazoo obligato, but by then you'll have been persuaded to shell out 99 cents for the whole track, or even to buy the album. |
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28 Jan 12 - 12:32 AM (#3297654) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,Jk23 In some of his publicity materials, Vernon Dalhart noted that he was proficient with The Kazoo as well as the jew's harp. |
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28 Jan 12 - 10:13 PM (#3298231) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST Maybe you should check out a couple of Erik Darling's songs. he played the kazoo in fact it was the first time I ever heard one played musically. |
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28 Jan 12 - 11:09 PM (#3298252) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity olddude: "ok I can't resist, I have to fill in for Spaw right now "it is better than playing the skin flute" ... LOL " THANKS!!! I'm glad you did the comparisons!!! Must have been quite a 'shot'! Did it give you a buzz?! Winkin' at ya'... and Regards! GfS P.S.....and you really did that????? |
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28 Jan 12 - 11:50 PM (#3298271) Subject: RE: I play the Kazoo and I am proud of it From: Max I wanted to blow the roof off of the joint and change the game. I really did. Problem was, I couldn't find enough other folks "Proud of it" to see my vision thru. This here life ain't quite over yet though... |