it has changed my life for the better.

sign here please.

feel free to elaborate or list some of your fave polka combos tunes/albums!



Post Edited (07-20-12 18:12)

Favorite polka band?

I'm tempted to list They Might Be Giants.

great list hBkay,
they might be giants, yes (i'm learning semi;colon usage in my adulted klass); but they certainly not be polka.



Post Edited (07-20-12 19:26)

Funny, I'm listening to Brave Combo right now. Tho it's not one of their polka album. 2000's "The Process" is sort of their belated attempt to hop the '90s alt bandwagon with downbeat, rock-ish songs.
Great live band - you WILL do the Chicken Dance. And the Hokey-Pokey. And you'll like it.

hey STEVE, howzabout we expand your request to include greatest accordion artists?

- They Might Be Giants
- Brave Combo
- The Tiger Lillies
- Buckwheat Zydeco/Clifton Chenier/ Beau Jacques
- Dave Thomas, tho usually not when he's in Pere Ubu
- Myron Floren!
And we're back to Weird Al again, aren't we?

obscure-but-great:
- What Capitalism Was: an album of Philip Glass covers for accordion. It's a free on-line download
- I know next to nothing about merengue, but I've got a wonderful album by Angel Viloria, who was apparently it's king in the '50s.
- Duckmandu "Fresh Duck For Rotting Accordionists": covers the entire 1st DKs album on squeezebox. Could I make this stuff up?
- Ed Cox "Hardcordian": British folk accordion vs slammin techno beatz
- Dreamland Faces: also features musical saw



Post Edited (07-20-12 19:41)

thanks for joining the polka party misterFAB,
fuck it, two votes for TMBG=POLKA



Post Edited (07-20-12 21:56)

At one place where I worked, I managed to turn my whole department on to ska. Another person who worked there, however, said, "What is this weird polka music you guys are always listening to?"

Delvin wrote:

> At one place where I worked, I managed to turn my whole
> department on to ska. Another person who worked there, however,
> said, "What is this weird polka music you guys are always
> listening to?"

Someone can't count higher than three.