Slapp Happy

What? No Slapp Happy thread?

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2716

Pop In Opposition? lOLOLOLOCTOPUS....anyways.....Awesome music.  I really like Ca Va, even though it's less avant-garde than their previous attempts. Discuss.


Edited by moe_blunts - December 22 2008 at 10:58

Ricochet wrote: I have Desperate Straights by Slapp Happy & Henry Cow. What can you tell me about it? (haven't listened yet)

It's a fun, quirky album which sounds more like Slapp Happy than HC (whereas their other collaboration, In Praise of Learning, is really more of a proper Henry Cow record).  Actually not too bad of an introduction to Dagmar Krause's vocal style if you've never heard her before.

I like Slapp Happy a lot.  My favourites are the collaborations with Henry Cow: In Praise of Learning and Desperate Straights.  "Some Questions About Hats" is one of my absolute favourite short songs (very thought-provoking hatological notions, and reminds me of Monty Python ;)).

Exec #1: Item six on the agenda: "The Meaning of Life" Now uh, Harry, you've had some thoughts on this.
Exec #2: Yeah, I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One: People aren't wearing enough hats. Two: Matter is energy. In the universe there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person's soul. However, this "soul" does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
Exec #3: What was that about hats again?
Exec #2: Oh, Uh... people aren't wearing enough.
Exec #1: Is this true?
Exec #4: Certainly. Hat sales have increased but not pari passu, as our research...
Exec #3: [Interrupting] "Not wearing enough"? enough for what purpose?
Exec #5: Can I just ask, with reference to your second point, when you say souls don't develop because people become distracted...