Worst #1 hit of the 1890's?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Sorry, I had to do it.

[DBoon]

1. "After the Ball"

My Great Grandfather said he couldn't stand that one.

Almost made him consider selling the player piano.

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5761/

[DBoon]

2. Wait, there IS a "best of" compilation of 1890's hits

See:

http://www.archeophone.com/Catalogue/Yearbooks/9004.html

Wow, a treasure waiting to be discovered by indy-rockers the world over

Edit: Oops, wrong century. The 1980s were bad in their own way

[TroubleMan]

3. LOL

"Coon songs" ..... LOL.

[terrya]

4. "Yes, We Have No Bananas"...

Was that from the 1890's? If so, man was that song awful....

Terry

[Art_from_Ark]

18. If I'm not mistaken, that was from the "Roarin' Twenties"

[Shanty Oilish]

5. I know this one...

It's Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out. Lovely tune. (You can find it and other goodies in a cd called "After the Ball" available at Amazon).
Here ya go...

A sexton stood one Sabbath eve within a belfry grand,
Awaiting signal from the church with bellrope in his hand;
As in the house of worship stood a young and happy pair
To pledge their troth forevermore, each other's love to share.
The holy man then spake these words: "Before you're joined for life,
Has any person aught to say 'gainst you, as man and wife?"
Then, down the aisle there came a man with quick and eager tread,
And, pointing to the trembling bride,these words he calmly said:

"Those wedding bells must not ring out,
She is another's bride.
I saw her at the altar-rail,
We stood there side by side;
She cannot claim another's hand
She dare not break the law's command
A guilty wife you see her stand!
Those bells shall not ring out."

The minister was speechless and the bridegroom stood amazed,
The congregation spellbound sat and thought the man was crazed,
The bride has not a word to say, but simply hung her head. "Who is this man?" the preacher asked,
"I know him not," she said.
Then ring the bells," the bridegroom cried -- the man knelt to entreat,
The sexton swung the chimes aloft, the bells rang clear and sweet;
But scarce their music had begun when forth there came a shout:
"Stand back! I say, they shall not ring, those bells shall not ring out!"

"Those wedding bells shall not ring out,
I swear it on my life!
For we were wedded years ago
And she is still my wife!
She shall not break her vows to me
She's mine through all etemity
She's mine till death shall set her free
Those bells shall not ring out!"

A shriek of woe -- a glit'ring blade -- a lurch -- a flash -- a dart --
And, like the lightning's stroke, the blade had reached her trembling heart.
"You've killed his bride -- oh God," they cried! He swung the gleaming knife,
And pierced his own heart as he gasped, "Nay, not his bride -- my wife."
Two forms lay cold within the aisle, the husband and the bride,
As once in life he claimed they stood in wedlock, side by side;
His vow was kept, the bells had ceased, and with his dying breath,
These words once more he murmured 'ere his lips were closed in death:

"Those wedding bells shall not ring out,
I swear it on my life!
For we were wedded years ago
And she is still my wife!
She shall not break her vows to me
She's mine through all etemity
She's mine till death shall set her free
Those bells shall not ring out!"

[Shanty Oilish]

6. Ta-Ra-Ra-BOOM-De-Ay was pretty foul too nt

:kick:

[BlueJazz]

7. Surry with the fudge on top.

OOOOKKK-La-homo!

[oxymoron]

9. Excuse me?

WTF is that supposed to mean?

[SiobhanClancy]

8. Top songs of the 1890s

'O Sole Mio * (There'll Be) A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight * After The Ball * America The Beautiful * Asleep In The Deep * Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere * Break The News To Mother * Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two) * El Capitan * Gypsy Love Song * Hearts And Flowers * Hello! Ma Baby * Her Eyes Don't Shine Like Diamonds * Humoresque * I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard * I've Been Working On The Railroad * In The Baggage Coach Ahead * Just Tell Them That You Saw Me * Kentucky Babe * Little Annie Rooney * Maple Leaf Rag * Mother Was A Lady * Musetta's Waltz (Quando Men Vo) * My Wild Irish Rose * Oh, Promise Me * On The Banks Of The Wabash, Far Away * Say 'Au Revoir,' But Not 'Good-Bye' * She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured * She May Have Seen Better Days * She Was Bred In Old Kentucky * She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain * Sidewalks Of New York * Stars And Stripes Forever * Sweet Rosie O'Grady * Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E * Take Back Your Gold * The Band Played On * The Bowery * The Cat Came Back * The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo * The Red River Valley * The Rosary * The Story Of The Rose * The Streets Of Cairo * The Sunshine Of Paradise Valley * The Sweetest Story Ever Told * Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out * Throw Him Down, McCloskey * To A Wild Rose, Op. 51 * When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder * When You Were Sweet Sixteen * Where Did You Get That Hat? * Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder * You Tell Me Your Dream * You're Not The Only Pebble On The Beach

[SmileyBoy]

12. "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder"???

I didn't know they had LSD in the 1890's.

[DBoon]

13. They had mescaline

Haverlock Ellis wrote about it then.

http://www.mescaline.com/artificialparadise/

[asthmaticeog]

17. MP3

I'll only leave this up for a day (or two if I get lazy), but here's "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphys Chowder" for you. It's a little over 2mg.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

19. What a great find! Love it!

Thanks for posting the link.

Did he say "Mick?"

Oops, he did!

What an interesting picture of a century ago.

[asthmaticeog]

21. Yeah, interesting, no doubt.

I really love recorded music over 70 years old, partly for that reason - since it was all written before there was active commerce in recorded music, it's TRUE folk music, untainted by the LCD thinking that dominates pop today, and was written to address the real, everyday concerns of the people who sang and listened to it, and was only ever "distributed" in person, so you get a better picture of what popular thinking was like then - much better (I hope) than what someone in 2100 is going to get hearing "Bye Bye Bye" or whatever. I'm a bit of a recording technology geek, but we did lose something important when commercial distribution became the main way to hear a song - it changed how and why songs are written to begin with. If you care to drop $75 on a treasure trove, I strongly recommend Smithsonian Folkways' "Anthology of American Folk Music." 6 cds of field recordings made between 1927 and 1935. It's amazing. Plus, profits from records on that label go to the Smithsonian and its preservation efforts.

[MrScorpio]

15. I'm partial to the Funkadelic version

of She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain on COSMIC SLOP

[Dr Fate]

10. Gilbert & Sullivan is cool...

I kind of like 1890's music...

I heard a set of it on NPR, and it was all about sports (bicycling, billiards,rowing on cocaine, croquet, etc)It was kind of neat, in a way...

[Deja Q]

11. I dig the titles! (with editorials only the Hyp could think of!)

I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby—Edward M. Favor (1899) The telephone hdn't been become commonplace, but we now know the origins of 'phone-based titles...

She Was Bred in Old Kentucky—George J. Gaskin (1898) Sounds more like inbred...

I'd Leave My Happy Home for You—Arthur Collins (1899) Hmmm, divorce still took place back then? :wow:

Sally in Our Alley—Haydn Quartet (1899) This has a rather different meaning today... :eyes:

My Old Kentucky Home—Edison Male Quartet (1898) Hmmm. Given no visual or original audio recording evidence, we'll just have to assume they were males - what with society being a male dominated society and all...

Just Break the News to Mother—George J. Gaskin (1899) Uh, WHAT news might that be? Unplanned preganancy? Infidelity? Divorce? Gay coming out thang? Once again, 1899 ain't 1999... :D

Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill—George J. Gaskin (1899) I'm not going there...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

16. Funny Stuff, HT! n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

20. Drill Ye Terriers, Drill

I loved that song in elementary school! It's about Irishmen working on the railroad for a robber baron. One of the workers, Big Jim Goff, gets too close to some dynamite and is blown into the sky. Although he lands safely, his real shock comes on payday:

"Next time payday comes around
Jim Goff was short one buck he found
"What for?" says he. Came this reply:
"You were docked for the time you were up in the sky!"

[Insider]

14. LOL Thread of the Millenium

for real