The Raging Peasants – Ballad of the headless skateboarder 7“
Sometimes it´s really weird what kinda artists recorded songs about skateboarding or let´s say at least with a connection to skateboarding.
These two guys out of Hadley, MA wrote a strange ballad about a headless skateboarder. Too bad I can hardly understand a word, but they try to make it a bit mystical and halloween-ish as it seems to me. Their music mixes folk with classic music (just check the instruments they are using). The song reminds me a lot of “Eleanor Rigby” (The Beatles). Hard to believe this was recorded in 1992.
Thanks to Kilwag for the tip!
Listen: The Raging Peasants: Ballad of the Headless Skateboarder.
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Nice tune , thanks doc.
You are welcome!
I was wishing the title was actually Ballad of the Headless “Skateboader” =like it says on the cover, but the actual 7″ makes me realize it was a typo.
Wow, didn
there’s a typo? hmm never noticed… let me know if ya need the lyrics – i guess my mom was right – i need to enunciate better – oh btw i re-recorded this with a west coast group called the electric chairmen a year or 2 later – check that version out – truly, john kruth
Thanks for your post John, sorry for the ultra-long delay of my reply. Lyrics would be nice. Couldn
… okay, okay, chairmEn not chairmAn … damn typos 🙂
i’ll post it for you on my soundcloud page – by the electric chairmen with members of camper van beethoven and the american music club- https://soundcloud.com/ohnruth/ballad-of-the-headless-skateboarder
gotta either find the lyrics or re-type them out
back to you soon
it was released on cd by the electric chairmen
and as a 7 inch/45 by the raging peasants