The Shaggs

...composition style and lyrical honesty. Philosophy of the World was later reissued, and the compilation Shaggs' Own Thing was released in 1982. The Shaggs are now seen as a groundbreaking outsider music group. The conceptual beginning of The...

In this article: Philosophy of the World, Lester Bangs, NRBQ, and Terry Adams

...who are new to the ears. Let's face it, Frank Zappa's Thing Fish is definitely a weird record but hey, it's Zappa. Similarly, The Shaggs' Philosophy of the World is a truly bizarre piece of, uhm...whatever it is. But I had read so much about...

In this article: Devendra Banhart, Trout Mask Replica, Shaggs, Frank Zappa, D'yer Mak'er, Philosophy of the World, Love Is the Drug, Carlos Santana, and Captain Beefheart

...to Kick" and is It has also featured in the Nineties TV drama Ally McBeal. A live version of "Gimme Dat Ding" (3:38), performed at the Fremont Town Hall, appears on the album Shaggs' Own Thing by The Shaggs (Dorothy, Helen, and Betty Wiggin).

In this article: Gimme Dat Ding, Albert Hammond, National Australia Bank, Coca Cola, Arte Johnson, Nbc-tv, and Capitol Records

"My Pal Foot Foot" is a song by the Shaggs, appearing on their 1969 release, Philosophy of the World. It is their best-known song. The lyrics revolve around a rather nonsensical journey to find "Foot Foot", their cat, who has run away. As...

In this article: Philosophy of the World, My Pal Foot Foot, Deerhoof, and Gummo

...such as the Indigo Girls, Soul Asylum and Buffalo Tom. The name "The Shams" is a partial reference to the "outsider music" group The Shaggs, an all-female band whose lack of training and unusual melodies have prompted some critics to...

In this article: The Shams, Chicago Tribune, Soul Asylum, Richard Hell, Bob Mould, and Matador Records

..."Songs in the Key of Z" is that Chusid desperately attempts to link disparate musicians such as Captain Beefheart, Syd Barrett, The Shaggs and producer Joe Meek under the heading "OUTSIDER MUSIC" Most of the artists in his book have...

In this article: Irwin Chusid, Pablo Picasso, Joe Meek, Guernica, Syd Barrett, and Captain Beefheart

Philosophy of the World is the first album by The Shaggs, released in 1969 by Third Word Records and rereleased in 1980 by Red Rooster Records/Rounder Records after the band NRBQ found it at a Massachusetts radio station in 1978. A CD...

In this article: Philosophy of the World, Blender Magazine, The Moldy Peaches, RCA Victor, NRBQ, Kurt Cobain, Kimya Dawson, Nirvana, and Deerhoof

Halloween is the greatest holiday ever and as such it has an anthem. A horrible, horrible anthem by a band Frank Zappa referred to as "...better than the Beatles--even today" and named the album from whence this song came -- Philosophy of...

In this article: Halloween, Philosophy of the World, Beatles, and Frank Zappa

...ranging in time from Johannes Ciconia in the 14th century to John Adams in the 21st, and in sophistication from Harrison Birtwistle to the Shaggs. Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its...

In this article: Alarm Will Sound, Johannes Ciconia, Harrison Birtwistle, John Adams, Anxiety, Philosophy of the World, Lightheadedness, Conlon Nancarrow, and Josquin Desprez

...keyboards conjured chunky sound blocks that suddenly shrank into quiet duets. An orchestration of "Philosophy of the World" by the Shaggs, frequently dubbed the worst rock band ever, went down in flames as banging drums obliterated helpless...

In this article: Harrison Birtwistle, Alarm Will Sound, Orchestration, Johannes Ciconia, Library of Congress, Conlon Nancarrow, Michael Gordon, Josquin des Prez, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Aphex Twin