Velvet Underground "Femme Fatale" and "All Tomorrow's Parties" both mention clowns for some reason. I don't really understand the use of that word in the lyrics of either, frankly.
― Dog/Face/Chain (res), Friday, 31 October 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
29. you am i - cathy's clown (different song to the similarly titled one upthread)
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Friday, 31 October 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
30. apartments - not every clown can be in the circus31. springfields - clown32. kevin hewick - cathy clown
who the fuck is this cathy and why do we care about her clown?
33. Moe Bandy - Bandy the Rodeo Clown34. Joe Stampley - Hey Barnum and Bailey
― xhuxk, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
35. Magnetic Fields - I Looked All Over Town36. Magnetic Fields - Promises of Eternity37. Carney Hild Kramer - Clown38. Happy Flowers - I Crush Bozo
― dad a, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:42 (fifteen years ago) link
39.Death of a Clown - Kinks
― niceboy, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
39.Virgo The Clown - Van Morrison
― niceboy, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:44 (fifteen years ago) link
41. XTC - Dear Madam Barnum
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
WOOT WOOT JUGGALO
― dude, ALLLLL lighthouses are haunted. (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 31 October 2008 02:52 (fifteen years ago) link
43. the laughing clowns - the laughing clowns (did yer know they've reformed for the aus ATP?)
― nonightsweats, Friday, 31 October 2008 06:33 (fifteen years ago) link
44. MX-80 Sound, "Clown Sex"45. Lounge Lizards, "My Clown's On Fire"46. Residents, "Dumbo The Clown (Who Loved Christmas)"47. Charles Mingus, "The Clown"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 31 October 2008 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait, why did I think I Crush Bozo was a song and not an album? Replace that with: 38. "She's A Clown" by Daniel Johnston.
― dad a, Friday, 31 October 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
48. Clowns - Too Much Joy49. Carousel - Mr. Bungle ("look in the mirror and see the clown in yourself")
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 31 October 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
50. july - my clown
one of my fave psych songs of all time:
― scott seward, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
51. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am "Stuck in the Middle With You"
― mottdeterre, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
http://clownalley.blogspot.com/2007/09/bob-dylan.html
― mottdeterre, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
52. 'Vesti la giubba', Pagliacci, Ruggiero Leoncavallo
― Michael White, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
53. When I was down, I was your clown etc - Elton + Kiki "Don't go breaking my heart"
― NickB, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ that whole July album is amazing
― zappi, Friday, 31 October 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
54. Little Fluffy Clowns
― NickB, Friday, 31 October 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
55. I Want You--Elvis Costello
"Oh no my darling, not with that clown"
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 31 October 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
56. Harry Nilsson, 1941
"When he looked around, he saw a clownAnd the clown seemed very gayAnd he set out that night to join that circus clown and run away"
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Friday, 31 October 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://vinylobsessions.com/images/Frank%20Sinatra%20Only%20the%20lonely.jpg
― mottdeterre, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.flipsideweb.com/websiteimagesa-h/faye,frances-frenzy-lp.jpg
― mottdeterre, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
this album creeps me out. exploito orchestral acid circus music:
http://audiophilianervosa.com/6/ThreeRing.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
companion album to three ring circus (same guy made it with bob of sesame street and "groovin' on the sunshine" appears on it as well. some good woozy acid pop on here.):
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/4/4d/Bobmcgrathfromss.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
and everyone needs this too (courtesy of rca records too. they had a fondness for trippy clowns):
http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/pics/591319.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
you can hear the klowns here:
― scott seward, Friday, 31 October 2008 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
The Who, "Dreaming From The Waist"
"Here comes the morning, here comes the yawning, demented clown."
― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 31 October 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
A Flock of Perversions
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 31 October 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
57 - Bones & the Smiling Mackerel - Kleenex girl Wonder
"A genius from a clown, a city from a townnnn"
― hugo, Friday, 31 October 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
58. Harpo - "Rock 'n' Roll Clown"
― xhuxk, Saturday, 17 January 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
59. Eire Apparent, "The Clown"
Really disturbing.
― Joseph McCombs, Saturday, 17 January 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
"Clown Woman"-Montrose
― Bill Magill, Saturday, 17 January 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
José José - Payaso.
― Women can be captains too, you know? (jim), Saturday, 17 January 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
"In Dreams"--Roy Orbison, especially as sung by Dennis Hopper. Brrr...
"A candy-colored clown they call the sandmanTiptoes to my room every nightJust to sprinkle stardust and to whisperGo to sleep. everything is all right.
― ellaguru, Saturday, 17 January 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
63. You Killed The Clown - Thompson Twins64. The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
― antexit, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
66. Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Everybody Loves A Clown
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
67. Goldfrapp - Clowns
― Yehudi Menudo (NickB), Sunday, 18 January 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
68. Fancy Clown - Madvillain69. Clownmaster - Sugar
― Wax Cat, Sunday, 18 January 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
70. Harlequin - Genesis71. Cirkus - King Crimsondunno if this counts but 71.5. Through Electric Gardens - Andy Partridge
― open wide, come inside, it's apple butter (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 18 January 2009 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, given that the thread title is "Clown Songs"...
72. The Clown Song - Thin White Rope
― Eli JR, Monday, 19 January 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
really, thread is this old without Be A Clown? 73:
― dad a, Monday, 19 January 2009 22:38 (fifteen years ago) link