Oingo Boingo

[Otto]

Any love for Oingo Boingo out there?

Great great band live. I've seen them five times.
I've been to Danny Elfman's house (delivery boy).
He invited me in, introduced me to his dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2jD2xJPP8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk3w5wJyC78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXglCB5isFc

The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo
win the Gong Show,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTRd1a5MVMw

 

[pooldude]

I enjoy Oingo Boingo's greatest hits cd..."Just Another Day" & "Dead Man's Party" come to mind.

I knew some of those guys when they were 1st coming together in the late '70s. I sold & traded gear with Kerry Hatch, who was a great bass player...& another friend of mine played keys in Bartek's side group.

Later in the '80s, I sold recording gear to Elfman, who obviously became quite successful as a respected composer for film.

About the time Oingo Boingo got popular on KROQ radio was when music split into polarized camps. The Metal crowd hated the New Wave crowd, especially in LA, & sadly that polarity in musical tastes continues today.

Having grown up hearing diverse styles @ the Fillmore in the late '60s, I always had a wider ranging taste, & could appreciate Oingo Boingo just as much as many Troubadour Metal bands like RATT or Great White (or Dante Fox as they were called then).

But these days most music fans seem to be firmly in 1 camp or the other. At a lot of music forums, you can't appreciate U2 (or Oingo Boingo) if you're a fan of Motley Crue. :

 

[Martha Washington]

I had high hopes for Boingo and, sad to say, I don't think they ever lived up to them. sure, they had the money, the fame, the fortune, the drugs, the groupies but old martha's high expectations they didn't get around to.

they were sure a muscular outfit. tight as Tom Jones pants. I just never really thought they did a whole album of really good songs - not in my fickle opinion. "Dead Man's Party" might have come close enough and maybe I just rate it because the band percolates along SO nicely on that one. I liked the jumpy new wave side of the block they were working but as punchy as they were I sort of regard them as "could of wasses" could of what? I'm not sure.
They'll always have "Weird Science" I suppose and I'm sure, like the Cramps, anytime they decide to play live that the faithful will come out of the woodwork.
maybe I like the EP with the fuzzy cat the best. they did have a hell of a sound - those tight little horn bits and stuff.

 

[Music Wench]

Love Oingo Boingo, love Danny Elfman and they were just plain fun.

 

[KISSFREAK]

Was Oingo Boingo featured in the movie CaddyShack with Rodney Dangerfield ??

 

[Otto]

Was Oingo Boingo featured in the movie CaddyShack with Rodney Dangerfield ??

They were in Back To School with Rodney Dangerfield.

 

[KISSFREAK]

OOPS that's what I meant

 

[J.L.]

I've actaully been hearing a lot about these guys lately for some reason?

They did a few soundtrack i think

 

[Music Wench]

I've actaully been hearing a lot about these guys lately for some reason?

They did a few soundtrack i think

Don't know about the band but Danny Elfman has done some great soundtracks.

 

[Mark of Cenla]

Back in the day, I really liked them. My band back then did a couple of their songs. Great band! Peace.