Existential Blues
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In the Heyday of the Dr. Demento Show, an unknown to us artist (Tom T-bone Stankus) released a song called Existential Blues. It went straight to number one on the weekly Dr. D top ten. It then got pulled and they (KMET) were no longer allowed to play it until certain parts of the song were edited due to a copywrite issue - A big movie lawyer wanted money from a guy that recorded a song in his garage. So they chopped up the song and put it back on the air....and every week, my ten year old ears would yearn for the missing lines to the song....not because I thought they were great lines or from a great movie or because the line had already been pimped out in auto commercials, but rather, because to me, it was part of the song. It was the way it was supposed to be. I had not ever seen the movie, I was not going to be buying one of those cars...To me, It was a violation of our sunday evening right to enjoy a Great song. Well Here is my Tribute to Tbone and all the listeners that were ripped off weekly by the censorship of this song. The original Version of the song in its entirety - And also Giving credit to the film "Man From La Mancha" - I give you;
The Existential Bluesman From La Mancha
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Thank you for posting the original! For those wondering about the film, it is a clip from "Man of La Mancha" (1972) starring Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren, and featuring the song "The Impossible Dream." Now I'm off to find me a bottle of Yukon Jack...
So happy to hear the original recording that has the "To Dream The Impossible Dream" line in every chorus break. Those of us old enough to remember the original before 1985 when it was edited will always be beholden and have a place in our heart for this original version. Brings back old memories of great times and the Dr. Demento Show. I miss those old days.
Me too. Ditto head
Yup. I still introduce people to the classics. Dead puppies, fish heads, kinky the clown (that one makes the best reactions), and many others.
Since y’all like this type of humor, check out 100 things a man needs to know (Tim Wilson) and Donnie Baker public service announcement/fireworks safety. Or don’t. 👍
Being a fan of both the song and a Man of La Mancha, I appreciate this.
@@badpop987 Minor correction: it's "Kinko the Clown".
@@BassByTheBay right you are, auto correct for the loss...
30 something years later and I cannot hear "poppies," "lobotomy," "Yukon Jack," or "wizard" without thinking of this song. Also, I can't help but think "neon when" people talk about signs.
People wonder why I am soo weird. Maybe cause I was raised on Dr. Demento music. "I dont even have a little dog named Toto"
Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up. YUM.
Such predicaments. I must forge ahead.
dead puppies aren't nuch fun :(
I worry about that generation who missed Dr. Dimento, and can they be repaired by finding a daily shot from the good doctor? Please leave links for the degenerates we might know. Here are a few funnies from my bookmarks let me know if you want more in the comments..
+Hallucinogenesis
My puppy died
Late last Fall
He's still rotting
In the hall
ROTFLMAO!
The fact that things as kick-ass, hilarious and original as this exist make me want to put a bullet in my brain just a little bit less. Thank Zeus we have the original version here. Was one of my all-time Doctor Demento faves back during my larval stage.
My parents used to listen to this song. I thought it was HILARIOUS.
Thank you for saving this recording
This is the original version Dr. Demento used to play. Everybody else seems to cut out the “To dream the impossible dream” part.
😄👍🏻 Awesome.
So the last time I heard this song was maybe in 81 or 82 in Los Angeles! It was a favorite of mine. My parents gave me a small portable radio that they let me listen to at night in bed. I think I was 8 or 9? Anyways my father thought Dr. Demento would be great for a young developing mind. In any event, rediscovering this song in 2022 and truly "understanding" the lyrics, and all the references is just mind-blowing to me. I have only ever heard this unedited version.
I remember the 4 hour-long show broadcast on the mighty MET! It was like religion to me, every Sunday. The day they had a one hour long show of it on The Sound 100.3 FM earlier this year I think, I was so happy, I felt 16 again. Awesome!
late 70s sunday nights ruled! this is how I remember the song thanks:)
Classic! Kudos to your for rescuing this gem.
I first heard this in 6th grade. my friends and I would always go to school on monday and get all stoked that this was number 1 in the "funny 5" the night before on the dr. demento show.
Holy shit, I haven't heard the uncensored version since my old Dr. D tape got ate 30 or 40 years ago. Freaking awesome. Saved.
First time??
I never realized there was any other version, this is the only version I had ever heard - again, thanks to Dr Demento. I guess I should count myself lucky! Came here btw because this song popped into my head FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON this morning on my way to work, when I haven't heard it in decades...
Thank you for the posting the full version. All the rest on youtube are edited
First time I heard it. I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. God Bless Dr Demento
It's.......not that funny.
@@coleman6131 I'm sorry you don't have a sense of humor. Is this song offensive to you?
Hey, I remember hearing this crazy-ass song on the Dr. Demento show in high school back in the late '80's, when it came on once a week on Sunday nights--always looked forward to it. "Existential Blues" was a hit on the show apparently, because for a time Dr. D would play it every week, along with other crazy-ass classics such as Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun", "Star Trekking", and "Elvis is Everywhere" by the ultimate psycho hillbilly duo Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper. Loved this!
Thanks for the original recording. I too felt cheated by the edited version, and longed to hear the original again. Great find!!
It was my dad and I who stayed up every Sunday night regardless of school, just to listen to Dr. Demento and make peanut butter cookies! This was always a song I waited to hear! And now Finally the whole song!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Yah-hee! This DEFINITELY brings back the memories of listening to Dr. Demento on Sunday nights. AAaaaannnd I can't believe I remembered as much as I did...since I haven't heard this for about 3 decades! Talk about Existential Blues.....(this is best if listened to and NOT watched...)
I've missed this song! Damn, it's brilliant.
A Man of La Mancha ending scene to this song was an interesting idea...nice vid!
Wow. I read the description and prepared to listen to the version I "knew" from back when it first aired. And now I sit here shocked that until now I have NEVER actually heard the uncut version. Amazing. Thank you so much for posting this. wow.
Wow. I used to listen to Dr. Demento all the time as a kid (mid to late 80s). I have heard this song a million times (even played it live a couple times), however, I have never heard it with the original "To dream the impossible" line (from the Man From La Mancha). Incredible. Thank you SO much for posting this.
It's great when me and my mum's boyfriend can randomly sing this together.
Thank you, bless your fuzzy little heart! I miss Dr. Demento so much! and I remember all that fuss too, it was stupid! You're a hero for making the proper version available. Sa-LUTE!
Wow...20 years since I heard this song and I still know it by heart. Thanks for posting
Thank you, bless your fuzzy little heart! I miss Dr. Demento so much! and I remember all that fuss too, it was stupid! You're a hero for making the proper version available. Sa-LUTE!
I came in here to post this song to my facebook page in an ongoing fit at someone on GetGlue about The Wizard of Oz ... they can't get through the "black & white part" so they've never seen it all. I just wanna grab them, shake them and scream "You don't deserve Judy Garland's effervescence, you little punks!"
I had no idea the original version included "The Impossible Dream" lines! Being 30, I only knew the version from Dr. D's Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Vol. 5. Thank you for posting this!
I was listening to this back in the late 70's on Dr. D!!!! Thank you for posting the original and including scenes from Man of La' Mancha!!!!! You are a genius!!!
This is such a fantastically trippy song! Watching The Wizard of Oz for the first time in nearly 25 years reminded me of it, and that led me here :)
hell to the yeah for us older's!
Thank you for posting this. It take me back years and brings back happy memories of the Dr. Demento show. Love it!!
Thank you SO MUCH for putting up the uncut version of this song! It's just as I remember it. Wonderful...
**@ Everybody** Thank You For Leaving Such Awesome Comments !! Its great to know soooo many appreciate this. I never thought it would touch over 11 thousand people and get such a positive responses 94 likes and 3 dislikes.... pretty overwhelming stats to me. Doctor Demento Fans Rock. (my silly rescued squirrel playing guitar didnt do so well, but hey) LOL God Bless All Of You And Stay Demented :)
As I'm listening to this, a Dragnet episode is on about a suspect that's into existentialism, a loner, disturbed kid turned sniper.
This song on the good Dr's radio show when I was a teen. Just the facts man, just the facts. Pass the bottle.....
Thank you so much for posting this! Artistic justice is served at last.
"All right, tighten your shorts, Pilgrim, and sing like the Duke!"
That line never fails to crack me up.
I've got my idols and I could list a few.
But in a 100 years no one will know of me and you.
So I do what I do and I try to keep my cool.
But sentience is the curse of existentialism blues.
Thank you very much. I really enjoyed this. Fabulous choice of video!
How have I never seen this before!!!!
Always dug this song. Thanks so much for posting it.
Another example of why copyright destroys innovation and invention.
First heard this song a decade ago when I was 9. As an intellectual, I am ashamed to say that I just now realized the meaning of "what's your sign?" And answering neon... A neon sign. Like an open sign....
Thank you for including the missing lines!
Awesome!!!! poppppppieeeeeeesssssss!
All must check out Mr. Bungle's cover of this song. Mike Patton takes it to a new level.
I have loved this song for years and really appreciate the upload and all, but the juxtaposition with the uploader's numerous baby squirrel feeding videos made finding this twice as good
one of the greatest songs ever
I've been looking all over for the original version of the song.
Remember this song with much fondness. I'm looking for the sequel to the song by the same guy Stankus. But it's nowhere to be found.
Unfortunate that Dr. Demento retired from the music industry... he's one of the last in the generation of great DJs.
YAY! The REAL version!! It still exists!! (I wonder if anyone still has the original "He's Mr. Bill" before they had to completely change the music because of copyright bs.)
thanks for giving us the whole shebang! love that movie, gees, Sophia Loren! never made the connection but it makes a bit of sense.
ME TOO!
"To dream the impossible dream"
WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK?!
Everyone once in a while, when I'm in a tough spot, I'll say "such predicaments....I must forge ahead" in the same cadence as he does here. And only I get it.
Thank you ALL again for all the kind words, I Am So Glad To Post And Share This With You All. When I get off my duff and hook up the turntable, Ive got a few more goodies up my sleeve. HEh. Till then, how bout you check out my other vids, Im proud of my squirrel rescue efforts and would like to share them.
the film is man of La Mancha I think ......poppies poppies poppies poppies
Would it be weird to say I love you? :) I had this on a Dr. D show recorded off the radio but the tape...found a new home a long time ago. :( I randomly decided tonight to take a chance that maybe...
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Oh childhood come back to me! No? Well, then this'll have to do.
I must have stopped listening to the show regularly around '85 because I've never heard an edited version.
Ahhh, the original, as Tom "T-Bone" Stankus intended it to be. I also listened to this many times on "The Mighty MET". Now I need to see if I can find "Existential Blues Part II".
Didn't know this until years later but, 'Elusive Butterfly' is an actual song.
Wuh, dis is madness. Poppies!!! Poppies!!! Poppies!!! Bobbada bobbada bobbada.
I taped this off KMET myself back in the day so I’d completely forgotten there was a crappy chopped up version. So great to stumble on this just now but one question: what happens at the end of the video clip? It’s almost like DQ and SP climb into some sort of medieval starship 🤣 🤣
Three people can't dream the impossible dream.
@madahad9 Glad you liked it !! its obvious to me you read the description. Have a nice day.
Wow! This is the version that has "to dream the impossible dream" lyric that was cut at the insistence of the writer of that song due to copyright reasons.
😂😂😂😂 T H A N K Y O U 😂😂😂
I love you.
WOOO HOOO THATS RIGHT BABY!!!!!
@calbeatnik What answer should I choose?
3 fools got existential blues
A lot of people think this song is crazy and stupid and just a song of randomness. But I think it's a really good song that is really meningful. Just like the Beatles and other classic rock bands.
Sounds like acoustic Frank Zappa!
Theres a guy on Ebay that has 10 copies of this single for sale.
walkin down the road one day doo dah doo dah xD makes me laugh
Dugout 🐕 Dug
Is there something similar to the Dr. Demento show available online these days? Must be, right? Where?
Douglas Vagss LAPD
Foul play?
This is the unedited version? but it's the only version I remember. God it must sound like crap if you cut out all the "copyrighted" parts. I thought this song being comedy or parody could use copyright material without permission.
I went the frontal lobotomy route.
It's funny to me, that the man of la mancha thing was the problem, not the lolly pop guild song
Those who owned the rights to "Lollypop Kids" had a sense of humor, those who owned "To Dream......" did not.
FINALLY! I recorded this off the air in 1980 and was very dissapointed at the censored version that was available on tape.
DUGLUS
I'd rather have a bottle infront of me than a frontal lobotomy. ☺
I love this song...i'm trying to get it on my zune!!! does anyone know how to save? it to my computer?? and then i can download it to my zune...
Man of La Mancha
ADHD at it’s best.
Wait, the only "violation" was the "Impossible Dream" line? Doesn't it fall into the Fair Use catagory?
wabbit, I love you, and if I was female I'd bare you a child. (well maybe not, but you get the idea!)
THIS is Existential Blues as it was meant to be. All is well with the world.
This should be the theme song of Tim Burton's 2013 movie OZ. ;o)
IS THIS YOU? TOM TBONE?
Reminds me of Doodles Weaver..
No offense to whoever made the visual but I can't stand looking at it so I scroll down to the comments while it plays, so can any body till me what I am looking at...what old movie could possibly go with the song? My imagination could come up with a lot of funny animation in fact Riverside Community College comes to mind with their annual Festival of Animation.
seeDiersoil crossrowds I think the movie is Man of La Mancha. It's a musical about Cervantes putting on a production of Don Quixote in prison starring himself; and it's where the "Dream the Impossible Dream" song he keeps quoting is from. He later had to remove that line from the recording because of a copyright dispute, which is why most of the other versions of this song on RUclips are missing that line. So, as far as visuals to go with the song go, it's pretty ironically clever.
Sam Pflugrath Thanks for that!!! I have always liked this song since I was a kid and never had to hear the edited version. Now the best part of that song is the part they tried to take out.
seeDiersoil crossrowds I agree with you. The super softness along with Peter O'Toole's makeup is brutal. Sophia looks nice.
If only we could blend JesterEvilyn's visuals on the edited version with this original version of the song, showing the Man of La Mancha footage accompanying "To dream the impossible dream..." each time it plays...
MUCH better in the original version!
The Man from La Mancha looks alot like the Burger King.
@gylbertpenguin Woo Hoo !! :) Glad Ya Like It !!
I'm sorry, someone please fill me in. What's the connection to Man of La Mancha?
There's a lyric in the song that references the Man of LaMancha. To Dream the Impossible of Dream was forced to be removed from the song due to copyright infringement. Most fans of the song were dismayed and quite angry at something so innocuous, but still integral to the song, was removed.
Hence, this original version of the song, which include the lyrics from The Man of LaMancha, bring back memories of how the song should always be sung.
So, why not make this video with the movie version of the Man of LaMancha? It's almost like thumbing your nose at the folks who forced the original edit of Existential Blues.
knightflyte Thank you - some one gets it :)
+wabbitt86 i CERTAINLY get it!! I too experienced the same dismay. This hapoened to be the FAVORITE song of my demented weird little mind and I cannot thank you enough for posting it!! Where the hell did you find it? (!)
+knightflyte , wabbitt86, Thank You all
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