Who is napoleon xiv

The principal drum pattern was crafted by looping a ten-second piece of tape, and Samuels varied the speed of the vocals to simulate the off-the-rails state of a man going crazy while keeping the background tempo constant. Even weirder was the flip side, "! Aaah-ah, Yawa Em Ekat ot Gnimoc Er'yeht," which was -- you guessed it -- the A-side run backwards, a blend that yielded what was probably the most unlistenable piece of vinyl of all time.

They're coming to take me away, ha ha, They're coming to take me away, ha haa, hee hee, ho ho To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time, And I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds, And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes And they're coming to take me away ha haaa!

Records Bob Newhart. Show Spoilers. How well does it match the trope? The principal drum pattern was crafted by looping a ten-second piece of tape, and Samuels varied the speed of the vocals to simulate the off-the-rails state of a man going crazy while keeping the background tempo constant.

Even weirder was the flip side, "! Aaah-ah, Yawa Em Ekat ot Gnimoc Er'yeht," which was -- you guessed it -- the A-side run backwards, a blend that yielded what was probably the most unlistenable piece of vinyl of all time. Samuels went on to a career as unpredictable as his hit smash, making his living for a time selling marijuana roach clips to head shops. For a couple of decades he worked the piano bars of the Philadelphia area; on a Napoleon XIV reissue CD he proudly noted that "I became probably the most popular entertainer at nursing homes and senior facilities in the Philadelphia and Delaware Valley area.

That reissue CD combined the Napoleon XIV album with some additional material from the '60s and some later tracks recorded in AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country.