By Rob Bricken in
Comics, Miscellaneous
Thursday, Dec. 3 2009 @ 9:11AM
I... I don't even know where to begin. I mean, it's not like I expected Alan Moore to be capable of singing, but then, I never thought a video would surface of Alan Moore and his utter lack of vocal talent crooning for six straight painful minutes. I guess I'd be a little pissed if he could sing; the man has more writing talent than most people on the planet, so it would be unfair if he sounded like Elvis as well, but... man, this is rough. Oh, the delightful cherry on this pie of insanity is that the band Moore is singing with is called Downtown Joe and the Retro Spankees. (Via Newsarama)
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Taffy said:
Was he not in a band with David J of Bauhaus very briefly in the 80's called the Sinister Ducks?
erik said:
Are they playing at a high school talent show?
Wyngarde said:
Whose Bar Mitzfah was this?
Lo Pan said:
Who the fuck said "Sure! Come sing with us! Itll be great!"
Oh! A band called Downtown Joe and the Retro Spankees is to blame! Consider this your 15 minutes, assholes.
tasakeru828 said:
You're forgetting that Moore also wrote and sung the classic "March of the Sinister Ducks"...
Gasstank said:
Meh, I've heard worse.
Church said:
The recording quality is more annoying than Alan's vocals.
Monkey boy said:
I was expecting him to actually be horrible in a funny way, not just...boring and bland.
Asat replied to Monkey boy:
Yeah, since he looks rather like Roy Wood I was bracing for a soprano or falsetto, but I totally expected he'd be bombastic no matter what kind of voice he had. This sounds almost shy and emo, like a first-timer karaoke singer. If he loosens up and learns to own the mike...well, he'll still be pretty mediocre. But he'll have more fun.
Alice in Nomansland said:
Alan Moore is an awesome writer but he's creepy looking (I've seen photos of him before)He looks like an evil warlock, or someone plotting to overthrow the government...certainly not a guy who writes comic books about naked blue dudes and guys who dress up as owls. (Damn fine comic books-ok, graphic novels- though they may be, blue dudes, owls and all. )Certainly not somebody who gets to be the dynamic frontman who comes up for spontaneous jamz. Stick to what you're good at, Alan!!!
Michael said:
catchy
Friginator said:
I've heard worse singing, honestly. I wouldn't have expected him to sing as well as he did, honestly. Funny, though.
BobJ said:
Well I certainly didn't expect that...
puddy77 said:
You can get the studio version from Dodgem Logic here: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/steal It's track 1. Not as bad as the video.
Geoff said:
I can't be the only one who expecte him to sound like the lead singer of Metallica, right?
Bill said:
I want to see them live!
Then I can finally punch Alan Moore in the gut for crippling Batgirl all those years ago. Don't mess with my Babs!
Odkin said:
What would be awesome instead is Moore singing "Monster Mash".
demoncat said:
this video shows that Alan should just stick to writting for that was a little creepy and pain full to hear. at least it was not the evil cabre from V for vendetta
Chris "The Body" Ward said:
I don't know if anyone cares, but there is more footage of Alan Moore's band, but this is from way back:
Tim Pun said:
Black Dossier bonus 45rpm anyone?
cocacolaoso said:
I'm dying to see Alan Moore's soaring rendition of "I Dreamed the dream".
Lugh said:
I think Michael Moorcock might be the superior science-fiction-writer-in-a-band here...
OM said:
..You know, considering all the whining Moore has done of late, it would be poetic justice if Ian Anderson sued Moore for stealing his look-n-feel. All it would have taken to seal the deal is for Moore to have assumed Ian's patented "Flute Stance".
"Sitting on a park bench/eyeing DC and Marvel with bad intent"...
