The Story In The Song The Avalanches Frontier Psychiatrist

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A very eccentric and just plain daft but terrific record by The Avalanches, a group from Australia. The words and images seem quite random in this video, with ghosts, singing skeletons, coconuts, a Mariachi band, a cowboy shoot out, singing dentures, and other odd imagery. The song is entirely made from samplings, centred on comedy sketches by Canadian comedy duo, Wayne & Shuster featuring a Frontier Psychiatrist who was convinced that the toughest gunslingers and outlaws were just misunderstood and invited them to tell him all about it, even when they were trying to shoot him. The song also features some of the best DJ scratching on any record ever. It is utterly silly, but quite catchy with extracts that stay with you forever. Possibly the most eccentric recording of all time. I love it. The song on Youtube Arthur Chappell