There are 3 artists with this name, 1. Experimental artist Louis Hardin, 2.… Read Full Bio ↴There are 3 artists with this name, 1. Experimental artist Louis Hardin, 2. A project of Walter Schreifels, 3. A short lived band fronted by James Freud formerly of Models.
1) Moondog was the pseudonym of Louis T. Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999). Hardin was a blind New York City street musician, influential composer and former beat poet. From the late 1940s until 1974, he was a permanent fixture on 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, wearing a cloak and Viking-style helmet, sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silent and still. He was known not only for his music and poetry, but also for the distinctive Viking garb that he wore all his life, including a horned helmet, cloak and spear. He routinely gave away copies of his work to anybody who would take them. In this way, he came to the attention of producer James William Guercio, who took him into the studio to record an album, released as "Moondog" (1969) on the CBS label. The track Stamping Ground, with its odd preamble of Moondog saying one of his epigrams, was featured on the sampler double album "Fill Your Head with Rock". A brief phrase of another track on the album, Bird's Lament (In memory of Charlie Parker) was sampled by Mr. Scruff as the basis for his 7-minute track Get A Move On.
Hardin played drums for the high school band in Hurley, Missouri before losing his sight in a farm accident involving a dynamite cap at the age of 16 After learning the principles of music in several schools for blind young men across middle America, he taught himself the skills of ear training and composition. He studied with Burnet Tuthill and at the Iowa School for the Blind. The music of Moondog in the 1940s and '50s is said to have been a strong influence on many early minimalist composers; Philip Glass has written that he and Steve Reich took Moondog's work "very seriously and understood and appreciated it much more than what we were exposed to at Juilliard."
A second album produced with Guercio, and featuring both himself and his daughter as vocalists, contained song compositions in the forms of canons and rounds. It did not make an impression on popular music as the first had. The two CBS albums were re-released as a single CD in 1989.
In a search for new sounds, Moondog also invented several musical instruments, such as the "Oo", a small triangular shaped harp, and the "Trimba", a triangular percussion instrument invented in the late 40s. The Original Trimba today is still played by Stefan Lakatos, Swedish percussionist, close friend and pupil of Moondog, who also taught him how to build the instrument.
Moondog had an idealised view of Germany ("The Holy Land with the Holy River" — the Rhine), where he settled in 1974. A young German student named Ilona Goebel accommodated him, first in Oer-Erkenschwick, and later on in Muenster in Westphalia, Germany, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Moondog visited America in 1989, at the invitation of the New Music America Festival in Brooklyn, stimulating a renewed interest in his music.
He recorded many albums, and toured both in the US and in Europe — France, Germany and Sweden.
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2) Moondog was the name of the post-Gorilla Biscuits, pre-Quicksand project-band of Walter Schreifels, started due to his desire to sing for a band, and to follow the path Gorilla Biscuits had been on before their break-up (one Moondog song, “Distance”, was actually written for the 2nd Gorilla Biscuits full-length that never happened). It’s now being sold as a digital download at Anthology Recordings The band also featured Gorilla Biscuits’ drummer Luke Abbey. The band’s only recorded output is a series of demo-recordings (recorded at Don Fury’s legendary Lower East Side recording-studio). These sessions had Abbey playing drums, with Schreifels handling both guitar, bass and vocals. The few times they played live, Abbey switched to bass, with Armand Majidi (Sick of It All, Rest In Pieces) on drums, and the guitars being handled by Tom Capone (Beyond, Bold, Quicksand, Handsome, Instruction) and Howie (Alone in a Crowd). Although further sessions were planned (which most likely would have led to official releases), the band ultimately collapsed before this took place, with Schreifels shifting focus towards his new band Quicksand, who were initially meant to inherit some of the Moondog-songs, but with the band going in a very different direction than Moondog, that idea was eventually scrapped.
The band only played a handful of live shows (at infamous locations like CBGB and ABC No Rio), and the only officially released Moondog-track (Expression) appears on the “Look At All The Children Now” compilation LP (Evacuate Records, ‘90). Another post-GB band, namely CIV (featuring GB-singer Anthony “Civ” Civarelli, -bassist Arthur Smilios and -drummer Sammy Siegler) also recorded the Moondog-song “They Said We Were The Best” for their first full-length record (“Set Your Goals - an album that Schreifels also helped write songs for).
A bootleg 7” of Moondog-songs did appear sometime in the early 90’s, featuring 2 songs from the demos, making them gain a certain cult status. After years of pressure from fans, Schreifels recently (2006) “released” a number of songs from the demos through the online label Anthology Recordings, making them officially available for the first time.
1) Moondog was the pseudonym of Louis T. Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999). Hardin was a blind New York City street musician, influential composer and former beat poet. From the late 1940s until 1974, he was a permanent fixture on 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, wearing a cloak and Viking-style helmet, sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silent and still. He was known not only for his music and poetry, but also for the distinctive Viking garb that he wore all his life, including a horned helmet, cloak and spear. He routinely gave away copies of his work to anybody who would take them. In this way, he came to the attention of producer James William Guercio, who took him into the studio to record an album, released as "Moondog" (1969) on the CBS label. The track Stamping Ground, with its odd preamble of Moondog saying one of his epigrams, was featured on the sampler double album "Fill Your Head with Rock". A brief phrase of another track on the album, Bird's Lament (In memory of Charlie Parker) was sampled by Mr. Scruff as the basis for his 7-minute track Get A Move On.
Hardin played drums for the high school band in Hurley, Missouri before losing his sight in a farm accident involving a dynamite cap at the age of 16 After learning the principles of music in several schools for blind young men across middle America, he taught himself the skills of ear training and composition. He studied with Burnet Tuthill and at the Iowa School for the Blind. The music of Moondog in the 1940s and '50s is said to have been a strong influence on many early minimalist composers; Philip Glass has written that he and Steve Reich took Moondog's work "very seriously and understood and appreciated it much more than what we were exposed to at Juilliard."
A second album produced with Guercio, and featuring both himself and his daughter as vocalists, contained song compositions in the forms of canons and rounds. It did not make an impression on popular music as the first had. The two CBS albums were re-released as a single CD in 1989.
In a search for new sounds, Moondog also invented several musical instruments, such as the "Oo", a small triangular shaped harp, and the "Trimba", a triangular percussion instrument invented in the late 40s. The Original Trimba today is still played by Stefan Lakatos, Swedish percussionist, close friend and pupil of Moondog, who also taught him how to build the instrument.
Moondog had an idealised view of Germany ("The Holy Land with the Holy River" — the Rhine), where he settled in 1974. A young German student named Ilona Goebel accommodated him, first in Oer-Erkenschwick, and later on in Muenster in Westphalia, Germany, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Moondog visited America in 1989, at the invitation of the New Music America Festival in Brooklyn, stimulating a renewed interest in his music.
He recorded many albums, and toured both in the US and in Europe — France, Germany and Sweden.
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2) Moondog was the name of the post-Gorilla Biscuits, pre-Quicksand project-band of Walter Schreifels, started due to his desire to sing for a band, and to follow the path Gorilla Biscuits had been on before their break-up (one Moondog song, “Distance”, was actually written for the 2nd Gorilla Biscuits full-length that never happened). It’s now being sold as a digital download at Anthology Recordings The band also featured Gorilla Biscuits’ drummer Luke Abbey. The band’s only recorded output is a series of demo-recordings (recorded at Don Fury’s legendary Lower East Side recording-studio). These sessions had Abbey playing drums, with Schreifels handling both guitar, bass and vocals. The few times they played live, Abbey switched to bass, with Armand Majidi (Sick of It All, Rest In Pieces) on drums, and the guitars being handled by Tom Capone (Beyond, Bold, Quicksand, Handsome, Instruction) and Howie (Alone in a Crowd). Although further sessions were planned (which most likely would have led to official releases), the band ultimately collapsed before this took place, with Schreifels shifting focus towards his new band Quicksand, who were initially meant to inherit some of the Moondog-songs, but with the band going in a very different direction than Moondog, that idea was eventually scrapped.
The band only played a handful of live shows (at infamous locations like CBGB and ABC No Rio), and the only officially released Moondog-track (Expression) appears on the “Look At All The Children Now” compilation LP (Evacuate Records, ‘90). Another post-GB band, namely CIV (featuring GB-singer Anthony “Civ” Civarelli, -bassist Arthur Smilios and -drummer Sammy Siegler) also recorded the Moondog-song “They Said We Were The Best” for their first full-length record (“Set Your Goals - an album that Schreifels also helped write songs for).
A bootleg 7” of Moondog-songs did appear sometime in the early 90’s, featuring 2 songs from the demos, making them gain a certain cult status. After years of pressure from fans, Schreifels recently (2006) “released” a number of songs from the demos through the online label Anthology Recordings, making them officially available for the first time.
Invocation
Moondog Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Invocation' by these artists:
108 Invocation... I will not break beneath your suffocation, alt…
1349 Let the darkness fall, arouse my soul Unveil the mysteries …
Ab-Soul Say hip hop (hip hop) Say hip hop (hip hop) A.L. Now…
Abhor Hear Him who howls with snake's tusk, into the bowels…
Abramelin [Music: Aldridge, Lyrics: Dower] Long has thou dwelt in d…
Anandmurti Gurumaa kalateen kalpant karii sada sajnnnanand data purari.chidanan…
Anaria Hear me Screaming out into the nigth Lost soul Begging for t…
Anti (Taken from the Book "Necronomicon") ZI KIA KANPA (Zee-Ke…
Anúna [ Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) and English] Ailiu iath nErenn..…
Azarath Raise the chalice, mistress of earth Neither mine, nor bread…
Boyd Rice & Fiends For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Carpenters For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Chakrini Vande 'ham' śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalam' śrī-gurun vais…
Christopher Grundy Hear us, God, for we are praying Hear us, God, for…
Common (Common) Envisioning the hereafter, listenin to Steve Wonde…
Current 93 Now cursed be thee that have ruined our fair land And…
Danzig The demon comes but must be called Comes to all the…
Dayna Kurtz Would you even know me Since I've been away I wake with…
Demoniciduth Come Holy Spirit Come! (Luke 1:35) Unborn children destroye…
Deva Premal Om Satchitananda Parabrahma Purushothama Paramatma Sri Bhaga…
Elfin Saddle The scent of the leaves rustling The shimmering of the wate…
Elkk قلبي في النار رأيي في النار روحي في النار حياتي في النار قل…
Fré Speak through me Grandmother, grandfather Grandmother, grand…
Gary Stadler Under moonlight's misted veil Find the dream on which we sa…
Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule Under moonlight's misted veil Find the dream on which we sai…
Ihsahn Come suffering, Apocalypse Release the fires of Hell I cal…
Infernum Lie down in my mind thunderous King Pure reality... Satan!…
Insanity Reigns Supreme you that create the diversity of the forms open to my…
Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few Cosmic Transitions... Transitions Cosmic.... Cosmic Transit…
Jai-Jagdeesh Tayree Mer Da Bolinhaa Tudh Aagai Ardaas Guru Guru Wahe Guru…
K.f.R Unconquered He moves o'er the mountains Breaking the day, wa…
Khaos Labyrinth Aeonian forces of Khaos Boundless nothing and all I summon, …
Killing Joke (Of the whore bitch goddess Babylon) Hearts of darkness and…
Kukunari Oh the first of suns It wasn't made for us But oh…
Lisa Thiel I call upon Powers of East and Air and all…
Lobotomy I am one it schemes of killing The roared of my…
Manntra (Lei Lei-Lei-Lei Lei-Lei-Lei) (Lei Lei-Lei-Lei Lei-Lei-Lei)…
Mediæval Bæbes By the moon-queen's mystic light By the hush of holy night …
Meth Wax Better go and grab your knife Going out to kill tonight Gonn…
Noctem Aeternus This is the cry of those who could not free…
Non chaos chaos hear that sound when the time comes what are…
Nosferatu The children running to the end of time, Can't escape the…
Path of Destiny Thou, spirit from behind the gates My slave art thou in…
Psychophile Call my name In the light Don't be afraid Call my n…
reinier zonneveld feat. deva premal Om Satchitananda Parabrahma Purushothama Paramatma Sri Bhaga…
Rice Boyd For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Richard Bona La balalo kina ma chen dèku La biso kun yéléla diki Lôngô…
Sally Oldfield Watch the Sky! Here they come! Samurai of the Sun…
Satan's Doom Spirit of the Moon remembers! Princes of the darkness obey…
Satanic Planet Let us salad now Let us embrace Let us defend Let us reason …
Seven Prajanane brahmā tiṣṭhatu | Let Brahma be in parts of creati…
Shpongle Atandari invocation Yogena cittasya padena vacam …
Shubha Mudgal & Jitender Singh या कुंदेंदु तुषारहार धवला, या शुभ्र वस्त्रावृता | या वीणावर …
Son Of Sam Somewhere in the darkest corner of your darkest dream, There…
Suicidal Tendencies Oh yea, know that shit. Sounds so good I wanna right…
Sympathy Father, Holy Father Hallowed Be Thy name Father, Holy Fat…
The Armada Colours falling under Falling under slowly Fading into dar…
The Carpenters For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
The Eternal Now When the silence has left the dark and arrived as…
The Incredible String Band you that create the diversity of the forms open to my…
The Seathmaw Project Wicked are the blessed You stand charged with witchery We se…
The Undoing of David Wright We invoke thee, o muse Grant to us all the death…
U.S. Station 4 “INVOCATION” O come ye wasted children, whose praises do you…
Wakinyan Cleansing the space for the ritual Sweetgrass, white sage, c…
X-Axis Might not make it to tomorrow Imma need a little more…
You Won't “INVOCATION” O come ye wasted children, whose praises do you…
Ziyon I'm what I've been looking for (I'm what I've been looking…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Moondog:
All Is Loneliness all is loneliness here for me loneliness here for me... lone…
All is Loneliness II all is loneliness here for me loneliness here for me... lone…
Choo Choo Lullaby CHOO - CHOO LULLABY Choo - Choo Lullaby, sing oh me…
Do Your Thing Do your thing! Be fancy-free to call the tune you sing. Do…
Enough About Human Rights Enough about Human Rights What about Wal Rights? What about …
Enough About Human Rights! Enough about Human Rights What about Wal Rights? What about …
Fujiyama 2 富士の山よ 私を連れ去っておくれ あの人が死んでしまったから この人生はもうおしまい 富士の山よ 何処にあの人が佇み、…
High On A Rocky Ledge High on a rocky ledge lives a Mädel, Edelweiß. She has…
I'm In The World I'm in the world where young and old Are bought and…
I'm Just A Hop Head I'm just a hop-head, and so I'll be till I'm…
I'm This I'm That I′m this, I'm that I′m shy, I'm clad I'm young, I′m old I′m…
Moondog Monologue No matter where I came from, I say, No matter where…
Moondog Monologue (Remastered 2019) No matter where I came from, I say, No matter where…
Moondog Monologue - Remastered 2019 No matter where I came from, I say, No matter where…
New Amsterdam New Amsterdam was her name Before she was New York New Amste…
Pigmy Pig Pigmy Pig, how big you are, big as Pigmy Seal. Pigmy…
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@webworm13
I lived with Moondog for a brief time in one of New York's cheap hotels. He would entrust me with his music to be delivered to an office at Lincoln Center. He was always a gentleman, a scholar, and deep thinker. I met my baby daddy on the street corner where he was peddling his poetry. RIP
@digitalimager4946
baby daddy?
@furorbarbaricum9109
This man was channeling some ancient memories with this piece of music. This is probably closer to how ancient germanics or kelts used bronze and Iron horns, with very tribal, repetitive and trance inducing rythm motions that puts the tribe in the mood for ritual, ceremoy or warfare.
@DelmarWArave
I met Moondog in Shelley, Idaho in 1947 when he was waiting for an elk hide to be tanned for him to make his own drums from, and while waiting he asked my brother and I to take him fishing and swimming and to find a place for him to sleep outdoors..
I never seen him again but on a 60 minutes documentary for a second then when I got my own computer I looked him up again in 2008.
It was nice to meet someone before they became famous.
@CaneCompany
+Delmar W. Arave That's a great lil story!
@squareinsquare2078
I met Moondog in 2147 where he told me the story of a man and his brother that he asked to take him fishing and find him a place to sleep. He waited until 2047 but realised they were not going fishing with him nor would they find him a place to sleep.
@multiversos1
Moondog was a Replicant?
@RaCology
Delmar W. Arave you are full of shit
@classicalmusic1175
@@RaCology Why? I don't see why a story like this is implausible. After reading up on Moondog's life, he was active in Idaho around 1947/8.
@PhillipGalinsky
When I hear this, I can't help but imagine a great nighttime gathering of frogs, lead by moonfrog himself, slowly congregating in a marching line, some leading the line with drums, summoning forth all of the frogs of earth to join in the rally, most mesmerized, croaking to the beat, hopping in staggered formation, in stolid celebration of their unquestionable froghood.