As always, the answer is 'maybe'.

If Wig Wam Bam counts (usually determined by what Dr. D, or one of our DJs plays), then a lot of Sweet/Black Lace's catalogue would count. And most of it doesn't. They and others like them in the early-mid '70s wrote not at all serious bubblegum tunes - well, let's admit it - to get stoned by. And many of us did just that while listening to tunes of that ilk. Um, drugs are bad, mmmkay? But at no point did we ever think while baked out of our minds, "Hey, Doctor Demento should play that!"

If you really want borderline songs like this played, you should request them for one of our shows. David Tanny plays non-dementia occasionally and I made a whole show out of it called "Is It Dementia?" www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=MMS-163 where the listener had to decide if a song was dementia or not. But the tunes had to not blow goats. A big requirement, that was. The mediocre was right out as well.

I'd like to make another episode of that...

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Halfshell:

ok any of those i can add?

Damian has also done "Wig Wam Bam", a Sweet/Black Lace cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Q8KwWtz5c

the originals:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muNlMZdb4U (Black Lace)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBFxjmJPqk (sweet)

Hulk Hogan did "Leader of the Gang" a cover of a Gary Glitter tune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxfSlIS55mk (Gary Glitter)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXNIN-YH7M (Hulk Hogan, which is already been archived)

PS Vince McMahon singing a Wrestlers in a band:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc does this count?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_mMXeDjg4

As always, the answer is 'maybe'.

If Wig Wam Bam counts (usually determined by what Dr. D, or one of our DJs plays), then a lot of Sweet/Black Lace's catalogue would count. And most of it doesn't. They and others like them in the early-mid '70s wrote not at all serious bubblegum tunes - well, let's admit it - to get stoned by. And many of us did just that while listening to tunes of that ilk. Um, drugs are bad, mmmkay? But at no point did we ever think while baked out of our minds, "Hey, Doctor Demento should play that!"

If you really want borderline songs like this played, you should request them for one of our shows. David Tanny plays non-dementia occasionally and I made a whole show out of it called "Is It Dementia?" www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=MMS-163 where the listener had to decide if a song was dementia or not. But the tunes had to not blow goats. A big requirement, that was. The mediocre was right out as well.

I'd like to make another episode of that...

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Halfshell:

ok any of those i can add?

Damian has also done "Wig Wam Bam", a Sweet/Black Lace cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Q8KwWtz5c

the originals:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muNlMZdb4U (Black Lace)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBFxjmJPqk (sweet)

Hulk Hogan did "Leader of the Gang" a cover of a Gary Glitter tune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxfSlIS55mk (Gary Glitter)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXNIN-YH7M (Hulk Hogan, which is already been archived)

PS Vince McMahon singing a Wrestlers in a band:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc does this count?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_mMXeDjg4

ok any of those i can add?

Damian has also done "Wig Wam Bam", a Sweet/Black Lace cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Q8KwWtz5c

the originals:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muNlMZdb4U (Black Lace)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBFxjmJPqk (sweet)

Hulk Hogan did "Leader of the Gang" a cover of a Gary Glitter tune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxfSlIS55mk (Gary Glitter)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXNIN-YH7M (Hulk Hogan, which is already been archived)

PS Vince McMahon singing a Wrestlers in a band:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc does this count?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_mMXeDjg4

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Stavro Arrgolus:

No one said covers couldn't be dementia. Some of those you've listed are dementia...and some aren't. Both Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy's '60's albums count as dementia.

Anything Rocky Horror is also dementia - unless the cover is really lame. And what's 'lame' is determined by adult common sense. And certain editor types...

Boy bands are (almost) always lame. In 1970, I thought the Osmond Brothers were lame, and all the pre-fab boy bands that followed them blew goats also...though I admit to liking some of the Jackson 5's stuff...

No one said covers couldn't be dementia. Some of those you've listed are dementia...and some aren't. Both Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy's '60's albums count as dementia.

Anything Rocky Horror is also dementia - unless the cover is really lame. And what's 'lame' is determined by adult common sense. And certain editor types...

Boy bands are (almost) always lame. Some were so bad that we have songs in the archive about killing them. In 1970, I thought the Osmond Brothers were lame, and all the pre-fab boy bands that followed them blew goats also...though I admit to liking some of the Jackson 5's stuff...

know how many of these i come across, but still not be considered funny.

• Both works and artists that classify themselves as comedy outright. Though often, something calling itself funny is very, very wrong. It can be easy for artists to get typecast as 'comedy only', making it more difficult if they want to do 'serious' work at some point. Conversely, a hilarious song that the artist meant to be serious is also dementia. Awful lot of those...

Will Ferrel done these in soundtracks. Jim Carrey has done these in soundtracks.

What if it is a cover of a novelty song? Example Sean Connery doing a cover of a beatles song? www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ4LJE9PktY follows the same style as William Shatner does his music that has been featured in demented shows before.

pop music, Damian an 80s group cover Rocky Horror's "Time Warp" www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LIN1yRvXg, the song it self has been played in numerous demented shows and specials.

Same follows with John Stamos covering "Hot Patootie" another Rocky Horror cover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXJ2BECA5e4 , Adam Lambert covering "Hot Patootie" www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4OswtsDzqc

The Jonas Brothers doing "Kids of the Future" www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyfGqNow4lI almost parody of "Kids in America" song by Kim Wilde. They did a song called "Baby Bottle Pop" www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-_QpJOHMI

These are but a few examples of many where I get confused whats considered demented and what isn't.

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Stavro Arrgolus:

Sesame Street counts as nostalgia - you should read the incomplete "Dementia Manifesto" I wrote and recently reposted about all this: www.madmusic.com/thread.aspx?TopicID=5852

Even if it didn't, they have Xmas songs from their 1979 Xmas special, "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" (or one at least) played on shows, including mine. www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=12565

As for the Muppets/Muppet show, we all know (or should, anyway) that show was never meant for kids alone. The Muppets existed before Sesame Street and when they made rare appearances on the networks, it was never exclusively for kids.

Sesame Street counts as nostalgia - you should read the incomplete "Dementia Manifesto" I wrote and recently reposted about all this: www.madmusic.com/thread.aspx?TopicID=5852

Even if it didn't, they have Xmas songs from their 1979 Xmas special, "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" (or one at least) played on shows, including mine. www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=12565 Xmas songs are dementia by default - except when they try to be serious about it.

As for the Muppets/Muppet Show, we all know (or should, anyway) that show was never meant for kids alone. The Muppets existed before Sesame Street (Sam & Friends, 1955) and when they made rare appearances on the networks, it was never exclusively for kids.

For the record, we do have songs exclusively for kids - and some are borderline sick. www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=10574

Ha! Then technically, Sesame Street  shouldn't be here either... www.madmusic.com/artist_details.aspx?ArtistID=6450 (cookie monster, the count,) some of theme are under Muppets.

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Stavro Arrgolus:

No. This isn't where a kid can be a kid.

They're making me quote KFM again. They could appear, "but it would be wrong!"

Plenty of kid-friendly sites out there. This was never meant to be one of them. Years ago, Wayne adjusted things a bit for the site to be 'family-friendly' and that's as far as we're willing to go. It's a niche music site and it caters to fans of said niche market.

No. This isn't where a kid can be a kid.

They're making me quote KFM again. They could appear, "but it would be wrong!"