Barenaked Chicken

January 6, 2010 5:59 PM

Barenaked Chicken (Stavros the Wonder Mix)

I just found this on Spotify: Barenaked Chicken (Stavros the Wonder Mix) [non-Europeans might be better off clicking the Amazon link - it's track 17].

I've been around long enough to know that this isn't the most stellar use of MetaTalk, but it amused and confused me in equal measure. Surely this can only be a reference to Metafilter's Own™? The Amazon review says "as the titles of the tracks suggest, iGod is also paying a great deal of homage to his predecessors in both electronic and experimental music". How many other cod-Greek wonder chickens are there? And how many can credibly be classified as experimental music pioneers? Is iGod a Mefite? Is Stavros iGod? How many roads must a man walk down? Anyone seen this before? Class? Anyone? Anyone?

posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady to MetaFilter-Related at 5:59 PM (13 comments total)

That's nice for Mr. Chicken. But the story I really want to hear is how you managed to go back in time and finagle a shout-out from Richard Scarry. That's truly impressive.
posted by eatyourcellphone at 6:23 PM on January 6, 2010

iGod has a MySpace page.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 6:42 PM on January 6, 2010

Keep screaming, you beautiful lady.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:23 PM on January 6, 2010

I think I've unravelled the mystery...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:38 PM on January 6, 2010

The title of the album is "Google Search and Destroy". Unless (the real) Stavros pops up to say different, my theory is that this guy googled a few words for each of his songs and used the results as titles. I imagine there are quite a few google searches involving "chicken" and "wonder" that would return our Stavros as the top result.
posted by yhbc at 7:52 PM on January 6, 2010

What if iGod was one of us?
posted by mintcake! at 8:22 PM on January 6, 2010 [2 favorites]

Hey, it's just Dogi backwards.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:30 PM on January 6, 2010

I will admit that this leaves me scared and bewildered, but also mildly aroused, so: pretty much business as usual.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:35 PM on January 6, 2010 [19 favorites]

my theory is that this guy googled a few words for each of his songs and used the results as titles.

A google for 'wonder chicken' puts stav's site on number 2, so I wouldn't be surprised!
posted by The Devil Tesla at 10:40 PM on January 6, 2010

The title of the album is "Google Search and Destroy"

I am Korea's forgotten chicken -
The one who comments to embiggen.
posted by UbuRoivas at 2:07 AM on January 7, 2010

damn. went off half-cocked.

I'm a street walking chicken
With a heart full of kimchee
I'm a runaway son of the number 1 howie
I am a world's wonder chicken
The one who comments, embiggens.
posted by UbuRoivas at 2:18 AM on January 7, 2010 [5 favorites]

Bueller?
posted by Juicy Avenger at 6:54 AM on January 7, 2010

I saw a chicken drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's. And his head was cut off.
posted by ardgedee at 9:01 AM on January 7, 2010 [2 favorites]