An only demented ditty

February 7, 2012 11:31 AM

Looking for the title/artist of a song played frequently on the Dr. Demento show many years ago.

I have no idea who the artist is. I have no idea what the title of the song is. I can hum it in my head, and I can recall a few lines, which were sung in a helium, cartoon voice. Here's what I remember: "Nice! Some people are nice! But I try hard not to be . . . NICE!"

posted by Crotalus to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Hmm... Helium... Sheb Wooley and Napoleon XIV both trafficked in squeaky voices... Also maybe the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks?
posted by gusandrews at 11:41 AM on February 7, 2012

No matter what it is, if it was 10 years ago, you could go onto Limewire or Napster and do a search on [most repeated words in the song misspelled] WEIRD AL YANKOVICH.mp3 and probably find it.

But seriously, if nobody here can help, I'd ask the folks at rec.music.dementia, which is "open to the public and is not moderated by anyone at drdemento.com" but linked to from that page, and, at first glance, seems decently well trafficked by current rec.* standards.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:50 AM on February 7, 2012

Best answer: I wonder if it's "Nice" by Ronald Vomit, mentioned here?
posted by routergirl at 11:53 AM on February 7, 2012

Best answer: In fact, I think that's it - listen to a sample here. Not quite a helium voice, but could it have been played sped up on the show?
posted by routergirl at 11:55 AM on February 7, 2012

Response by poster: Metafilter IQ=1,000,000,000. Thanks. I guess the "helium voice" must have been an implanted memory.
posted by Crotalus at 12:06 PM on February 7, 2012 [1 favorite]

Since we're here.
posted by ovvl at 8:05 PM on February 7, 2012