5/4/2023 0 Comments Clown singing pinball wizardSo when I stopped, I had to sit with myself and everything else that I was dealing with.” I didn’t realize I was depressed for so long, because I was so used to working. “It kind of made me stop and sit with myself. “So when the world slowed down, stopped me from being able to be on tour and pretty much do what damn near became my identity for the last few years,” he said. Mir Fontane realized he was depressed when he was forced to spend all of his time alone inside thinking and having little to do. The concept for Mir Fontane’s album first emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic when he thought he was losing sight of who he was as a result of being unable to perform and go outside for gigs. He later switched to drawing, which he continues to do. Prior to writing music, he wrote poetry and brief musical compositions but has always been passionate about language. The rapper and singer has called his music “music for people’s everyday lives” and believes that by listening to his music people can sense his presence in their lives. “So I just like making music for specific situations that everybody in life goes through whether it be relationships, losing a friend, feeling down about or doubts about your dreams, or whatever the case may be.” “I feel like everybody’s life is a movie and they are the main character in their movie,” he said. Mir Fontane spent a lot of time painting and listening to a combination of ’90s R&B and classic hip-hop while growing up in Camden. Mir Fontane spoke about the release of his new album, his personal life and its influence on his music. So to hear him talk about Camden and all that stuff, I liked that. “I mean, if you think about it, we got Meek Mill Lil Uzi, but we don’t have New Jersey people. ![]() “I think is different and relatable, coming from a music student perspective or just a music lover, there’s not a lot of representation this area,” said Gabriella Moore, who is part of the digital art team at Rowan Music Group. Jamir Daaliya, better known by his stage name Mir Fontane, appeared as the concert’s headlining act, performing songs from his most recent album, “Clowns Don’t Cry,” and was unquestionably the night’s biggest star. DJ ALOS, Woods the Mighty, Yung H, Wiseboy Jeremy and Royal-T all gave special and outstanding guest performances.Ī performer that stood out was Wiseboy Jeremy, who got the crowd going and cheering by leaping on the speakers. Check out the original tracks below.Rowan Music Group held an album release party for Mir Fontane's "Clowns Don't Cry." - Arts & Entertainment Intern / Al HarmonĪt the Landmark Americana on Wednesday, March 22, the Rowan Music Group presented an album release concert for Mir Fontane. The only nod to the famous guitar riff from "Pinball Wizard" comes around half way through the mashup, when Puddles Pity Party mimes playing a fake guitar, strumming a few chords, before it's back to the rockabilliy of "Folsom Prison Blues." I can guarantee that you will definitely play the Puddles Pity Party video more than once. It's like they were made for each other, even the songs came out nearly 25 years apart. you think you are hearing Folsom Prison Blues, but then you realise the lyrics aren't right. The resulting mashup is quite something and works so well it's alarming.īecause when you start listening, the lyrics suit the jangly tune so well you don't even realise that they're not actually the original ones. You know the one, it's the song that features the classic line "" But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." How Puddles Pity Party Tops Folsom Prison Bluesīut it doesn't stop there because Puddles goes one better, because he somehow seamlessly manages to merge the music of Cash's country blues track with the lyrics of The Who's power rock ballad "Pinball Wizard," taken from their Rock Opera Tommy. So looking like that, and with a great voice too, it would probably be enough to see and hear Puddles Pity Party just perform a cover of the signature Johnny Cash song. But it isn't.īecause Big Mike Geier has an incredible voice, a voice that reminds you of the great Johnny Cash no less. ![]() And, of course, he does this while dressed up in the iconic Pierrot white clown costume, complete with red nose and face makeup. As Puddles he also posts videos to his YouTube page performing various covers of popular songs. Puddles Pity Party, if you don't know, is a 7ft singing clown and the chosen persona of musician Big Mike Geier who heads up the Georgia-based band Kingsized. But once you do listen to a mournful-looking clown mesh together Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and The Who's "Pinball Wizard" you'll be totally glad that you did.īecause it's something else. It's a mashup that you probably didn't know you wanted to hear. ![]() Today is the day you get to hear Puddles Pity Party perform a mashup of Johnny Cash and The Who. Folsom Prison Blues/Pinball Wizard Shmoosh Up (Cash/Who)
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