The Very Idea! logo adapted from an original lightbulb illustration by Greg Irons (1947-1984)

Click on the links below to download MP3 files of songs recorded by The Very Idea!
Enjoy!
I'm Your Kingpin***
(Paul Jones / Manfred Mann)
from the forthcoming CD Covers Up
(Download mp3 file, about 3.2 MB)		 Meet the Incredible Shrinking Man* **
(Lowell Nelson)
from the CD Off Jack
(Download mp3 file, about 3.5 MB)
Lately I've Let Things Slide***
(Nick Lowe)
from the forthcoming CD Covers Up
(Download mp3 file, about 3.9 MB)		 15 Minutes of Fame**
(Lowell Nelson / Julian West)
currently only available online
(Download mp3 file, about 3.9 MB)
Taxi Driver* **
(Lowell Nelson)
currently only available online
(Download mp3 file, about 4.6 MB)		 Angel Eyes (rough mix)
(Matt Dennis / Earl Brent)
from the forthcoming CD Covers Up
(Download mp3 file, about 6.3 MB)

 

Jesus El Pifco: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, & marimba

Idyll Upino: Vocals & guitar

Mel Fontaine: Bass guitar

Jonny the Ear: Cello, violin, 12-string guitar, keyboards, & vocals

Carl LaFong: Drums & occasional guitar

Rod Magnum: Vocals, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizer, & percussion

 

with

* Hayley Bop: Cello, clarinet, & recorder

** Curly: Drums

*** Canman Krupacough: Drums


Thanks to:
Lowell Nelson, Rebecca Scott, Neil Sontag, Jonathan Heard, Marc Johnson, Julian West,
Hayley Nelson, John Sandbo, Steve Morice


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Phone: 612-728-1088

The Very Idea! was formed in 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out The Very Idea!'s MySpace page for additional music downloads, "The Absolutely Accurate 100 Percent True Legend of The Very Idea!," and more!
Some members of The Very Idea! are longtime fans of Syd Barrett, the "madcap who named Pink Floyd" and who, unfortunately, died in July 2006. If you'd like to listen to The Very Idea!'s tribute to Syd Barrett, click on this link.

 

 

Our haunting debut CD Off Jack is still available! Seven songs, more than half an hour of music, for just $8.00 postpaid! Please email us for details on how to order: the_very_idea AT earthlink.net. For more information about Off Jack, click here!

The Very Idea! has maintained an enigmatic air of mystery, rarely making public appearances aside from our concerts and never deigning to post any photographs online. But now, for the first time ever, our many fans can see their idols online! Just click here!
If you'd like to read some of the praise that we've gotten from various people (and we swear we didn't make these up ourselves), well then, click here!