I saw this movie about two years back and it made me crack up. Off the Charts is a documentary on the business of song poems. Basically these are newspaper ads that say you can send in X amount of money along with a poem and someone will come up with music and vocalize the poem to turn it into a song. Then they send you a tape of the recording. Obviously song poems are ripe for comedy with all the strange people who would buy in to this sort of thing.There are a few talentless rednecks who are horribly embarrassed after playing live. An old man with a scratchy voice sends in his poems all the time. But the best by far is Caglar Juan Singletary from Elmira, NY. He is just amazing and I want to hang out with him. Caglar likes to write about martial arts, ladies, religion, and science fiction. His song, Non Violent Taekwondo Troopers is a story of love, loss, and Priscilla Presley. I don't think Caglar knows how genius this song is and I am surprised that every new rock band isn't covering it by now since the movie has been out for five years.
Youtube clip of Caglar Juan Singletary in Off the Charts
Buy the movie
Non Violent Taekwondo Troopers mp3
From Off the Charts soundtrack
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