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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

309.0. "Who sings this one ??" by CHEFS::GROOM (Rally drivers do it sideways !) Wed Jan 11 1989 18:28

    
    
    This morning, whilst still under the influence of deep slumber,
    I awoke to the sounds of a record being sung by a female vocalist.
    The theme of the song was an old Peter Frampton hit, the name of
    which escapes me, and the chorus was Lynnrd Skynnrd's Freebird.
    
    Please can someone tell me what it was, or was I dreaming ;-).
    
    
    Nev.
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309.1blech!HAZEL::STARRLike a fool, fell in love with you...Wed Jan 11 1989 18:5515
Ugh. You have just been subjected to the most wretched excuse for music 
I could imagine on the planet Earth. I could not have enough disgusting
adjectives to accurately describe my feelings toward this sh*t.

The song in question is "Baby I Love Your Way/Free Bird", and it is 
performed by a duo called Will to Power (or is it Will to Love? - 
something like that). Over here in the States they are on the Epic/CBS
label.

IMO, the only thing more sickening than listening to this drivel, is watching
the inane video that goes along with it.

(Gee, I guess I didn't like it, huh?)

Alan S.
309.2HYEND::SCHILTONSue Chilton dtn 297-5154Wed Jan 11 1989 19:162
    It is absolutely the *worst* and it made it to number 1 over
    here, I believe!!
309.3Psycho KillerSHAPES::FIDDLERMWed Jan 11 1989 20:164
    What exactly is this record - some kind of strange hybrid of the
    two songs?
    
    Mike F.
309.4HAZEL::STARRLike a fool, fell in love with you...Wed Jan 11 1989 23:2817
>    What exactly is this record - some kind of strange hybrid of the
>    two songs?
    
Yes. It is a real Holiday Inn-type stuff - real wimpy with a monotonous
drumbeat and sort of a Rhodes-sounding piano in the background. All of
this is topped off with those real 'hush' vocals......

The girl sings "Baby I Love Your Way" while the guy comes in and 
sings "Free Bird". Ronnie Van Zant is rolling in his grave at the
moment, I'm sure.

To give you an idea: If "You Light Up My Life" is a 1 on the excitement
scale, this song rates about a .5 !

Pray that you never hear it!

Alan S.
309.5HEREUR::MCLAUGHLINThu Jan 12 1989 03:5112
      I agree completely with the previous comments.  Are Donny & Marie
    still recording, but using pseudonyms?  This song has no guts at all, 
    and sounds like an obvious and calculated song treatment geared toward 
    the MOR crowd with unobtrusive (I darenot say inoffensive!!!)
    backround synth-mush.  I like some MOR, but this song is a bow-wow.
    A case of fabricated, dollar chasing elevator music at its worst.  
    There are plenty of stations playing similar 'department store backround
    music' every hour of the day.  I just cannot seem to figure out
    why this song is currently on the playlists of pop/rock stations.
                                                            
    Thank goodness for tuner buttons
    Shawn
309.6garbageLESLIE::LESLIEElwood P. Dowd - or possibly HarveyThu Jan 12 1989 08:441
    "Will to vomit" mre than anything else...
309.7name that toonXSTACY::PATTISONA rolling stone gets the wormWed Aug 07 1991 18:5010
   Anyone know where this lyric comes from..?

   "Celebrate... this party's over, I'm going home"

   I seem to hear this one a LOT.. don't like it particularily but it
   bothers me not knowing!


   Dave
309.8 BELFST::COLLINSWed Aug 07 1991 19:1013
    
    
    I do believe that it is either
    
         The Stunning
    
            or
    
         Something Happens
    
    Both Irish bands, I might add
    
    JC.
309.9Time to bring the ol' wire brush to the ear canal...ESGWST::RDAVISWhy, THANK you, Thing!Wed Aug 07 1991 19:572
    I thought it was "Sour grapes; this party's over...."
    
309.10EVERYBODY IS WRONG BUT MEJUPITR::LOANThu Aug 08 1991 01:204
    IT IS, and i know cause i have it, AN EMOTIONAL FISH.
    SONG TITLE "CELEBRATE"
    EXCELENT ALBUM TOO.
    JIM
309.11Large FriesXSTACY::PATTISONTree!Wed Apr 15 1992 22:275
Someone in the office asked me to find this out...

Does anyone know of a song featuring a girl in a polyester
dress that worked at MacDonalds?
309.12NEWOA::PALKThu Apr 16 1992 13:287
    
    It could be Pop Will Eat Itself with
    
    	Large Fries and a BIg Mac to go.
    
    Chris
    
309.13Not quiteFORTY2::ETHERIDGEWhat a sandwichThu Apr 16 1992 13:474
    You mean 'Def Con One'. But 'Big Mac Fries to Go' is the only
    McDonalds reference. Certainly no girls in polyester dresses in there.
    
    Ian
309.14Ouch!XSTACY::KMCGRATHLong road, patient donkeyMon May 04 1992 22:1913
Thanks to reading these references to MacDonalds and polyester uniforms,
I now have that very song (very annoyin song too) rolling around in my head
and it won't go away.

Its a very 'nice' song by someone like Leo Sayer from about 10 years ago.
Matbe if someone tells me what it is it might go away.

The chorus is

I am in love with a MacDonald's girl
She's $%^$%^^%$&$%&%&*$%^ in a polyester uniform

HELP!
309.15Answer to the polyester uniform questionXSTACY::JLUNDON@ILO 890-2417 Leeds ChampionsWed May 13 1992 13:0117
Re:: -.1

I was listening to the radio yesterday and suddenly the song I was searching for
was accosting my ears. It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. 

It was performed "some years ago" as the DJ described by Dean Freedman. The 
lyrics go something like this

I am in love with the MacDonalds Girl ....

..... An angel in a polyester uniform

....  She has a smile so innocent and warm and I want her!

Bit lewd as the girl was only 15 ;-).

                           James.
309.16Help!CURRNT::PAYNE_AJust between you and me, ...Tue Aug 11 1992 18:529
     I need a quick answer to this one :
    
    What song is/Who sings :
    
    "You came and gave without taking, but I sent you away" 
    
    sounds very familiar.
    
    Andy
309.17I thinkVOGON::MORGANClouds of Anger, Tears of RainTue Aug 11 1992 19:029
    
    Was it...
    
    Mandy by Barry Manilow.
    
    And yes, I'm ashamed to admit this !!
    
    RIch
    
309.18taCURRNT::PAYNE_AJust between you and me, ...Tue Aug 11 1992 19:073
    Many thanks, and I'm glad I couldn't remember!
    
    andy
309.19RUTILE::LETCHERNo Dark DaysWed Aug 12 1992 15:526
    Which song has a mandolin type strumming towards the end, and features
    a fairly wimpy young man singing endless repeated choruses of "I
    understand ... I understand"? It sounds like the Field Mice to me, but
    it's not any of the records I have...
    
    Piers
309.20Whayever happened to Warrington B Minge?YUPPY::PANESRico..BOLT YOUR DOOR!Wed Aug 12 1992 16:319
              <<< Note 309.19 by RUTILE::LETCHER "No Dark Days" >>>

>    a fairly wimpy young man singing endless repeated choruses of "I
>    understand ... I understand"? 

    Is it from the soundtrack of "Being There"


    Stuart
309.21YUPPY::PANESAnother day in a one horse townTue Feb 16 1993 19:316
  Who sang "Love Me, Love My Dog"?

  I'm asking on behalf of someone else...honest.

  Stuart
309.22'nuff ti make yi vomit eh!!KIRKTN::ISUTHERLANDIpswich for the CupWed Feb 17 1993 04:474
    
    Re:last
    I'm sure it was someone called Pete Shelley.(Not he of Buzzcocks fame,
    but some other geezer).
309.23WELCLU::GREENBDaydream NationWed Feb 17 1993 11:423
    Wasn't it credited to "Lobo"?
    
    Bob
309.24Another vote for Pete ShelleyAYOU52::PAULCIt's wrong to wish on space hardwareWed Feb 17 1993 11:554
309.25Cruel.....I know.......ARRODS::OHAGANBHail Freedonia!Wed Feb 17 1993 12:268
>  Who sang "Love Me, Love My Dog"?

>  Stuart
    
    
    Paul McCartney?
    
309.26TaYUPPY::PANESAnother day in a one horse townWed Feb 17 1993 12:2714
309.27It's a corker, though....WELCLU::GREENBDaydream NationWed Feb 17 1993 20:323
    How could I forget it indeed. But I did.
    
    Bob
309.28Let's here it for Lobo!CHEFS::BRIGGSRFour Flat Tyres on a Muddy RoadThu Feb 18 1993 12:539
    
    Just rat-holing on Lobo a bit...
    
    I bought the LP he released at the time of 'Boo' in '71 (Introducing
    Lobo...). It really has some quite good material on it. Some cutting
    statements on the then social scene wrapped up in good melodies and
    simple but effective production.
    
    Richard
309.29c'mon nooKIRKTN::CPATRICKYou Ain't seen nothing yet !Sat Mar 27 1993 08:305
    who sang ???
    
    The monster mash....
    
     SQF Jambo #1
309.30Boris somethingGRANMA::FDEADYthat's as green as it gets..Sun Mar 28 1993 04:277
    
    
    Boris "something" and the Cript Kicker 5.
    
    
    			fred deady
    			wbc::deady
309.31KIRKTN::CPATRICKYou Ain't seen nothing yet !Sun Mar 28 1993 06:063
    re-1...
    
    nearly
309.32FUNYET::ANDERSONCut spending firstSun Mar 28 1993 06:401
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kicker Five
309.33KIRKTN::CPATRICKYou Ain't seen nothing yet !Sun Mar 28 1993 22:397
    re-1...
    
    You also nearly got it right..
    
    Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers (no 5 I'm afraid)
    
    SQF JAmbo
309.34right, no 5FUNYET::ANDERSONCut spending firstMon Mar 29 1993 02:523
Pardon my error.  Don't some of the lyrics indicate "Crypt Kicker Five"?

Paul
309.35KIRKTN::CPATRICKYou Ain't seen nothing yet !Mon Mar 29 1993 04:3213
    re-1
    
    Hi Paul,
    
    I'm not too sure about the lyrics,but we tryed to think of the name of
    the band for about 2 weeks and could'nt get it,so I phoned a local
    radio station and got it.
    
    I just thought I would try it in here all the same though.
    
    Colin
    
    
309.36MENOW::PACENHere comes the twistMon Mar 29 1993 12:2614
    You should have asked here first!
    
    The lyrics of the Bobby Pickett version go something like:
     
     The Coffin-Kickers are about to arrive,
     With their vocal group, the Crypt-Kicker Five.
    
    The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band version had the "Poodle-Stabbers" about to
    arrive, but I don't remember their vocal group.
    
    In the UK, the Bonzo's version preceded Bobby Pickett's, which didn't
    chart until 1973 (many years after its US release). 
    
    ~sam
309.37Back in the seventies...RTOEU::RWINTERMon Mar 13 1995 19:1517
    Hi folks,
    
    I'm asking this on behalf of a collegue with whom I sat together
    last week in a pub in Essen (Germany), drinking a couple beers and
    mumbling about the old times...The 1st question should be easy 
    to answer:
    
    - who sang "Days of Pearly Spencer"?
    
    - Then he mentioned a song "Lazy Lady" by (??) "Lester & Denwood" (sp)
      who are completely unknown to me. Has anybody heard of these guys?
      Is there a CD available?
    
    Many thanks in advance for any hints.
    
    Rainer   
     
309.38CHEFS::GEORGEMThe West is the BestMon Mar 13 1995 19:2914
re; days of pearly spencer



er.....DAMMIT!  I can't remember the original perpetrator of this particular 
crime - it's on the tip of my tongue, though - but Marc Almond did a cover 
version of it.


grrrr....tip of my tongue......half of it sounded like he was singing down the 
phone, didn't it?



309.39A minor late 60's hitESSB::IMPORTSMon Mar 13 1995 19:573
    ....It could have been David McWilliams.....
    
    Des.
309.40CHEFS::GEORGEMThe West is the BestMon Mar 13 1995 19:581
yup, that's the bunny.
309.41No oldies in UK_Music?RTOEU::RWINTERWed Mar 15 1995 13:055
    Thanks for your info on 'Pearly Spencer'. But no idea of these
    mysterious Lester & Denwood (sp) guys? According to my collegue,
    their "lazy lady" song came out in the mid-seventies.
    
    Rainer
309.42I love you period?49393::ASHGGrahame Ash @RLEMon May 13 1996 16:1215
The radio station I listen to doesn't often go in for telling you who they 
were subjecting you to, but I'd really like to know who was responsible for 
something I heard this morning - I want to make sure I never hear it again!

It goes (something like this):

I love you period
But do you love me question mark
Please Please Please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses.


Thanks comma

grahame
309.43PEAKS::YANDELLI am what love is all aboutMon May 13 1996 19:154
Dan Baird, from the Georgia Satellites

good tune, IMCO

309.44ZUR01::ASHGGrahame Ash @RLEMon May 13 1996 19:5612
>Dan Baird, from the Georgia Satellites

Thanks.

>good tune, 

well, maybe it comes across better to American ears.I'd be surprised if it was 
a hit in the UK.

>IMCO

Not seen this before - what's the C?
309.45RIOT01::SUMMERFIELDSidewalk social scientistMon May 13 1996 20:216
>Not seen this before - what's the C?

Considered.

hth
Balders
309.46PEAKS::YANDELLI am what love is all aboutMon May 13 1996 22:059
>>Not seen this before - what's the C?

>Considered.

>hth
>Balders

No, actually it stands for Correct