Friday, 30 December 2016
New Hosts With Mosts! 2017 edition
You'll have no doubt noticed, all of our old uploads have disappeared over the ravages of time, with various servers being shuttered up and auctioned off. But fear don't you, for the FULL ARCHIVE is now available for your appreciation on the hot new funhouse 'Mix-Cloud'. And everything is collected into the handy playlist below!
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimondoTopless/playlists/the-meatcutters-dance-season-1-archive/
ENJOY YOUR SELFS
Monday, 18 March 2013
The Best Of The Meatcutters Dance, vol 1!
As an exciting free compilation download for your reward, have a bit of this. Nine-teen of the best bits of peach from the "First Series" of The Meatcutters dance, as a prelude to going on to our "Second Series".
It turned out a bit jauntier than it were meanted to.
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Spread, spread, spread it around as much as you possibly can, let's get some of your cellmates into this.
Go forth!
It turned out a bit jauntier than it were meanted to.
Here is your download:
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alternative link 1:
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Spread, spread, spread it around as much as you possibly can, let's get some of your cellmates into this.
Go forth!
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
HANG ON SEC
All right, hold horses, something went wrong with the podcast hosting service. Just having a look here at archiving the old stuff and re-doing the links, and setting up with a new host. Stay put, kept posted.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Episode 12's what were what doing what to who.
1. Eliah the Camel (Hump on his Ass) by Florence Baker
2. South Rampart Street Parade - Ralph Stein
3. St-St-St-Stella - Spike Jones
4. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby by Tom from Tom and Jerry:Solid Serenade
5. Four or Five Times - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
6. That's What I Call Keen - Eddie South And His Alabamians
7. La Leyenda De Los Volcanes - Los Machucambos
8. Esengo Ya Mokili / De Wayon
6. That's What I Call Keen - Eddie South And His Alabamians
7. La Leyenda De Los Volcanes - Los Machucambos
8. Esengo Ya Mokili / De Wayon
9. La Huacachina (Enchanted Lake) - Yma Sumac
10. El Buguiva - Los Xey
11. Little Betty Bouncer - Mr. Flotsam
12. I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby - Ethel Waters
13. Adele's Laughing Song - Florence Foster Jenkins
14. Chinese Mambo - Chang Loo
15. Life on the Installment Plan - Fong Tsin Ying
16. Kisongokele Pt. 1 - Salima Mguzi and Party
17. Lydia Mendoza - Palida Luna
18. 2 Poor Boys - Old Hen Cackle
19. Aayega Aanewaala [India] - Lata Mangeshkar
20. Von Restorff Effect - The Caretaker
21. Clarinet Marmalade Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
10. El Buguiva - Los Xey
11. Little Betty Bouncer - Mr. Flotsam
12. I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby - Ethel Waters
13. Adele's Laughing Song - Florence Foster Jenkins
14. Chinese Mambo - Chang Loo
15. Life on the Installment Plan - Fong Tsin Ying
16. Kisongokele Pt. 1 - Salima Mguzi and Party
17. Lydia Mendoza - Palida Luna
18. 2 Poor Boys - Old Hen Cackle
19. Aayega Aanewaala [India] - Lata Mangeshkar
20. Von Restorff Effect - The Caretaker
21. Clarinet Marmalade Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Episode 12 : Octoberfester
PARTY TIME at Meatcutting Towers, prep up to get mown-down in the hoe-down with a solid slab of PURE JAUNT, it's-a-gonna-get-a-messy-bessy, it's Octoberfester, it's Episode 12! That's what i c-c-c-c-all k-keen.
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Friday, 28 October 2011
September's what were, were they, no?
The songs, from September's extravagance? What was they?
Oh OKEAY HERE YOU BE:
1. (miscellaneous music hall drivel) (3:06)
2. Hey Hey Boogie - Kasagi Shizuko (3:11)
3. Dokkeisha Iran ka ne - Miyagi Mariko (2:56)
4. Tanka no Tamesan - Furuta Rokuo (2:46)
5. Unidentifianble beyond "KINKAJUJI". (3:04)
6. Tak Ai Men - Chinese Traditional (2:46)
7. Couples Learn How To Write And Read - Fu Qi Shi Zi - Wang Kun (2:33)
8. Busy With Work - Liu Jine (2:34)
9. Sixteen Tons - Chang Loo (2:54)
10. Sister's Sowing Her Boyfriend's Wallet - Xiao Loo (2:44)
11. Buying Dumpling Soup - Fong Tsin Ying (2:51)
12. unidentifiable - (3:11)
13. Kembang Katjang - Miss Riboet (2:46)
14. (miscellaneous comedic music hall drivel) (3:22)
15. Phleeng Khuk Phaat, Pt. 2 [Thailand] - Thewaprasit Ensemble (3:12)
16. Cerezzo Rosa - Yoko Chikuchi (3:28)
17. Japanese Rumba - Harold Sasahara & Club Nisei Orchestra (2:26)
18. Raise Your Head and Look at Me - Lan Di (2:54)
19. Vintage Wine For The Soldiers - San Bei Mei Jiu Jing Qin Ren - Chen Ruoju (3:23)
20. Boku ha Nagashi no Untenshu - Aoki Kouichi (3:12)
21. Mambo Italiano by unknown. (2:34)
22. The First Kiss - Zhang Lai Lai (2:59)
2. Hey Hey Boogie - Kasagi Shizuko (3:11)
3. Dokkeisha Iran ka ne - Miyagi Mariko (2:56)
4. Tanka no Tamesan - Furuta Rokuo (2:46)
5. Unidentifianble beyond "KINKAJUJI". (3:04)
6. Tak Ai Men - Chinese Traditional (2:46)
7. Couples Learn How To Write And Read - Fu Qi Shi Zi - Wang Kun (2:33)
8. Busy With Work - Liu Jine (2:34)
9. Sixteen Tons - Chang Loo (2:54)
10. Sister's Sowing Her Boyfriend's Wallet - Xiao Loo (2:44)
11. Buying Dumpling Soup - Fong Tsin Ying (2:51)
12. unidentifiable - (3:11)
13. Kembang Katjang - Miss Riboet (2:46)
14. (miscellaneous comedic music hall drivel) (3:22)
15. Phleeng Khuk Phaat, Pt. 2 [Thailand] - Thewaprasit Ensemble (3:12)
16. Cerezzo Rosa - Yoko Chikuchi (3:28)
17. Japanese Rumba - Harold Sasahara & Club Nisei Orchestra (2:26)
18. Raise Your Head and Look at Me - Lan Di (2:54)
19. Vintage Wine For The Soldiers - San Bei Mei Jiu Jing Qin Ren - Chen Ruoju (3:23)
20. Boku ha Nagashi no Untenshu - Aoki Kouichi (3:12)
21. Mambo Italiano by unknown. (2:34)
22. The First Kiss - Zhang Lai Lai (2:59)
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Episode 11, September, ah yes, our Far East Special part 2!
Chinese, Japanese, dungarees, ooh, knocky knees! Rounding off the exotic tleasure that was this February's effort, here we have the part 2 we promised, wrestled into a sack, tolchocked, and brought back shackled across the waves. Enjoy yourselves, please be seat comfort, and don't worry, they wouldn't dare try sending any of their own over and trying to take it back. Ah, so!
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Oh God, August '11, The racket, By God The RACKET!! What WEREN't it?
You've been awfully quiet - enjoying August's final flickering embers of summer fluttering out of your cattle-rib chimenea onto your crotch, have we?
Very well - but here's what were fluttering out of our aural waste-trench round the back of it, which tainted the whole experience in a manner for which you just couldn't quite muster up fathom:
2. Marvin Hamlisch - Bananas (Training Camp theme)
3. Zhang Lai Lai - The First Kiss
4. C.Ramchandra - Oh Betaji.
5. Tino Mab - Margarine Fina / Tino Mab
6. Los Machucambos - Adieu Tristesse (Felicidade)
7. Joe Keawe & The Lei - Papalina Lahilahi
8. Welling & Mcghee - I Wants My Lulu
9. Joe Falcon, Cleoma Falcon - Lulu's Back In Town
11. American Quartet - The Ragtime Violin
12. Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones
13. Nugrape Twins - I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape
14. Umm Kulthum - He Swore To Me
15. Joe Rosey - Out Of The East (1918, Rector Novelty Orchestra)
16. Chang Loo - Little Mottled Dog
17. Donald Thorne - Spooky Takes A Holiday
18. Wilbur De Paris - Tres Moutarde
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Go on then, back on your bi-cycles for now. Back in a few short days for September's effort, being how we're nearly through it. You know what it's heading to be? Why, only our FAR EAST SPECIAL,PART TWO!!! HOW EXCITING!!
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Monday, 22 August 2011
Episode number Ten.... must be august, must be august.
Still chowing a summery bent, we're back with more hazy fun this month with malaise-y tales of kidnapping, conquest, kissie-kissies and conundrums. It's The Meatcutters Dance Number 10!
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Thursday, 11 August 2011
Episode 9's racket racheted, ranked rollout
Bagsy next with the after-sun porridge once you've rubbed it in, we're plum SCORCHED after the hot beams of delight that July's episode cascaded across our nethers and tethers.
Towel yourself off in the beachside mud hut as we reel you those factors of fun:
1. Los Curramberos de Guayabal with Anibal Velásquez - Mira Mira (Ella Baila el Pompo)
2. Eso Es El Amor - NiCo Gomez
3. Ngo Mebou Melane [Cameroun] - Paul Pendja Ensemble
4. Rum and coca cola - The Andrews Sisters
5. Rumba Tambah - Lecuona Cuban Boys
6. Somos Ocho Orientales - Grupo TÍpico
7. Wimoweh - Yma Sumac
8. Creole Love Call - DUKE ELLINGTON
9. Hu-La-La-Yi [Hawaiian Song] - Chang Loo
10. Hupe kole - George Naope & Genoa Keawe
11. Hula-Hoop Song - Bill Humber And His Hula-Kings
12. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Serenade) - Felix Mendelssohn
13. Heeia - John K. Almeida & Joe Keawe's Harmony Hawaiians
14. Bambu Bambu - Carmen Miranda
15. El Maraquero - Antobal's Cubans
16. Tika Lofundu / Kalima Pierre
17. La Malaguena - The Lady From Malaga, Spain - Mariachi Coculense De Cirilo Marmolejo
18. Kutumba 3 - Unspecified
19. Prettiest Train - Recorded Live By Alan Lomax
20. We Shall Walk Through The Streets To The City - Dejan's Original Olympia Brass Band
There's more coming in August, in just a few days and hours. It will be fresh and glowing, all fleshy and glowering.
18. Kutumba 3 - Unspecified
19. Prettiest Train - Recorded Live By Alan Lomax
20. We Shall Walk Through The Streets To The City - Dejan's Original Olympia Brass Band
There's more coming in August, in just a few days and hours. It will be fresh and glowing, all fleshy and glowering.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Episode number 9 from July 2011, our Summer Special for your pleasure.
Hard day picking winkles, eh? Well towel down and settle in, with our sunshiney crikey-timey SUMMER SPECIAL. Knotted hankie over your spankie, make the deckchair hire a good two-hour-er, we're here to soundtrack your six weeks of backyard pit-roasts, post-hanging soirees, Barge-burning jambourees, flotilla pelting parties, fetes, malt stomping, fertility cockfight side-hoots, broken barn hoe-outs, chaingang spank-offs, muscle beach beat-downs, boardwalk keel-haws, and moustache rallies. CREAM ME UP, TONKER!
Blare it from your windows on a hot day time. Neighbourhoods love that kind of swinecrack.
Back in days, to treat you with a half-melted lolly tray of stories and bore-ies to enhance your enjoytment of the jollities contained herein.
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Blare it from your windows on a hot day time. Neighbourhoods love that kind of swinecrack.
Back in days, to treat you with a half-melted lolly tray of stories and bore-ies to enhance your enjoytment of the jollities contained herein.
Sunday, 17 July 2011
June 2011 ; That racket were cracking, but what were that were in it?
Just a quick one this time round. Time's precious, oh four readers. Here's the chow-down on what June's edition blowed you down with:
1. Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty - Florrie Forde
2. Hapa Haole Hula Girl - Kalama's Quartette
3. E-Liliu-E, Hula - Felix Mendelssohn
4. El Pobrecito - Los Machucambos
5. Unidentifiable, other than "Victor Vk 3528a Indo". Something from here.
3. E-Liliu-E, Hula - Felix Mendelssohn
4. El Pobrecito - Los Machucambos
5. Unidentifiable, other than "Victor Vk 3528a Indo". Something from here.
6. Dumb As A Baby – Zhang Lai Lai
7. Mi Platero (Cancion - Fox) - Los Xey
7. Mi Platero (Cancion - Fox) - Los Xey
HEYYYYY: How about some highlights from the heat stages of our European Song Competition from May? Whey, why not; these muckers didn’t quite cut the crusted mustard, but are quite jolly attempts. Let’s not let them gather dust, busters:
8. Frauen Sind Keine Engel - Margot Hielscher
9. Battre Och Battre Dag For Dag (I'm Getting Better Every Day) - Ernst Rolf
10. Baklandets Vackra Maja [Sweden] - Christer Falkenstrom
11. Jeg Har Min Hest, Jeg Har Min Lasso - Jens Book-Jenssen
All right- back to normal. Have Some This:::::
12. Wochende - Walter Ruttmann ; from An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music First A-Chronology 1921-2001
13. Appenzeller Yodel With Moving Coins - Franzsepp Inauen
14. The Ruined Maid - Elsa Lanchester
15. Prends Donc Courage - Cleoma Falcon
16. Let Us Tell The Story - The Gaugin Years: Songs And Dances
17. Chicken Talk (Moises Vivanco) - Yma Sumac
18. Rosy Retrospection - The Caretaker
19. Midnight, The Stars And You - Ray Noble & His Orchestra
12. Wochende - Walter Ruttmann ; from An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music First A-Chronology 1921-2001
13. Appenzeller Yodel With Moving Coins - Franzsepp Inauen
14. The Ruined Maid - Elsa Lanchester
15. Prends Donc Courage - Cleoma Falcon
16. Let Us Tell The Story - The Gaugin Years: Songs And Dances
17. Chicken Talk (Moises Vivanco) - Yma Sumac
18. Rosy Retrospection - The Caretaker
19. Midnight, The Stars And You - Ray Noble & His Orchestra
Our Summer Special is almost ready for you to give a good licking: watch for a stormy July of troublesomes!
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Episode Number 8, because it's June 2011, it just is.
Taking you back to Blighty after that beastly foreign excursion. We didn't even win! Honestly, these colonies today.
So, here we are, returned to glum reality anyway, June's effort brings treats treats treats, in the way of a little something for Smiths fans, something for V/Vm fans, something for The Shining fans, and something for fans of general wiggling.
" ENJOY YOUR SELF'S "
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Friday, 13 May 2011
The Meatcutter's Dance Episode #7 : European Song Competition Special
Greetings, oh permanent scorers of No Points in the game of life. What’s this month? It’s May, so that can mean it’s European Song Competition Time!
For your delectation and assessment, 18 of the hottest song writing and song performing talents have gathered here at The Meatcutters Dance to put forward the very very best that every Godforsaken corner of Europe can offer you. And who wins? It be up to you! There’s a whole NON-RIGGED VOTING POLL OPTION up there above, so have a good deep listen to all the efforts, and mark your favourite. The winning country gets a trophy, in the purest sense of the word ‘trophy’.
Please be aware, and oh, you’ll soon be aware, some nations take this contest more seriously than others.
Now, flag waving all ready? Settle back with a jug of baby champagne and get progressively more sloshed and Irish as the evening presses on, we’re going to crack right into this bastard right now.
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Here’s the sweating and puffed-out entries in order:
1) SWEDEN: Povel Ramel with “Johanssons Boogie Woogie Vals”
Well, what better way to kick off, than with a pillock?
2) ISRAEL: The Hanoar Hazioni Singers with “Simi Yadech”
3) GEORGIA: Tatyana Makharadze & G. Bugadze performing “Lale “
4) GERMANY: Die Cyprys pump out “Mambo Italiano”
Yes, that was Germany, keeping all the rest of Europe at least content in the comfort that by toiling on this tripe, at least they’re keeping themselves out of mischief. This wouldn’t be their first or last dalliance with things Italian – their redoubtable pasta-quaffing buddies return the sentiment:
5) ITALY: Caterina Valente with “Komm' Ein Bißchen Mit Nach Italien”
6) SYRIA: Naim Karakand, singing “Kamanagah”
7) TURKEY: Giving you “Kim Derdi Ki” is Muserref Hanim.
8) FINLAND: Riikamaria Paakkunainen and Stan Mirela, “Myyry ja Miiru”
One day we’ll run out of MorriMoki, and the day will be sad.
9) YUGOSLAVIA: Milan G. Pancevac with “Pancevcevo Kolo (Dance of Pancev)”
10) UKRAINE: “Cyganske Vesilia, Pt. 4” by Cyganska Orchestra Stefana
11) UNITED KINGDOM: Gracie Fields and “The Biggest Aspidistra In The World”
Our Gracie managed to beat off stiff rivalry from Elsa Lanchester in the semis to make it to these finals. Wish her luck!
12) IRELAND: Unity More is “Mary From Tipperary”
13) NORWAY: “Song about a Man / Song about a Cow (medley)” (traditional Lappish Joik Song)
Some sensible heartfelt wailing there, just to bring you back in.
14) SERBIA: Look out! Petar Perunovic-Perun is doing “Narodne Saljive Pjesme”
15) HUNGARY: The Hun Hangár Ensemble featuring A Hawk And A Hacksaw... “Oriental Hora”
(First appearance on Meatcutters for the hawky hackers)
16) SWITZERLAND: Who’s “Up To The Rigi”? Whey, it’s only Landerkapelle Rigibuebe!
17) LEBANON: Mustapha (Fox Oriental) by Bob Azzam Y Su Orquesta.
And our big happy finish:
18) SPAIN: Los Chavales De España, “Gallito, Pasodoble Torero”
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AND THE RESULTS ARE IN! VOTES CLOSED! well that was exciting: it's a dead heat between Germany, Syria, and Norway. Same time next year, peaches!
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Episode #6 - Full List Of Cast And Crew : Alan Smithees from top to bottom
Oh, mellow hello!
Bet you right enjoyed April’s episode and had a load of fun with the celluloid-themed antics and travesties. Here, we’d be announcing the winners and runner-ups of the name-all-the-move-ies contest, if there’d been any entries, but as it is we’ll just keep all the prizes fer oor selves.
For what it be worth, here be answers. Quiet on set, gaffers and giffers; ACT ONE SCENE etcetera for our opening titles: Marvin Hamlisch featuring The Yomo Toro Trio with 'Quiero La Noche'. It is, of bally course, from Bananas. You’ll be boogeying already, so let’s keep stumps tapping with Geeta Dutt’s rollicking pumpkin of love that is “Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu Baba” : Fillum; Howrah Bridge.
You’ll be wanting to sing with it too, so here’s your carry-okay, with translations!
Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu
My Name Chin Chin Chu
Chin Chin Chu Baba Chin Chin Chu
My Name Chin Chin Chu
Chin Chin Chu Baba Chin Chin Chu
Raat Chandni Main Aur Tu
Night Moonlit Me and you
Night Moonlit Me and you
“Hello Mister, How Do You Do?” ) -2
Baabaa Baabaa Baabaa
Baabaa Baabaa Baabaa
Baabuji Main Cheen Se Aayi Cheenee Jaisa Dil Layi
Sir Me China from come, sugar like heart brought
Sir Me China from come, sugar like heart brought
Singapore Ka Yauvan Mera Shanghai Ki Angdayi) -2
Singapore of youth my Shanghai of (Morning stretching))
Singapore of youth my Shanghai of (Morning stretching))
Dil Par Rakh Le Haath Zara, Ho Jaye Na Paagal Tu -2
Heart on put do hand a bit, may become not crazy
Heart on put do hand a bit, may become not crazy
Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu…
My Name Chin Chin Chu
My name is Chin Chin Chu
My Name Chin Chin Chu
My name is Chin Chin Chu
(Oh Baabuji Main Aur Aap, Kitna Achchha Huwa Milaap
Oh Sir me and you, how good happened meeting
Oh Sir me and you, how good happened meeting
Tujhko Dekh Tabiyat Bhadki, Alladin Ki Main Hoon Ladki) -2
You see mood (burst into flames), Aladdin of I am daughter
You see mood (burst into flames), Aladdin of I am daughter
Phoonk Doon Mantar Chhu Chu Chu, Sindbaad “the Sailor” Tu -2
Blow can spell Chhu Chu Chu, Sindbad the sailor you
Blow can spell Chhu Chu Chu, Sindbad the sailor you
Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu…
My Name Chin Chin Chu
My name is Chin Chin Chu!
My Name Chin Chin Chu
My name is Chin Chin Chu!
THAT WAS EXHAUSTING AND AMAZING. "This Country's Going to War" from Duck Soup (1933) is a doddle to take in by comparison.
Al Bowlly will hose you down, with a soothing sauce that can only be “Hang Out The Stars In Indiana” (1933). You’ll recognise this before the first parp is through – it’s from Withnail & I, as you’ll fine know. Don’t leave them boots in the oven too long, we’ve nearly done getting its guts out! Staying relaxed enough for now, so keep sat, it’s a second dosage of our Al, this time with “Guilty” (from Frenchy trollope chronicle Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, yes, that’s right)
Wrong Bowlly, cat. get to floor for yours. |
Before imminent dozing off , have some of this pow-wow: Geeshie Wiley hauling your unremarkable backside into touch with the infested, haunted, and snarling slab of horror that is “Last Kind Word Blues”. Bob Crumb will see you right if you want more of this stuff, it soundtracked his fillum.
From Three Perfect Minutes, take this on board:
“Geeshie Wiley doesn’t fit any of the molds for 1920s and 1930s blues singers, but her unique style is so captivating perhaps more should have been cast like her. “Last Kind Words Blues” is her masterpiece, a slow, haunting blues that chronicles the final exchange between the narrator and her lover, who is headed to war. The ominous tone captures the narrator’s worry at the impending threat of loss: “If I get killed, if I get killed, please don't bury my soul / I cry just leave me out, let the buzzards eat me whole.”
Wiley’s delivery is reserved but far from mellow, as an almost manic anxiety lurks just below the surface. The guitarist, probably her frequent collaborator Elvie Thomas, is masterful on guitar, strumming a steady rhythm and adding some edgy, minor-key picking here and there to heighten the tension. Despite recording one of the most exciting blues records of her era, Wiley made very few additional records, and almost nothing is known of her.”
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Memphis Jug Band time. This is one of the least cack versions of “He's In The Jailhouse Now” (1930) available, which, as was always going to be necessary, is a song taken from the soundtracking disc from the hit movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” No, you can’t have any more off of off of it. In fact, it’s a far more gothic avenue we’re dragging you into now: It’s Bride Of Frankenstein-O-Clock! Woooo-ooo-ooh! Actually, this soundtrack isn’t much fun, so we’ll cheat here and instead pepper you with one of Elsa Lanchester’s subsequent pop forays: “The Yashmak Song”, taken from an album that can only promise goodness - Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs. BOY IT DEE LIVVA
disappointing normal hair |
"H'ave any 'air?" - "non, ah am H'airless" |
But, off to the South Americas now for a sweddy bout of exotics. No prize-ies for spotting “Brazil” from ‘Brazil’ in there, this is the restrained and dignified Xavier Cugat version, with His Orchestra in full flurgh. Staying down the South American Way is the fruity fraught-line herself, ‘Oor’ Carmen, this from another Woody effort – jiggle jiggle! (alternatively, pack that in.) Keep that organic allotment delivery basket handy – you’ll need it to wave wildly at “Banana Boat (Day O)” Question is, could we resist the Michiko Hamamura version? Course not. (t’ song’s from t’ ‘Beetles Juice’, you’ll be quite aware.)
Had enough fun dancing round the dinner table? Pooped out? Grinning from lug to lug? WELL SETTLE DOWN, MISERABLE PUPPY. Like a dose of MEDICINES, Gloomy Sunday’s kicked your side door in, SPOONING itself across your larynx, and thwacking the back of your palate. SWALLOW IT GOOD. You’ve been spared, because this is the Singin’ Sadie/Sir Al Duvall version, and is thus full of enough wholesome goodness that you’ll not be hoying yourself off the Chain Bridge uncontrollably after your listen. (what would we do without you? Oh, that.) More to the point, It’s been in, oh, a whole lot of bunch of move-ies – here’s Ricci having a pop at it in one of them.
- any excuse - |
perfect! |
Still – Tomorrow Is Another Day. Who That Man? No – seriously – who is that man, because he is in severe violation of several local bylaws pertaining to the engorgement of race-related ill-feeling and poor judgement, and he’d be arrested'n'shackled, if only we could find him, but he’s very well disguised. A Day At The Races comes up trumps, juddering, them Zany Marx Bros. (tm) again at the helm/wheel/paddle.
To round off, “In Heaven”, from Eraserhead, it’s our first appearance here from archduke Thomas Truax, it’s off his Songs From The Films Of David Lynch collection of masterful interpretations. Hey, have a look at the central heating behind you, it’s making all kinds of clanging.
you, after all this |
Our feet right on the mark, here’s our cue to do that flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-burst into flames that celluloid does when the end’s come out of the back of the projector because it’s all over.
THAT’S IT.
BACK IN MID MAY.
GUESS WHAT?
It’s going to be a EUROVISION SPECIAL! With added VOTING FOR THE WINNER FUN ACTION! Get the Babycham in and get your flags out ready to wave, it’ll be a bloody monster!
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