I can't believe no one's mentioned Vindaloo yet! I heard on a TV programme that Keith Allen wrote that song because he knew football fans would sing along to it, and he thought it would be funny to have white, racist football hooligans singing about curry.
However, Wikipedia says this:
The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, but from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official UK Music Chart) the band were deliberately waking the ghost of an earlier incident on the BBC TV programme The Late Show. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a ****ing vindaloo!". He later explained to press reporters that a vindaloo is as faux ethnic (this piece of Goan cuisine actually originated from Portugal) as those who masquerade as self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture according to their own pet prejudices.
Anyway, all together now:
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
We're off to waterloo
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
And a bucket of vindaloo
Bucket
Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
Vindaloo, Vindaloo and we all like vindaloo
We're England!
We're gonna score one more than you
England!
I can't believe no one's mentioned Vindaloo yet! I heard on a TV programme that Keith Allen wrote that song because he knew football fans would sing along to it, and he thought it would be funny to have white, racist football hooligans singing about curry.
However, Wikipedia says this:
The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, but from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official UK Music Chart) the band were deliberately waking the ghost of an earlier incident on the BBC TV programme The Late Show. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a ****ing vindaloo!". He later explained to press reporters that a vindaloo is as faux ethnic (this piece of Goan cuisine actually originated from Portugal) as those who masquerade as self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture according to their own pet prejudices.
Anyway, all together now:
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
We're off to waterloo
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
And a bucket of vindaloo
Bucket
Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
Vindaloo, Vindaloo and we all like vindaloo
We're England!
We're gonna score one more than you
England!
Good post!
My own favourites would be -
Detroit Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches
Star Trekkin - The Firm (sorry mimi! )
My Ding-a Ling - Chuck Berry
The Dickies - Banana Splits
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Ylvis - The Fox
The Firm - Star Trekkin'
DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
Kevin Bloody Wilson - Dilligaf NSFW
The KLF(Timelords) - Doctorin' the Tardis
ToyBox - Best Friend
Barbie Girl
Macarena
The Lonely Island feat. Michael Bolton - Jack Sparrow
Still love and listening to this song even now. Timeless classic, athough the music video was cheap as chips.
Alexei Sayle - Ullo John Gotta A New Motor
yep...my fav too.... fantastic novelty track without being cheesy
novelty?... good track though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CejKxTc3sc4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w24Xd8fVlTU
Alma Cogan 'In the Middle of the House'
However, Wikipedia says this:
The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, but from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official UK Music Chart) the band were deliberately waking the ghost of an earlier incident on the BBC TV programme The Late Show. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a ****ing vindaloo!". He later explained to press reporters that a vindaloo is as faux ethnic (this piece of Goan cuisine actually originated from Portugal) as those who masquerade as self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture according to their own pet prejudices.
Anyway, all together now:
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
We're off to waterloo
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
And a bucket of vindaloo
Bucket
Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
Vindaloo, Vindaloo and we all like vindaloo
We're England!
We're gonna score one more than you
England!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n295hjktHD0
Her name was Jeanine Deckers and there was a film made about her called "The Singing Nun" staring Debbie Reynolds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nwwn9vie-4
I do hospital radio on a Sunday and these two get played a lot.
The former does my head in by the end :eek:
Good post!
My own favourites would be -
Detroit Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches
Star Trekkin - The Firm (sorry mimi! )
My Ding-a Ling - Chuck Berry
The Dickies - Banana Splits
Still don't understand the "6 for £5, £1 each" line...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNRPUf9AVAA