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Old 14-03-2010, 07:47
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Glenn And Chris 'Diamond Lights'
Renee and Renato 'Save Your Love' IMO anyway
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Old 14-03-2010, 08:51
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Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please...splodginess abounds...if that counts?
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Old 14-03-2010, 10:08
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e90LZ...eature=related

no iam serious
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Old 14-03-2010, 10:59
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gotta be ... the timelords 'dr in the tardis'
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Old 14-03-2010, 11:23
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gotta be ... the timelords 'dr in the tardis'
The KLF under a different name wasn't it?
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Old 14-03-2010, 13:27
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Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song I actually have their cd hanging around somewhere
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Old 14-03-2010, 15:35
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The KLF under a different name wasn't it?
yes the record label it was on was called KLF
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Old 14-03-2010, 15:45
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yes the record label it was on was called KLF
was it? i didnt realise that, but yes the timelords were caulty/drummond aka the klf, pop/rock dance fusion act creating some of the most influencial music of their period (88-92) and godfathers of 'trance' , apparently.

'dr in the tardis' was brilliant on so many levels, cleverly using samples of gary glitters rock n roll parts 1 and 2, and sweets 'ballroom blitz'. add in abit of contemporary humour (loadsamoney referance) and more p taking with the 'house' scene, dr who and yob culture and this gem was born!
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Old 14-03-2010, 17:19
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Some real vintage ones here:-

The Laughing Policeman - artist unknown
Run Rabbit Run - Flanagan and Allen
The Gnu Song - Flanders and Swann
Any Old Iron - Peter Sellers
Little White Bull - Tommy Steele
My Old Man's A Dustman - Lonnie Donegan
Hole In The Ground - Bernard Cribbins
Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sam and the Pharoahs
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha - Napoleon XIV
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Lily The Pink - Scaffold
Lumberjack Song - Monty Python's Flying Circus
Shaddap Your Face - Joe Dolce
Star Trekkin' - The Firm
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Old 14-03-2010, 17:20
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Some real vintage ones here:-

The Laughing Policeman - artist unknown
Run Rabbit Run - Flanagan and Allen
The Gnu Song - Flanders and Swann
Any Old Iron - Peter Sellers
Little White Bull - Tommy Steele
My Old Man's A Dustman - Lonnie Donegan
Hole In The Ground - Bernard Cribbins
Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sam and the Pharoahs
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha - Napoleon XIV
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Lily The Pink - Scaffold
Lumberjack Song - Monty Python's Flying Circus
Shaddap Your Face - Joe Dolce
Star Trekkin' - The Firm
charles penrose did laughing polceman
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Old 14-03-2010, 17:26
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charles penrose did laughing polceman
Cheers.
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Old 14-03-2010, 18:28
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I actually think MMMBop by Hanson is a really good song. I love it and refuse to wipe it from my iPod. I also liked C'est La Vie from B*Witched, if you can call it novelty.

And a lot of Spice Girls...
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Old 14-03-2010, 18:33
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i've loved a couple of the world cup ones:

skinner and baddiel: 3 lions on a shirt

and the other one with john barnes doing is rap in it.

also liked Vindaloo
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Old 14-03-2010, 18:34
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Tune!

Doctorin' the Tardis was a song by KLF released under another name so although it was a novelty record it has a large cult following (as stated above )
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Old 14-03-2010, 18:35
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Russ Abbott's Atmosphere & Claire & Friends' Orrible Being In Love spring to mind. Don't see what the stigma attached to them and others of their ilk are - 'proper' songs with 'proper' music & lyrics; now, The Birdie Song, Black Lace and all that poo I can quite understand rancour towards.
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Old 14-03-2010, 18:40
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I actually think MMMBop by Hanson is a really good song. I love it and refuse to wipe it from my iPod. I also liked C'est La Vie from B*Witched, if you can call it novelty.

And a lot of Spice Girls...
love all of those
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Old 14-03-2010, 18:54
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Old 14-03-2010, 19:21
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Russ Abbott's Atmosphere & Claire & Friends' Orrible Being In Love spring to mind. Don't see what the stigma attached to them and others of their ilk are - 'proper' songs with 'proper' music & lyrics; now, The Birdie Song, Black Lace and all that poo I can quite understand rancour towards.
Yeah Atmosphere was a top tune as was Russ's follow up All Night Holiday. Make the point about Black Lace being crap, best example of a good novety song with dodgy words is Shaddap You Face IMO even if it did keep Vienna off No.1
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Old 14-03-2010, 19:38
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I actually think MMMBop by Hanson is a really good song. I love it and refuse to wipe it from my iPod. I also liked C'est La Vie from B*Witched, if you can call it novelty.

And a lot of Spice Girls...
Ahh bring back memories!
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Old 14-03-2010, 20:00
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Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song I actually have their cd hanging around somewhere
Well it did lift a lyric from The Sugarhill Gang's Rappers' Delight.
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Old 14-03-2010, 20:04
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I actually think MMMBop by Hanson is a really good song. I love it and refuse to wipe it from my iPod. I also liked C'est La Vie from B*Witched, if you can call it novelty.

And a lot of Spice Girls...
Well, Hanson were an established band way before and for long after Mmbop, so you might like some more of their stuff.

Mmmbop was actually a refrain from one of their earlier tracks.
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Old 14-03-2010, 20:08
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Well, Hanson were an established band way before and for long after Mmbop, so you might like some more of their stuff.

Mmmbop was actually a refrain from one of their earlier tracks.
I don't think I could live with the shame of having more than one Hanson track on my iPod lol
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Old 14-03-2010, 20:58
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I don't think I could live with the shame of having more than one Hanson track on my iPod lol
My wife's a big fan and has 3/4's of their back catalogue on her iPod. Mmmbop was a piece of annoying crud, but some of their stuff is actually alright.
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Old 14-03-2010, 21:42
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Mike Batt wrote great tunes. check out Tarot Suite
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Old 14-03-2010, 21:46
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This, obviously


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