Well, young folk, there was a time, y'know, when bands would put their band name on the kick drum head, so the audience could see the name of the band, y'see? Why, best as I can recall, the
The Yardbirds did it, and
The Zombies, too. And
The Hollies. Oh, and did I mention
The Yardbirds? Well, my memory's not what it used to be... oh, and there was those boys from Liverpool, used to sing about
Kansas Cty so well, why, you'd think they'd actually
been there! Now, there was this one band called themselves the
Spencer Davis Group, but I never could figure out why, cause it was that little Winwood fella just outta knee pants who was the star of
that show!
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on May 17, 2008 -
18 comments
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash may be the most elaborate parody of the Beatles ever constructed, including satirical tributes to the appearances on
the Ed Sullivan Show,
Yellow Submarine, and the
rooftop concert at Apple Records. Check out some other fine parodies who picked up where the Rutles left off:
The Mosquitoes on Gilligan's Island,
Chris and the Alphabeats on Sesame Street,
Letter B and
Hey Food by the Beetles, the
Be Sharps on the Simpsons,
A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead by
the Zombeatles, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore's
L.S. Bumble Bee, the Powerpuff Girls Meet the Beat Alls (parts
1 and
2 with commentary by Mojo Jojo), Beatles spoofs in a
Polish sitcom and a
Bollywood musical, Beatallica sings
A Garage Dayz Nite, the Chasers'
I Am Thesaurus, and the Beatles
go bar mitzvah.
posted by jonp72
on Aug 6, 2007 -
45 comments
Two Zombies Later... "Strange and unusual music from the Exotica Mailing List". Featuring Br. Cleve & His Lush Orchestra playing "Shaken Not Stirred", not to mention the mad stylings of Scotch & Soda covering Herb Albert's lovely "Lonely Bull" — with a tuba and
optigan.
I'd think "college radio" if it weren't so damn good. And I would probably not post it if the kind folks at Comfort Stand records hadn't been so kind as to have served up the entire two CD collection via lo-fi MP3s — a definite find. : )
[Via GoodExperience]
posted by silusGROK
on Jan 7, 2004 -
10 comments
