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Musical 'F*** my Hat, I didn't know that!'

Started by Rocket Surgery, February 21, 2018, 08:37:46 AM

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Stoneage Dinosaurs

Quote from: non capisco on February 24, 2018, 11:01:45 PM
I'd argue that the cover of McCartney's 'Girlfriend' on Off The Wall qualifies as dreck.

No clue that Jacca one was a Macca one.


Dr Rock

Da Funk by Daft Punk. You can make the title by removing 2 letters from the band's name.


Ballad of Ballard Berkley

As mentioned recently in the ace Chart Music podcast, the Kelly Marie disco hit, Feels Like I'm In Love by Ray 'Mungo Jerry' Dorset, was originally written for Elvis Presley. Dorset was on the verge of pitching it to The King when the latter died in 1977.

When you listen to this Elvis impersonator singing/spoofing it, it suddenly becomes obvious that Dorset wrote it with Elvis in mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQEIux9Tyo

Dr Rock

Quote from: Ballad of Ballard Berkley on February 25, 2018, 01:30:10 AM

When you listen to this Elvis impersonator singing/spoofing it, it suddenly becomes obvious that Dorset wrote it with Elvis in mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQEIux9Tyo

Love that, nicked it off YouTube now. Ta.

kidsick5000

Duran Duran guitarist Warren Cuccurullo posed for a Brazilian gay magazine, appearing -ahem- ready for action.
This wasn't some early did-it-for-the-money mistake. This was in 2000!
He also used to sell a sex toy - modelled on himself - on his website.

CaledonianGonzo

Joe Cocker has a writing credit on Tupac's California Love.

Dr Rock

The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats is about the safety of moshing, written after the man from Men Without Hats was at a gig where the security kept breaking up mosh-pits.

Neville Chamberlain

Quote from: pupshaw on February 24, 2018, 10:46:54 PM
John Lydon and is wife were booked on that PanAm flight that went bang. They missed the flight though, apparently.

Rober Fripp's ex-girlfriend, who coined the term "Frippertronics", was on the flight, as was a former bass player of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.

McChesney Duntz

Just heard "Helen of Troy" by John Cale on 6Music and noticed a lyric I'd never clocked before: "I don't wanna be, don't wanna be your backstreet boy." You don't think...? I mean, given boy band Svengali and total and utter scumbag Lou Pearlman's predilections, it wouldn't be surprising...

Phil_A

The song "You Can Leave Your Hat On", forever associated with middle-aged fellas getting their willies and bums out, was originally written and performed by none other than Randy Newman.

SpiderChrist

Quote from: Rizla on February 24, 2018, 11:04:39 PM
Bobby Heatlie, songwriter from Edinburgh wrote "Merry Christmas Everyone" for Shaky, as well as the following
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oAjeeEDlI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCH1IlOfDTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9dbAQJIu1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVTcVgLUQU

Jesus Christ - please tell me he was the victim of a punishment beating for that.

edit: apart from the Trap Door theme

Howj Begg

Quote from: Phil_A on February 26, 2018, 07:56:17 PM
The song "You Can Leave Your Hat On", forever associated with middle-aged fellas getting their willies and bums out, was originally written and performed by none other than Randy Newman.

yeah and of course in Newman's original lyric and performance there's hints of much darker shit that was subsequently pruned off:

Suspicious minds are talking
Trying to tear us apart
They say that my love is wrong
They don't know what love is
They don't know what love is
They don't know what love is
They don't know what love is
I know what love is


I mean if you wanted to construe this song as about something that would be in the Schweinstein thread, I don't think that would be unreasonable.

lazyhour

Yeah, the original is basically about fetishes, innit?

DrGreggles

Quote from: Phil_A on February 26, 2018, 07:56:17 PM
The song "You Can Leave Your Hat On", forever associated with middle-aged fellas getting their willies and bums out, was originally written and performed by none other than Randy Newman.

As was... https://youtu.be/GND0R8Q8Qgg

itsfredtitmus

Quote from: Dr Rock on February 25, 2018, 01:16:50 PM
The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats is about the safety of moshing, written after the man from Men Without Hats was at a gig where the security kept breaking up mosh-pits.
nah, it's about small people and maypoling. seen it in the video

studpuppet

Quote from: Neville Chamberlain on February 25, 2018, 01:24:19 PM
Rober Fripp's ex-girlfriend, who coined the term "Frippertronics", was on the flight, as was a former bass player of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.

The Four Tops missed it as well, and I remember a story about a band's cargo (Blondie?) being on the flight as well, and locals finding tour jackets and such-like strewn over the countryside.


mrpupkin

Another Randy Newman one, he co-wrote Three Amigos (yes the film)

poodlefaker

The mighty Danny Thompson, who played double bass for - among others - Pentangle, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Donovan, Tim Buckley, Talk Talk, David Sylvian and Kate Bush, also played on the theme tune to Thunderbirds.

Norton Canes

Peter Miles - the inordinately talented British character actor most famous for his roles in Doctor Who, and who has sadly just passed away - apparently played guitar on Dusty Springfield's first recording.

Quote from: famethrowa on February 24, 2018, 03:36:04 AM
That is one of the greatest hat-fuckers of all time for me, you have this laid-back LA vinyl with Lyin Eyes and Take It To The Limit, and here's Arthur Dent and Vogons right in the middle of it?

On a similar note I think one of my greatest hat fuckers from years back was finding out that "Soul Limbo" the theme to BBC test match coverage was by Booker T and the MGs.

Jockice

Don't Stop by The Stone Roses is the music from the previous track, Waterfall, played backwards!

phantom_power

They did that a few times with tracks like Guernica and others whose names I can't remember

cincoveces05

Quote from: Jockice on February 28, 2018, 07:09:50 PM
Don't Stop by The Stone Roses is the music from the previous track, Waterfall, played backwards!

Same with Full Fathom Five being Elephant Stone backwards.

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men The White Knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFGNWbLC6yE is a piss take of
Calanned - Robin (The Hooded Man) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8uMvUgnpwI The Theme To Robin Of Sherwood. I only found this out today because I found the album in a charity shop.

kidsick5000

Quote from: McChesney Duntz on February 26, 2018, 07:41:59 PM
Just heard "Helen of Troy" by John Cale on 6Music and noticed a lyric I'd never clocked before: "I don't wanna be, don't wanna be your backstreet boy." You don't think...? I mean, given boy band Svengali and total and utter scumbag Lou Pearlman's predilections, it wouldn't be surprising...

Given the 20 years between the song and the band, unlikely they are directly linked. Unless you mean Pearlman took the name from the Cale song

Talulah, really!

Quote from: mrpupkin on February 28, 2018, 10:28:15 AM
Another Randy Newman one,

Ironically he's actually 74 and on pills for his libido.

Fabian Thomsett

The Devil really does sound like Rob Halford backwards.

Panbaams

Quote from: Delete Delete Delete on February 28, 2018, 08:16:04 PM
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men The White Knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFGNWbLC6yE is a piss take of
Calanned - Robin (The Hooded Man) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8uMvUgnpwI The Theme To Robin Of Sherwood. I only found this out today because I found the album in a charity shop.

Non-musical, but I had a FMH moment when I saw that Danny Dyer's wife in EastEnders was on that episode of Maid Marian.