Conference marvin::uk_music

    Hi Julia,
    
    "If I Had Words" was a hit for Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keely
    back in '78 - I think it's the same song you're referring to.
    I don't believe it was actually a Eurovision song, but didn't
    Scott Fitzgerald represent the UK in the contest just a couple
    of years ago?
    
    �Paul�

    Yeah, I reckon you could be right with those people.
    
    Great.  How on earth did you remember that?
    
    Julia
      

    ...and the classical piece of music is Saint-Saens (sp?) Organ Symphony
    
    nick
    

    
    Not exactly the same but, Over the last few months Kronenbourg have
    used a very pleasant background music in their advertisements.
    
      The question is.....have you guessed yet.......who
    perfomed/wrote/recorded this piece and by what name did they call
    it.
    
    thanx in advance
    
      Alan.
     

    Here's one that's been bugging me for years. Back in the 60s there
    was a novelty record about a group of pioneers on their wagon being
    chased by some Cherokees, and the wheels falling off one by one.
    You know the one..."four wheels on my wagon and I'm just rolling along...",
    "three wheels on my wagon and I'm still rolling along..." etc.

    Question is, what was the title, and who was it by?

    Thanks,
    �Paul�

    I *think* it was called 'Three Wheels on my Wagon' by the the New
    Christie (sp) Minstrels.
    
    And I remember Uncle Mac !!
    
    Rich
    

    Thanks very much, Rich. The strange thing is, I thought it was a hit 
    (I've got vague recollections of them performing on Top Of The Pops - maybe 
    it was Crackerjack :-)) but I've never seen it mentioned in the Guinness
    Book of British Hit Singles.

    �Paul�

    
    I keep hearing the song from the latest Levi's 501 advert (the one
    where the bloke rides his motorbike in to an office and rides off into
    the sunset complete with woman and 501's).
    	It starts with "Some people call me the space cowboy....".
    Could somebody please tell me what it's called and who it's by?
    
    
	Thanks in advance,
    
    Russell.
    

    Isn't that from 'Gangster of Love' by Steve Miller?  or somesuch. 
    Possibly.
    
    Mikef

    It's called the "Joker". Currently number 6 in the charts.
    
    Ian.

    In the charts??? Its yonks old!!  Not a remix hip hoppy version??
    
    Mikef

    No, it seems to be the original.
    
    Bob

    Re-released due to the aforesaid Levi's advert. 
    
    The power of advertising....

>>    In the charts??? Its yonks old!!  
    
       Old? You think "The Joker" is *OLD*?! 
       Have you any idea what's number 1?!!

       Ian.

    Sorry, no, what is No 1??
    
    curious.

       "Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow swimwear..." from 1960
    
       Also in the charts at the moment are:
    
       I'll Never Fall in Love Again (and 3 other Bacharach & David songs)
       Black Cat (Janet Jackson)
       Life's What You Make It (Talk Talk re-release)
       Silhouettes (Cliff Richard remake of a 1965 Herman's Hermits record)
       I Can See Clearly Now (1972 Johnny Nash hit by Hothouse Flowers)
       Tom's Diner (remix)
       Englishman in New York (Sting)
       Rhythm of the Rain (1963 Cascades hit, remade by a minor soap actor) 
       and a 'master mix' of the the Can Can, with some Beach Boy's songs!

       Over 25% of the top 40 are revivals. Maybe the New Christie Minstrels
       should consider re-releasing "Three Wheels on my Wagon"!

       Ian.

    Three Wheels remix!!  Wasn't there a groovy puppet film that went with
    that?  brilliant stuff.  Always being played on the Stewpot show
    weekend mornings (allo darling,hahahahahah).
    
    Shocked at the state of the charts tho.  Still, if it makes you want to
    swing your pants...
    
    Mikef

>>    Three Wheels remix!!  Wasn't there a groovy puppet film that went with
>>    that?  brilliant stuff...

       You're right, there was. Even more reason to re-release it.
       They've already got the video!

       Ian.

    
    Oh Silhouettes! I thought Cliff had entered a severely morbid stage
    with his song about killing himself...
    
    
    
    
    You know what I mean.
    
    Sui-sui-sui-sui-sui-suicide...rpt!
    
    Mark :^)
    

    Is `Black Cat' a cover then???
    
    
    matty

    Sorry for the lack of info on this one, but.....
    
    On the Rock n' Roll Years on Tuesday 4/9/90, the year was 1967 and they
    played one track that I've heard before but just don't know the name;
    in fact I can't even remember the footage; however, it did have the
    words "Stop, Look ....." in the chorus. 
    
    
    Also, way back in a previous reply to this note somebody asked what
    the music was for the Kronenbourg ad on ITV (where the father & son
    look down on a dockalnd setting....)...any ideas what that could be
    (it does sound very Gentle Giant'ish).
    
    Cheers
    
    Harvey
    
    

    re.21  does that go 'everyone look whats going down'??
    
    Mikef

    re.-1
    
    Yes......
    
    
    Harvey

    I'm probably wrong, but Buffalo Springfield comes to mind. Or maybe one
    of those San Francisco bands of the period.
    
    Bob

    yeah, i know the song, but don't know who did it.  Annoying isn't it?
    
    Mikef

    The answer is indeed Buffalo Springfield.
    
    The tune is called 'For what it's worth' written by Stephen Stills
    
    Opening lines ;
    
    "Somethin' happenin' here
    What it is ain't exactly clear"
    
    goes on to the lines ....
    
    "Stop baby, What's that sound,
    everbody look what's goin' down"
    
    Think it refers to the student/campus riots at the time.
    
    Iain

    re -past few!!!
    
    
    Thanks folks....thats another one for the vinyl racks!
    
    Harvey

    err, the only song I know by that title is by The Brian Auger Trinity
    /Steam Packet (not sure exactly what they were called at the time). In
    the Sixties but I cannot guarantee this is the one as I have not heard
    the Janet Jackson one.
    
    J.
    

>            <<< Note 574.7 by AYOU30::PAULC "I stumble and slide" >>>

>    Thanks very much, Rich. The strange thing is, I thought it was a hit 
>    (I've got vague recollections of them performing on Top Of The Pops - maybe 
>    it was Crackerjack :-)) but I've never seen it mentioned in the Guinness

	    Crackerjack!!!!!!!!


Sorry couldn't resist it...:-)


				rik...:-)

I'd like to know who is singing a song called "Back Velvet" I think. It's a 
woman (I think she is canadian), the song is on the radio these days and
it has a kind of blues rythm. Sounds a lot like Texas also.

Who is she ? Any album available ?

Thanks,

Didier

    Alena Miles - I'm not sure about the spelling, but that's her name.

Actual spelling is Allaynah Myles. Warning - that song is NOT typical of the
album. The rest of it is much more in the standard rock vein, ala Pat Benetar
or Heart.

alan

    Can Anyone help, There's a song I heard on the radio, but didn't catch
    the artist (familiar story).
    
    The song went "I'm in love with a German film star,
    		   I once saw in a bar,
                   Playing the part of a real troublemaker..."
    
    
    I'ts been bugging me for ages.... 
    
    
    			Andy.

    "I'm in love with a German film star" was by the Passions.

    Its on an excellent album called "Thirty Thousand feet over China", 
    by the way, which contains more songs as good as that one.

    D���
    

    Man, you lot are fast. Thanks.
    
    Lucky I'm going down to portsmouth tomorrow, and can have a browse
    round the second-hand record shops!!!
    
    Cheers,
    			Andy.
    

    
    A classic record that.
    
    Tim
    ---

	Well the "Who Sang" note is as good as any for this...

	I've heard a song twice this week that has the line:
	
		"Desert boots and duffle coats"

	with lots of acoustic (steel?) guitar.  The video has a pair of desert
	boots walking around on their own, classic!  Other pieces of clothing
	also behave in a somewhat indepandant fashion :-) Could anyone out there
	tell me who it is, what the song's called & give a bit of info on the
	band (albums/wot they're like).

	If I had to guess where they were from I'd say Ireland, but no doubt
	they hail from Manchester. 

	Ta muchly,
	-Brian.

    Any one know who sang the song with the line.....
   " Hello this is Johnny i am sorry but i am not home,but if you leave me
    your name and number a swear as soon as i get in i'll phone."
    
                            Katrina.

    I think it was Curiosity Killed The Cat
    
    Tim
    ---

    Haven't we already been through this once ??.
    
    I don't think it was CKTC, I can 'hear' the song in my head. It was a
    female singer but for the life of me can't remember her name.
    
    R
    

    What do you mean haven't we already been through this?????
    
    It was a man who sang the song,and a girl sang the chourus on a answer
    machine "Hello this is Johnny.........bla...bla...etc.
    
                                         Kat.
    

    It was on another conference.  Possibly the USA Music one.

    Katrina, didn't you ask this question a month or so ago in note 192????
    Check out 192.18 - 192.25.

    The answer is Paul Evans, the song being "Hello This Is Joanie (The
    Telephone Answering Machine Song)"

    �Paul�

    OK SORRY!
    
             i thought i had put it in but couldn't find it,sorry for
    starting a new note.
    BUT!! now i know who sings it now thanks a lot.
    
                                           cheers  Silly Kat. :-0

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    Not much to go on this with one. My brother is trying to find the name
    of a song he heard in the late sixties. All he can tell me about it is
    that one of the lines contains something like "going on a tuppenny bus
    ride" and that the song was in the charts at the time. Not much to go
    on really is it? Any clues?
    
    Phil Gill.