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  • Russell Brown,

    collectors favour the one with the 27-second euphonium solo after the words "and I'm lying in a coma, outside Verona."

    And with some justification: that's a great line.

    I just can't think of a rhyme for "Family & Naval" ...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • reece palmer,

    Now I feel less able, outside the family & naval

    or,

    I'm thinking about getting cable, while I contemplate my family & naval (navel)

    the terraces • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Don Christie,

    Think you know Clark Gable,
    His Family and naval.

    Now that's an intro for Missy E if ever I heard one

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Easterbrook,

    The crashing surf of the human wave'll
    Wash you up at the Family and Naval...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 265 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Bol,

    Future folly:

    Scribe: 'Scribe 2021'

    After Scribe's disastrous 2007 comeback album Scribe The Master & Friends In A Constant State Until Never Die [sic], the once-hot rapper slid into obscurity. Even his attempt at giving The Wiggles some "flava" on a 2011 collaborative single, 'Let's Count To Ten (Muthaf---ers)', met with massive public indifference. It seemed that forming a Gray Bartlett-Brendan Dugan-Suzanne Prentice-like touring combo with hip-hop pals King Kapisi and The Decepticonz was the only way to stay in the music biz.

    However, the week before Scribe and his tourmates were due to start their 'Stand the F--- Up' North Island tour at the Dannevirke RSA, a reworking of Scribe's first big hit unexpectedly topped the charts.

    Across the land, kids young and old chanted the chorus of "Scribe 2021/My story's just began/ You never hung in the streets where I'm from". Ridng the wave of nostalgia, Scribe once again took up his post of New Zealand's number one hip-hop icon.

    A position he held until Double J And Twice The T re-united with Robert D. Frogg for 'Drips Waste Water 2022'.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 32 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    While I wait for a phone call ...

    'Che Speeds', Straitjacket Fits: When Alan Gibbs' daughter and band manager Debbi Gibbs fell under the influence of a revolutionary socialist sect, SJFs' singer Shayne Carter also embraced socialism and recorded a profoundly ill-advised version of his anguished love song 'She Speeds', dedicating it to Che Guevara. The record was set for release by a workers' collective, until Debbi was caught on a security camera robbing a bank. This was the final straw for Gibbs Sr, who had everyone who knew about the incident killed or made bankrupt. The project was dropped, and Carter went on to have commercial and critical success with the more familiar territory of singing about his old girlfriends.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Easterbrook,

    Coconut Rough: Sierra Calzone

    Tough times for 80s popsters meant striking an ad deal with a successful Auckland cafe chain, singing the praises of their baked 'pizza with a lid' on commercial radio.

    "And they'll put it in the oven for you, if you want them if you want them to..."

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 265 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Knoxy and the Boxtops, 'Swimming Pool'

    Encouraged by the success of 'Not Given Lightly' as an advertising jingle, Chris Knox decided to re-record the Toy Love classic 'Swimming Pool' for a TV commercial, with a session band called the Boxtops (actually The Feelers). But in a typically rebellious and self-destructive gesture, Knox refused to change any of the words. The prospect of having "Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Marc Bolan, Jimi Hendrix" lying at the bottom of their suburban pools did not prove a strong selling point for consumers and the campaign was a colossal failure. It is thought this incident provoked Knox's lurch into vegetarianism.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Stephen Judd,

    Sentenced to life with a merciless gavel
    after what you did
    at the Family and Naval.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report Reply

  • Graham Reid,

    and Mike Stevens reminds us that before Dave Dobbyn became a Republican his previous great single was . . . "Royal".

    Didn't Supergroove reform in the late 90s for that follow-up/remake of Scorpio Girls which really bombed and no one could figure out why?
    I quite liked Cancer Girls, although that video was worse than the Skeptics' Afco -- but I still don't reckon that was a real autopsy on that chick who died of lung cancer.

    keep 'em coming folks.

    auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 45 posts Report Reply

  • Che Tibby,

    The Swingers: "Pounding the Beat"
    Reports indicate that an 80s Police publicity campaign was to use the phrase 'Pounding the Beat' before a preference was expressed for 'He ain't Heavy'.

    Concerned was voiced at the time by Police Minister Ross Meurant that including the lines "feeling the heat two three four five", and "thinking about you, you think about me, think about you, pounding the beat" were likely to induce an unnecessary level of paranoia in a population already voicing concerns over team policing units.

    the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Sentenced to life with a merciless gavel
    after what you did
    at the Family and Naval.

    It doesn't really rhyme, but it's so damn dramatic that I'm going with it.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • David Slack,

    and Mike Stevens reminds us that before Dave Dobbyn became a Republican his previous great single was . . . "Royal".

    To Dobbyn's lasting regret, Kevin Roberts persuaded him to make a special version for the Bush family: Oyal

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report Reply

  • reece palmer,

    then theres the little ditty for the organic farmers union

    soyal

    or was that for the lactose intolerant league...

    the terraces • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Easterbrook,

    After the battle, flung far and used.
    Where does the surplus lie?
    Sometimes when all of your boots, and all your canteens,
    Have lost milit'ry value in just one moment.
    And all of us anxious, for gas camping stoves -
    The sales on here and now.
    Oh so why are you waiting - waiting for what?
    There's further reductions in store-

    So shop at Doyles, I'll shop at Doyles too...
    You'll like Doyles - 'cos I like Doyles, truth...



    Oh god, what have I done....

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 265 posts Report Reply

  • Damian Christie,

    Although largely considered brave for trying to bridge the un-tapped crossover audience between Chris Knox's lo-fi following in Europe and New York Jews, 'Weird' Al Yankovich's "Moyl" was ultimately deemed inappropriate for commercial radio, and never received any airplay outside of the b-net stations...

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1164 posts Report Reply

  • reece palmer,

    I got a bootleg of that one...
    thought it was some sort of tribute to good old colin.

    the terraces • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Easterbrook,

    No, you're thinking of "Out in the Street (thanks to Muldoon)"

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 265 posts Report Reply

  • reece palmer,

    Or the reworking of the cat stevens classic 'moonshadow' by the cast of Shortland street at christmas in the park.

    "I'm being followed by a boom shadow,
    boom shadow, boom shadow.

    the terraces • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Robyn Gallagher,

    **Ray'n'the Reptiles; She's a Gob:** Ill-conceived project by John Baker (of Wild Things fame) who aligned Ray Columbus with the re-formed Suburban Reptiles for this 87 punk version of She's a Mod.

    Oh, we can laugh, but does anyone remember Double J and Twice the T and Ray Columbus' 1990 smash hit "She's A Mod/Mod Rap"?

    "My mother was a teen back in '65.
    She knew how to rock, yeah, she knew how to jive."

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report Reply

  • Simon Grigg,

    Oh, we can laugh, but does anyone remember Double J and Twice the T and Ray Columbus' 1990 smash hit "She's A Mod/Mod Rap"?

    "My mother was a teen back in '65.
    She knew how to rock, yeah, she knew how to jive."

    Ray is a really nice guy but when I was managing The Screaming Meemees a lifetime back he approached me about doing a duet of She's A Mod with them. I politely declined but it seems he didn't let the idea go, waited a few years and then pounced on DJ & TWT.

    I had to smile.....

    Just another klong... • Since Nov 2006 • 3284 posts Report Reply

  • reece palmer,

    How about that recent anthem to the brown lemonades, Metallica did a cover of the Deja Voodoo song 'beers' there were only subtle changes made but they are said to reflect Lars' attitude to napster et al. The kids weren't quite sure what to make of this release but downloaded it any way. The true message of the song comes through in their chorus;

    I would give you one of my beemers, but I've only got six
    you know I don't like peer to peer, and I've only got six

    Those not fluent in the slang of 'iconic mega super rock gods' (in the words of Lars) a beemer is a german automobile of which Lars has six. apparently.

    the terraces • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Che Tibby,

    The Dudes: "piss"

    It's what the punters were singing anyhow.

    the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report Reply

  • Crunchy Weta,

    Speaking of beers.. Does anyone still remember the great duet by Prince and Tui Teka - "Rasberry Beer Eh?"
    Yeah right.It was sometime back in the 90's when Tui was trying to make its presence known by an ill fated attempt to win over the snakebite market.

    Mamaku • Since Nov 2006 • 35 posts Report Reply

  • Crunchy Weta,

    aaarghh edit function please.
    Oh and also
    Russ Le Softroq " I Wanna Be like Muhammed Ali"
    Had the memorable lines
    Fight like a butterfly
    Sting like a bee

    Mamaku • Since Nov 2006 • 35 posts Report Reply

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