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It was the first single from their debut album Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be and became their first chart hit, peaking at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger described the "particularly fine" song as the strongest example of the Sweet's early bubblegum sound, before the group's music became heavier. [1]
According to Joe Ziemer's Newbury memoir Crystal & Stone, Newbury was moved to perform the song—which had been banned by some southern radio stations—as a protest against censorship. It is the song most associated with Newbury and his highest-charting original recording, reaching #26 in 1972, and #9 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.
In 1966, KRLA disc jockey "Emperor Bob" Hudson recorded a similarly styled song titled "I'm Normal", including the lines "They came and took my brother away/The men in white picked him up yesterday/But they'll never come take me away, 'cause I'm okay/I'm normal." Another line in the song was: "I eat my peas with a tuning fork."
"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart coming of age musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by teenaged star Mitzi Green. The song became a popular jazz standard, appearing on over 1300 albums performed by over 600 artists. One of them was Chet Baker, [1] for whom it became his signature song.
When the song progresses, Bob intentionally shreds his paper of lyrics through a fan, forcing the Peas to hastily tape the lyrics back together – thus creating completely nonsensical lyrics. "A Mess Down In Egypt" ( Moe and the Big Exit ) Written by Mike Nawrocki in 2007 - The Boyz in the Sink return and interrupt the Silly Songs with Larry ...
This song certainly isn't for everyone, but it's hard to deny that it's pretty funny. A spoof of the classic "On the 12th Day of Christmas," the song has lyrics like, "The sixth thing at Christmas ...
"Funny How Time Slips Away" is a song written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by country singer Billy Walker. Walker's version was issued as a single by Columbia Records in June 1961 and peaked at number 23 on the Hot C&W Sides chart before being included on his 1963 Greatest Hits album. [ 2 ]
The song's video features several clips from the film Choke Canyon, but it is primarily based on the completely unrelated story upon which the song's lyrics are based. [11] Billy Drago makes a cameo appearance in the video. It was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich, who had directed many videos for Phil Collins and Genesis.