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The Pizza Underground was an American comedy rock band based in New York City.Mainly parodying songs by the Velvet Underground with pizza-themed song names and lyrics, the group consisted of Macaulay Culkin (kazoo, percussion and vocals) along with Matt Colbourn (guitar, vocals), Phoebe Kreutz (glockenspiel, vocals), Deenah Vollmer (pizza box, vocals) and Austin Kilham (tambourine, vocals).
It was the most popular song from Anything Goes at the time, with hundreds of parodies. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some of the lyrics were re-written by P. G. Wodehouse for the British version of Anything Goes . Composer Robert Kapilow refers to "You're the Top" as one of Porter's greatest songs.
"With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" is a darkly humorous song, written in 1934 with lyrics by R. P. Weston and Bert Lee and music by Harris Weston. [1] It was originally performed by Stanley Holloway. It tells of how the ghost of Anne Boleyn haunts the Tower of London, seeking revenge on Henry VIII for having her beheaded.
Jim from Backseat Mafia said "'Pizza Guy' opens with these gently pulsating analogue synths, as these chords underneath stay static, like a carpet. As it progresses there's more evidence of that classic 80s sound – the wiry electronic sounds, the warm, plopping bassline as it develops into something that brings the funk to the party, almost Prince style in some ways."
"Fast Food Song" is a song made famous by British-based band Fast Food Rockers, although it existed long before they recorded it, [1] as a popular children's playground song. The chorus is based on the Moroccan folk tune " A Ram Sam Sam " and mentions fast food restaurant chains McDonald's , Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut .
Their most successful hit was their 2003 release "Fast Food Song", which parodies the traditional folk melody "A Ram Sam Sam".The Dutch DJ Eric Dikeb claims to have made a Dutch song out of that traditional melody in 2001, called "Pizzahaha", explaining that at that moment, he was taking part in the Dutch television show Big Diet, in which contestants had to lose as much weight as they could ...
Pizza was met with widespread critical acclaim from music critics. Writing for Your EDM, Matthew Meadow described the song as "a true progressive house anthem" and "progressive house at its purest and most melodic". He thinks that the track's name is "rather corny", and felt that it "lifted listeners up with massive kicks, powerful drums, huge ...
Born Ruth Shirley Wohl in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, Wallis began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards—with such bands as Isham Jones and Benny Goodman on road tours for a couple of months; but gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s for her risqué, satirical songs that she wrote herself, rife with double entendres.