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A nice, nostalgic kettle of fish for you to fry:
This is the UK release of a brisk little ditty by a cheeky group of RAF personnel. The lyrics were toned down for the US market, supposedly, but the only difference I can detect here is the inclusion of a line about birth control... which would still be too controversial for the US pop charts here in good old 2013.
I noticed on the label that the tune was composed and produced by Jonathan King, who is best known (to me) for his 1965 wimp-rock ballad "Everyone's Gone To The Moon." Evidently, according to Wikipedia, Mr. King has had his hands in lots of projects over the years, ranging from work with Genesis, 10cc, the Bay City Rollers, a film called Vile Pervert: The Musical, and a 2001 conviction on charges of sexual assault of five teenage boys between 1983 and 1989.
It's Good News Week, Hedgehoppers Anonymous (1965, Decca F.12241), via YouTube, embedded for noncommercial commentary, critical discussion, and educational purposes.
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From a time when all we worried about was Armageddon via a nuclear bomb or hundred and you knew who your enemy was. They were Red and lived somewhere east of the English Channel.
ReplyDeleteThe other day I had a mid sixties moment, with the Turtles, Gary Puckett and the Box Tops. Quite lovely especially when it was topped off with the delicious Judith Durham singing "I'll Never Find Another You."
I wouldn't have guessed that Gary Puckett charted across the sea. Looking back, I preferred the nuclear annihilation threat because it was easier to cope with than the thrilling new trends now swallowing up our little democracy over here. At least in the '60s and '70s I lived on the right side of the Iron Curtain.
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