[ID]Solomon Gandhi ?
Gerd Nachtsheim
of the eighties ?
I remember vaguely some lyrics of the refrain (?)
Solomon(-a-)Ghandi (?)
he was born on a .... day
making love on a ... day
....
Oho - oho ...
...
It sounded like Boney M. / Saragossa band / Goombay Dance which might
lead to something European.
I tried to find something using the google archive but to no avail so
far. Maybe it is a spelling issue....
Any advice is highly appreciated
Gerd
The 9th Witch
A nursery rhyme
Solomon Grundy,
Born on Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday:
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy
A band called Solomon Grundy(with Van Conner of the Screaming Trees) put
their version out on a 1990 album. No lyrics available, so I don't know if
this is the correct version.
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Gerd Nachtsheim <ge...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
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Gerd Nachtsheim
The 9th Witch wrote:
> Solomon Grundy
> A nursery rhyme
>
> Solomon Grundy,
> Born on Monday,
> Christened on Tuesday,
> Married on Wednesday,
> Took ill on Thursday,
> Worse on Friday,
> Died on Saturday,
> Buried on Sunday:
> This is the end
> Of Solomon Grundy
>
>
> A band called Solomon Grundy(with Van Conner of the Screaming Trees) put
> their version out on a 1990 album. No lyrics available, so I don't know if
> this is the correct version.
Now that sounds like the correct lyrics but the music I remember came
from the late seventies (AFAIR). Interesting to see that it is a nursery
rhyme. I investigated/googled a bit with the 'Grundy' term and got
another link to a batman movie. Still not the one I was looking for.
Maybe it was one of the numerous Frank Farian production that never made
it into the big wild world ? i.e. released in Germany only ?
(Almost) Clueless
Gerd
>
>
> --
> T9W
>
> Can't Sleep? Go Shopping! Irish Style
> Shaney O'Grady's
> http://leprechuan.iwongifts.com
> Gerd Nachtsheim <ge...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
> news:3C234A6D...@users.sourceforge.net...
>
>>Who can help to identify this one from the late seventies or beginning
>>of the eighties ?
>>
>>I remember vaguely some lyrics of the refrain (?)
>>
>>
>>Solomon(-a-)Ghandi (?)
>>he was born on a .... day
>>making love on a ... day
>>....
>>
>>Oho - oho ...
>>...
>>
>>>It sounded like Boney M. / Saragossa band / Goombay Dance which might
>>>
>>lead to something European.
>>
>>I tried to find something using the google archive but to no avail so
>>far. Maybe it is a spelling issue....
>>
>>Any advice is highly appreciated
>>
>>Gerd
>>
>>
>
>
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Gerd Nachtsheim mailto:ge...@users.sourceforge.net
The 9th Witch
Gerd's words:
> Now that sounds like the correct lyrics but the music I remember came
> from the late seventies (AFAIR). Interesting to see that it is a nursery
> rhyme. I investigated/googled a bit with the 'Grundy' term and got
> another link to a batman movie. Still not the one I was looking for.
The 9th reply:
Solomon Grundy was the name of a Super Friends(Batman and Robin, Superman,
Wonder Woman, et al) comic villain. He was a member of the Legion of Doom,
along with Bizzaro, Lex Luthor, Joker, and others, including my favorite
Mxyzptlk. Solomon was portrayed as an imbecilic albino zombie.
Gerd's words:
> Maybe it was one of the numerous Frank Farian production that never made
> it into the big wild world ? i.e. released in Germany only ?
The 9th reply:
Perhaps. Did you search the days of the week( or some of the other lyrics)
in German? This may lead to a translation page.
--
T9W(who wonders how Solomon Grundy would translate into German)
Can't Sleep? Go Shopping! Irish Style
Shaney O'Grady's
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>
>
Gerd Nachtsheim
> Gerd's words:
>
>
>>Now that sounds like the correct lyrics but the music I remember came
>>from the late seventies (AFAIR). Interesting to see that it is a nursery
>>rhyme. I investigated/googled a bit with the 'Grundy' term and got
>>another link to a batman movie. Still not the one I was looking for.
>>
>
> The 9th reply:
>
> Solomon Grundy was the name of a Super Friends(Batman and Robin, Superman,
> Wonder Woman, et al) comic villain. He was a member of the Legion of Doom,
> along with Bizzaro, Lex Luthor, Joker, and others, including my favorite
> Mxyzptlk. Solomon was portrayed as an imbecilic albino zombie.
>
> Gerd's words:
>
>
>>Maybe it was one of the numerous Frank Farian production that never made
>>it into the big wild world ? i.e. released in Germany only ?
>>
>
> The 9th reply:
>
> Perhaps. Did you search the days of the week( or some of the other lyrics)
> in German? This may lead to a translation page.
AFAIK, this song was never released in the German language, I was only
speculating it was a 'Germans only' thing like so many Farian
productions. I already tried to research with a few lines but to no
avail so far. The best google hit was your immediate reply with the
lyrics in it ;)
>
> --
> T9W(who wonders how Solomon Grundy would translate into German)
>
I guess King Solomon's name will remain unchanged, all we need is
someone who translates 'grundy' into something meaningful (in case there
is a meaning to this word other than being a surname)
Gerd
Michael P. Broida
>
> Gerd's words:
>
> > Now that sounds like the correct lyrics but the music I remember came
> > from the late seventies (AFAIR). Interesting to see that it is a nursery
> > rhyme. I investigated/googled a bit with the 'Grundy' term and got
> > another link to a batman movie. Still not the one I was looking for.
>
> The 9th reply:
>
> Solomon Grundy was the name of a Super Friends(Batman and Robin, Superman,
> Wonder Woman, et al) comic villain. He was a member of the Legion of Doom,
> along with Bizzaro, Lex Luthor, Joker, and others, including my favorite
> Mxyzptlk. Solomon was portrayed as an imbecilic albino zombie.
>
> Gerd's words:
>
> > Maybe it was one of the numerous Frank Farian production that never made
> > it into the big wild world ? i.e. released in Germany only ?
>
> The 9th reply:
>
> Perhaps. Did you search the days of the week( or some of the other lyrics)
> in German? This may lead to a translation page.
The name Solomon Grundy was around LONG before "SuperFriends"/etc.
I don't recall the reference, but I'm thinking it was in
some 18th/19th century semi-classic book. I think that
nursery rhyme is at least that old.
Mike
The 9th Witch
Michael P. Broida <michael....@boeing.com> wrote in message
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Yes, but I was explaining why she got the batman movie hit...
> Mike
Gerd Nachtsheim
[..]
>>
>
> The name Solomon Grundy was around LONG before "SuperFriends"/etc. I
> don't recall the reference, but I'm thinking it was in some
> 18th/19th century semi-classic book. I think that nursery rhyme is
> at least that old.
That is what google sayz about the comics character
> Solomon Grundy was originally a Golden Age villain, one of the
> leading adversaries of the Golden Age Green Lantern (who was based
> in Gotham City in the 1940's). He's been around damn near forever;
> his first appearance was ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #61 (Oct. 1944).
>
> Grundy is, according to current wisdom, somewhat akin to the Swamp
> Thing: a creature formed in a swamp from the animated remains of a
> human body. Just as the Swamp Thing was formed from the template of
> the body and consciousness of scientist Alec Holland, Grundy's
> template was a wealthy, miserly old man named Cyrus Gold, who was
> murdered in Slaughter Swamp sometime before the turn of the last
> century.
[..]
Gerd
Gerd Nachtsheim
Title : Solomon Gundie (!)
Year : 1980
http://amandalear.tripod.com/042_solomon_gundie_80.htm
The single has been released in France and Italy, probably in Germany as
well. Note the slightly different spelling that seems to have fooled
google a bit.
AFAIR, it was quite popular on the disco dancefloor then. Don't ask me
why... :)
I've also found traces to a Jamaican ska artist called Eric Morris, the
song classified as 'west-indian ska' from 1964. ( Black Swan WI414 )
Thanks and merry Xmas