Idi Amin
Basara
Demento show. This would probably have been in the period 1989-1991.
However, searching the playlists doesn't indicate anything with Idi Amin in
the title between 1984 & 1995. If it didn't date from that period, it would
either have to be from around 1998-99 (When I managed to tape a couple shows
from a line ran from my sound card to a tape deck, before the sound in my
computer died) or from a disc from a mid-80s show that I found at my college
radio station, and copied tracks from it to tape.
The song/skit went something like "Idi, Idi, Idi Amin - the most amazing
man, you ever seen. He's the General, the President, the King of the Sea,
Idi, Idi, Idi Amin" with singers being picked off one by one for foulups or
political reasons.
Can anyone point me to info on the bit, including act, lyrics, and where I
can get a copy of it (an MP3, or a show archived somewhere I can extract it
from)
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Al Kossow
>
> The song/skit went something like "Idi, Idi, Idi Amin - the most amazing
> man, you ever seen. He's the General, the President, the King of the Sea,
> Idi, Idi, Idi Amin" with singers being picked off one by one for foulups or
> political reasons.
"Amazin Man"
John Bird - The Collected Broadcasts of Idi Amin
available on CD
http://www.importcd.com/app/cdinfo.cfm?idProduct=5342
R H Draney
And once, in 1978, requested by the then-incarcerated Patty Hearst in
a letter the Doc read on the show....r
Randall Bart
awe as "Basara" <sbu...@kih.net> uttered:
>The song/skit went something like "Idi, Idi, Idi Amin - the most amazing
>man, you ever seen. He's the General, the President, the King of the Sea,
>Idi, Idi, Idi Amin" with singers being picked off one by one for foulups or
>political reasons.
"Three singers more than enough for a quartet."
Ida Amin Dada was deposed about 25 years ago. I can't imagine that song
getting much play in the late 1980s. Maybe he did a bunch of songs about
dictators (with songs like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and "Ayatollah", probably
tossing in "Stalin Wasn't Stalin'"). Most likely it came from the disk
you found at the radio station.
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Al Kossow
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> Ida Amin Dada was deposed about 25 years ago. I can't imagine that song
> getting much play in the late 1980s.
drd89.1105.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
drd88.0529.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
drd87.0906.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
drd86.0316.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
Randall Bart
stood in awe as a...@spies.com (Al Kossow) uttered:
>drd89.1105.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
>drd88.0529.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
>drd87.0906.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
>drd86.0316.html:Amazin' Man - John Bird
Thank you. I had no idea that was the name, so I wouldn't have spotted
it. Now that I know I looked it up at http://php.indiana.edu/~jbmorris/.
It was on about once a year into the 1990s, with some play up until 1999.
It leads Der Fuehrer's face a couple times, and show up next to Saddam
Hussein too, so that must be the right song.
Authorityman
about-It's called "Idi Amin-Amazing Man"-The artist's name is John Byrd-I
remember hearing the song in,I think,1980-You can go to the request section of
the Dr.Demento website & I'm willing to bet he'll play it on a future show-Hope
I was able to help you-Scott Burton,Bridgeport,CT-Auth...@aol.com.