favorite Dylan satires
rudi
| There's another Benny Hill song that may have a Dylan reference. In his
| 1965 recording "What a World," he sings:
|
| The folksinger came from America
| To sing at the Albert Hall.
| He sang his songs of protest
| And fairer shares for all;
| He sang how the rich were much too rich
| And the poor too poor by far;
| Then he drove back to his penthouse
| In his brand new Rolls Royce car.
|
| Could this be about Dylan? Who else might it be about?
Must be. As Dylan did Albert in May 1965, Hill's album most have been
released in late 1965. Does this agree? I first thought the reference
might be to Donovan, until I realized he is a Scot.
The folks at rec.music.dementia might have more on Dylan satires.
--Rudi Schmid, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley (sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu)
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--Rudi Schmid, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley (sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu)
Chris P. Mezzolesta
In a previous article, sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu (rudi) says:
>Ron Mura (rm...@world.std.com) wrote:
>| There's another Benny Hill song that may have a Dylan reference. In his
>| 1965 recording "What a World," he sings:
[lyrics deleted]
>Must be. As Dylan did Albert in May 1965, Hill's album most have been
>released in late 1965. Does this agree? I first thought the reference
>might be to Donovan, until I realized he is a Scot.
>
>The folks at rec.music.dementia might have more on Dylan satires.
1. LOVE to know about this recording...label, date, etc. so I can go on
more mad international record hunts...I have only a few Benny Hill
recordings (Transistor Radio, Pepys Diary, and the US "Words and Music" LP,
as well as Decca's "World Of" LP) and am eager to learn more about his
records, label affiliations, etc.
2. GREAT Dylan satire:
"Like A Dribbling Fram" by Race Marbles on Capitol of Canada, (1965?),
something about buying ginger ale off Jerry Vale (yes!!!!!!)
Benny posts are more than welcome on r.m.dementia!
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Devo Spice
>
>In a previous article, sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu (rudi) says:
>
>
>2. GREAT Dylan satire:
>
>"Like A Dribbling Fram" by Race Marbles on Capitol of Canada, (1965?),
>something about buying ginger ale off Jerry Vale (yes!!!!!!)
>
>Benny posts are more than welcome on r.m.dementia!
>--
>Chris P. Mezzolesta /// "Micky? Micky? I'm the dummy.
>Mentor, Ohio /// It's alright. I'm the dummy.
>ds...@cleveland.freenet.edu /// I'm always the dummy."-
>Voice Artist/Musician/Eediot! /// Peter Tork, "Head" (1968)
A while back The Doctor played a song that went:
"How does it feel,
to have a cellular phone?
and a mobil home?
like a suburban drone?"
That's all I remember. It might have been called "Like A Suburban Drone", but
I can't be sure. Don't know who did it either. In case you can't tell this
song is a parody of "Like A Rolling Stone", if that's the title of it.
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John Howells
<A while back The Doctor played a song that went:
<"How does it feel,
<to have a cellular phone?
<and a mobil home?
<like a suburban drone?"
<That's all I remember. It might have been called "Like A Suburban Drone", but
<I can't be sure. Don't know who did it either. In case you can't tell this
<song is a parody of "Like A Rolling Stone", if that's the title of it.
I know this one. It's by the Capitol Steps, a Washington DC satirical
comedy troupe supposedly made up of ex Senate pages. They perform in a
DC nightclub somewhere and have several self-produced albums, one of
which contains the above parody. They also did a PBS special sometime
last year. They're pretty good!
--
John Howells
how...@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
Dan Levy
album _Radio Dinner_. A Bob imitator is the shill for a K-Tel-like
late night commercial advertising a compilation of sixties songs.
Gosh, we have those now, don't we...
Phineas
My favorite was Richard Belzer's imitation of Dylan singing Like a
Rolling Stone at age 75 or thereabouts. Twas a hoot!
--Phineas Narco
Chris P. Mezzolesta
In a previous article, dan...@panix.com (Dan Levy) says:
>There's always "Those Fabulous Sixties," from the first National Lampoon
>album _Radio Dinner_. A Bob imitator is the shill for a K-Tel-like
>late night commercial advertising a compilation of sixties songs.
This was the flip side of the "Deteriorata" single on Banana (wish I had a
copy!!!), performed by none other than Chris Guest, aka Nigel Tufnel
(TAP!!!) aka Count Rugen (Princess Bride) aka aka aka aka...I really admire
multi-talented artists such as he...
C
Chris P. Mezzolesta
In a previous article, ph...@west.darkside.com (Phineas) says:
>My favorite was Richard Belzer's imitation of Dylan singing Like a
>Rolling Stone at age 75 or thereabouts. Twas a hoot!
"Vunceaponna time ya drress so fine ya troo da bums a dime in ya
prrime...DIDN YOU!" Thumb in the air a la Jackie Mason..."LIKE A ROLLING
GALLSTONE!"
Yes I saw this too years ago, hilarious.
C
Steve Michel
early '70s (that was the first national appearance, I think, of Chevy Chase
& John Belushi). I don't have the lp any more, but do remember part of a
Dylan parody:
Oh, out behind the barn
I'm chewin' on a piece of hay
I'm up to my knees in cow shit
I'm shovelin' my blues away...
During the song, I think the singer ran through parodies of several of Bob's
voices, singling out the Nashville Skyline voice (in which the above was
sung).
Ron Mura
> In a previous article, sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu (rudi) says:
>
> >Ron Mura (rm...@world.std.com) wrote:
> >| There's another Benny Hill song that may have a Dylan reference. In his
> >| 1965 recording "What a World," he sings:
> [lyrics deleted]
> >Must be. As Dylan did Albert in May 1965, Hill's album most have been
> >released in late 1965. Does this agree? I first thought the reference
> >might be to Donovan, until I realized he is a Scot.
> >
> >The folks at rec.music.dementia might have more on Dylan satires.
>
> 1. LOVE to know about this recording...label, date, etc. so I can go on
> more mad international record hunts...I have only a few Benny Hill
> recordings (Transistor Radio, Pepys Diary, and the US "Words and Music" LP,
> as well as Decca's "World Of" LP) and am eager to learn more about his
> records, label affiliations, etc.
For the record, "What a World" is on a cassette put out by Ditto, DTO
10037B. It is one of two tapes (the other being DTO 10037A) entitled
_Laugh-a-long with Benny Hill_. The cassette J-card also says
"Pickwick International--Made in England." The 10037B tape J-card
marks the songs (P) [P in a circle] 1965. The copyright law for
performances didn't exist in 1965, but I assume someone put "(P) 1965"
on it to indicate the year of the recordings.
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- Ron Mura, Boston, Massachusetts rm...@world.std.com
Claire Maier
Paul Simon on the Simon & Garfunkel album, "Parsely, Sage, Rosemary
and Thyme." It's called "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" and is sort
of a take-off on Dylan's "Rainy Day Women." It's very funny.
Jeff Morris
We know of several. One of my favorites is on Loudon Wainwright III's latest
album, and it's called "Talkin' New Bob Dylan".
Of course, there's also "Polka Dot Undies" by Bowser and Blue from their
self-titled 1986 Canadian album on Justin Time Records.
Of course, there are many others, but these are two of my favorites.
Joseph.Betz
On an HBO special many, many years ago, Richard Belzer did a nice Impression
of Dylan, singing what should have been his theme song. It went something
like:
(guitar & harmonica playing stadard Dylan-type riffs)
I'm a skinny jew,
one of the few
from Minnesota...
They had a quota.
Someone said
I'd be the next big thing,
then they heard me sing,
but it was too late
to change their minds...
'Cause the Con-tracts were
already signed.
(harmonica riff)
...
Changed my voice
didn't have no choice,
had to make the payments
On-a-new-Rolls-Royce.
(deep voice) Lay, lady lay...
etc., etc.
It had me giggling, anyway
--
Joe
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John Howells
The singer was, once again, the one and only Christopher Guest, AKA
Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap! Incidentally, he also did the James Taylor
parody on the same album.
--
John Howells
how...@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
Stewart Berlocher
subscription. The record was by the "Masked Mauraders", sort of like the
Wilbury concept, except bogus. The B side was a charming Nashville Skyline
parody named "Cow-pie". All instrumental, except for "Dylan" singing the
single word "cow-pie" at one point. The other side of the 45 was the
justly renowned "Can't get no nookie", my all time favorite Stones parody.
The 45 is up in the attic somewhere, I'll have to get it out and give it a
listen.
In article <michelCJ...@netcom.com>, mic...@netcom.com (Steve Michel)
wrote:
Phineas
There's also a fairly good one on Frank Zappa's song FLAKES off of
SHEIK YERBOUTI
--Phineas Narco