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MARS ATTACKS SONG!

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Frantisek Fuka

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Jan 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/29/97
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Can someone tell me the name of the song (and singer) that was used to
destroy the Martians in MARS ATTACKS?

Is there any funny reason why Burton chose this song?

Thanks
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Frantisek Fuka
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DrEldon

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Jan 31, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/31/97
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The martians' heads explode when they listen to Slim Whitman's "When I'm
Calling You." This is a phenomenon that also happens to most humans who
listen to Slim Whitman.


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Paul Alvarado-Dykstra

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Feb 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/1/97
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You're close! Actually the song is "Indian Love Call."

Slim Whitman is the bomb.

Chuck Dowling

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Feb 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/3/97
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In article <32efab28...@news.felk.cvut.cz>, fux...@hotmail.com
(Frantisek Fuka) wrote:

> Can someone tell me the name of the song (and singer) that was used to
> destroy the Martians in MARS ATTACKS?
>
> Is there any funny reason why Burton chose this song?

It's Slim Whitman. The name of the song I don't know. And you have to
ask why it's funny? It's yodeling for crying out loud! :)

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Frantisek Fuka

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Feb 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/4/97
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On Mon, 03 Feb 1997 19:43:20 -0500, chuc...@southeast.net (Chuck
Dowling) wrote:

>> Can someone tell me the name of the song (and singer) that was used to
>> destroy the Martians in MARS ATTACKS?
>>
>> Is there any funny reason why Burton chose this song?
>
>It's Slim Whitman. The name of the song I don't know. And you have to
>ask why it's funny? It's yodeling for crying out loud! :)

Yes, but there are certainly more than one song containing yodeling.
That's why I ask if there was any special reason to choose this one.
Slim Whitman was abducted by UFO, perhaps, or something like that...
:)

Jeff Bond

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Feb 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/5/97
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Frantisek Fuka wrote:
>
> Yes, but there are certainly more than one song containing yodeling.
> That's why I ask if there was any special reason to choose this one.
> Slim Whitman was abducted by UFO, perhaps, or something like that...
> :)
Interesting that you'd say that. If you watch Close Encounters, in the
scene where the UFOs buzz through the Ohio tollgate while being chased
by police cars, the music the sleeping toll attendant is listening to
is Slim Whitman, and I believe it's the same song used in Mars
Attacks. My friends and I regarded Slim Whitman as some kind of
extra-dimensional space phenomenon when I was in high school: he
looked like a Klingon and his songs, with the yodeling and these
wailing, bizarre guitar effects, are just plain strange...unless
you're into yodeling.

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