The above comment at 10:56 wasn’t written by me but a troll called Dickie Doubleday who is going round websites posting various crap under various people’s names and email addresses.
For those interested he lives at Acrefield, Church Road Upton Norwich NR13 6AJ and doesn’t seem particularly bothered who knows this…
It was an early example of the Streisand Effect. Conservative politician and then Shadow Minister Quintin Hogg got wind that the original recording of The Intro And The Outro contained the line “Quintin Hogg on pig grunts”. Depending on who’s telling the story, Hogg either cajoled or threatened Stanshall into deleting the line and substituting the “sessions gorilla” line. It got into the papers and, of course, drew much unwanted (from Hogg’s perspective) attention.
Tim Worstall
I looked it up too….apparently it really was Eric on ukelele
Bloke in Wales
nothing will ever match the brilliance of Stanshall’s spoken word “Sir Henry at Rawlinson End”.
Just on the off-chance you didn’t already know, he followed it up with “Sir Henry at Ndidi’s Kraal”. Still very funny, but I prefer Rawlinson End myself.
Just on the off-chance you didn’t already know, he followed it up with “Sir Henry at Ndidi’s Kraal”. Still very funny, but I prefer Rawlinson End myself.
Agreed. Stanshall died before he could properly polish Kraal. It’s very much a work in progress, but fun nonetheless.
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Ahhhh………..
About the only famous person who went to my school – Viv Stanshall.
“Count Basie Orchestra on triangle”,
*ding*
“Thank you”.
I laughed like a fucking loom first time I heard that.
Don’t mock the triangle: it’s what I was promoted to in my primary school band after my triumph on a little yellow stick with a bell on each end.
So was this before or after ‘Tubular Bells’/
Hilarious!
HELLO THERE’………
Before by several years….the great joke is that the speaker here is Viv Stanshall….who is also the announcer in Tubular Bells
And looking very relaxed… Adolf Hitler on vibes.
Ah, Viv Stanshall…
As good as the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band was, nothing will ever match the brilliance of Stanshall’s spoken word “Sir Henry at Rawlinson End”.
It took me years to actually find the movie on DVD.
The story behind the ‘sessions gorilla’ line is pretty funny as well.
Wasn’t it genuinely Eric Clapton on ukulele?
Dennis, what WAS the story behind the gorilla? Other than the excellent pun with its instrument, of course.
The above comment at 10:56 wasn’t written by me but a troll called Dickie Doubleday who is going round websites posting various crap under various people’s names and email addresses.
For those interested he lives at Acrefield, Church Road Upton Norwich NR13 6AJ and doesn’t seem particularly bothered who knows this…
Dennis, what WAS the story behind the gorilla?
It was an early example of the Streisand Effect. Conservative politician and then Shadow Minister Quintin Hogg got wind that the original recording of The Intro And The Outro contained the line “Quintin Hogg on pig grunts”. Depending on who’s telling the story, Hogg either cajoled or threatened Stanshall into deleting the line and substituting the “sessions gorilla” line. It got into the papers and, of course, drew much unwanted (from Hogg’s perspective) attention.
I looked it up too….apparently it really was Eric on ukelele
Just on the off-chance you didn’t already know, he followed it up with “Sir Henry at Ndidi’s Kraal”. Still very funny, but I prefer Rawlinson End myself.
Just on the off-chance you didn’t already know, he followed it up with “Sir Henry at Ndidi’s Kraal”. Still very funny, but I prefer Rawlinson End myself.
Agreed. Stanshall died before he could properly polish Kraal. It’s very much a work in progress, but fun nonetheless.