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Post by neilyboy on Aug 8, 2006 13:34:35 GMT -5
Just before there i was in the dining room eating my dinner as the kids watched TV in the front room. They were waiting for the Simpsons to come on and were watching something called Malcolm in the Middle a show i have never seen! Whilst i was sat there i could hear the TV on and suddenly i could hear the strains of a famaliar song in my ears. Damned if it was'nt the DKM's classic Skinhead on the MBTA I rushed thru to the lounge to see a bunch of black guys on this Malcolm show singing this top tune!! "Whats the fucks all this bollocks?" i yelled at the kids(or words to that effect : They did'nt know and the clip ended and i was left dumbfounded! Has anyone ever seen this show or this clip? I am bemused by it all.... Whats going on?
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Post by GreenfordBhoy on Aug 8, 2006 16:19:09 GMT -5
Malcom is funny as fook....Seen that episode and it is an americian folk song if i am not wrong
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Post by 1788 Dens of Sin on Aug 10, 2006 6:47:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I've been known to enjoy Malcolm in the Middle from time to time...don't think I've seen that one though. It is quite a crack-up, especially if you have a large family...you'll probably relate On this MTA thing though...I was listening to that track the other day, actually it was the JugoPunch version when I got that CD a few weeks back, and anyway I was somewhat bemused by the lyrics, something about a guy on a train in the Boston subway who can't get off and his wife throws him his sandwiches each day. I decided to do what we do these days and googled it. The story of the origins of this song is something along the lines of: in the 1940s this guy was running for mayor or governor or something and he had a number of songs written for his campaign which were played to the voters. This was one of the songs and it is in protest of the subway where they had recently put up prices but as they couldn't be arsed changing everything in regards to how much you paid for a certain ticket etc. they introduced an "exit fee" so you had to pay an extra charge when you got off the train (as well as the old fare when you got on). So the songs about a guy who couldn't afford to get off the feckin train and may have to ride forever neath the streets of Boston he's the man/skinhead who never returned!!!
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Post by Paddy Rollingstone on Aug 10, 2006 7:39:15 GMT -5
And not much has changed riding the MBTA 60 years later. They are still trying to rise prices and make the service worse.
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Post by neilyboy on Aug 10, 2006 9:22:35 GMT -5
Well at least i know i have'nt cracked up anyways I thought the mushrooms in my rissotto might have been magical ones or something...!?! ;D
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Post by 1788 Dens of Sin on Oct 9, 2006 6:25:49 GMT -5
So in another twist to this tale...I was having coffee with my Pappy the other day and I mentioned this song to him as I figured it would appeal to his sense of humour, and he said, oh yeah - I remember that song, it was a hit when I was a kid. Not quite believing him...I turned again to the Internet and sure enough it was a hit for the Kingston Trio in 1959 reaching number 15 on the charts and was off their number 1 album "The Kingston Trio at Large" which went gold after 15 weeks at number one and won them a grammy for "Best Folk Act" of 1959. So there ya go! It was a much more popular song than we thought...
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Post by ciarin on Oct 11, 2006 7:49:11 GMT -5
haha, you didn't know that?
I guess I thought that was common knowledge that Skinhead on the MBTA was based on the oldies song....
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Post by 1788 Dens of Sin on Oct 12, 2006 2:48:06 GMT -5
Careful now, as my pappy always says: "Son, assumptions are the mother of all fuck ups".
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Post by Captain Kelly's Bollocks on Oct 21, 2006 6:06:49 GMT -5
Saw that episode also, too bad they were not singing about skinheads on the mta.....lol
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Post by neilyboy on Oct 23, 2006 13:49:31 GMT -5
So in another twist to this tale...I was having coffee with my Pappy the other day and I mentioned this song to him as I figured it would appeal to his sense of humour, and he said, oh yeah - I remember that song, it was a hit when I was a kid. Not quite believing him...I turned again to the Internet and sure enough it was a hit for the Kingston Trio in 1959 reaching number 15 on the charts and was off their number 1 album "The Kingston Trio at Large" which went gold after 15 weeks at number one and won them a grammy for "Best Folk Act" of 1959. So there ya go! It was a much more popular song than we thought... Well there ya go! You learn something new every day eh?
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