time 8,617 Posted February 15, 2020 Just now, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I have my 'thick as shit' head on so you will have to tell me why it is in the wrong thread? Its a reference to other events this evening which are currently being discussed in one or two other threads. Too soon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted February 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, time said: Its a reference to other events this evening which are currently being discussed in one or two other threads. Too soon? I think that was a genuine guess from LFN time, with Mash being Americentric and nothing to do with Flack...... Oh nvm... you're a cunt 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted February 15, 2020 1 minute ago, time said: Its a reference to other events this evening which are currently being discussed in one or two other threads. Too soon? Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted February 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Deathray said: I think that was a genuine guess from LFN time, with Mash being Americentric and nothing to do with Flack...... Oh nvm... you're a cunt I just looked up the suicide rate in the UK, found the total for 2018. It was over 6000, around 17 per day. Caroline is just the only high profile one today, 16 other families will also be mourning their loved ones too. Lets ban the record from ever being played again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted February 19, 2020 On 15/02/2020 at 19:37, time said: Staying in the 80's, a novelty record which reached number one in the UK but didn't chart in the USA, despite having US-centric subject matter. The band concerned had a lesser novelty hit some 5 years earlier. Can we have another clue? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 19, 2020 Well Star Trekin across the universe, on the starship enterprise, under Captain Kirk (etc etc) got to number 1 in the UK for some reason. But didn't chart in the US. It's the same guy who did Arthur Daley He's Alright which didn't get close to number 1, I'm pretty sure So I'm guessing its that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 19, 2020 . 1 minute ago, msc said: Well Star Trekin across the universe, on the starship enterprise, under Captain Kirk (etc etc) got to number 1 in the UK for some reason. But didn't chart in the US. It's the same guy who did Arthur Daley He's Alright which didn't get close to number 1, I'm pretty sure So I'm guessing its that. Well that saves me pressing 'enter' on the additional clue I was just about to post. Well done. Star Trekkin, number 1 for 2 weeks in 1987. Arthur Daley ('E's Alright) reached number 14 in 1982. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 19, 2020 OK, as I'm not interested in being the question setter for days like the last few: Streets of (x) Born in the (x) (x) in the Dark Name the A lister who had these chart hits and just come up with your own question because its obvious. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted February 19, 2020 A top five hit in the UK in the mid-seventies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted February 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said: A top five hit in the UK in the mid-seventies. Sailor - Glass of Champagne? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Sailor - Glass of Champagne? YES! Too easy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted February 19, 2020 Glass of Champagne is one of my karaoke songs, so a gift for me. Early 1960s UK top 3 single, this alliterative artist sounds like he could be your plumber! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Glass of Champagne is one of my karaoke songs, so a gift for me. Early 1960s UK top 3 single, this alliterative artist sounds like he could be your plumber! Early 60's, alliterative, top 3, could be a plumber, not Mario anything! Jimmy Jones, Handy Man reached number 3 in 1960. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted February 19, 2020 *Bloody hell, that was quick! *Ron Weasley Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted February 19, 2020 What 1980s UK top 20 hit opens with a sample from a 1950s horror film? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: *Bloody hell, that was quick! *Ron Weasley I got luck. Here's a song that was written and originally a Top 40 hit in the late 60s. A version was a top 5 hit in the early 2000s. In between, a version was used as the theme to a very successful TV show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted February 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Toast said: What 1980s UK top 20 hit opens with a sample from a 1950s horror film? Thriller - MJ? 2 minutes ago, time said: I got luck. Here's a song that was written and originally a Top 40 hit in the late 60s. A version was a top 5 hit in the early 2000s. In between, a version was used as the theme to a very successful TV show. Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart etc? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Thriller - MJ? Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart etc? Sorry I was thing of Handbags and Gladrags by Chris Farlowe etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted February 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Thriller - MJ? Nope. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 19, 2020 OH Toast's one is Kate Bush, no? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted February 19, 2020 20 minutes ago, Toast said: What 1980s UK top 20 hit opens with a sample from a 1950s horror film? The Hounds of Love - Kate Bush Night of the Demon? Its in the trees, its coming 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, msc said: OH Toast's one is Kate Bush, no? At the same time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Bibliogryphon said: At the same time Well I just wanted to reference M.R. James tbh, not win. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted February 19, 2020 Yes indeed, tis Hounds Of Love It samples Night Of The Demon which was loosely based on M.R. James Casting The Runes (a TV dramatisation of which scared the shit out of me and my mum many years ago - sadly only a fragment survives of this memorable adaptation). "It's in the trees - it's coming!" also featured in an episode of Endeavour several years back, as an easter egg. Interesting fact in the comments on the Youtube page. The lines about the fox: "These lines refer to a movie: Gone to Earth, GB 1950, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger." (I've read the book it's based on) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted February 19, 2020 OK here so here goes 1995 UK top thirty hit for a Canadian group this is a cover version of a song by a UK group (whose version failed to reach the Top 40 in 1991) featured on the soundtrack of one of the major comedy films of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
