Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas [totp2]

[tvroxo]

good stuff this

[katherine500]

how camp is that!

[replicas11]

Terry Wogan classic, i love the intro, it makes no sense , Milligan would b proud.

[BloozeDaddy76]

My Dad has sung this crazy song to my sister and I for YEARS and we always thought it was some goofy song he made up! He always insisted it was a real song, and sure enough it is on youtube!

[dariowestern]

Great novelty record! :)

[MrMermaid58]

Happy memories from 1978. A classic.

[MrHammers1213]

why is it not possible to download and save it

[pulyapudoff]

...and "loving you has made me bananas."



[50Emerald]

My late, Big Band era mother explained to me in 1968, when this song was released: This is a send-up of the many such "From high atop the..." radio shows of the past; and yes, it's hilarious how the lady back-up singers at the left couldn't carry on without laughing! Notice how, in the middle of the song, singer Guy Marks sits down and then gets back up for absolutely no reason -- another apparent reference to the past!

[TRandTBB]

I love this! Camper than a row of PINK tents!

[ebenezerhoary]

Camper than a row of tents!

[Disques13Swing]

I was thinking those singers (especially the middle one from what little you could see of her) were cute and then I realized this was done in 1978. That means they are all senior citizens now, just like I am!

[ebenezerhoary]

Anyone notice at 1:50, one of the girls sings "SHOPfitter blues" which makes the other singers laugh- a nice moment from a great (and rarely heard) song from the seventies... the decade of FUN!

[chicotower]

When I first heard this song on the main Top 40 Radio station based in Newport News, Virginia, I thought that the station had switched to Big Band music! Then the next song played confirmed that they were still a top 40 radio station. Whew! Great song, however. I used to have a copy of the original record and almost wore it out playing it!

[Timestrider1]

I was out of step with this one. I used to think he said, "Father's got the shop lifter blues." When I first saw the video, I thought it might be Carl Reiner.

[BobWXXI]

Marks first released the song as a gag single and as part of a comedy album (and it was a hit) in 1968, the single got a lot of play on both top-40 and MOR stations in the US. It was re-released, and charted again in both the US and UK, a decade later. Could be the thing Guy Marks, a veteran comedian in nightclubs and on American TV, is best remembered for, although he also did a lot of guest shots on hundreds of sitcoms and variety shows between the 1950s and his passing in 1987 .

[Disques13Swing]

A comparison with the original 45 is interesting. It was done at a slower tempo and the spoken introduction was longer. you can find it on abmp3 dot com.

[hussnfussel]

Oh my god i can't believe i lived threw the 70's not knowing this guy.He is wonderful. loved him on dean martin variety roast. Thank God i ordered that roast or i would never have known he existed.

[Disques13Swing]

I've finally figured it out!!!

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She burnt her finger because she didn't close her cover before lighting up...

[Disques13Swing]

And the heart of downtown Plunkettville is just 2 1/2 blocks from the Mile-High City of New Orleans, which is right next to the uptown section of downtown Pottstown in Pennsylvaina...

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Johnny Pearson and his Plunkettvillevanians is a spoof of another 1930's Mickey Mouse band called Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians.

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[Disques13Swing]

The only Plunkettville I could find in the USA is in eastern Oklahoma near the Arkansas state line. It's a small crossroads with about 100 people. From what little information I could find, it's not big enough to have a hotel of any description, much the less one with a grand ballroom...

[Disques13Swing]

I think that Guy Marks is one of the Marx Brothers...

"Ah, there's gaiety, merriment and dancing at the Hotel Sheets nightly"

I think he wanted to say 'Ah, there's gaiety, merriment and dancing between the hotel's sheets nightly.' but they wouldn't let him record or preforem that back then.

Either way, it's still the perfect parody of the worst music and the worst radio announcers that the 1930's had to offer. And just to make it even more Marxian, Guy Marks is parodying Guy Lombardo!

[Disques13Swing]

ROTFLMAO!!!

How could he keep a straight face while singing this? It's the funniest song ever!

[CarlDuke]

Thanks for posting this one. I remember it well. I first heard Guy do this on a Dean Martin Show, and it actually became a novelty hit tune. Marks was a very talented comedian and mimic.

[britcomic]

For Guy Marks' Bogart/Mitchum/Cooper routine search:

Guy Marks: How The West Was Really Won 1966

[britcomic]

Oh, your red scarf matches your eyes. You closed your cover before striking. Father had the shipfitter blues. Loving you has made me bananas. (repeat verse) Oh, you burned your finger that evening While my back was turned. I asked the waiter for iodine But I dined all alone. Your red scarf matches your eyes. You closed your cover before striking. Father had the shipfitter blues. Loving you has made me bananas.

[docrupp1]

Who knew your red scarf matched your eyes?

[happychappy12]

Listen to the guy singing........"Ship Riveter Blues.?",My Arse!!!....Forget the Lyrics, The boys and girls are singing "Ship Fitter Blues!!"..............and anyway they're having such a good time why spoil it.......?................So on with the show..

[Andymanpr]

I've never seen a live version of this very funny song. The record is more over the top, a la the worst of

Sammy Kaye and Guy Lombardo. Minor hit here in the U.S., but a laugh riot.

[nigelbulloch]

At last! Thanks so much for reviving this classic piece of cabaret

[railman01]

Guy Marks, funny as fuck. Look up his impressions of Mitchum, Bogart and more on the Dean Martin Roast. Outstanding! Even one of the backing singers here corpses.

[happychappy12]

Fantastic!!...................­....."Your father had the ship fitter blues!!"....."And loving you had made me Bananas"............They just don't write them like that anymore. And the worlds a sadder place for it. Ha ha.

[tallpaul521]

I agree..don't write them like that anymore.

But, the lyric is, "Your father had the ship RIVETER blues."..not "Ship Fitter Blues".

In WW2, with the war effort, ship riveters were very big!

[garybrownfie]

@tallpaul521 I believe it is ship fitter. One who positions the metal to be riveted or welded.

[tallpaul521]

@garybrownfie By George, uou are correct. Thanks!

[robotrix]

@tallpaul521 - the guy singing the song also wrote it....I think he knows what the lyrics actually are.

[gbooth4]

Love it, thank you!

[jayjarnold]

I wonder why it took SO long to become a hit in the UK...and, yet, it was only a minor hit here in the U.S. in '68!

And what a great opening line..."From the Hotel Sheets in downtown...."

[tyreburster]

Wot a performance. Camp as a row of tents.

[blagger56]

And listen to the backing singer collapse into a fit of giggles at 1:50... Great stuff

[chrispyn2000]

A great track, I remember from junior school days - not heard it for so long. Very witty and charming. Thanks a lot for this!

[cotteswoldmike]

i remember this brilliant

[Tony07UK]

I remember this from the Summer of 1978 along with ... 10cc 'Dreadlock Holiday', Kate Bush 'Wuthering Heights' & 'Wow', Blondie, "Grease"/Travolta, Dire Straits ... they don't make music like this anymore! The '70s really had talented groups/singers ...

[kenfig]

@Tony07UK This was MENTAL ! BTW 'Wuthering' was no.1 earlier ; about March.What about 'Hong Kong Garden' by the Banshees, 'Top of The Pops' The Rezillos, 'Northern Lights' Renaissance, 'Forever Autumn' Justin Hayward, 'Summer Night City' Abba, 'Jilted John' AND ....The SMURFS ! Lol

[culturalkid]

I remember this when I was at school and I really loved it. Dont know why but just did - and its still as good now as then. Thank you Wiggy this a joy to hear again!

[jonemz]

I love this track, its been done soo well, it makes me smile every time I hear it. great stuff.

[doddering]

Thank you. It's been along time since I heard this.

[garybrownfie]

I remember this song from the AM radio playing while milking cows. I can't believe anyone else even likes it like I do. Thanks for the memories.

[Rawlinson18]

I love this.

[bosoxx44]

Thanks Wiggy, I bought this on a 45rpm, but now have nothing upon which to play it! A really clever and funny song.

Cheers, john j

[stomuyamashta]

That's o.k. Enjoy the video, it sounds so close to the 45 single released in 1968.

[retroreds]

Wogan used to play this religiously about 5 minutes before we went to school in the early 80's. BBC RAdio 2.

I hate him for that.

[martinimerlin]

Thanks for this -- The Great Guy Marks. This clip is far superior audio and video wise to the other on You Tube-- Thanks!

[guyosborn]

Brilliant! I've loved this since I first heard it (in the late seventies?)

[fernald10]

Affectionate parody. "Your red scarf matches your eyes" - great lyric! I love the mistake made by the backing singers which causes a bit of giggling.

[PeteWoodier]

A wacky but very catchy song. Also performed by a strange character in the film "Yanks". Thanks for posting.