The Goons - Unchained Melody
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Uploaded by scuzzy983 on Apr 13, 2009
One of the fourteen singles released by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan a.k.a. 'The Goons'. From June 1955.
The success of The Goon Show inevitably led to approaches for The Goons to make commercial records, and in June 1955, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers entered EMIs Abbey Road recording studios to make the first Goons single.
The session featured a hilarious deconstruction of the ballad "Unchained Melody" as sung by Bluebottle and Eccles and a duet by Minnie Bannister and Henry Crun, "Dance with Me Henry". Despite the success of the session, both recordings remained unreleased for many years due to the publishers of the original "Unchained Melody" taking exception to the flippant treatment of the song in this parody. Unreleased for thirty five years, both recordings were finally released by EMI as a single in 1990.
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@adamantiaf1 I spot a Self-Righteous Brother and claim my £5
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Priceless!!!! Thank you Pete, Spike,Harry (and not forgetting Michael Bentine) for inspiring me to get kicked out of school and join your utterly crazy world!!!
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@DaiLlew lmao. it would have turned from once of my favourite movies to one of the most messed up movies i've ever seen.
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How much better would 'Ghost' have been if they'd used this version?
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I am buying this.
The Goons were "alternative comedy" before the term existed
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@StavrosIII Martin Kelner used to play this on Radio Leeds at the time the Robson & Jerome version was out!
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@eviljoel - True, the intentional Badness of it is an essential part of the Comedy. Great great Stuff. RIP Milligan, Sellers and Secombe. Not forgetting Bentine of course.
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2:20 I'm going home now
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I know what I want for Christmas, if I can wait that long.
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@adamantiaf1 British comedy history. It's intentionally awful, it's part of what makes Bluebottle (the character who sings it, played by Peter Sellers) charming.
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THE definitive version.
mattblackcat 2 years ago 29
absolute cunting genius
bigmeuprudeboy 2 years ago 28