Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Muppet Grot And Spectral Pop

A hearty thanks and a manly handshake to 'Peter' who left us a nice message about More Of The Music From The Movies. He mentioned the work of Piero Umiliani who, I am ashamed to say, was previously unknown to me. I can assure you, however, that the last thing I was expecting was that he was the man responsible for the Mah Na Mah Na song that featured in the Muppet Show.

But that's not all - the Muppet Show version was a cover of the original which was recorded for the soundtrack to a Swedish porn film. Fantastic. You can read all about it here. It's things like this that keep me alive.




Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na


And whilst we're back on the subject of soundtracks, here's an absolute beauty that also shoots to the top of the 'Happiest Tune Ever League', therefore ticking two boxes at the same time, and reducing our carbon footprint. Or something.

Ray Parker Jr. Fact: Ghostbusters was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1984 but lost to Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You from "The Woman in Red". A truly titanic struggle.




Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters




004. Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?


Crisp Debris

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Spizz - great. Well remembered rom John Peel days on UK Radio 1.
Stevie Wonder v Ray Parker? Wonder's worst ever song - remember the bit in Hi Fidelity where the musos rip it to shreds? Ray Parker wins by default.
Mah Nah Mah Nah - irritating then and now.
Good post.

17/7/07 11:06 pm  

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