John Francis wrote:
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:59:28PM +0000, mike wilson wrote:
From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/02/09 Thu PM 02:20:45 GMT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT The GUI grows up
Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob (former Theramin player)
Now *there's* a title you don't see very often!
Side note: If anyone remembers the late, great Bonzo Dog Band, they used
to perform with an instrument they called the Electric Leg. It was a
theramin built into the leg of an old department store mannequin.
And a trouser press.
And a plastic funnel at the end of a hosepipe ...
I saw the Bonzo Dog perform Urban Spaceman (and other songs of that era)
in a small venue (basically a pub/club).
The Electric Leg got into the name of a band (Roger Ruskin Spear and his
Giant Electric Leg, if memory serves), and the trouser press was used as
the name of a track (and was mentioned in the vocals).
One thing I hadn't realised, until I heard the original a few years ago,
was just how good a copy of the '20s/'30s songs they had managed on tracks
like "Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse".
They started as a trad jazz band with a twist. Contemporaries of the
Alberts and Temperance Seven. I saw the Bonzos, Scaffold and three of
the Liverpool poets at one event. I think I'm still in recovery.
m
