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Anyone got this rarity?

Discuss hard-to-find or out-of-print New Wave and '80s Alternative, and share a few songs along the way.
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Anyone got this rarity?

Postby WaverBoy » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:37 pm

I'm looking for "Here Comes The Chorus" by Morris Minor and the Majors. The frontman for this short-lived novelty band, Tony Hawks, was also a regular on the British series Red Dwarf...he played Rimmer, I believe. The song is a parody of Stock/Aitken/Waterman pop hits of the late '80s, ala Kylie Minogue and Mel & Kim. It's fantastic. I had an mp3 of it a long time ago, but it cut the last minute or so of the song off. Anyone have a complete version in mp3 format?

Here's a link to a writeup on the song, complete with lyrics:

http://groovetown.co.uk/songs/displaysong.php?id=546
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Postby Terim » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:32 pm

If you are still looking for it, here is a version that I think is complete (at least of the «A» side).

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/Morris Minor & the Majors - This is the chorus.mp3">Morris Minor & the Majors - This is the chorus</a>

Not bad, if not quite up to the level of the immortal <a href="http://www.mikefs.co.uk/HBGB.html">Hee Bee Gee Bees</a> when it comes to "we can't write a top 10 song, but we can sure make fun of those that deserve it."

Althought to be fair to Morris Minor & the Majors, Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'Til Bedtime), did make the top 10 in 1988.
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Postby WaverBoy » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:48 am

That's it! THANK YOU!!!

Great song. And now to track down that wacky B-side...

As for the HeeBeeGeeBees, they beat Weird Al to the punch and I never even knew it. I wish they'd have posted tracks from their second album, because it parodies some New Wavy artists. "Are Trains Electric?", by Gary Inhuman. Now that's a good one. Anyone got any of these ripped to mp3? I hope these albums get reissued on CD.
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