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Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) [1] was an English singer-songwriter, [2] musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (as a radio series for John Peel, as an audio recording, as a book and as a film), and for acting as ...
Innes's inspiration for the song was the title of a story in an old American pulp fiction crime magazine he came across at a street market. [1] Stanshall's primary contribution was to shape "Death Cab for Cutie" as a parody of Elvis Presley (notably Presley's 1957 hit "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"), and he sang it as such, with undertones of 1950s doo-wop.
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as the Bonzo Dog Band or the Bonzos) was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s. [1] Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz and psychedelia with surreal humour and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to public attention through appearances in the Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour and the 1968 ITV comedy show Do Not Adjust ...
Sir Henry at N'didi's Kraal is the fourth and final solo album by the English singer-songwriter Vivian Stanshall.It is a return to the largely spoken-word, solo comedy format of Stanshall's second album Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978) and is a sequel to the same work.
The tracks are named after musical pieces, and most feature at least one vocal number, intermingled with spoken-word performances. Stanshall's characters include Sir Henry Rawlinson, his wife Lady Florrie Rawlinson (née Maynard), their children Ralph ('Raif') and Candice Rawlinson, and Henry's brothers Hubert (the younger brother) and Humbert (late older brother, deceased, and now a ghost).
The traditional hornpipe melody "The Sailor's Hornpipe", which was the finale from Tubular Bells, has an extended speech from Viv Stanshall, which is from the recording sessions at The Manor Studio (see Tubular Bells original ending). This speech was apparently recorded late one night, or early one morning, when Stanshall and Oldfield returned ...
With death hovering over Swinton’s character, the tone sometimes got a little heavy on set, but not overwhelmingly so. Talk of mortality mixed with questions about what’s for lunch.
Stanshall: 2:45: 2. "Jollity Farm" Leslie Sarony: 2:23: 3. "You Done My Brain In" Innes: 1:40: 4. "My Pink Half of the Drainpipe" Stanshall, Innes: 3:30: 5. "Mr Apollo" Stanshall, Innes: 4:18: 6. "Hunting Tigers Out in Indiah" Robert Hargreaves, Stanley Damerell, Tolchard Evans: 3:05: 7. "Suspicion" (Performed by Vivian Stanshall & His ...