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Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-19 by Jon

Now THAT'S the way to write in odd meters! Wonderful, natural flow from one time signature to another, bravo!
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Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

Tune into our latest effort here m' hearties!
Andy, Millie, Simon and Neil
And yes, that is Mellotron on the end!

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-19 by MAinPsych@aol.com

Brown bashing! Love it!


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Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

Tune into our latest effort here m' hearties!
Andy, Millie, Simon and Neil
And yes, that is Mellotron on the end!
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-20 by lsf5275@aol.com

In a message dated 9/19/2008 1:53:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kinchmusic@aol.com writes:
Tune into our latest effort here m' hearties!
Andy, Millie, Simon and Neil
And yes, that is Mellotron on the end!
I have always loved you Andy (in a manly way, of course,) and this video struck me pretty hard. Karen and I have lost an enormous amount of money lately. But than God not all. We will survive. We may be out of work in 90 days or we may become wealthy. I'm cautious but NOT optimistic.
You drove the nail home. But Gordon Brown is only one man. I don't blame Bush for fucking up, he's only one man. We fucked up as a country, not as one guy. Our congress and your parliament are responsible... and if we appoint knuckleheads to be the focal point, we're responsible. We can fix this, but it's going to take a long time. You and I will not see it.
Sad.
Frank
Thank you.



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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-20 by lsf5275@aol.com

In a message dated 9/19/2008 4:15:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nic@thepub.org.uk writes:
One of the best bits of black humour I've seen for months.
Well done!
Ok, It was awesome. I loved the video and moved beyond the music to the message. I promise never to do so again.
me



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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-20 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Sorry Frank that you've been such a victim in all this. Anger finds it's own way of expressing itself. For me, if I've ever had something on my mind then music has been the channel it's been broadcast on.
I sell new homes for a living, and unless things pick up big time, I will no longer have a job come Christmas. And while I fully accept the premis that you can't blame just one man, our Prime Minister has been in charge of the UKs finances for allot longer than Bush being in control that side of the pond. He's had more than enough time to put some spare change in the jar for when times get hard. And what do we find? Nothing! Absolutely bugger all. So in that respect we can blame him in part. But of couse it's the sodding bankers who've messed this up for us all, and now they are getting their cumuppence. The trouble is they take everyone else down the toilet with them. A pox on them!
A
Sorry if this has wandered off topic. Rant over.

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-20 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Thanks Jimmy.
I really apreciate some of the comments here, they are very flattering.
However, I feel that I should point out, in order to put the record straight, that the source for this tomfoolery is The Stranglers 1980's UK hit "Golden Brown". I don't know how successful it was around the world.
It hadn't dawned on me until now that there may be some in other parts of the world that would not have heard the original. What we have done is simply to have radically changed the lyrics for our own purpose. I have been getting suggestions that what we should do eventually is to resing the original lyrics and put it out as a proper cover version, which indeed we may look at.
Sorry there's been any misunderstanding. It wasn't intentional. I feel really stupid now and more than a little embarrased!
Hope it doesn't ruin the general apreciation of what we did with it.
Andy
PS. Jimmy. No plans to visit the States any time soon.

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-20 by tony1

Relax man, you're amongst friends here!
Tony
#510
Florida
USA
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Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

Thanks Jimmy.
I really apreciate some of the comments here, they are very flattering.
However, I feel that I should point out, in order to put the record straight, that the source for this tomfoolery is The Stranglers 1980's UK hit "Golden Brown". I don't know how successful it was around the world.
It hadn't dawned on me until now that there may be some in other parts of the world that would not have heard the original. What we have done is simply to have radically changed the lyrics for our own purpose. I have been getting suggestions that what we should do eventually is to resing the original lyrics and put it out as a proper cover version, which indeed we may look at.
Sorry there's been any misunderstanding. It wasn't intentional. I feel really stupid now and more than a little embarrased!
Hope it doesn't ruin the general apreciation of what we did with it.
Andy
PS. Jimmy. No plans to visit the States any time soon.

Re: Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-20 by ceccles_ca

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, kinchmusic@... wrote:

> It hadn't dawned on me until now that there may be some in other
parts of the world that would not have heard the original.

I lived in an Igloo at the North Pole in the 80's and I was a big
Stranglers fan. You guys did a good thing recording this. It's not
just a good cover, it's a good cover with great humour too. The new
lyrics fit so nicely!

I forwarded it to my friends. I hope you get a million views on youtube.

Clay

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Brown Trousers.. Our tribute to Gordon Brown

2008-09-21 by john barrick

Andy, can you guys do something with Straighten Out or Something Better
Change?
johnbarrick


kinchmusic@aol.com wrote:
>
> Thanks Jimmy.
> I really apreciate some of the comments here, they are very flattering.
> However, I feel that I should point out, in order to put the record
> straight, that the source for this tomfoolery is The Stranglers 1980's
> UK hit "Golden Brown". I don't know how successful it was around the
> world.
> It hadn't dawned on me until now that there may be some in other parts
> of the world that would not have heard the original. What we have done
> is simply to have radically changed the lyrics for our own purpose. I
> have been getting suggestions that what we should do eventually is to
> resing the original lyrics and put it out as a proper cover version,
> which indeed we may look at.
> Sorry there's been any misunderstanding. It wasn't intentional. I feel
> really stupid now and more than a little embarrased!
> Hope it doesn't ruin the general apreciation of what we did with it.
> Andy
> PS. Jimmy. No plans to visit the States any time soon.
>
>
> __.