Tag: Mark Brailsford

Mark Brailsford
News Revue
23 September 1997
By Fax

Dear Mark

Welcome back!! Sorry it has taken me so long to submit, but inspiration comes when it comes. I sent you my archive last time, which was not so long ago; I therefore attach only my latest songs.

If you want any older ones rewritten let me know. Also, if you need recordings of any of these, please call and leave a message today – I could drop them crack of dawn tomorrow if you need them.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Ian

The following songs are attached

Song Title
Original Title/
Artist Approx.. No. of weeks performed
7+ 4-6 1-3 New
bruce grobbelar’s hat young, gifted and black / bob & marcia N
monserrat monster mash / bruce “boris” pickett N

Mark Brailsford
News Revue

LIST OF SONGS SUBMITTED AND TAPE TRACK LISTING
MARCH TO APRIL 1997 RUN

Dear Mark

Welcome to News Revue!! It was good to hear from you the other day. As promised , here is a starter pack which consists of my latest songs plus some older ones which have longevity or are still topical.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Song Title
Original Title/
Artist on Tape Approx.. No. of weeks performed
7+ 4-6 1-3 New
side 1
plagiarise walk on by / dionne warwick N
labour medley world war two songs by ghastly soldiers 7+
what’s the story boring tory? what’s the story morning glory / oasis N
netanyahu chorus halleluja chorus / handel 1-3
paisley and adams father and son / cat stevens 7+
labour chorus symphony no 1 mov iv / brahms N
john major just cares for my baby just cares for me / nina simone 4-6
tony blair gloria / vivaldi N
hooray for bollywood hooray for hollywood / orignal cast N
i cannot run the government i’ll never fall in love again / ddionne warwick 1-3
side 2
short beckett prescott and the amazing tony blaire simon smith and the amazing dancing bear / alan price 7+
stakeholder economy don’t sit under the apple tree / andrews sisters 7+

This one went down pretty well, if I recall correctly, in Mark Brailsford’s spring 1997 run of NewsRevue.

PLAGIARISE
(To the Tune of “Walk On By”)

VERSE 1

If you should be walking down the street,
And you hear a tune you think is neat.
Just
Plagiarise
Plagiarise
Gabby’s eyes,
Are covered, like this song,
No one can see;
What she’s done,
That Dionne,
Had not done,
In 1963;
More easily
(Don’t…….bother)
More soulfully
(Don’t……bother).

VERSE 2

I just hope that I don’t end up sued,
Cos all my hits are deja vu;
Plagiarise,
Plagiarise,
Some eye-tie’s
Just stitched up Michael Jackson copy-wise,
Cos that song,
That he’s done,
Was written,
By some other guys;
Plagiarise,
(Just…….stop)
Plagiarise,
(Just…….stop)

Below is a video with Dionne Warwick singing Walk On By:

Click here to read the lyrics of Walk On By.