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music for an unusual (and cancelled) beauty contest


Dave Horne

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This one caught my attention ...

 

An Italian priest who said he wanted to hold the world's first beauty contest for nuns has decided to cancel the project, saying he was misunderstood.

 

As soon as I heard this, I thought, what tunes could be played?

 

The only tune that popped into my head - You're Getting to be a Habit With Me. I had to play a cast party for 42nd Street a few years ago and that song was one that I worked up for that evening.

No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message.

 

In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments.

 

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"You're a Hard Habit to Break"

"In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome.

So God helped him and created woman.

 

Now everybody's got the blues."

 

Willie Dixon

 

 

 

 

 

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How about Mick Jaggers Old Habits Die Hard.

Or Oingo Boingos Nasty Habits

Or Frank Zappas Catholic Girls

Or the INXS treat Devil Inside.

 

Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me.
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Here's one ... Daddy's Little Girl.

No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message.

 

In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments.

 

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I don't know... a medley of the Miss America theme (Bert Parks) and Climb Every Mountain. :sick:

 

Similar thing: a guy told me his band was playing for the opening of a Whole Foods store. So we were trying to think of "food group" song names. So far, all I could come up with was "Cantaloupe Island" and "Watermelon Man."

 

Any suggestions appreciated . :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Mellow Yellow," (refers to bannana smoking. I guess you had to be there) "Lime in the Coconut" anything By Moby Grape, "Salt Peanuts" "Cherry Pie" and of course "MacArthur Park" because someone left the cake out in the rain.
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Similar thing: a guy told me his band was playing for the opening of a Whole Foods store. So we were trying to think of "food group" song names. So far, all I could come up with was "Cantaloupe Island" and "Watermelon Man."

 

Any suggestions appreciated . :)

 

I Only Have Thighs For You

 

Suppertime (Gershwin)

 

 

George Shearing does a bit where he substitutes the word Lunch for Love. Lunch Is Just Around the Corner ... and so on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message.

 

In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments.

 

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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

 

I suppose this could be used for both?

No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message.

 

In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments.

 

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Similar thing: a guy told me his band was playing for the opening of a Whole Foods store. So we were trying to think of "food group" song names. So far, all I could come up with was "Cantaloupe Island" and "Watermelon Man."

 

Any suggestions appreciated . :)

 

With a bit of help from Google... :)

 

"Bread & Butter" - The Newbeats

"Savoy Truffle"-The Beatles

"Sweet Potato Pie"-James Taylor

"Eat It"-"Weird"Al Yankovic

Suppers Ready - Genesis

"Hot Sauce"-Thomas Dolby

"Honey Pie" - The Beatles

"Country Pie"-Bob Dylan

"Breakfast In America" - Supertramp

Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs - Kelsey Grammar (aka the theme from "Frasier"

"Spam" - Monty Python

"Pulling Mussels From A Shell" -Squeeze

"Fish Heads"-Barnes & Barnes

"Jambalya" - Hank Williams

"Gris Gris Gumbo Ya ya"-Dr. John

"Popcorn" - Hot Butter

"Green Onions" - Booker T & the MG's

"Red Beans And Rice" - Booker T & The MGs.

"Dixie Chicken"-Little Feat

"On Top Of Spaghetti"-Tom Glazer

"Burger & Fries"-Charlie Pride

"Hot Dog And A Shake"-David Lee Roth

"Do Fries Go With That Shake?" - George Clinton

"I Wish I Were An Oscar Meyer Wiener" - ?

"When I Take My Sugar to Tea"- Bing Crosby/Nat King Cole

"Tea For Two"- Fats Waller/Fred Waring

"Black Coffee"-Peggy Lee/kd Lang

"Cream"-Prince

"Banana Boat Song"-Harry Belafonte

"Yes, We Have No Bananas"-Ben Selvin/Spike Jones

"I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"-Freddy Martin

"The Lemon Song" -Led Zeppelin

"The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr.

"MacArthur Park" - Ruchard Harris/Donna Summer

"C Is For Cookie"-Cookie Monster

"Ice Cream Man" - Van Halen

"Whipped Cream" - Herb Alpert

"Sugar"-The Archies

"Brown Sugar"- The Rolling Stones

"Strawberry Fields Forever"-The Beatles

 

 

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This one caught my attention ...

 

An Italian priest who said he wanted to hold the world's first beauty contest for nuns has decided to cancel the project, saying he was misunderstood.

 

As soon as I heard this, I thought, what tunes could be played?

 

The only tune that popped into my head - You're Getting to be a Habit With Me. I had to play a cast party for 42nd Street a few years ago and that song was one that I worked up for that evening.

We are Family

I got all my Sisters with me

 

 

 

A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable.
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Must not forget the Josh White/Andrews Sisters/Ry Cooder classic, "One Meat Ball"

 

"In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome.

So God helped him and created woman.

 

Now everybody's got the blues."

 

Willie Dixon

 

 

 

 

 

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