Mr Whyte
Well-Known Member
- Location
- East Sussex
Pop Quiz.
- Thread starter PaulB
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ok, my turn...
You may not believe this, but there is a link between a cover of a song made famous by a manufactured TV 'boy band', a wheelchair, and the Top of the Pops management...
The song, the original band and what the wheelchair was about?
You may not believe this, but there is a link between a cover of a song made famous by a manufactured TV 'boy band', a wheelchair, and the Top of the Pops management...
The song, the original band and what the wheelchair was about?
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That's mystified me. Any additional clues you could let slip?Ok, my turn...
You may not believe this, but there is a link between a cover of a song made famous by a manufactured TV 'boy band', a wheelchair, and the Top of the Pops management...
The song, the original band and what the wheelchair was about?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Certainly...
You may may not believe it, but I do...!
You may may not believe it, but I do...!
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
I'm a believer, The Monkees covered by someone in a Wheelchair who's name I have forgottenCertainly...
You may may not believe it, but I do...!
Domus
Guru
- Location
- Sunny Radcliffe
I’m guessing something to do with The Monkees. I know Neil Diamond wrote songs for them.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Correct!
The original version by The Monkees...
The cover version by Robert Wyatt...
The wheelchair thing... Robert Wyatt had got a bit too far gone at a party and exited via an upstairs window. He broke his back and ended up in a wheelchair. His cover version of I'm a Believer did rather well and he was to appear on ToTP. The trouble was that the ToTP management didn't think the sight of him in his wheelchair was the kind of fun pop image that they wanted to portray so they tried to get him to sit on a wicker chair on stage... Hard to believe in these politically correct days, but that's what it was like back then. I just found THIS ARTICLE about it.
Over to you!
PS If you look carefully, you'll see that the backing band consists of members of Pink Floyd among others!
The original version by The Monkees...
The cover version by Robert Wyatt...
The wheelchair thing... Robert Wyatt had got a bit too far gone at a party and exited via an upstairs window. He broke his back and ended up in a wheelchair. His cover version of I'm a Believer did rather well and he was to appear on ToTP. The trouble was that the ToTP management didn't think the sight of him in his wheelchair was the kind of fun pop image that they wanted to portray so they tried to get him to sit on a wicker chair on stage... Hard to believe in these politically correct days, but that's what it was like back then. I just found THIS ARTICLE about it.
Over to you!
PS If you look carefully, you'll see that the backing band consists of members of Pink Floyd among others!
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
easy... Killing in the name of by Cliff Richards.
Was it Rod Stewart again because I know Country Comfort done by Stewart was written by them.
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
I know Taupin wrote stuff for Alice Cooper..... not sure if Elton was involved though?
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Maybe, not right for this question.
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
Dunno.. suspect its someone from the UK popular late 60's early 70's probably not known as a songwriter....
Cilla Black,
Tom Jones,
Lulu,
Shirley Bassey
Either that or someone really left field, Led Zep, Bay City Rollers, David Bowie ???
Give me long enough I'll work through every artist
Cilla Black,
Tom Jones,
Lulu,
Shirley Bassey
Either that or someone really left field, Led Zep, Bay City Rollers, David Bowie ???
Give me long enough I'll work through every artist
