Saturday, September 06, 2008

Thirty years of laughter

It was 30 years ago today that the comedy rock band ALBERTO Y LOST TRIOS PARANOIAS released their U.K. Top-50 pastiche of headbanging acts such as Status Quo -- "HEADS DOWN NO NONSENSE MINDLESS BOOGIE."
The heart of the track is a simple riff and shouted chorus that is both instantly memorable and a delight to repeat:
"Heads down, no nonsense, mindless boogie.
Heads down, no nonsense, mindless boogie. Heads down, no nonsense, mindless boogie. Bang your 'ead on the wall."
The irony is that, 30 years on, Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias leader C. P. LEE is now a University of Salford lecturer and respected author. He is worlds away from the great song's opening line "Ain't got no mind to speak of, in fact I'm pretty thick."
Band cohort JIMMY HIBBERT became a successful writer for British television and a voice actor.
I hope Lee and Hibbert are laughing today, 30 years after they unleashed one of rock's great parodies on the world.

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