Feminist Update I - "Born A Woman" - Sandy Posey (that's hurt, not heard)
Feminist Update II - "Men" - The Forrestall Sisters
Peace Update - "Una Paloma Blanca" - Slim Whitman
Environmentalist Whacko Update - "Born Free" - Andy Williams (accompanied by assorted sound effects)
Condom Update - "Up, Up and Away" - The 5th Dimension
Gay Update - "You Don't Own Me" - Klaus Nomi
Timber Update - "?" (rock instrumental with chainsaws doing the part of electric guitars)
Gov. (Mario) Cuomo Update - "I Put A Spell On You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
I'm sure I am leaving some out. Then there was the Paul Shanklin creations which were wonderful but were song parodies, not the actual songs.
Years ago, Rush was asked in an interview if he had ever done a gag that he thought even he had gone too far. He said yes. He briefly has an AIDS Update theme of Dionne Warwick singing "I know I'll Never Love This Way Again". Brilliant but, yeah, a little too cruel.
What were your favorites? What did I leave out?
Carol Mosely Braun’s - Movin’ on up.
I don’t remember, my brain’s in a blender, it’s Jell-O.
didn’t Clearance “Frogman” Henry call in once or pass along word he listened to the show?
Ted Kennedy The Wanderer
I seem to remember “My Boy Lollipop” as a homo update.
I don’t get AM Radio now without a lot of widgeting, or fiddling with Bluetooth, so I just do without.
Question: Is Paul Shanklin still contributing song parodies?
I used to hear a lot of his work some five or six years ago.
Very well done, almost all of the time.
I always thought there should be more RUSH music.
Feminist Update #1 should be “You Don’t Own Me” (Leslie Gore)
The same song was also used for a “Gay COmmunity Update”, both the “Blow Monkeys” version, as well as Klaus Nomi’s version. ANother Update Theme was “When I Say No, I mean Maybe (or Maybe I mean Yes).
Feminist Update #1 should be “You Don’t Own Me” (Leslie Gore)
The same song was also used for a “Gay COmmunity Update”, both the “Blow Monkeys” version, as well as Klaus Nomi’s version. ANother Update Theme was “When I Say No, I mean Maybe (or Maybe I mean Yes).
“The Whitewater Blues...”
I always got a thrill when it was time to rag on Gorbachev with the John Williams’ Darth Vader march.
My favorite update was the Leslie Gore “You Don’t Own Me” followed by Frogman’s “Ain’t Got No Home”.
Environmental Whacko Update “In a Yugo”
Another oldie was the Bill Clinton update “Charming Billy”.
Can you blow your saxophone Billy Boy, Billy Boy
Can you blow your saxophone Charming Billy
I can blow my saxophone but sometimes I blow it wrong
But I’m a young man and I can’t leave my mother
Can you ride a motor scooter Billy Boy, Billy Boy
Can you ride a motor scooter Charming Billy
I can ride my motor scooter but I... ring tail tooter
But I’m a young man and I can’t leave my mother
I Think it is Johnny Preston.
Feminist Update II - “Men” - The Forrester Sisters
Timber Update - “?” (rock instrumental with chainsaws doing the part of electric guitars)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedDyR0opow
What is the name of Rush’s main theme song?
Bill Clinton singing “All i wanna do is have some fun”. With a fave line about Al Gore being a brain donor
BJ Cinton- When I saw her derriere.