Ear wormed by the Barron Knights - bikes and music.

Back in 1977, the memories are understandably foggy, but I can recall
my playtimes were enlivened by learning the words to 'frigging in the
rigging' and giggling at the Barron Knights.

What has this to do with UKRM I hear you cry? Because I was thinking
back to when I first wanted a bike and I think it is the fault of The
Barron Knight's parody of Angelo. Which I believe was called 'ann and
joe.' The problem is I can only remember a snatch of the song

"he was keen, raced down the high street like Barry Sheene".

So I've got this bit stuck in my head going round and round and round.

Now the cure for ear worming is to sing the whole song. But can I find
the lyrics to this? No. Can anyone remember the rest? And did he
crash? In fact is there any song with bikes in where they don't crash?

Leader of Pack - look out look out look out -crashed
Bat out of hell - bottom of a cliff - crashed.
Golden Earring - Motorbikin' - too fast to live - suggests crash

 

Funky Moped - Jasper Carrott.

 

Funky Moped - Jasper Carrott.

 

Doh - Ginged by Tog.

 

Can't remember it all but here's a bit more (from memory) :

Verse 1
Long ago, outside a chip-shop in Walthamstow,
Lived a young whopper(?) called Greasy-Joe
Put on his helmet and said "Let's go!"

He was keen
Off on his motorbike like Barry Sheene,
....
....

(Chorus)
Running away together
Running away in leather
Anne and Joe

....
....

...and when they reached the top
they found they could not stop
....

Can't remember any more, s*rry.

 

Chris Spedding - Motorbikin'......
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

Bzzt. Chris Spedding, iirc.

Lead guitarist of the Wombles.

Orinoco, I think.

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Simon Atkinson bored us all completely to death with wittery prose
along the lines of:

Not heard that one before.

 

"Fr Jack" said to Lady Nina :

Sons of Sisyphus - Scooter Boi - not even the hint of a crash
--
Donegal Paul - On the mend
Maico Letta 247cc - Needs work!
Bajaj Chetak 125 - Wannabe Vespa
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
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->Can't remember it all but here's a bit more (from memory) :
->
->Verse 1
->Long ago, outside a chip-shop in Walthamstow,
->Lived a young whopper(?) called Greasy-Joe
->Put on his helmet and said "Let's go!"
->
->He was keen
->Off on his motorbike like Barry Sheene,
ITYM
off up the hight street like Bary Sheene,
Doing his best to look very mean,
Till he met Ann on a new machine,
->
->(Chorus)
->Running away together
->Running away in leather
->Anne and Joe

Wrruumming away together ect,

->..and when they reached the top
->they found they could not stop

They passed the Bloody Towet
At ninety miles an hour
And they were so amazed
The bridge was raised
They went up to the top
And found they couldn't stop
They flew right orft the end and landed in the Thames, hand in hand...

 

Salad Dodger wrote:

Golden Earring - Radar Love - it was a car that crashed.

Hawkwind - Days Of The Underground:
'...his black motorcycle was eaten by rust' rather than crashing.

 

Bottom of a _pit_, ITYF.

 

No hint of a bike, either.

 

I got a brand new Honda Goldwing by The Wurzels.

 

Wonder what became of them.

 

Got there a minute before ya.
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

I reckon "Harley Davidson" fits better.

 

That was made up for in Sportsbike Riding Clown.

 

Never mind about them...

http://www.carillondirect.com/clnweb/index.jsp?country=UK

For me? Why thankyou!

 

I remember this bit:

"And they were so amazed that Towere Bridge was raised,
They raced up to the top and found they couldn't stop,
The flew right off the end and landed in the Thames
Hand in haaaaaand"...

Hawkwind - Silver Machine