One NIght In Bangkok: The Poll

ok that's kind of awesome

This one's tough, but I voted "It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or -- or this place!"

i'm torn between "a show with everything but Yul Brynner" and "I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine"

YOUR MASSAGE PARLAHS

what a truly odd song.

had to go with "I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine" because it's the one i remember most from actually listening to the tune and also i always buzz off people calling other people "sunshine".

you forgot ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK WITH A STARSHIP TROOPER

Totally forgot (and didn't notice) the "waistline, sunshine" line.

"Cer-brull fitness" is a close second, but "waistline, sunshine" is my favorite.

what a truly odd song.

It's from a musical! It's going to seem odd out of context.

There are some wrong lyrics here, I believe.

yes, CHESS: THE MUSICAL (an ABBA spinoff project)

this song is teh awes

There are some wrong lyrics here, I believe.

I always thought it was "chess bars" and not "chess boys" and "no ordinary menu" and not "ordinary venue", but this is what the Internet tells me.

These lyrics look right to me.

"I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine" - when this song came out I used to go around saying it to people in a fake American accent.

...while not actually having much of a clue about what it meant.

the bass playing in this song is something else... does some flashy slap stuff and then doubles the arpeggiator at the end of the chorus. who was it on the recording?

but this is what the Internet tells me.

Trust not the internet.

Where do you think the lyrics are wrong?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

"Tea, girls, warm and sweet" is the best line, whereas "sunshine" is all in the delivery

What a great, ridiculous song

Oh, and "above the waitstline, sunshine" in a walk

I voted "waistline, sunshine," too, but honorable mention to "and if you're lucky then the god's a she."

Had to go with "I get my kicks..."...Murray Head is awesome on this...It's funk for Abba fans and middle England Lloyd Webber?Thatcher Droogs...

The delivery is great, but he gets the second line all wrong - surely 'Brynner' was meant to rhyme with 'in a'? (See also 'Buddha' and 'would a')

That Yul Brynner line.

These were of course some of the most ridiculous lyrics ever.

"One town's very like another when your head's down over your pieces, brother" is one of those great lines that makes no sense without the chess context.

Surprising how many good choices there are here but went with "the queens we use would not excite you."

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

now time for the "Nobody's Side" poll.

Or the Paul Hardcastle "19" poll.

But the clear winner there would be "Nininini Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19, 19,19,19,19."

I went for "muddy old river or reclining Buddha".

An extraordinary song, like no other hit single ever. It exists outside of everything. That's all for the best, of course, but I wouldn't have been without it.

What I mean is: it's possibly the whitest record ever made. Nothing else is so stiff and makes a point of it in quite the same way. As sonnyboy hints, that's precisely why it's good, or at least interesting.

I'm trying to think of any other examples (in song or film) of a European doing a broad caricature of an American.

hell there are some other moments of that throughout the Chess score (but not so much as that song)....

That's the thing. It's Old Tory in its attitudes. And virtually no other chart hits are like that: indeed without pop (which "One Night in Bangkok" certainly isn't) Old Toryism might even still be dominant now: at any rate, it would have died much, much slower.

That's the thing. It's Old Tory in its attitudes. And virtually no other chart hits are like that: indeed without pop (which "One Night in Bangkok" certainly isn't) Old Toryism might even still be dominant now: at any rate, it would have died much, much slower.

-- February Callendar, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 01:02 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

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Yeahhhh, but he's supposed to be a bit of a git in the song, right?

As always, my vote goes to "Say It Ain't So Joe."

how did i miss this poll?!?

;_;