The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90951 Message #1728632
Posted By: Geoff the Duck
27-Apr-06 - 06:15 AM
Thread Name: Learning to dislike a good song
Subject: RE: Learning to dislike a good song
Just for the record, Leadfingers, Alice, by Smokie, was part of the ban's regular set. A few years before the Chubby Brown recording the band was playing regularly in Ireland. It was the audiences who started to respond with the "Who the **** is Alice" line. This led to Smokie re-releasing the song (in ireland) on an E.P. CD containing the original version, the live "Who the....." version and a couple of other tracks. I presume that their record company thought it would sell more copies if they released it in England with a well known foul mouth putting in the line. Quack! GtD.