Weird Songs of the 60s

Subject: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: GUEST,Chris B
Date: 02 May 26 - 01:06 PM

Songs of the ‘60s

I have three irritating folk songs I’m trying ti remember:

1 About a backwards facing grocer

2 Saturday night in a bar with all kind of antics by those there (Tom Paxton?)

3 A sing mentioning Neasden in West London and skinhead attitudes.

Weird or what, but ear worms over the decades.

CJB

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: Nick Dow
Date: 02 May 26 - 01:19 PM

The Skinhead one was by Fred Wedlock (Naff all on top of my head and even less inside). The first one sounds like a Ted Heath parody (Private Eye Grocer Heath)

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: Robert B. Waltz
Date: 02 May 26 - 02:54 PM

The second one definitely sounds like Tom Paxton's "Saturday Night." Unfortunately, my parents have that LP, not me, so I can't look up the lyrics. I can only give you a few hints....

Saturday night and the bar is packed
The drinks are watered and the decks are stacked....

The chorus varies from verse to verse, but it starts with Mary and Eddie "making up for lost time in the rear" and ends with "Some damn fool is starting a fight, Why does he wait for Saturday Night?"

Maybe that will help someone who has the recording remember more. :-)

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 02 May 26 - 03:17 PM

Pieces of 79 & 15 by The Strawbs.

Too many to mention, by Al Stewart :)

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: GerryM
Date: 02 May 26 - 05:45 PM

Recording from the album, Tom Paxton 6: https://youtu.be/X4N9xnB6_lQ

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 May 26 - 03:44 AM

saturday night, great , had Paxton ever visited Basildon?

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 May 26 - 03:48 AM

Tiptoe through the Tulips, perhaps someone should write a parody tiptoe through the turnips.

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 May 26 - 04:02 AM

Tiptoe through the kitchen
By the window, that is where I'll be
Come tiptoe through the turnips with me
Oh, tiptoe from the oven
By the recipe on the mantel piece
And tiptoe through the turnips with me
Arms deep in flour we'll stray
We'll show Mr Pastry the way
And if I kiss you in the kitchen, in the moonlight
Will you pardon me?
And tiptoe through the turnips with me
Maybe it's flour you say will be the power of life
And when I kiss you in the kitchen in the moonlight
Will you pardon me and tiptoe through the turnips with me?

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: Acorn4
Date: 04 May 26 - 05:11 AM

Spike Milligan often made references to Neasden so perhaps one of his?

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: Acorn4
Date: 04 May 26 - 05:16 AM

"God rest ye Merry Working Men
Let nothing you dismay
With Grocer Heath in Downing Street
And more cuts on the way
He'll get his little chopper out
And make things nice and gay
With tidings of Barber and Heath
(Sod your false teeth!)
With tidings of Barber and Heath."

Sung by Willie Rushton on one of those floppy 45rpm records give away with "Private Eye" at Christmas

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 04 May 26 - 06:18 AM

Thanks, Acorn4: I remember that giveaway 45RPM, but could remember only the chorus, and that specifically because I had to have "Sod your false teeth" explained to me.

Subject: RE: Weird Songs of the 60s
From: GUEST,Music Researcher
Date: 04 May 26 - 06:59 AM

Interesting thread! I found a useful tool for finding video sources — reverse video search helps trace any video back to its origin. Also works as a video source finder and duplicate video checker.