me ears are alight

[maxxi]

We all remember the classic Maxell tape ad from the 80s based on Bob Dylan's 'Don't Look Back' but they are still at it - or I'm getting more mutton by the day.

An ad for 'confused dot com' sung to tune of YMCA sounds - i swear - just like "Ca-an't You Suck C*#k?"

any others? (recent)

[Jeremy]

Surely "me ears are alight" was based on Desmond Dekker's "Israelites"?

[Dee Woffaz]

No its not you, for weeks i was singing "I love your ginger hair and the way you smell of p#ss" along with Amy Winehouse to Valerie.....:-S

[Otta]

Surely "me ears are alight" was based on Desmond Dekker's "Israelites"?

Watch from 3:20.

[Loz]

You're right! It does sound like "can't you suck c..." - listen 12 seconds in...

 

[Loz]

And not to forget the fine job U2 did singing about the joys of Birmingham...

http://www2.b3ta.com/u2vertigo/

[RosieH]

I used to think that while the Kaiser Chiefs were predicting a riot, they actually had a really bad case of Angry Tourettes. They were very shouty, so it seemed apposite.

And what's that Beautiful South song about Rotterdam and some other places? I understood all the men to be gargoyles, dipthonging Irish stout. I thought this meant they pronounced every letter in the word Guinness. Seems not.

I'm getting me some Otex.

[maxxi]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Surely "me ears are alight" was based on Desmond

> Dekker's "Israelites"?

The song yes - but the video - with the cards etc - was based on the Dylan thing.