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Re: Nicholas Parson's "Dance Record"???

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Dean BedfordApr 9, 2007
 

 
he talks about it briefly in this 2001 interview

http://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/nic_parsons/page3.shtml

the whole thing is worth a read

On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Miriam wrote:

> -yes that is the one i was referring to- has anyone ever heard it-
> assuming that it really did exist? I even checked E-Bay LOL Miriam
> -- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at 09:09 AM, Dave wrote:
> >
> > > A very good episode that. unfortunately. to date, I have failed
> to ever
> > > find a version of such a track on WinMx - but from the sound of
> it I
> > > think it does actually exist...... I'm sure someone will know
> more.
> >
> > This is the part of the 2002 show we're talking about - one of the
> two
> > shows I saw live! The show was broadcast 2 September, the other
> > panellists were Clement and Sean Lock.
> >
> > NICHOLAS PARSONS: But actually the Norwegians speak some of the
> best
> > English in the whole of the world...
> >
> > PAUL MERTON: You know that! You're very big in Norway aren't you
> > Nicholas?
> >
> > NP: Absolutely, my, my pop record was number three in the hit
> parade
> > over there.
> >
> > LAUGHTER FROM THE AUDIENCE
> >
> > PM: You made a pop record?
> >
> > NP: Yes! It's called Fantasy.
> >
> > PM: We're wandering into the middle of one now! So when was that?
> >
> > NP It came out last year and er...
> >
> > PM: Did it?
> >
> > NP: It was a sort of dance record. They tell me, tell me I should
> take
> > it to Ibiza. I could clean up over there.
> >
> > ROSS NOBLE: You could clean up in Ibiza!
> >
> > NP: Oh I see!
> >
> > RN: If you keep producing records like that!
> >
> > NP: Oh they didn't mean financially, they thought I could go over
> there
> > and...
> >
> > RN: Just cleaning up! Yeah!
> >
> > NP: Oh I see!
> >
> > PM: How, how did this record go? The Norwegians grasped it to their
> > bosom! How did it go?
> >
> > NP: Well it sort of said "I want to be your fantasy!" And then we
> went
> > into the beat, you know. "Da-da-da (sings) she wants to be my
> fantasy...
> > (normal voice)" and I went... "yes! Coming on long, coming on
> strong..."
> >
> > APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE
> >
> > NP: I wish I'd done that last year up at the Edinburgh Festival
> when it
> > first came out, I might have sold a few more records in this
> country! So
> > actually the Norwegians speak very very good English so they, they
> could
> > have said that. So Clement they enjoyed your challenge because it
> was
> > very apt and clever. So we give you a bonus point but Paul was
> > interrupted so he gets a point and he keeps the subject, 33
> seconds,
> > locks starting now.
> >
> > PM: I remember moving into a new bedsit. And because it was brand
> > spanking newish to me, I put the keys somewhere where I couldn't
> find
> > them. And when I came out of my bedroom about half past four in the
> > morning, I wanted to visit the loo, I took a wrong turning and
> found
> > myself outside the front door with no key, stark naked! I was there
> for
> > about seven weeks, it's unbelievable! The only thing that kept me
> going
> > was a copy of Nicholas Parsons' record, Fantasy! It was an enormous
> hit
> > in some countries overseas, not here of course, nobody would buy it
> > here! But it was a wonderful brilliant tribute...
> >
> > WHISTLE
> >
> > NP: So Paul Merton speaking as the whistle went, gained that extra
> point.
> >
> > And later
> >
> > NP: Paul it's your turn to begin, and the subject is the seven
> seas.
> > Tell us something about the seven seas starting now.
> >
> > PM: Well there used to be five. And then that was decided that
> wasn't
> > enough and so another two were added, making a grand total of
> seven. I
> > have sailed all of the seven seas in the last four weeks. I was
> > sponsored by a record company that wanted to make a follow-up to
> > Nicholas's marvellous dance track called Fantasy. But they needed
> to get
> > the money together because apparently the last release, well, it
> wasn't
> > so much released as escaped...
> >
> > BUZZ
> >
>
>

 
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