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

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Robert TorresApr 10, 2007
 
 
well, one can only assume that it didn't sell any copies in the UK or in the States for that matter, that it was such a flop, they pulled it from the shelves immediately, except for some odd reason way out there in Norway. 

Miriam <delmelza@...> 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@ yahoogroups. com, 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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