God, ain't the web wonderful? You even get to HEAR them!!!
> > I need some help with this one, which sticks in my brain like
> > well-masticated bubble gum. And I'm aware that I'll probably be meddling
> > with someone's fondest adolescent memories. A thing popular in Britain
c.
> > 1962 called, I think, "Come Outside." Nominated for the list.
> Napoleon XIV (real name: Jerry Samuels) - They're Coming To Take Me Away,
Ha-Haaa!
http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/doddington/248/ha.htm
(Doesn't sound quite the version I vaguely remember from the sixties, but
that may be time rubbing on my brain.)
And for Mark, to hear "Come Outside" -- there's a link to an MP3 file at:
http://home.hiwaay.net/~emilyj/
(OK with the teddy boy yet. So it was Mike Sarne who does most of the
singing and Wendy Richards just chips in. It was Wendy stuck in +my+ head.)
Robin
PS, Mark's "well-masticated bubble gum" reminds me of yet another candidate
for sixties songs we'd have been better without:
Lonnie Donegan's "Does your chewing-gum lose its flavour on the bedpost
overnight?"
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