[peel] Re: OT: Melorooney Vout

Alan Ford ford.alan@...
Wed Jul 24 00:13:18 CEST 2013


So "Things are mellow rooney vout and oh dig it". The question is, where
else have heard it? I'm sure I've got a record somewhere which samples it.
Been driving me nuts all day.
whosampled.com has been no help ..





On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:40 PM, billfromnorthwales <
billfromnorthwales@....uk> wrote:

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> mellow rooney it is
>
> look in this newspaper from 1946
>
> http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll104/id/63873
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> The Slim Gaillard trio, known for its recording of "Cement Mixer" and "The Road to Pomona"
> heads the list of entertainment.
> Gaillard, who speaks seven languages as well as his own "vout-o-reenie, yep-rock, mellow rooney" dialect,
> will be accompanied by Tiny Brown, bass. ETC
>
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" wrote:
> >
> > 34:44 on "1977-xx-zz BBC R1 Alexis..." etc file.
> >
> > Are they bit noisy (hiss/rumble)these files? I didn't do any NR etc.
> >
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Alan Ford ford.alan@ wrote:
> > >
> > > I've just been listening to an Alexis Korner show where he plays
> 'Chicken
> > > Rhythm' by Slim Gaillard.
> > > Apparently SG devised his own language, called Vout, and the song is
> > > introduced by a DJ who says something like "Things are meloroony vout
> and
> > > oh dig it".
> > > While I'm confident that I've never heard this song before, I am
> equally
> > > confident that I've heard that DJ line sampled on another record
> somewhere.
> > > Does anyone else recognise it?
> > >
> > > I've tried googling various spellings and permutations, but all I got
> was
> > > "Do you mean Wayne Rooney out"?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> >
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