[peel] Re: OT: Melorooney Vout

[Pete Conkerton]

Well I was unfamiliar with the work of Mr. Gaillard, but this got my day off to a happy start:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdrnTTDTqo
 
Interestingly, Clinic's first album included tracks called 'Cement Mixer' and 'Voot' - and 'Cement Mixer' made the festive 50 in 1998 - but they sound nothing like SG...
 
Cheers aye, Pete
 
 

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 From: Alan Ford <ford.alan@...>
To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 23:13
Subject: Re: [peel] Re: OT: Melorooney Vout
  
   
 
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@...> wrote: 
 
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>mellow rooney it is
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>look in this newspaper from 1946
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>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> >>