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| From | Matthew George <abertawe@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: DIY |
| Date | Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:33 +0100 |
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floatingunder wrote:
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "pOpBaNg" <bangbangpopshow@p...>
>
>
> Snip: (from the listing of the DIY artists listed)
>
> Jilted John -- Jilted John
>
> *This song kills me every time I hear it. One of the sillier songs
> about getting "dumped" that I've ever heard. Has anyone heard more by
> Jilted John? Despite loving this song, something tells me that maybe
> more Jilted John would cause tooth decay or some other malady.
> Please, let me know if that's not the case. In other words, was he a
> one song wonder?
As Jilted John, yes. Graham Fellows (for it was he) went on to "be"
John Shuttleworth - a comedy character with a taste for silly songs and
extremely cheap keyboards. He was a frequent guest on the Mark
Radcliffe show on BBC Radio 1 in the early/mid 90s, and ended up with a
series (The Shuttleworths) on Radio 4 (probably downloadable from
uknova.com). This was probably his best known song -
http://www.shuttleworths.co.uk/images/yreg.jpg
You can visit http://www.shuttleworths.co.uk for more information and
some audio files. This page contains some interviews, etc. -
http://www.shuttleworths.co.uk/gdf/extra.html
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