Track Listing

1. Goodies Theme
2. Funky Gibbon
3. In Betweenies
4. Please Let Us Play
5. Black Pudding Bertha
6. Cricklewood
7. Good Ole Country Music
8. Nappy Love
9. Wild Thing
10. Rock With A Policeman
11. Panic
12. I'm A Teapot
13. Sick Man Blues
14. Last Chance Dance
15. Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me
16. Make A Daft Noise For Christmas

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4818 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Goody Goody Yum Yum....
It's very easy to dismiss this as a money making spin-off, a nostalgia trip, a novelty record....

But, Bill Oddie, instead of being a comic/actor/ornithologist could have been a "serious" singer/songwriter - just listen to his voice. Tim Brooke Taylor and Graeme Garden play it mainly for laughs, as lets face it they always have, as natural born comedians.

It all started with Bill writing songs for the "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" radio comedy series of the 1960s(now available on CD and Tape from our chums at Amazon). Then later, as John Cleese joined "the circus", Bill, Tim and Graeme headed off to become the Goodies - a classic TV series sadly rarely repeated on TV. (But check out the recently released DVD - first of a series out by popular demand from fans)

Bill wrote and sang the songs to accompany the speeded up slapstick outdoors film sketches, and then some bright spark realised maybe they could become pop stars.....

Christmas 1974 saw them in the charts with the risque "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" backed with the all too ironic "Inbetweenies"(too old to be a teenage idol, too young to be a mothers pet).

Followed a few months later with their best known hit - Funky Gibbon - they had a thing about gibbons(there were other gibbon songs!), and this had originated some years before in ISIRTA. Those who remember buying the single will recall a classic B-side in "Sick Man Blues" - a great pastiche on Blues songs, as is Good Ole... about Country.

They're all here plus more - a manic one about the state of the country(Panic), Bills Northen roots(Black Pudding Bertha), their favourite part of London(Cricklewood) and mention should be made of the over the top cover version of Wild Thing.

A CD to cheer you up maybe, to remind you that the 70s was a fun decade, and certainly show you the skills of the Goodies at just laughing at the absurdity of life, but doing their best at taking the music seriously, not just cashing in.

Enjoy!

Goody Goody Yum Yum...............
For anyone who remembers the 1970s, The Goodies were one of the best Comedy TV shows. Bill Oddie had been writing and singing songs since I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again in the 1960s, and peppered the TV shows with great songs - this lead to hit singles and they're all here. Wild Thing is a great cover of the Troggs old song, and there are some great tongue in cheek other songs here. Buy and enjoy-it'll cheer you up!!!

Hours of fun!
Having loved the Goodies when I was a kid, I bought the DVD and cd for my own kids (and for myself...). The DVD was a great success - they literally laughed until they fell off the sofa - and now we sing along to the cd in the car on the way to school every morning. It may not educate their little brains in the same way as Mozart, but it's loads of fun and a definite stress reliever - try keeping a straight face while you join in with 'Nappy Love' or 'Father Christmas do not touch me'!