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Singing in the style of Brian Johnston

By Will last year, at the end of April Leave a comment on this post

“Is it the Ashes … yes, it’s the Ashes, England have won the Ashes!” Those words, memorably and rather wheezily uttered by Brian Johnston in 1953, are often impersonated in Cricinfo. And on a rare day in which we had no cricket to cover, I discovered a brand new game with which to irritate my colleagues: singing in the style of Johnners. It is a game of infinite possibilities and variations. Be it punk, metal, folk, garage, rap, you too can sound as daft as me. I had particular fun with Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer while my boss, a fellow Ramones fan, suggested Sheena is a Punk Rocker:

Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They’re ready to go now
They’ve got their surfboards
And they’re going to the discotheque a go go
But she just couldn’t stay
She had to break away
Well New York City really has it all
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
She’s a punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker

Suggestions welcome

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3 Responses to “Singing in the style of Brian Johnston”

  • Ceci wrote:
    April 23rd, 2007 at 10.17 pm

    I want you to sing Brown Sugar by the Stones

    Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields,
    Sold in a market down in new orleans.
    Scarred old slaver know hes doin alright.
    Hear him whip the women just around midnight.
    Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
    (a-ha) brown sugar, just like a young girl should
    A-huh.

    Drums beating, cold english blood runs hot,
    Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop.
    House boy knows that hes doin alright.
    You should a heard him just around midnight.
    Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
    (a-ha) brown sugar, just like a black girl should
    A-huh.

    Further more I want a soft shoe shuffle as you sing, a top hat tipped roguishly over one eye

  • Wraye wrote:
    April 24th, 2007 at 12.18 pm

    Try singing Stairway to Heaven in the style of Blowers :)

    “I say old thing, there’s a lady who knows, …”

  • Sam wrote:
    April 25th, 2007 at 11.25 am

    Anything by James Brown.

    “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud”


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