Oh England my Leotard

[Lori]

You've gotta listen to this, it's quite amusing, and the lyrics are below:

Song link: www.missinglibido.org/katebush/Oh%20England%20My%20Leotard.mp3

I was into yin and yang and hatha yoga
Ginseng and caraway seeds and being a non-smoker
My carrot quiches were better than the bought ones
And I was thicker than two short ones
People bought my latest hits
Cos they liked my latex tits
Everyone trying hard
To get inside my leotard

Went to my hairdresser to have a hair-do (hair do-be-do-be-do)
He asked if I knew A La Recherche De Temps Perdus
That's how I was introduced to Colette, Cocteau and Marcel Proust
Now wholefood cookery is just a sideline

(Shrill 'La-La-la' middle eight.)

I went to Cairo and I read the Gnostic
Apocryphon of John in the original Coptic
Korsakoff's psychosis theories
And the Fibonacci series
Studied acupuncture and the Bible - the Byabubble -
Opened the windows in my mind

'It's not your mind, it's your body they're into-oo-oo'
My business-manager said.
He said that I need an intellect like I need a
Hole hole in the in the hole in the head

Though I'm an honorary member of Mensa now
I have to try and keep up a pretence somehow
'Cos you buy my latest hits
Because you like my latex tits
And you're all trying hard to get inside my
Leotard leotard leotard

Oh England, my leotard
Ooh ooh ooh ooh

[Al Truest]

A clever, albeit demeaning, parody that exemplifies the male dominant slant on evaluating talent. Sad.

[Lori]

Sorry but I don't understand a lot of them words

Anyway, I found it quite amusing

[Adey]

Oh I remember this, a satirical programme on the BBC in the late 70s, called "Not the Nine O'Clock News". The regulars were (all very young) Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson (wife of Billy Connolly).

Pamela Stephenson performed this in some outrageous Kate style costumes. Usually the show was quite good, very pythonesque at times.

[brillo69]

the one thing that sticks in my mind regarding not the nine o'clock news is a song parody they did called kinda lingers.


keep repeating this to get the joke.

[Adey]

Kinda Lingers Paul, Kinda Lingers Adey, Kinda Lingers etc etc

And who could forget the marvellous "I can't believe Ronald Reagan is President"

(I believe that the devil is ready to repent, but I can't believe Ronald Reagan is president)

[brillo69]

"Nice video;shame about the song"
that's another that I remember.

[Adey]

I'm fairly sure that all of these parodies were written by Richard Curtiss, of Blackadder fame. He also did the parody songs for the satirical puppet show, Spitting Image.

[brillo69]

The lyrics of The chicken song were written by rob grant and doug naylor who later created Red Dwarf,and Chris Barrie was also an impressionist on spitting image.

But you already knew that,didn't you adey?

[Adey]

I knew about Chris Barrie, but not about the Chicken Song!

[Sto]

I can't stop listening to "Oh England My Leotart" today. amazing how well she impersonates Kate in her "The Kick Inside" years, actually. The "bi-a-bubble" and improvised "la la la la"s are class. Pamela's marvellous! Although they got the bit about "being a non-smoker" wrong!

[Lori]

Sto' said:

amazing how well she impersonates Kate in her "The Kick Inside" years, actually.

It's the best impersonator I've ever heard of her, there's very few people who could reach the notes she does. I can if I record my voice on the comp then double the speed up, hehe ;D

[Lori]

You know on the lyrics how at the end it says:

"Oh England, my leotard
Ooh ooh ooh ooh"

Did anyone actually hear this because I never. When I listened it stopped after leotard, leotard, leotard (like Violin).

Just curious

[Sto]

Not on my version I'd love to hear it though!