Always puzzled Me why an American Artist would sing about Picking Up A Bag Of Fish & Chips,& Calling It A Groove ???? when it is a very British Thing....

Jon Buck

Edited October 13, 200519 yr by jonbuck

Glad you confimred the lyrics because I always wondered this too - i just thought perhaps i always misheard it!

Wouldn't mind a copy of this if any ones got a spare? :-)

Glad you confimred the lyrics because I always wondered this too - i just thought perhaps i always misheard it!

Wouldn't mind a copy of this if any ones got a spare? :-)

HAVE A GREEN LABEL STEPHANE 2 ISSUE YOU CAN HAVE ??

HAVE A GREEN LABEL STEPHANE 2 ISSUE YOU CAN HAVE ??

second issue???

second issue???

HOW ITS DESCRIBED - MAYBE "RE" IS THE WORD?

HAVE A GREEN LABEL STEPHANE 2 ISSUE YOU CAN HAVE ??

No thanks, i'm an originals only kindas guy

No thanks, i'm an originals only kindas guy

CANT EVEN GIVE IT AWAY

CANT EVEN GIVE IT AWAY

Didnt think they reissued it thats all, got a green one me-self....

Didnt think they reissued it thats all, got a green one me-self....

So Back to my Original Question, Why would Someone, Supposedly from Detroit be Singing about Fish & Chips & Calling it A Groove ????

Jon Buck

Edited October 13, 200519 yr by jonbuck

Funkadelic did a track called Fish, Chips & Sweat maybe after all these years we find out that fish and chips actually came from the states...

Didnt think they reissued it thats all, got a green one me-self....

they didn't re-issue it...someone booted it original styrene boot vinyl

So Back to my Original Question, Why would Someone, Supposedly from Detroit be Singing about Fish & Chips & Calling it A Groove ????

Jon Buck

You must remember that large numbers of black americans were camped in Britain during WW2 and when they were allowed out almost the only food they could find to eat out was fish and chips which wasn't rationed....although very limited openning hours ......so that's possibly why they have fond memories of them.....................as to why "a Groove"....no idea.....

Funkadelic did a track called Fish, Chips & Sweat maybe after all these years we find out that fish and chips actually came from the states...

Didn't George Clinton co write "Baby Thats A Groove" ? Lets face it he's on the eccentric side so no reason he shouldn't write about anything really like ooooh, the electric spanking of war babies. And I wonder if the reference has something to do with "cup of tea' which is another unlikely phrase that crops up in soul records sometimes. English acts had been big in the US so it's not inconceivable that it is just a gimmick associated with that.

I'm hungry now ! Think I'll put the kettle on.

PS - my bootleg copy of the 45 (the thirtieth Northern 45 ever bought) has "Monkey See, Monkey Do" a great San Remo-esque instrumental but its all off centre and speeds up towards the end. Are the real ones like that and if not has somone got an mp.3 ?

Didn't George Clinton co write "Baby Thats A Groove" ? Lets face it he's on the eccentric side so no reason he shouldn't write about anything really like ooooh, the electric spanking of war babies.

It is fact the same song - different title - and much different arrangement!!!!

Mike

So Back to my Original Question, Why would Someone, Supposedly from Detroit be Singing about Fish & Chips & Calling it A Groove ????

Jon Buck

Anglophile perhaps?