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--> '''B''' (''Be'') with just a bit of [[IncrediblyLamePun Gibbon take]]

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* FaceOfTheBand: Bill.
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* FunkMetal: Bonecrusher. It has the strong groove rhythm section for funk and the harsh melodic temperament for metal, what with the piercing guitar work. Also it contains lyrical themes not then heard outside the most extreme genres of music. It is probably the first recording of its kind for those reasons.
* GenreRoulette: Although their albums mostly contained funk there were strong Country & Western, ballads, rock, both Beatlesque and standard pop, and, in the case of Beastly Record, trad jazz songs.

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* FunkMetal: Bonecrusher. It has the strong groove rhythm section for funk and the harsh melodic temperament for metal, what with the piercing guitar work. Also it contains lyrical themes not then heard outside the most extreme genres of music. It is probably the first recording of its kind for those reasons.
reasons. [[note]] And now there is a rumour going around metal sources that Creator/{{Metallica}} are busily practising it for a new album that's in the pipeline...[[/note]]
* GenreRoulette: Although their albums mostly contained funk there were strong Country & Western, ballads, rock, both Both Beatlesque and standard pop, and, in the case of Beastly Record, trad jazz songs.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The incidental music's transition from Mike Gibbs to Dave [=MacRae.=]
** Mike had a more relaxed approach to the music. He'd come up with a loose structure, melodic theme, and feel, but a lot of the input was from the session players' ideas and interpretation on that specific take. Indeed, after the verse/chorus part of the song was done, the recordings often ascended into a wild jam with solos often being highlights. The effects of this approach can perhaps be best heard with the non-lyrical incidental music where a vamp is improvised over.
** Dave structured things heavily with little space for improvisation, jamming, and solos. As a result the music may seem more clinical and less organic. The general lack of songs from Bill, and the move to albums and singles, meant that music in The Goodies episodes was becoming less of a focus as series 6 progressed into the nearly song-less 8.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "The Funky Gibbon" — the greatest novelty hit of The Goodies. This obsession with primates, especially gibbons, was a carryover from ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain,'' which featured such musical numbers as "Stuff That Gibbon" (used as background music to some of the film sequences in the early series of The Goodies).

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* AlbumIntroTrack: "Goodies Theme" from "The New Goodies LP"
* AlbumTitleDrop: Baby Samba
-->"...''while our boring old mothers were buying Jensen Interceptors, caviar "New Goodies LP" that sort of thing''..."
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Bill played percussion on the albums
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The incidental music’s transition from Mike Gibbs to Dave [=MacRae.=]
** Mike had a more relaxed approach to the music. He’d come up with a loose structure, melodic theme, and feel, but a lot of the input was from the session players’ ideas and interpretation on that specific take. Indeed after the verse/chorus part of the song was done, the recordings often ascended into a wild jam with solos often being highlights. The effects of this approach can perhaps be best heard with the non-lyrical incidental music where a vamp is improvised over.

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* AlbumIntroTrack: "Goodies Theme" from "The ''The New Goodies LP"
LP''.
* AlbumTitleDrop: Baby Samba
"Baby Samba".
-->"...''while while our boring old mothers were buying Jensen Interceptors, caviar "New ''New Goodies LP" LP'' that sort of thing''...thing..."
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Bill played percussion on the albums
albums.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The incidental music’s music's transition from Mike Gibbs to Dave [=MacRae.=]
** Mike had a more relaxed approach to the music. He’d He'd come up with a loose structure, melodic theme, and feel, but a lot of the input was from the session players’ players' ideas and interpretation on that specific take. Indeed Indeed, after the verse/chorus part of the song was done, the recordings often ascended into a wild jam with solos often being highlights. The effects of this approach can perhaps be best heard with the non-lyrical incidental music where a vamp is improvised over.



* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: “Bonecrusher” is probably the first song written solely about kink, with the verse “Justified aggression, pornographic pain, constant application sure does dull the brain” describing sadism, masochism, and the descent into subspace.
* BehindTheBlack: Any time the incidental music was cut/edited and/or faded in/out for broadcast. Less than half of a 6 minute recording could end up being used, for example

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* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: “Bonecrusher” is probably the first song written solely about kink, with the verse “Justified aggression, pornographic pain, constant application sure does dull the brain” describing sadism, masochism, and the descent into subspace.
* BehindTheBlack: Any time the incidental music was cut/edited and/or faded in/out for broadcast. Less than half of a 6 minute recording could end up being used, for exampleexample.



* TheCastShowoff: Arguably keyboardist Dave [=MacRae=] who joined series sessions in Season 3 and became MD and arranger himself after the departure of Mike Gibbs. His playing is at its best during Season 5, especially during the more energetic pieces such as “Big Brave Bold Hunka Man”. He was also the only player, other than Brian Odgers, Mike Morgan, and Bill himself, to cross over onto the albums. As if that wasn’t enough, he arranged half of “New LP”, all of “Nothing To Do With Us”, which he also produced, and “Beastly Records”.
* ChristmasSongs: Two...
** Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me
** Make A Daft Noise For Christmas

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* TheCastShowoff: Arguably keyboardist Keyboardist Dave [=MacRae=] who joined series sessions in Season 3 and became MD and arranger himself after the departure of Mike Gibbs. His playing is at its best during Season 5, especially during the more energetic pieces such as “Big Brave Bold Hunka Man”. He was also the only player, other than Brian Odgers, Mike Morgan, and Bill himself, to cross over onto the albums. As if that wasn’t enough, he arranged half of “New LP”, all of “Nothing To Do With Us”, which he also produced, and “Beastly Records”.
* ChristmasSongs: Two...
** Father
Two, "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me
** Make
Me" and "Make A Daft Noise For ChristmasChristmas".



* CoverVersion: Famously "Wild Thing"
** Land Of Hope And Glory, We'll Keep A Welcome In The Hillside, Waltzing Matilda
** Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Cotton Fields, I’m In Love For The Very First Time
** Night Fever, Staying Alive, Summer Nights, You're The One That I Want, Onward Christian Soldiers, Tiger Rag, Bright Eyes

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* CoverVersion: Famously "Wild Thing"
Thing".
** Land "Land Of Hope And Glory, We'll Glory", "We'll Keep A Welcome In The Hillside, Waltzing Matilda
Hillside", "Waltzing Matilda".
** Brother "Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Cotton Fields, I’m Dime", "Cotton Fields", "I’m In Love For The Very First Time
Time".
** Night Fever, Staying Alive, Summer Nights, You're "Night Fever", "Staying Alive", "Summer Nights", "You're The One That I Want, Onward Want", "Onward Christian Soldiers, Tiger Rag, Bright EyesSoldiers", "Tiger Rag", "Bright Eyes".



** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis M*I*C*K*E*Y M*O*U*S*E]] which is arranged in typical Goodies funk style
* DanceSensation: Funky Gibbon became one when The Goodies went on The Top of the Pops
* EpicRiff: At least one per series. Bad Bad Lot, I’m Coming To Get You, Taking You Back, Bonecrusher
* EpicRocking: A large amount of the series incidental music, since Bill and Co. had to record enough material to fill out the filmed segments of the show. These could range from 3 minutes all the way to 7. Specific examples from “The Cricklewood Tapes” are: Away From It All, The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock 'n' Roll Band, Square Dance, Far Away, Superman, Bonecrusher; from the studio albums: Elizabeth Rules – U.K., “The Policeman’s Opera” taken as a whole

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** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis M*I*C*K*E*Y M*O*U*S*E]] M*O*U*S*E]]" which is arranged in typical Goodies funk style
style.
* DanceSensation: Funky Gibbon "Funky Gibbon" became one when The Goodies went on The Top ''Top of the Pops
Pops''.
* EpicRiff: At least one per series. "Bad Bad Bad Lot, I’m Lot", "I’m Coming To Get You, Taking You", "Taking You Back, Bonecrusher
Back", "Bonecrusher".
* EpicRocking: A large amount of the series incidental music, since Bill and Co. had to record enough material to fill out the filmed segments of the show. These could range from 3 minutes all the way to 7. Specific examples from “The Cricklewood Tapes” are: Away From It All, The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock 'n' Roll Band, Square Dance, Far Away, Superman, Bonecrusher; from the studio albums: Elizabeth Rules – U.K., “The Policeman’s Opera” taken as a wholewhole.



* FaceOfTheBand: Bill
* FakeBand: Although Bill played percussion and Graeme contributed banjo once or twice all the musicians were reputable session musicians.

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* FaceOfTheBand: Bill
Bill.
* FakeBand: Although Bill played percussion and Graeme contributed banjo once or twice twice, all the musicians were reputable session musicians.



* GenreShift. Goodies albums contained a wide variety of genres concurrent with the contemporary music of the time or recent times gone by. However there are a couple of songs which deserve a mention:
** The Policeman's Opera from "Nothing To Do With Us"
-->Pig's Lament: Rock
-->Dreadcop's Comin': Reggae
-->Third Bit: Bee Gees-like Disco
-->Photofit Love: Funk
-->She Does Not Exist: by its own admission an Aria
-->Rhapsody In Blue: Rock again
-->Finale: Harder Rock

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* GenreShift. GenreShift: Goodies albums contained a wide variety of genres concurrent with the contemporary music of the time or recent times gone by. However there are a couple of songs which deserve a mention:
** The ''The Policeman's Opera Opera'' from "Nothing ''Nothing To Do With Us"
-->Pig's Lament: Rock
-->Dreadcop's Comin': Reggae
-->Third Bit:
Us'':
*** "Pig's Lament": Rock.
*** "Dreadcop's Comin'": Reggae.
*** "Third Bit":
Bee Gees-like Disco
-->Photofit Love: Funk
-->She
Disco.
*** "Photofit Love": Funk.
*** "She
Does Not Exist: Exist": by its own admission an Aria
-->Rhapsody
Aria.
*** "Rhapsody
In Blue: Blue": Rock again
-->Finale:
again.
*** "Finale":
Harder RockRock.



** Inverted – Longest Song Goes First – with “Nothing To Do With Us” and “The Cricklewood Tapes” with “The Policeman’s Opera” and “Away From It All”
** Inverted – Shortest Song Goes First – with “The Goodies New LP” with “The Goodies Theme”

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** Inverted – Longest Song Goes First – with “Nothing To Do With Us” and “The Cricklewood Tapes” with “The Policeman’s Opera” and “Away From It All”
All”.
** Inverted – Shortest Song Goes First – with “The Goodies New LP” with “The Goodies Theme”Theme”.



-->"''Please Let Us Play - '''NO! NO! NO!'''''"
-->"''We don't want money - just don't send us away''"

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-->"''Please -->"Please Let Us Play - '''NO! NO! NO!'''''"
-->"''We
NO!'''"
-->"We
don't want money - just don't send us away''"away"



-->"''Please Let Us Play - '''YES! YES! YES!'''''"
-->"''We've got money - and they don't send us away''"

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-->"''Please -->"Please Let Us Play - '''YES! YES! YES!'''''"
-->"''We've
YES!'''"
-->"We've
got money - and they don't send us away''"away"



**  Until 2018 there was no way of hearing the original sound cues for “Kitten Kong”. With the release of “The Cricklewood Tapes” the mock advert of “Universe” (so full of cow it almost moos) and “Kitten Kong” itself could be heard for the for the first time in 45+ years. This is because when “Kitten Kong” was remounted for Montreaux ’72, Bill and Co. rerecorded “Kitten Kong” and the “Universe” sketch was dropped. “The One That Got Away (Version 1)” from “Scotland” or “The Loch Ness Monster” and “Changed (Version 2)” from “Pollution” remain unreleased. “50 Men In My Life (aka Dreaded Wheat)” was a major rarity since that advert got cut from reairings of “The Lost Tribe”, but it was recovered from the National Archives Of Australia in the end of 2009/beginning of 2010.

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**  Until Until 2018 there was no way of hearing the original sound cues for “Kitten Kong”. With the release of “The Cricklewood Tapes” the mock advert of “Universe” (so full of cow it almost moos) and “Kitten Kong” itself could be heard for the for the first time in 45+ years. This is because when “Kitten Kong” was remounted for Montreaux ’72, Bill and Co. rerecorded “Kitten Kong” and the “Universe” sketch was dropped. “The One That Got Away (Version 1)” from “Scotland” or “The Loch Ness Monster” and “Changed (Version 2)” from “Pollution” remain unreleased. “50 Men In My Life (aka Dreaded Wheat)” was a major rarity since that advert got cut from reairings of “The Lost Tribe”, but it was recovered from the National Archives Of Australia in the end of 2009/beginning of 2010.



* [[NewSoundAlbum New Sound Series]]: The music got harder and harder over the years, with new textures and sounds being explored and innovated. We begin with rather standard fare for the time, but end up with an unmistakably unique sonic signature.
** Series 1 – psychedelic pop with “Needed”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Are You Coming Out To Play”
** Series 2 – jazz with “Square Dance”, “Fun Palace”, “Dumb Animals”, “Berserk”; R'n'B with “A Woman’s Work”, “Spacehopper”, “Bad Bad Lot”
** Series 3/4 – jazz funk with “It’s My Home”, “I’m Coming To Get You”, “Ride My Pony”, “Do The Bunny”; hard rock with “Storm On”, “They’re Taking Over”, “Taking You Back”
** Series 5 – funk with “Crazy Man”, “Boomerang Love”; funk rock with “Here Come The Clowns”, “Lay Your Weight”, “Play The Game”, funk ''metal'' with “Bonecrusher”

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* [[NewSoundAlbum New Sound Series]]: NewSoundAlbum: The music got harder and harder over the years, with new textures and sounds being explored and innovated. We begin with rather standard fare for the time, but end up with an unmistakably unique sonic signature.
** Series 1 – psychedelic pop with “Needed”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Are You Coming Out To Play”
Play”.
** Series 2 – jazz with “Square Dance”, “Fun Palace”, “Dumb Animals”, “Berserk”; R'n'B with “A Woman’s Work”, “Spacehopper”, “Bad Bad Lot”
Lot”.
** Series 3/4 – jazz funk with “It’s My Home”, “I’m Coming To Get You”, “Ride My Pony”, “Do The Bunny”; hard rock with “Storm On”, “They’re Taking Over”, “Taking You Back”
Back”.
** Series 5 – funk with “Crazy Man”, “Boomerang Love”; funk rock with “Here Come The Clowns”, “Lay Your Weight”, “Play The Game”, funk ''metal'' with “Bonecrusher”“Bonecrusher”.



** "Goodies Theme" obviously
** "The Last Chance Dance" by the skin of its enamoured enamel
** "The Policeman's Opera" (and several of its parts too!)
** "Elizabeth Rules-U.K!" unsurprisingly
** "Funky Farm" being an instrumental and all
** "Square Dance", "Front Page News"

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** "Goodies Theme" obviously
obviously.
** "The Last Chance Dance" by the skin of its enamoured enamel
enamel.
** "The Policeman's Opera" (and several of its parts too!)
too!).
** "Elizabeth Rules-U.K!" unsurprisingly
unsurprisingly.
** "Funky Farm" being an instrumental and all
all.
** "Square Dance", "Front Page News"News".



** This was remedied somewhat in the September of 2018 when “The Cricklewood Tapes” was released as part of “A Binge Of The Goodies”. It contained 95% of the music for Series 2, around 1/2 of Series 5, and everything from Series 7. Everything is still in mono, but the tapes, some of which are almost 50 years old, sound pristine. Needless to say, [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced the fandom rejoiced]] and, despite its limited initial run, it was re-pressed later. The best part is that its rerelease retailed for £9.99. That’s right. Less than 10 pounds for 3 discs of killer music.

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** This was remedied somewhat in the September of 2018 when “The Cricklewood Tapes” was released as part of “A Binge Of The Goodies”. It contained 95% of the music for Series 2, around 1/2 of Series 5, and everything from Series 7. Everything is still in mono, but the tapes, some of which are almost 50 years old, sound pristine. Needless to say, [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced the fandom rejoiced]] rejoiced and, despite its limited initial run, it was re-pressed later. The best part is that its rerelease retailed for £9.99. That’s right. Less than 10 pounds for 3 discs of killer music.



* {{Pun}}: Bill uses these with ''abandon''
** {{Lampshaded}} in "I Am A Carnivore" where Bill reels off 14 meat-based puns. What a rump-us!
* PunctuatedForEmphasis. Done on two songs intentionally.
** Goodies Theme

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* {{Pun}}: Bill uses these with ''abandon''
**
''abandon''. {{Lampshaded}} in "I Am A Carnivore" where Bill reels off 14 meat-based puns. What a rump-us!
* PunctuatedForEmphasis. PunctuatedForEmphasis: Done on two songs intentionally.
** Goodies Theme"Goodies Theme":



** Funky Gibbon

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** Funky Gibbon"Funky Gibbon":



* RecordProducer: For the most part Miki Antony

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* RecordProducer: For the most part Miki AntonyAntony.



*** Version 1: Series 1+2 (1970-1972), Version 2: Series 3+4 (1973-1974), Version 3: Series 5 (1975), Version 4: Series 6-8 (1976-1980), Version 5: Series 9 (1981-1982)
** "The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock 'n' Roll Band" of Nigel Carter-Smith’s Society Band
** "Square Dance" of Square Bashing Dance
** "Kitten Kong" of the Andy Pandy segment of TV Personalities

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*** Version 1: Series 1+2 (1970-1972), Version 2: Series 3+4 (1973-1974), Version 3: Series 5 (1975), Version 4: Series 6-8 (1976-1980), Version 5: Series 9 (1981-1982)
(1981-1982).
** "The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock 'n' Roll Band" of Nigel Carter-Smith’s Society Band
Band.
** "Square Dance" of Square Bashing Dance
Dance.
** "Kitten Kong" of the Andy Pandy segment of TV PersonalitiesPersonalities.



** In addition, “Sunny Morning” was originally recorded for Series 2, Episode 10, but was unused in production. The full, unedited version – missing bars 5 to 25 of the coda – wasn’t released until “The Cricklewood Tapes”
** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
** "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"
** "Cricklewood" of Denmark Street

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** In addition, “Sunny Morning” was originally recorded for Series 2, Episode 10, but was unused in production. The full, unedited version – missing bars 5 to 25 of the coda – wasn’t released until “The Cricklewood Tapes”
Tapes”.
** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
Republic".
** "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"
Theme".
** "Cricklewood" of Denmark StreetStreet.



* SingerSongwriter: Bill really fits this to a tee. Not only was he totally serious about it all he has a voice that really does deserve its own recognition.
** In fact, he did release a couple of straight pop singles in the middle 1960's; a record company thought he had the looks and the voice to make it work.
* SingerNamedrop: Baby Samba
** Tim's little almost-theme song "I'm A Teapot"

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* SingerSongwriter: Bill really fits this to a tee. Not only was he totally serious about it all he has a voice that really does deserve its own recognition.
**
recognition. In fact, he did release a couple of straight pop singles in the middle 1960's; a record company thought he had the looks and the voice to make it work.
* SingerNamedrop: Baby Samba
SingerNamedrop:
** "Baby Samba".
** Tim's little almost-theme song "I'm A Teapot"Teapot".



* SomethingBlues: Sick-Man Blues
* TheSomethingSong: Sparrow Song
** Elephant Joke Song

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* SomethingBlues: SomethingBlues:" Sick-Man Blues
Blues".
* TheSomethingSong: Sparrow Song
TheSomethingSong:
** Elephant "Sparrow Song".
** "Elephant
Joke SongSong".



** “50 Men In My Life (aka Dreaded Wheat)” of 2 Men In My Life by Affinity, recorded for Shredded Wheat adverts in the early 70s
** “Stretching” of Sailin’ by Rod Stewart
** “Bless This Horse” of the hymn Bless This House by Helen Taylor and May Brahe
** “Greased Cycling” of Greased Lightning from Grease
* [[SoundToScreenAdaptation Sound To Vinyl Adaptation]]; A fair number of the songs, written by Oddie, first aired on the 1960's radio ensemble comedy precursor to The Goodies, ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', others, like ''The Funky Gibbon'', are extened allusions to the themes and concepts of the original radio show.

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** “50 "50 Men In My Life (aka Dreaded Wheat)” Wheat)" of 2 "2 Men In My Life Life" by Affinity, recorded for Shredded Wheat adverts in the early 70s
70s.
** “Stretching” "Stretching" of Sailin’ "Sailin'" by Rod Stewart
Stewart.
** “Bless "Bless This Horse” of the hymn Bless "Bless This House House" by Helen Taylor and May Brahe
Brahe.
** “Greased Cycling” "Greased Cycling" of Greased Lightning "Greased Lightning" from Grease
''Grease''.
* [[SoundToScreenAdaptation Sound To Vinyl Adaptation]]; SoundToScreenAdaptation: A fair number of the songs, written by Oddie, first aired on the 1960's radio ensemble comedy precursor to The Goodies, ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', others, like ''The Funky Gibbon'', are extened allusions to the themes and concepts of the original radio show.



** Graeme sung: "Stuff That Gibbon", receives first credit on "Sparrow Song", 3rd verse of "Panic", "Good Ole Country Music", "Dreadcop’s Comin’", "Blowin' Off". Graeme actually '''wrote''' "Sparrow Song" and, therefore, its reprise "Butterfly".
** Tim sung: "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat", "Winter Sportsman", 2nd verse of "Panic", "Please Let Us Play", "Cricklewood", narrated the intro to "Baby Samba", "Cactus In My Y-Fronts", "I Wish I Had Something To Say"

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** Graeme sung: sang: "Stuff That Gibbon", receives first credit on "Sparrow Song", 3rd verse of "Panic", "Good Ole Country Music", "Dreadcop’s Comin’", Comin'", "Blowin' Off". Graeme actually '''wrote''' "Sparrow Song" and, therefore, its reprise "Butterfly".
** Tim sung: sang: "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat", "Winter Sportsman", 2nd verse of "Panic", "Please Let Us Play", "Cricklewood", narrated the intro to "Baby Samba", "Cactus In My Y-Fronts", "I Wish I Had Something To Say"
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The incidental music’s transition from Mike Gibbs to Dave MacRae.

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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The incidental music’s transition from Mike Gibbs to Dave MacRae.[=MacRae.=]



* {{BDSM}}: “Bonecrusher” is probably the first song written solely about kink, with the verse “Justified aggression, pornographic pain, constant application sure does dull the brain” describing sadism, masochism, and the descent into subspace.

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* {{BDSM}}: UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: “Bonecrusher” is probably the first song written solely about kink, with the verse “Justified aggression, pornographic pain, constant application sure does dull the brain” describing sadism, masochism, and the descent into subspace.



* TheCastShowoff: Arguably keyboardist Dave MacRae who joined series sessions in Season 3 and became MD and arranger himself after the departure of Mike Gibbs. His playing is at its best during Season 5, especially during the more energetic pieces such as “Big Brave Bold Hunka Man”. He was also the only player, other than Brian Odgers, Mike Morgan, and Bill himself, to cross over onto the albums. As if that wasn’t enough, he arranged half of “New LP”, all of “Nothing To Do With Us”, which he also produced, and “Beastly Records”.

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* TheCastShowoff: Arguably keyboardist Dave MacRae [=MacRae=] who joined series sessions in Season 3 and became MD and arranger himself after the departure of Mike Gibbs. His playing is at its best during Season 5, especially during the more energetic pieces such as “Big Brave Bold Hunka Man”. He was also the only player, other than Brian Odgers, Mike Morgan, and Bill himself, to cross over onto the albums. As if that wasn’t enough, he arranged half of “New LP”, all of “Nothing To Do With Us”, which he also produced, and “Beastly Records”.



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "The Funky Gibbon" — the greatest novelty hit of The Goodies. This obsession with primates, especially gibbons, was a carryover from Im Sorry Ill Read That Again, which featured such musical numbers as "Stuff That Gibbon" (used as background music to some of the film sequences in the early series of The Goodies).

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "The Funky Gibbon" — the greatest novelty hit of The Goodies. This obsession with primates, especially gibbons, was a carryover from Im Sorry Ill Read That Again, ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain,'' which featured such musical numbers as "Stuff That Gibbon" (used as background music to some of the film sequences in the early series of The Goodies).



** This was remedied somewhat in the September of 2018 when “The Cricklewood Tapes” was released as part of “A Binge Of The Goodies”. It contained 95% of the music for Series 2, around 1/2 of Series 5, and everything from Series 7. Everything is still in mono, but the tapes, some of which are almost 50 years old, sound pristine. Needless to say, [[The Fandom Rejoyced|AndTheFandomRejoyced]] and, despite its limited initial run, it was repressed later. The best part is that its rerelease retailed for £9.99. That’s right. Less than 10 pounds for 3 discs of killer music.

to:

** This was remedied somewhat in the September of 2018 when “The Cricklewood Tapes” was released as part of “A Binge Of The Goodies”. It contained 95% of the music for Series 2, around 1/2 of Series 5, and everything from Series 7. Everything is still in mono, but the tapes, some of which are almost 50 years old, sound pristine. Needless to say, [[The Fandom Rejoyced|AndTheFandomRejoyced]] [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced the fandom rejoiced]] and, despite its limited initial run, it was repressed re-pressed later. The best part is that its rerelease retailed for £9.99. That’s right. Less than 10 pounds for 3 discs of killer music.



* RearrangeTheSong: Although Bill wrote plenty of new material for The Goodies, sometimes he needed to rework songs he wrote for "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"

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* RearrangeTheSong: Although Bill wrote plenty of new material for The Goodies, sometimes he needed to rework songs he wrote for "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain.''
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* EarWorm. If the incidental music doesn't stick in your head then nothing else will!

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Bill occasionally passed the mic to his two co-stars...
** Graeme sung: "Stuff That Gibbon", receives first credit on "Sparrow Song", "Good Ole Country Music", "Blowin' Off". Graeme actually '''wrote''' "Sparrow Song" and, therefore, its reprise "Butterfly".
** Tim sung: "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat", "Winter Sportsman", "Please Let Us Play", narrated the intro to "Baby Samba", "Cactus In My Y-Fronts", "I Wish I Had Something To Say"
** "Beastly Record" features a much more even spread of performances from Bill, Tim and Graeme.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Bill occasionally passed the mic AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The incidental music’s transition from Mike Gibbs to his two co-stars...
Dave MacRae.
** Graeme sung: "Stuff That Gibbon", receives first credit on "Sparrow Song", "Good Ole Country Music", "Blowin' Off". Graeme actually '''wrote''' "Sparrow Song" and, therefore, its reprise "Butterfly".
** Tim sung: "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat", "Winter Sportsman", "Please Let Us Play", narrated the intro to "Baby Samba", "Cactus In My Y-Fronts", "I Wish I Had Something To Say"
** "Beastly Record" features
Mike had a much more even spread relaxed approach to the music. He’d come up with a loose structure, melodic theme, and feel, but a lot of performances the input was from the session players’ ideas and interpretation on that specific take. Indeed after the verse/chorus part of the song was done, the recordings often ascended into a wild jam with solos often being highlights. The effects of this approach can perhaps be best heard with the non-lyrical incidental music where a vamp is improvised over.
** Dave structured things heavily with little space for improvisation, jamming, and solos. As a result the music may seem more clinical and less organic. The general lack of songs
from Bill, Tim and Graeme.the move to albums and singles, meant that music in The Goodies episodes was becoming less of a focus as series 6 progressed into the nearly song-less 8.
* {{BDSM}}: “Bonecrusher” is probably the first song written solely about kink, with the verse “Justified aggression, pornographic pain, constant application sure does dull the brain” describing sadism, masochism, and the descent into subspace.
* BehindTheBlack: Any time the incidental music was cut/edited and/or faded in/out for broadcast. Less than half of a 6 minute recording could end up being used, for example



* ChristmasSongs: Two

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* TheCastShowoff: Arguably keyboardist Dave MacRae who joined series sessions in Season 3 and became MD and arranger himself after the departure of Mike Gibbs. His playing is at its best during Season 5, especially during the more energetic pieces such as “Big Brave Bold Hunka Man”. He was also the only player, other than Brian Odgers, Mike Morgan, and Bill himself, to cross over onto the albums. As if that wasn’t enough, he arranged half of “New LP”, all of “Nothing To Do With Us”, which he also produced, and “Beastly Records”.
* ChristmasSongs: TwoTwo...



** Land Of Hope And Glory, We'll Keep A Welcome In The Hillside, Waltzing Matilda
** Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Cotton Fields, I’m In Love For The Very First Time
** Night Fever, Staying Alive, Summer Nights, You're The One That I Want, Onward Christian Soldiers, Tiger Rag, Bright Eyes



* EpicRiff: At least one per series. Bad Bad Lot, I’m Coming To Get You, Taking You Back, Bonecrusher
* EpicRocking: A large amount of the series incidental music, since Bill and Co. had to record enough material to fill out the filmed segments of the show. These could range from 3 minutes all the way to 7. Specific examples from “The Cricklewood Tapes” are: Away From It All, The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock 'n' Roll Band, Square Dance, Far Away, Superman, Bonecrusher; from the studio albums: Elizabeth Rules – U.K., “The Policeman’s Opera” taken as a whole



* FunkMetal: Bonecrusher. It has the strong groove rhythm section for funk and the harsh melodic temperament for metal, what with the piercing guitar work. Also it contains lyrical themes not then heard outside the most extreme genres of music. It is probably the first recording of its kind for those reasons.



* LongestSongGoesLast: Played Straight with “Sings Songs From The Goodies” and “Beastly Record” with “Spacehopper” and “Elephant Joke Song”
** Inverted – Longest Song Goes First – with “Nothing To Do With Us” and “The Cricklewood Tapes” with “The Policeman’s Opera” and “Away From It All”
** Inverted – Shortest Song Goes First – with “The Goodies New LP” with “The Goodies Theme”



* MinisculeRocking: Land Of Hope And Glory, Kitten Kong, Sparrow Song, The Goodies Theme, parts of “The Policeman’s Opera”: Third Bit, Photofit Love, Rhapsody In Blue, Finale; On The Road, Rock Goodies, Goodies Split, Meanwhile, A Few Days Later, Punky Business, etc.
* MissingEpisode:
** Until 2018 there was no way of hearing the original sound cues for “Kitten Kong”. With the release of “The Cricklewood Tapes” the mock advert of “Universe” (so full of cow it almost moos) and “Kitten Kong” itself could be heard for the for the first time in 45+ years. This is because when “Kitten Kong” was remounted for Montreaux ’72, Bill and Co. rerecorded “Kitten Kong” and the “Universe” sketch was dropped. “The One That Got Away (Version 1)” from “Scotland” or “The Loch Ness Monster” and “Changed (Version 2)” from “Pollution” remain unreleased. “50 Men In My Life (aka Dreaded Wheat)” was a major rarity since that advert got cut from reairings of “The Lost Tribe”, but it was recovered from the National Archives Of Australia in the end of 2009/beginning of 2010.
** Any of the incidental music not released on “The Cricklewood Tapes”. That’s all of Series 1, 3, 4 (except “Taking You Back”) and 1/2 of 5 for Mike Gibbs, and all of 6, 8, and 9 for Dave MacRae. All recordings of "Goodies Theme" except "Version 4" (S 6-8), since this is the version from "New Goodies LP", and the rerecording of "Version 2" (S 3+4) are missing, since they existed on tapes which are not known to exist.



* [[NewSoundAlbum New Sound Series]]: The music got harder and harder over the years, with new textures and sounds being explored and innovated. We begin with rather standard fare for the time, but end up with an unmistakably unique sonic signature.
** Series 1 – psychedelic pop with “Needed”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Are You Coming Out To Play”
** Series 2 – jazz with “Square Dance”, “Fun Palace”, “Dumb Animals”, “Berserk”; R'n'B with “A Woman’s Work”, “Spacehopper”, “Bad Bad Lot”
** Series 3/4 – jazz funk with “It’s My Home”, “I’m Coming To Get You”, “Ride My Pony”, “Do The Bunny”; hard rock with “Storm On”, “They’re Taking Over”, “Taking You Back”
** Series 5 – funk with “Crazy Man”, “Boomerang Love”; funk rock with “Here Come The Clowns”, “Lay Your Weight”, “Play The Game”, funk ''metal'' with “Bonecrusher”



** "Square Dance", "Front Page News"



** This was remedied somewhat in the September of 2018 when “The Cricklewood Tapes” was released as part of “A Binge Of The Goodies”. It contained 95% of the music for Series 2, around 1/2 of Series 5, and everything from Series 7. Everything is still in mono, but the tapes, some of which are almost 50 years old, sound pristine. Needless to say, [[The Fandom Rejoyced|AndTheFandomRejoyced]] and, despite its limited initial run, it was repressed later. The best part is that its rerelease retailed for £9.99. That’s right. Less than 10 pounds for 3 discs of killer music.



* RearrangeTheSong: "Goodies Theme" got a spring-clean every series or so...

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* RearrangeTheSong: Although Bill wrote plenty of new material for The Goodies, sometimes he needed to rework songs he wrote for "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"
**
"Goodies Theme" got a spring-clean every series or so...so...
*** Version 1: Series 1+2 (1970-1972), Version 2: Series 3+4 (1973-1974), Version 3: Series 5 (1975), Version 4: Series 6-8 (1976-1980), Version 5: Series 9 (1981-1982)
** "The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock 'n' Roll Band" of Nigel Carter-Smith’s Society Band
** "Square Dance" of Square Bashing Dance
** "Kitten Kong" of the Andy Pandy segment of TV Personalities



** In addition, “Sunny Morning” was originally recorded for Series 2, Episode 10, but was unused in production. The full, unedited version – missing bars 5 to 25 of the coda – wasn’t released until “The Cricklewood Tapes”
** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"



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** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune "Cricklewood" of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"Denmark Street



* [[SoundToScreenAdaptation Sound To Vinyl Adaptation]]; A fair number of the songs, written by Oddie, first aired on the 1960's radio ensemble comedy precursor to The Goodies, ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', others, like ''The Funky Gibbon'', are extened allusions to the themes and concepts of the original radio show.

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** “50 Men In My Life (aka Dreaded Wheat)” of 2 Men In My Life by Affinity, recorded for Shredded Wheat adverts in the early 70s
** “Stretching” of Sailin’ by Rod Stewart
** “Bless This Horse” of the hymn Bless This House by Helen Taylor and May Brahe
** “Greased Cycling” of Greased Lightning from Grease
* [[SoundToScreenAdaptation Sound To Vinyl Adaptation]]; A fair number of the songs, written by Oddie, first aired on the 1960's radio ensemble comedy precursor to The Goodies, ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', others, like ''The Funky Gibbon'', are extened allusions to the themes and concepts of the original radio show.show.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Bill occasionally passed the mic to his two co-stars...
** Graeme sung: "Stuff That Gibbon", receives first credit on "Sparrow Song", 3rd verse of "Panic", "Good Ole Country Music", "Dreadcop’s Comin’", "Blowin' Off". Graeme actually '''wrote''' "Sparrow Song" and, therefore, its reprise "Butterfly".
** Tim sung: "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat", "Winter Sportsman", 2nd verse of "Panic", "Please Let Us Play", "Cricklewood", narrated the intro to "Baby Samba", "Cactus In My Y-Fronts", "I Wish I Had Something To Say"
** "Beastly Record" features a much more even spread of performances from Bill, Tim and Graeme.
* VideoInsideFilmOutside: An interesting case. Since filmed segments would often be overdubbed in post with sound effects, the music track was recorded and left as it was lyrical or otherwise. Anything sound-wise in the studio would be recorded live. Therefore Mike and Bill would often prepare instrumental backing tracks when necessary, and all vocals were performed on set. This was used for songs such as “Nothing Like A Dame”, “Mummy, I Don’t Like My Meat”, “I Don’t Want Your Love”, “Goodies Medicine Show”, “Les Girls”.
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* {{SoundToScreenAdaptation [[SoundToScreenAdaptation Sound To Vinyl Adaptation]]; A fair number of the songs, written by Oddie, first aired on the 1960's radio ensemble comedy precursor to The Goodies, ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', others, like ''The Funky Gibbon'', are extened allusions to the themes and concepts of the original radio show.
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* SongParody: Oh yes!

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* SongParody: Oh yes!yes!
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* BookEnds. The melody of "All Things Bright And Beautiful", the first song on their first album and début single, is reprised in "I Am A Carnivore" which is the penultimate song on the final album. It was kind of Bill's way of saying goodbye to a ''fantastic'' 5-year discography.



** Most of the tracks from "Sings Songs From The Goodies" are rerecorded songs from the first four series of the show. In track order:

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** Most of the tracks from "Sings Songs From The Goodies" are rerecorded songs from the first four three series of the show.show. "Taking You Back", while appearing in "Camelot" (the first episode of the fourth series), actually came from the episode's original session tape. In track order:



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* The New Goodies LP
* Nothing To Do With Us
* Beastly Record

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||'''''Side 1'''''||
||'''No.'''||'''Title'''||
||1||All Things Bright And Beautiful||
||2||Ride My Pony||
||3||Stuff That Gibbon||
||4||Mummy I Don't Like My Meat||
||5||Show Me
The Way||
||'''''Side 2'''''||
||6||Goodies Theme||
||7||Sparrow Song||
||8||Taking You Back||
||9||Sunny Morning||
||N/A||"Butterfly" (Sparrow Song reprise)||
||10||Winter Sportsman||
||11||Spacehopper||
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||'''''Side 1'''''||
||'''No.'''||'''Title'''||
||1||Goodies Theme||
||2||Please Let Us Play||
||3||Custard Pie||
||4||Cricklewood||
||5||Good Ole Country Music||
||6||Baby Samba||
||7||Rock With A Policeman||
||'''''Side 2'''''||
||8||The Cricklewood Shakedown||
||9||Nappy Love||
||10||I'm A Teapot||
||11||Working The Line||
||12||Funky Gibbon||
||13||Wild Thing||
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||'''''Side 1'''''||
||'''No.'''||'''Title'''||
||1||Policeman's Opera [softreturn] [--(A major Work in four parts-with a couple of bits in between)--]||
|| ||[-Overture-"Pig's Lament"-]||
|| ||[-Dreadcop's Comin'-]||
|| ||[-Third Bit-]||
|| ||[-Photofit Love-]||
|| ||[-Aria-"She Does Not Exist"-]||
|| ||[-Rhapsody In Blue-]||
|| ||[-Finale-]||
||2||Cactus In My Y-Fronts||
||3||Elizabeth Rules-U.K!||
||'''''Side 2'''''||
||4||Blowin' Off||
||5||I Wish I Could Get High||
||6||Synthesizer Man||
||7||She Wouldn't Understand||
||8||I Wish I Had Something To Say||
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[[folder:Beastly Record]]
||'''''Side 1'''''||
||'''No.'''||'''Title'''||
||1||Melody Farm||
||2||Taking My Oyster For Walkies||
||3||Spring Spring Spring||
||4||Terrapins||
||5||A Man's Best Friend Is His Duck||
||6||Spank That Hamster||
||'''''Side 2'''''||
||7||Rastashanty||
||8||Ironing My Goldfish||
||9||Funky Farm||
||10||There's A Walrus In My Soup||
||11||Why Doesn't An Elephant Go Tweet Tweet?||
||12||I Am A Carnivore||
||13||Elephant Joke Song||
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** "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"
** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
** Most of the tracks from "Sings Songs From The Goodies" are rerecorded songs from the first four series of the show. In order:

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** "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"
** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
** Most of the tracks from "Sings Songs From The Goodies" are rerecorded songs from the first four series of the show. In track order:


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** "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"
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* HeavyMithril: Take Me Back. Although possibly written to parody the recent fantasy-oriented rock, this song really does stand up on its own.

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* HeavyMithril: Take Me Taking You Back. Although possibly written to parody the recent fantasy-oriented rock, this song really does stand up on its own.



* MetalScream: All Things Bright And Beautiful, Custard Pie

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* MetalScream: All Things Bright And Beautiful, Custard PiePie, etc.



** "The Last Chance Dance" by the skin of its enamoured enamel



** "Take Me Back" by the skin of its teeth
** "Last Chance Dance" by the enamoured enamel

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"Elizabeth Rules-U.K!" unsurprisingly
** "Last Chance Dance" by the enamoured enamel"Funky Farm" being an instrumental and all

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[[http://www.45cat.com/artist/the-goodies Singles]]:



* ADayInTheLimelight: Bill occasionally passed the mic to his two co-stars...
** Graeme sung: "Stuff That Gibbon", receives first credit on "Sparrow Song", "Good Ole Country Music", "Blowin' Off". Graeme actually '''wrote''' "Sparrow Song" and, therefore, its reprise "Butterfly".
** Tim sung: "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat", "Winter Sportsman", "Please Let Us Play", narrated the intro to "Baby Samba", "Cactus In My Y-Fronts", "I Wish I Had Something To Say"
** "Beastly Record" features a much more even spread of performances from Bill, Tim and Graeme.



* EarWorm. If the incidental music doesn't stick in your head then nothing else will!



* HeavyMithril: Take Me Back. Although possibly written to parody the recent fantasy-oriented rock this song really does stand up on its own.

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* HeavyMithril: Take Me Back. Although possibly written to parody the recent fantasy-oriented rock rock, this song really does stand up on its own.



** "Last Chance Dance" by the enamoured enamel



* OopNorth: Black Pudding Bertha (she's the queen of '''''northern''' soul'', y'know)



** {{Lampshaded}} in "I Am A Carnivore" where Bill reels off 14 meat-based puns. What a rump-us!



* RearrangeTheSong: "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"

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||Stuff That Gibbon||That Old Black Magic||26||3||
||Mummy I Don't Like My Meat||Superstar||29||3||
||Show Me the Way||Snooze||2||1||
||Goodies Theme||(title sequences)||23-36||3+4||
||Sparrow Song||Superstar||29||3||
||Taking You Back||Camelot||30||4||
||Winter Sportsman||Winter Olympics||25||3||
||Spacehopper||Charity Bounce||19||2||


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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: All of the music recorded for the show. All of the killer funk . funk recorded with Michael Gibbs and Dave Macrae. Most of it is in mono and has a laugh track over it so listening to it is unsatisfactory.unsatisfactory.
** Andrew Pixley from [[http://www.goodiesruleok.com/ goodiesruleok.com]] compiled a list of the songs [[http://www.goodiesruleok.com/articles.php?id=76 here]] and [[http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/48 various]] [[http://www.goodiesruleok.com/forum.php?forum=3&fpage=3&msg=40077&topic=4232 threads]] have specified that it is extant in SFX and laughter-free format but Oddie won't release it for various reasons.

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* GenreRoulette: Although their albums mostly contained funk there were strong Country & Western, ballads, rock, both Beatlesque and standard pop, and, in the case of Beastly Record, trad jazz songs.



* NewSoundAlbum: Beastly Record mostly has 1920s-esque songs on it.

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The Goodies weren't just a comic trio, they had a number of hits in the mid-'70s eventually peaking at #4 with Funky Gibbon. Although credited to The Goodies most of these recordings were Bill's songwriting, vocals and, in the vein of his favorite genre, Funk.

!!!Discography:

!!!!Albums:

* Sing Songs From The Goodies
* The New Goodies LP
* Nothing To Do With Us
* Beastly Record

!!!!Non-album Singles:

* The Inbetweenies
** Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me
* The Funky Gibbon (a ''very'' slightly different version to the one found on "The New Goodies LP")
** Sick-Man Blues
* Black Pudding Bertha
** Panic
* Make A Daft Noise For Christmas
** The Last Chance Dance
* Bounce!
* M*I*C*K*E*Y M*O*U*S*E

Bill's Music Tropes

* AlbumIntroTrack: "Goodies Theme" from "The New Goodies LP"
* AlbumTitleDrop: Baby Samba
-->"...''while our boring old mothers were buying Jensen Interceptors, caviar "New Goodies LP" that sort of thing''..."
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Bill played percussion on the albums
* ChristmasSongs: Two
** Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me
** Make A Daft Noise For Christmas
* ConceptAlbum: Beastly Record contains songs about animals.
* CoverVersion: Famously "Wild Thing"
** "All Things Bright And Beautiful" really is its own song but the melody and lyrics are, of course, much the same!
** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis M*I*C*K*E*Y M*O*U*S*E]] which is arranged in typical Goodies funk style
* DanceSensation: Funky Gibbon became one when The Goodies went on The Top of the Pops
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "The Funky Gibbon" — the greatest novelty hit of The Goodies. This obsession with primates, especially gibbons, was a carryover from Im Sorry Ill Read That Again, which featured such musical numbers as "Stuff That Gibbon" (used as background music to some of the film sequences in the early series of The Goodies).
* FaceOfTheBand: Bill
* FakeBand: Although Bill played percussion and Graeme contributed banjo once or twice all the musicians were reputable session musicians.
* GenreShift. Goodies albums contained a wide variety of genres concurrent with the contemporary music of the time or recent times gone by. However there are a couple of songs which deserve a mention:
** The Policeman's Opera from "Nothing To Do With Us"
-->Pig's Lament: Rock
-->Dreadcop's Comin': Reggae
-->Third Bit: Bee Gees-like Disco
-->Photofit Love: Funk
-->She Does Not Exist: by its own admission an Aria
-->Rhapsody In Blue: Rock again
-->Finale: Harder Rock
** "I Wish I Had Something To Say" goes from pop ballad on Tim's verses to funk and then reggae on Bill's bridges.
* HeavyMithril: Take Me Back. Although possibly written to parody the recent fantasy-oriented rock this song really does stand up on its own.
-->"''Back to the ages of peasants and pages''"
* LyricSwap: "Please Let Us Play". The 3rd verse echoes the 1st - the singers have become famous.
-->"''Please Let Us Play - '''NO! NO! NO!'''''"
-->"''We don't want money - just don't send us away''"
-->becomes in the 3rd chorus
-->"''Please Let Us Play - '''YES! YES! YES!'''''"
-->"''We've got money - and they don't send us away''"
* MetalScream: All Things Bright And Beautiful, Custard Pie
* NewSoundAlbum: Beastly Record mostly has 1920s-esque songs on it.
* NonAppearingTitle:
** "Goodies Theme" obviously
** "The Policeman's Opera" (and several of its parts too!)
** "Take Me Back" by the skin of its teeth
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: All of the music recorded for the show. All of the killer funk . Most of it is in mono and has a laugh track over it so listening to it is unsatisfactory.
* OneHitWonder: in the USA, where the only Goodies song that charted, briefly, was ''Funky Gibbon''. Apparently the US Dance and Disco Chart took it as a straight disco number played for real and a real dance craze. It took them a while to work it out...
* {{Pun}}: Bill uses these with ''abandon''
* PunctuatedForEmphasis. Done on two songs intentionally.
** Goodies Theme
--> '''G''' (''Gee'') you need a helping hand
--> '''O''' (''Oh'') you know we'll understand
--> '''O''' we'll give right to the end
--> '''D''' we'll show you definitely
--> '''Y''' (''Why'') you should employ us three
** Funky Gibbon
--> '''G''' (''Gee'') the world would be good
--> '''I''' (''I'') know how nice it could
--> '''B''' (''Be'') with just a bit of [[IncrediblyLamePun Gibbon take]]
--> '''B''' just like that Gibbon
--> '''O''' (''Oh'') feel the rhythm
--> '''N''' (''aNd'') you'll groove and dance up to the planet of the apes
* RecordProducer: For the most part Miki Antony
* RearrangeTheSong: "The Funky Gibbon" has the same chords as "Goodies Theme"
** "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is set to the tune of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
* RecurringRiff: The brass intro to "The Funky Gibbon" may sound familiar as might the guitar intro to "The Inbetweenies". (Goody goody yum yum!)
* SelfBackingVocalist: Bill used to rerecord Tim and Graeme's backing vocals late into the night. He put his voice through a studio harmonizer so they couldn't tell the difference.
* SingerSongwriter: Bill really fits this to a tee. Not only was he totally serious about it all he has a voice that really does deserve its own recognition.
** In fact, he did release a couple of straight pop singles in the middle 1960's; a record company thought he had the looks and the voice to make it work.
* SingerNamedrop: Baby Samba
** Tim's little almost-theme song "I'm A Teapot"
-->"''Oo look at Tim'' ... ''You be like him''"
* SomethingBlues: Sick-Man Blues
* SongParody: Oh yes!

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