Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Remember 'Bugsy Malone' ?

If you were around in 1976, you probably do. Polydor put out an LP of the music from it, done by its crew of young people, in their roles as older adults in this send-up of depression-era gangster movies. The kids did a great job of it too. Here's an example: 'My Name Is Tallulah' 

And here's one we can't miss - 'Tomorrow' 

And in case Tallulah looks familiar, she should - it's Jodie Foster. How 'bout that? She was about 14 at the time.


3 comments:

  1. Good song that 'Tomorrow.' I'm betting, pretty much everything, that that young man was lip-synching, though! Something about how tiny he is and how "manly" the singer's voice is... lol!

    The young lady does quite a nice little bit of shuffling in those high heels! :-)

    I'm going to have to watch this. Certainly not the Warren Beatty version, now, is is?! ;-)

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  2. Sorry, Ray; hadn't read the first part of your post, when I posted my comment re: the young man lip-synching. That must be quite an "interesting" movie to see kids playing adults.

    I have often wished we could have seen more of Jodie, through the years. I've always thought she did such a great job, whenever I saw her.

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  3. @ TC[Girl] -

    I think you're right about the lip synching. The jacket of the Polydor LP says:-
    Band:-
    Colin Cameron - Bass
    David Garland - Keyboards & Sax Solos
    Gary Mallaber - Drums & Percussion
    Art Munson - Guitar & Banjo
    Paul Williams - Electric Piano & Moog

    Featured Singers:-
    Archie Hahn
    Julie McWirder
    Liberty Williams
    Paul Williams

    All the songs were written by Paul Williams, and he produced & arranged the album.

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