30 day music meme #29

[beer_good_foamy]

29. A song you remember from your childhood
Electric Banana Band - Banankontakt av tredje graden (Banana Encounters of the Third Kind)

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Behold, the magic of early-80s Swedish children's TV. Two comedians being Tarzan and Cheetah's nerdy cousins, fronting a band made up of the cream of Swedish session musicians, doing a funk number about bananas from outer space conquering Earth "to end the misery". Still waiting, guys...
"It's a bird!"
"No, it's a plane."
"NO, IT'S A SUPER BANANA!"

Comments

[cjlasky7]

I liked the song, but I was waiting for giant, anthropomorphic banana puppets to be lowered on wires for the big finish. Gotta admit, I'm a little disappointed.

[beer_good_foamy]

That would have been awesome, but since the special effects budget on this show was a guy with a hammer and a magic marker, I think that would have been hard.

[cjlasky7]

As an American kid, I guess I was spoiled by H.R. Pufnstuf...