Entertainment For Lively Minds
In a Parallel Universe
Posted by Rigid Digit on 7 August 2011 - 3:18pm.
Ignoring the time factor (which in an alternate reality may be irrelevant anyway), what if actors, comedians, TV Presenters etc were musicians instead.
Windsor Davies Group
Rik Mayall's Bluesbreakers
George Cole & The Commotions
Mr T & The MGs
Huey Edwards & The News
Nick Ross & The Supremes
Ben Fogle Five
Bruce Forsyth & The Range
Frankie Spencer & The Four Seasons
Ian Beale & The Blockheads
Alan Partridge Project
Lead singer of The Specials - Stuart Hall
Lead Singer of Transvision Vamp - Sid James
Lead Singer of Iron Maiden - David Dickinson
Lead Singer of Muse - David Bellamy
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The Frank Spencer Blues Explosion.
Vocalists
Lead vocalist of The Teardrop Explodes - Julian Clary
Songwriting genius and vocalist of Love - Bruce Lee
grumpy Velvet Underground vocalist - Oliver Reed
and let us not forget The Jimmy Krankie Experience
More Vocalists
Lead singer of The Smiths - Neil Morrissey
Lead singer of Coldplay - Bob Martin
Matchbox 20 -Terry Thomas
Johnny Morris & The Pirates
OK then
Anthony Hopkins and the Ulrika Johnssons
Clive James Harvest
Emerson, Lake and Patsy Palmer
The Crazy World Of Arthur
The Crazy World Of Arthur Lowe
Jenny & Johnny Vegas
Parallel worlds, parallel lives
Lead singer of Eels - Kenny Everett
Mr Bronson Outfit (You boy!)
Hmm...
Paddy Klaus and Mel Gibson
Gerard Butler and the Pacemakers
Mathew Broderick’s Southern Comfort
Bing Crimson
Aside from soul singer Aloe Vera, there's
Pete Seeger and The Silver Bullet Band
Bruce Springsteen and The Sesame Street Band
Pen Shop Boys (featuring David Tennant and Arthur Lowe)
"My Life in The Bush of Ghosts" by Brian Eno and Ed Byrne
Bing Crosby and Ogden Nash
Plan A
NREM
Sadly not seen on last week's TOTP 1976 re-run
Sid James and The Vagabonds
how about...
Tom & Jerry & the Pacemakers
Or...
Trindersticks.
Oh yes
:)
Lou Costello and The Attractions
Jimmy White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra
Ed Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys
Jim Reeves and the Vandellas
R.D. Laing and the Reclines
Jenny Powell's Hammer
Maceo Parker and the Rumour
Erm
Kid Jensen and the Coconuts
The Nicolas Parsons Project
Jack Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Ziggy Greaves and the Spiders from Mars
Pat Sharp and The Replays
The Ken Clarke Five
Kirsty Young and Crazy Horse
Pam Ayres Ubiquity
.
Neal Foulds Five
.
Ike &...
... JMW Turner.
John, Paul, George &
Rimbaud
Jesus & Mary Chapin Carpenter
Ronnie James Dior
The Buzzaldrincocks
Lieutenant Uhuru
Musical Yootha Joyce
Monty Python Lee Jackson
Gilbert and O'Sullivan
The Two Ronettes
James Robertson Just-Ice
The Jenny Bond Organisation
Led Zeppo Marx
Deep Purple Purple People Eater
Althea and Don Estelle
Mr Hankey Goes To Hollywood
Robert Robertson & The Band
Gram Parsons & Anita Harris
and, of course, blues legend and comedienne Blind Faith Brown.
Kathleen Turner Overdrive
.
Quite clearly...
...we ain't seen nothin' yet.
Jerry and The Hale and Pacemakers
Toadfish Rebeccie the Wet Sprocket
or similarly
Country Joe Mangel and the Toadfish
Kiss Bass Player
Jean Simmons.
How about x 2
Solid (as a rock) - Ashford & Homer Simpson
Hughie Green's Fleetwood Mac
Kilroy and the High Roads
The Crazy World of Arthur Smith
The Jim Bowen Review
The Arthur Miller Band
Hughie Green and The News
Adam and the Anthill Mob
Haaaaylp.
Lead singer of Ugly Rumours...
Lionel Blair, career-change led to high office.
Jordan and her Timpani Five
.
John Cole & The Commotions
Hondootedly
Thommy Cooper
and his band mates Jonny Vegas, Ed Izzard, Colin Mochrie and Phil Silvers.
"This one's called...
How to Disappear Completely. Huurrrr."
Just like that!
...
Radiofez?
Ian Hislop & The Blockheads
PJ Harvey & Duncan
Adele Boy
DJ Jazzy Geoffrey Palmer & The Fresh Prince Edward
Gil Scott-Joplin
And it wouldn't be The Word without a mention of The Martyn Lewis Method.
Edmond Halley and his Comets
.
Bonus
Bruce Forsyth and The B-Street Band.
Ashton, Gardner,...
...and Greg Dyke.
'Fast' Eddie Large
Philthy A.J.P. Taylor