Attila's assault on the charts

[Patcham BHA]

There is talk of Attila teaming up with the former lead singer of local pop combo the Piranhas to do a cover of their famous chart-topper of yesteryear.
Oooh, I sounded a bit like a dj then, didn't I?

All proceeds to go the Albion - in the shops just after Christmas when record sales will be at their lowest and therefore it only requires about 8 people to buy a single to get it into the charts.

You heard it here first.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Would that be Bob Grover?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

You heard it here first.

No I didn't.

 

[The Auditor]

Johnny Helmer was on guess the celeb on the never mind the buzzcocks last night

 

[Patcham BHA]

Bob Grover - that's it. Couldn't remember his name. Spends a lot of time up the Grays or the Geese in Hanover.
I apologise if this is old news, couldn't be arsed to trawl through all the old posts.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Bob was talking about doing something again a couple of years back (I used to serve him up at the greys, he's not in there much nowadays though).

 

[Lord Bracknell]

In fairness, Patcham BHA, this is the first time I've seen anything mentioned on NSC.

Attila turned up at the meeting held in the Evening Star a few weeks back to discuss fundraising ideas. He had loads of them and something along these lines did get a mention. But we also talked about jumble sales, sponsored walks, getting Paul McCartney do give us £100 million, and bucket collections.

 

[Patcham BHA]

It's probably not as daft an idea as it may sound. If any copyright issues could be overcome the initial outlay would be minimal and bearing in mind that the club are pretty good at keeping a high media profile, publicity wouldn't be hard to come by either.

I've just got this worrying image of Attila cavorting on the Top of the Pops stage complete with Trotsky cap and too-tight denims.

Hmmm...

What were you saying about a jumble sale, Lord Bracknell?

 

[The Auditor]

Bob Grover - that's it. Couldn't remember his name. Spends a lot of time up the Grays or the Geese in Hanover.
I apologise if this is old news, couldn't be arsed to trawl through all the old posts.

what are the band members up to now?
was the line up
"Boring" Bob Grover
Johnny Helmer
Zoot Aloors
Reginald Fredrick Hornsbury
Dick Slexia

 

[Gwylan]

Johnny Helmer was on guess the celeb on the never mind the buzzcocks last night

I met Johnny at an industry conference a few years back. It was quite a shock to seem him as a respectable marketing person.

 

[bhafc99]

When Eric Prydz was number one the other week, it was with the lowest ever number of sales needed to be number one – something like 20,000 I think. If every Albion fan bought a couple of copies of an Attila/Piranhas song, it could be possible to get it into the Top Ten.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Good god even the " Thats Zamora " cd sold something like 1500 -2000 I think so that would have made the top 30 of today's charts. Frightening isn't it !.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

When Eric Prydz was number one the other week, it was with the lowest ever number of sales needed to be number one – something like 20,000 I think. If every Albion fan bought a couple of copies of an Attila/Piranhas song, it could be possible to get it into the Top Ten.

Not in the run-up to Christmas, though.

Although it would probably impress Prescott if we could pull it off.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I doubt it would impress Precott.

These days even talentless fat scottish birds can get in the top ten.

Still give it a go though.

 

[CHAPPERS]

What would have to happen is for there to be a concerted push so everybody bought it in the same week, preferably the first week of release and for it to get a shit load of promotion from southern counties and alike.

 

[Patcham BHA]

I actually think if we could get the song recorded and out there, national sales could be pretty good. It's still a hugely popular and familiar tune and it would also have great novelty value. If SKINT really pushed it, I seriously reckon it could make a bit of a stir.

Could we persuade Attila to follow the trend recently set by the Darkness and sport a spandex cat-suit unzipped to the navel?
Oh dear, I'm off again...

 

[attila]

Is that you, Mr. Lindfield? Didn't know you posted on NSC!

Anyway, this concept has got legs since I last heard of it, which was in the PA box on Saturday and very tongue in cheek.....

What I AM going to do is TRY to persuade Bob Grover of the Piranhas to come and do a version of 'Tom Hark' at the Live and Kicking gig planned for early next year at the Concorde. Since it is a Brighton song by a Brighton band, though used by all and sundry these days, that is only fitting. He is very reclusive these days, but I am going to try.
(Also trying to get the Levellers for that gig, Peter & the Test Tubes are definitely up for it too)

And I'm doing my sponsored 10 and a half hour gig from 12 noon til 10.30 pm at the Evening Star on Sunday 28th November. I've already got nearly £200 from
people at my gigs who aren't Albion fans and have loads more gigs including our Joe Strummer tribute before then to get more sponsors so it's looking good.

Local publicity for the sponsored gig, here and elsewhere, will start in earnest in a week or so. And as well as an 'Albion Hour' of Albion poetry I'm going to do a requests hour where people can sponsor me to read out their favourite prose or poems (within reason, I'm not reading Thatcher's memoirs or Phil Collins' biog!)

Any attempt to storm the charts (it can be done, as my mate John Otway proved last year) takes an awful lot of co-ordination, major backing and about a year's preparation.....

 

[Patcham BHA]

FAO Attila - re Attila's assault on the charts

If I offer an extra £25, will Attila perform at least a section of the Evening Star epic gig in spandex?

 

[attila]

...although Otway only had his mate's little indie label Rotator and a few hundred dedicated fans behind him. It would be different with Skint backing it of course...

Spandex?
No.

The hat went years ago as well....

 

[Perry's Tracksuit Bottoms]

It's very easy these days...

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