Many thanks to
Shelley Rickey for alerting me to this ukulele video via Twitter.
Amanda Palmer and Stephin Merritt play ukuleles on the Late Show performing Science Fiction / Double Feature from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Ably supported by Moby on guitar and Neil Gaiman on toy piano. Whats not to like?
Oh, and if you want the chords -
| G | F |
| Michael Rennie was ill the day the | Earth stood still |
| Eb | D |
But he | told us where we | stand |
And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear |
Claud Raines was the invisible man |
Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong |
They got caught in a celluloid jam |
Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space |
And this is how the message ran |
| C | D | G | Em |
| Science | fiction | double | feature |
Doctor X will build a creature |
See androids fighting Brad and Janet |
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet |
| C | D | G | Em | G | Em |
| Oh, at the late night double | feature picture | show. |
| | |
I knew Leo G. Carrol was over a barrel |
When Tarantula took to the hills |
And I really got hot when I saw Jeanet Scott |
Fight a triffid that spits poison and kills |
Dana Andrews said prunes, gave him the runes |
And passing them used lots of skill |
But when worlds collide, said George Powell to his bride |
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a |
Science fiction double feature |
Doctor X will build a creature |
See androids fighting Brad and Janet |
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet |
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show |
Oh, to the late night double feature picture show |
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show |
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show. |
Science Fiction double feature |
Frank has built and lost his creature |
Darkness has conquered Brad and Janet |
The servants gone to a distant planet |
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show |
Oh, to the late night double feature picture show. |
Thanks for posting this. Out of curiosity has anyone figured out the piano riff? For some reason it's escaping me.
ReplyDeleteFantastic!! I've got a passionate love of both Amanda Palmer AND "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"; so, this is one of my favorite ukulele-related posts ever.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!!