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Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
(Hey! Ho!)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna (yeah!)
Mahna, mahna (hey!)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna (yeah!)
Mahna, mahna (hey!)
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Oh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah (hey!)
Oh-ah-ah-oh-ah-ah-ah-ah
(Hey!)
Mahna, mahna (Hey! Ho!)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna (Hey! Hey!)
(Ha ha ha ha ha)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
(Hey! Hey!)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna (Ho! Hey! Yo! Hey! Hey!)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna (Oh!)
Mahna, mahna
(Whoo-hoo! Oh! Oh!)
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
Mahna, mahna
(Hey!)
Per the Aussie music quiz show, Spicks and Specs, this was first used in an Italian porn film.
If I tried very hard I might be able to imagine how "Mahna Mahna" could be in the soundtrack of an Italian porno, but I'm just not gonna go there...
Ignore that comment. This tune came on and I thought, "WTF? Cake?!?!"
Schweet! And I can actually hear the Cake instrumentation!
If the horns aren't a big enough clue, there's also a vibra-slap in there to let you know that it's Cake.
DON'T EVER PLAY THIS AGAIN...... NEVER. LIKE NOT AT ALL. SERIOUSLY.....
Don't be such a bloody buzzkill... this is the most fun you can have with your ears that doesn't involve whipped cream!
DON'T EVER PLAY THIS AGAIN...... NEVER. LIKE NOT AT ALL. SERIOUSLY.....
Ignore that comment. This tune came on and I thought, "WTF? Cake?!?!"
Schweet! And I can actually hear the Cake instrumentation!
4/4 adaptation of Beethoven's "Fur Elise" (probably an inhouse arrangement)
Piero Umiliani - Mah-Na-Mah-Na (1969)
The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (1970)
The Red Skelton show.
It was long ago in my childhood.
Of course, I didn`t know about any Muppet show and didn`t see any italian porno
https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/mahna-mahna-how-a-ditty-from-a-soft-core-italian-movie-became-the-muppets-catchiest-tune.html
The porn connection was mentioned below....had to check.
How cheeky!
This version of the song doesn't really deserve an 8 but I haven't heard any version in decades and I love that Cake remembered it and BillG played any version of it.
MuzikLover wrote:
The Different is small. This is a song from an italian Porno. And later accidently used by the Muppets.
It's a good piece of Music (history). Go to a room with People and sing 'Mahna Mahna' and somebody is replay with 'ba di didi'. Ever.
Today it was Hank Williams to Mahna Mahna. Pretty sure this is the only place electrons have been asked to do that particular segue.
What!? The group that brought us Sheep Go To Heaven Goats Go To Hell recorded this? I'm scandalized.
</snark>
could not agree more. This tune is one of the most evil earworms ever created. Just got my RP account just so I could point this out. Love the station in every other way, though. A more reliable source of good tunes does not exist. Please, though, manah manah? Never again
That's why i made it my ringtone. Instead of being annoyed at the phone ringing, I get a chuckle.
Lots of versions in the ringtone store, but I stick with the Muppet Show version.
c.
Their off centre approach, bashed trumpets, random shout outs, bells, whistles and all!
Sock it to me, baby. We need more body painted people.
Per the Aussie music quiz show, Spicks and Specs, this was first used in an Italian porn film.
It originally appeared in the Italian film Sweden: Heaven and Hell
The film which is made up of nine segments focuses on different aspects of sexuality in Sweden such as lesbian nightclubs, porn films, the swinging lifestyle of married couples and the sex education of teenagers. The film also examines drug addiction, alcoholism and suicides in Sweden.
"Mah Nà Mah Nà" is a popular song written by Piero Umiliani. It originally appeared in the Italian film Sweden: Heaven and Hell (Svezia, inferno e paradiso). It was a minor radio hit in the U.S. and in Britain, but became better known internationally for its use by The Muppets and on The Benny Hill Show.
"Mah Nà Mah Nà" first gained notoriety in English-speaking countries from its use in a recurring blackout sketch for the 1969-70 season of The Red Skelton Show first airing in October 1969.
Sesame Street producer Joan Ganz Cooney heard the track on the radio and decided both it and a shaggy puppeteer named Jim Henson would be perfect additions to the show. First performed by Jim Henson (Kermit et al.), Frank Oz (Fozzie Bear et al.) and Loretta Long (Susan) on the fourteenth episode of the long running children's show broadcast on November 27, 1969, the song entered the public consciousness of the latter half of Baby Boomer children. The following Sunday when Henson and His Muppets performed the song on the Ed Sullivan Show it became an instant classic. Seven years later the song would also be part of the premiere episode of The Muppet Show in 1976.
Starting in 1971, The Benny Hill Show — in its second incarnation now at Thames Television where it launched in 1969 in color — implemented "Mah Nà Mah Nà" as part of a comic background music medley that would run during their often filmed slapstick sketches. The medley became a Benny Hill Show tradition for the rest of its run.
Henri Salvador, French singer, added words to the music in 1969, under Mais non, mais non.
Per the Aussie music quiz show, Spicks and Specs, this was first used in an Italian porn film.
Sesame Street.
Maybe Sesame Street, but for sure on the Muppets. Gonzo goes crazy!
So many of the post-Sesame Street generation seem to have no idea where the muppets came from...as did this song.
https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiBjYyZpNPSAhXHXBoKHcrTDMwQyCkIHzAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DumWyeneraZo&usg=AFQjCNGJtAvmhkm_4D6Fs0jJEha1rXkDkg
Cool cake !
Takes me back to watching Sesame Street with the kids!
Thanks for the smile, Bill!
Thank you.
Maybe Sesame Street, but for sure on the Muppets. Gonzo goes crazy!
MuzikLover wrote:
The Different is small. This is a song from an italian Porno. And later accidently used by the Muppets.
It's a good piece of Music (history). Go to a room with People and sing 'Mahna Mahna' and somebody is replay with 'ba di didi'. Ever.
Shoot me now and get it over with!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ
... and besides, I bet you don't even know if God hates this song or not.
We can make an educated guess.
This is the second song this weekend that's sounded like the Muppets! It makes me want to hear Queen Latifah singing "The Letter O." That was kind of awesome, too.
Ha! Great minds....
There are no elevators in hell.
Everyone takes the stairs.
My appreciation of Cake has just gone up a few notches!
HA! same thing I was just going to say!
It's palamalu.
You're on your own with the hatred, pal, and do please quit using that stupid image which is not only serious eye-ache but takes up unnecessary page space.
This takes me right back to the Muppets. I can just see them dancing to it right now :)
Animal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome. I know all you young 'uns only remember this from The Muppets, but I still remember the original. I think it was on Red Skelton show and the song started and these little spacement got out of a flying saucer and ran around. Black and white TV if you can imagine that.
thank god there's a doughty track following up in the playlist that got me back to that good place this morning.
Approved!
Oh, yeah!
That was before the Muppets and still is etched in my mind.
Found it. Done. Normally I hate goofy ringtones, but this one makes me think of the Muppets every time it rings.
Yes, please, more Cake.
xoxox,
c.
Yes, yes, more Cake. Sweet Cake to get rid of the unpleasant taste left by the cure.
Mwah-ha mwah-ha ha ha ha haaaaa!
(the eeevil version)
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