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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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Murray Head (from 'Chess')

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"One Fight In Bangkok" originally "One Night In Bangkok"
Probably one too many.
Calop
"One Light In Bangkok" originally "One Night In Bangkok"
not very bright, is it?
Serafina

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"One Night In Bangkok""Hard Time In Lockup (for Paris Hilton)"Syncronos
"One Night In Bangkok""One Night In Bejeweled"Chris Pherson
"One Night In Bangkok""Dumb Alfred Hitchcock"Tokusou Sentai Blessranger
"Jesus Christ, Superstar""SUV, Stupid Car"Rick Duncan
"Superstar""Superfood (opera #15)"Ethan Mawyer

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
One Night In BangkokThailand Tourist AgencySisterGirl

Misheard Lyrics:

"One Night In Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get tired, you're talking to a tourist.
Original Lyrics:
Get Thai'd, you're talking to a tourist.
"One Night In Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics:
You see one crowd overlook this stinkin' town.
Original Lyrics:
You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinkin' town.
"One Night In Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics:
I bet you'd watch, I would invite you
But the dreams we use would not excite you.
Original Lyrics:
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you.
"One Night In Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics:
Two girls, small and sweet
Somerset up in the Somerset Bumsqueak.
Original Lyrics:
Tea, girls, warm and sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset-Maugham suite.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"One Night In Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll find a god in every gloden cloister
And if you're lucky then the guts of sheep.
Original Lyrics:
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Nexus

I thought it referred to haruspication (divination by entrails). Oddly enough this line never struck me as peculiar. [Ed.'s note: I apologize for the graphic imagery.]

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"One Night In Bangkok"
The Lyrics:
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
Who They Mention:
Buddha
Submitted by: oldsongs
"One Night In Bangkok"
The Lyrics:
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner.
Who They Mention:
Yul Brynner
Submitted by: oldsongs

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"One Night in Bangkok"
The Lyrics:
Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
[...]
It's Iceland... or the Philippines... or Hastings... or ...or this place!
[...]
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
[...]
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
Why:
Bangkok, Iceland, the Philippines, Hastings, Thailand and its old name, Siam.
Submitted by: Dave
 

Band Name Spoonerisms:

Hurry Mead originally "Murray Head"
Submitted by: Peter
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