Frank (lead guitar, vocals) duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals) Tom (bass) Ruth (percussion) Jeff (rhythm guitar, vocals) Don (synthesizer) fowler (trombone) Walt (trumpet) murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals) Ralph (drums) Chester (drums) (background vocals) (background vocals) Robert (background vocals)
of you may know that the tango, which is not a very dance anymore, was at one reputed to be a dance of unbridled passion. back in the old days when it so easy to get you Ks off, when it was to make contact with a member of the opposite and you had to resort to things like dancing close and going hey...
were the days. well those days are gone forever, I don't know, unless nixon is going to bring them back a bit later. but we have this special highly evolved permutated O. actually a perverted tango. by the time... yes, so perverted! this is the tango, a special event that includes choreography a bit later, so watch out fol
You can on the big lights, we may need 'em. you know, the in the audience. heh heh. okay, 're you not too fast now 'cause I get the right on the tape 'n' this, this O be the one. has to be the one with all the right notes on it. okay, 're you this is a one to play. one two four...
The cowbell as a of unbridled passion, ladies and gentlemen.
Now, as you might noticed, bruce fowler has just completed sort of trombone solo, based on the-ah, of an evolved tango-event. has also prepared for you a demonstration of a That he hopes will sweep the ocean after the mud shark did. is now warming up the important of the body, in preparation... in preparation for the real live be-bop tango E demonstrate. napoleon will him. napoleon put your horn down, just relax, put head back, here comes the drill. okay, heh heh heh, you what I'm talkin' about? okay.
This is sort of like jazz in it's own way. jazz is not dead, it just funny! okay, go! man, jazz man, you know what I mean? this is be-bop, though you think it doe Sound that. be-bop! now, as you have noticed, some of you with a musical education can tell the notes that george sang when he went: "this is be-bop, even though you th T doesn't sound that", is actually a sort of a twisted form of the of the tango itself which will get even more depraved as the number on. george will now to dismemb At melody, play it and sing it at the same while... tu-dup. hey, the way! while we of dance to it. okay, try it george. tu-dup, tu-dee... oh yeah! as I was saying. now, we' E to do at this point is get some volunteers the audience to... I you will, oh God you will... we some... heh heh heh... now, as a of fact you did, didn't you... no, we E some people never tried it bef Ore, who've even thought of trying it before. a boy, a girl, preferably who each other, who would like to come up and attempt to dance to what sings. do we anybody wh one.
Okay, what's your
Carl.
Your is carl? please step on to the stage. to meet you carl. alright. let's see-ah, is there in the, in the back? where... oh-oh, hey! what's name?
Rick.
Rick,
Jane.
and jane and carl! alright, how it works: there's a going on like this; that's a pedestrian beat. you don't dance to that beat, you dance to what george sings, the the little ones, okay? george, make dance!
Dup. no no rick, too reserved. it to 'em george! tu-dup, pu-dee-da... no no, on now, loosen up. listen, them! it... ah! okay! alright, one more Ce!
Tu-dup, du-dee-da... let's this phenomenon. tu-duppy-dup-pu-dee-da... now look, rick and and carl, you're, you're but you're just too reserved. I can... I you wil Ybe in a minute. okay, I'll you what: go back to your seats and we'll bring up the batch. carl, and jane! alright, you try...?
you say frank!
Oh my god! alright, you're is lana, right? dance!
Du-dup-dee-dup... now more like it. du-dup-dee-dup... lana, you're so we have to up some other people to assist you. brenda, from edward's air force base, where she... Es and gentlemen, brenda... is a professional harlot and she just got finished stripping for a bunch of guys at edward's air base, and she made it down here in for the show. tw Rs of taking it off for the boys in the car, good. okay. heh. brenda, has a lovely assistant carl, or robert james davis if you prefer. herb cohen, and gentlemen! Ce!
Du-du-dip... you're still too adagio, I telling you! du-dup-du-dee-da... turn on the machine! dup-dee-da, dup-dee-da... god, is a cheap bubble-machine! bow, du-du-du-du-du-da... Es and don's ex-wife! and gentlemen, you're probably sitting in chairs, saying to yourselves: I do that. and of you can! and now is big chance! all you h O do, the first is easy, all you gotta do is stand up. go ahead, just up. you go, you are standing up. yes, some of you are not up but you won't as much fun as the Who are up. okay, on the big lights so everybody can see what's going on. yes, many of you are standing up. okay, your mind with the mind of george duke! and when...
Du-dup... it! when he those funny fast little notes, twitch around and a good time with the be-bop tango, try it! you wanna do is alright. you gotta do Anna do, alright. yes you got to know you came to the place, tonight. (give me some of wine now). as you have guessed, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of our concert. Ike to you ver... wanna thank you very for coming. hope you had a time. fowler on trombone, napoleon murphy brock on sax and lead vocals, underwood on percussion Ph humphrey on drums, chester on drums, tom on bass and george duke on the keyboards. you very much. alright, alright...