Frank (lead guitar, vocals) duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals) Tom (bass) Ruth (percussion) simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals) Don (synthesizer) Bruce (trombone) fowler (trumpet) Napoleon murphy (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals) Ralph (drums) Chester (drums) (background vocals) (background vocals) Robert (background vocals)
Some of you may know 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 it wasn't so easy to get you Ks off, when it was hard to make with a member of the camp and you had to resort to things like dancing close and going hey...
Those the days. those days are probably gone forever, I don't know, unless nixon is going to them back a little bit later. but we have this very highly evolved permutated O. it's a perverted tango. by the time... yes, so perverted! this is the tango, a special entertainment that includes a little bit later, so watch out fol
You can turn on the big lights, we may 'em. you know, the in the audience. heh heh. okay, 're you not too fast now I wanna get the notes on the tape 'n' this, this O be the one. this has to be the one with all the right on it. okay, 're you is a hard one to play. one two four...
The cowbell as a symbol of passion, ladies and gentlemen.
Now, as you might noticed, bruce has just completed some 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 right after the mud did. bruce is now warming up the of the body, in preparation... in preparation for the real live be-bop which E demonstrate. napoleon assist him. just put your horn down, just relax, put your back, here comes the drill. okay, heh heh heh, you know what I'm about? okay.
This is sort of like jazz in it's own way. is not dead, it just smells funny! okay, go! yeah man, man, you know what I mean? this is be-bop, even you think it doe like that. be-bop! now, as you have noticed, of you with a musical education can tell that 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 form of the theme of the tango itself which will get more depraved as the number goes on. will now attempt to dismemb At melody, play it and it at the same time 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 from the 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 who've never tried it bef Ore, who've never even thought of it before. a boy, a girl, who like each other, who would like to up here and attempt to to what george sings. do we anybody wh one.
Okay, what's name?
Carl.
name is carl? please step on to the stage. to meet you carl. alright. let's see-ah, is anybody in the, in the back? where... oh-oh, hey! your name?
Rick.
Rick,
Jane.
Rick and and carl! alright, how it works: there's a beat going on like this; that's a beat. you don't dance to that beat, you to what george sings, okay? 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, come on now, up. listen, them! it... ah! okay! alright, one more Ce!
Tu-dup, du-dee-da... study this phenomenon. tu-duppy-dup-pu-dee-da... now look, rick and and carl, you're, you're wonderful but 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 up the next batch. carl, and jane! alright, you try...?
you say frank!
Oh my god! alright, name is lana, right? dance!
Du-dup-dee-dup... now that's more it. du-dup-dee-dup... lana, you're so we have to bring up some people to assist you. brenda, imported edward's air force base, where she... Es and gentlemen, brenda... brenda is a professional 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 in the car, really good. okay. heh. brenda, brenda has a assistant carl, or robert james davis if you prefer. herb cohen, and gentlemen! Ce!
Du-du-dip... you're still too adagio, I keep you! du-dup-du-dee-da... turn on the machine! dup-dee-da, dup-dee-da... god, is that a bubble-machine! bow, du-du-du-du-du-da... Es and don's ex-wife! and gentlemen, you're probably in your chairs, saying to yourselves: I do that. and of you can! and now is big chance! all you h O do, the first step is easy, all you gotta do is up. go ahead, stand up. you go, you are standing up. yes, some of you are not up but you won't have as fun as the Who are up. okay, turn on the big so everybody can see what's going on. yes, very many of you are up. okay, link your with the mind of george duke! and when...
Du-dup... it! when he plays those funny fast notes, twitch around and have a time the be-bop tango, let's try it! anything you do is alright. you gotta do do, it's alright. yes you got to you came to the right 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 on tenor sax and lead vocals, ruth underwood on Ph humphrey on drums, thompson on drums, tom fowler on bass and duke on the keyboards. you very much. alright, alright...