Frank (lead guitar, vocals) George (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals) Tom (bass) Ruth (percussion) Jeff (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)
of you may know that the tango, which is not a popular 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 contact with a member of the opposite camp and you had to to like dancing close together and going hey...
Those the days. well those are probably gone forever, I don't know, nixon is going to bring them back a little bit later. but we have this very special highly evolved O. it's actually a tango. by the time... yes, so perverted! is the be-bop tango, a special entertainment event includes choreography a 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 'cause I get the right notes on the tape 'n' this, O be the one. this has to be the one all the right notes on it. okay, 're you is a hard one to play. one two four...
The as a symbol of unbridled passion, ladies and gentlemen.
Now, as you have noticed, fowler has just completed some sort of trombone solo, based on the-ah, idea of an tango-event. bruce has also prepared for you a of a That he hopes will the ocean right after the mud shark did. is now warming up the important of the body, in preparation... in preparation for the live be-bop tango which E demonstrate. napoleon will him. napoleon just put horn down, just relax, put your head back, here the drill. okay, heh heh heh, you know I'm talkin' about? okay.
This is of like jazz in it's own peculiar way. jazz is not dead, it smells funny! okay, go! yeah man, jazz man, you what I mean? this is be-bop, even though you it doe Sound that. be-bop! now, as you have noticed, some of you with a musical education can that the notes that george just sang he went: "this is be-bop, even though you th T doesn't like that", is actually a sort of a twisted form of the of the tango itself which will get even depraved as the number goes on. george will now to dismemb At melody, play it and sing it at the same while... tu-dup. hey, the way! we sort of dance to it. okay, try it george. tu-dup, tu-dee... oh yeah! as I was saying. now, we' E to do at point is get some volunteers from 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 who've tried it bef Ore, who've never even of trying it before. a boy, a girl, who like each other, who would to come up here and attempt to dance to george sings. do we anybody wh one.
Okay, what's name?
Carl.
name is carl? please carl on to the stage. to meet you carl. alright. let's see-ah, is there anybody in the, in the where... oh-oh, hey! your name?
Rick.
Rick,
Jane.
and jane and carl! alright, here's how it there's a beat going on like this; a pedestrian beat. you don't dance to that beat, you dance to what sings, okay? the the quick ones, okay? george, them 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... study this phenomenon. tu-duppy-dup-pu-dee-da... now look, and jane 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 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, so good we have to bring up some people to assist you. brenda, from edward's air force base, where she... Es and gentlemen, brenda... brenda is a professional harlot and she got finished stripping for a bunch of guys at air force base, and she made it down here in for the show. tw Rs of it off for the boys in the car, really good. okay. heh. brenda, brenda has a lovely 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 a cheap bubble-machine! bow, du-du-du-du-du-da... Es and gentlemen: ex-wife! and gentlemen, you're sitting in your chairs, to yourselves: I could 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, of you are not standing up but you won't have as fun as the Who are up. okay, turn on the big lights so everybody can see what's on. yes, very many of you are up. okay, link your mind with the of george duke! and when...
Du-dup... it! when he plays funny fast little notes, around and have a good time with the tango, let's try it! anything you do is alright. you do anything Anna do, alright. yes you got to you came to the right place, tonight. (give me some of that now). as you might guessed, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of our concert. Ike to you ver... wanna you very much for coming. hope you had a time. bruce on trombone, napoleon brock on tenor sax and vocals, ruth underwood on percussion Ph on drums, chester thompson on drums, tom on bass and george duke on the keyboards. thank you much. alright, alright...