feel free to amend if i've missed anything.

Went for F'oldin Money...class track

Would have gone for "im a mummy" but not sure its country OR rockabilly...
Never heard the origanal tho so correct me if im wrong.

Oops how could you forget F-oldin Money, a cover of Tommy Blake's obscure rockabilly classic!

sorry, it's already listed, my bifocals slipped

F-Oldin Money makes me want to get in a fight

F'oldin money.
Every time.

F-Oldin' Money, gotta admit though, I find myself singing Houston a lot.

i really wouldn't call mummy country or rockabilly...

that's right, and the original was fueled by finger poppin beatnik mania. Certainly not a country onto hicks

How about Hands Up Billy! That rockabilly swagger for sure.

Where's Pinball Machine?

Maybe it's finally been outlawed due to the likelyhood of passing truckers wasting all their money on it, forcing them to subsist only on sardines and deserting their wives and kids who subsequently die?

What most of these ditties have in common for me is their general sheer awfulness.

that's what i was thinking :blink: ....
i'd go for that, or the mastery that is "Rollin' Dany" ;)

I don't get that "I'm a Mummy"

I would have went for this too....

'If I could live my life over, and then he fell dead'

can it be amended :confused:

i would've gone for pinball machine meself too - that makes three! are we winning?

Container Drivers

Has The Fall to anyone's knowledge ever covered "Uranium Rock"?

On that note, can anyone recommend any versions of it other than the original and the Cramps' cover?

I'm obsessed with this song.

probably not useful, (i don't know of any other cover versions), but on the Atomic Platters compilations, there's a bunch of other uranium themed tunes from the fifties and sixties:

http://www.atomicplatters.com/platters.php?id=C0_8_1

Just Waiting for me. Jungle Rock and Jingle Bell Rock are the only songs among these I've heard before the Fall versions. I think it generally plays an important role which version you experience first, regardless whether it's the original or a cover.

Rollin' Dany must have been the first ever officially released cover version. I remember being a bit pissed off in 1985 because I insistingly wanted my favourite bands to stick to originals then. Glad I've become more open-minded in the meantime, especially as there have been a few more covers since...

I carelessly voted for 'White Lightning', and now wished I'd gone with 'F-oldin Money', but they're both good.

I generally enjoy these rockabilly covers, and original Fall ones, but draw the line at shite such as 'Last Chance To Turn Around'. :huh:

F-oldin' Money, I think.

Whoever said it makes you want to fight is bang on.

What the devil is F-oldin' exactly?

Though I really love I'm A Mummy. One of the best from Levitate.

Rollin dany isnt bad.
Folding money is paper as opposed to chinking coins.
I heard a live Kick the can that was pretty darn good.

Thanks for this fantastic link!


I owe you a :beer:

More valuable than coins, paper money is foldable.

On that note, the "eagle flies on Friday": payday in the form of paper money stamped with an American eagle.

Here's Bob Dylan doing Uranium Rock, on youtube. Same sort of tune but the lyrics sound a lot different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzq4n2XBA6Y

Money then Mummy.

Wish Pinball Machine was on here...awesome track.

Quite fond of White Line Fever too :ohdear:

Just Waiting

White line fever!

"Stay Away (Old White Train)"
It is also my fave among the songs where MES isn't the lead singer. Love the intertwining of voices. :)

i only have to read the words 'rollin dany' and the song is instantly stuck in my head for the entire day.
think stay away and pinball machine are particularly cool as well

...and white line fever!

Rollin' Dany.