tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post5717562793946684219..comments2024-03-28T07:08:58.221-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Banana Splits vs. Bob MarleyTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-68200997814354011622007-06-12T04:51:00.000-04:002007-06-12T04:51:00.000-04:00Funny you write about this now, as 3 days ago (ere...Funny you write about this now, as 3 days ago (ere I stumbled onto this site) I bought a CD of “Television’s Greatest Hits – Volume 5″ with which I have been grooving to the original “Tra La La Song”.<br><br>But clearly, the proper title of the mash-up would be “The Banana Spliffs”.Adam Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-3744423371147792222007-06-11T12:29:00.000-04:002007-06-11T12:29:00.000-04:00bwa-ha-ha! That’s funny, and even though I know a...bwa-ha-ha! That’s funny, and even though I <i>know</i> about the Marley song, my first thought would have been “the Banana Splits theme song” too.<br><br>That Todd Seavey would not be easily assimilated into Jamaican culture probably wasn’t something we needed any proof of, though.Jacob T. Levyhttp://jacobtlevy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-35669803778109554922007-06-06T11:28:00.000-04:002007-06-06T11:28:00.000-04:00Maybe “Banana Soldiers” would be a better name for...Maybe “Banana Soldiers” would be a better name for the mash-up, it now occurs to me.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-82312154064404272152007-06-04T19:51:00.000-04:002007-06-04T19:51:00.000-04:00Todd, I own that compilation. Great song.Todd, I own that compilation. Great song.T.A.B.http://theanonymousblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-77087055427555080762007-06-03T10:17:00.000-04:002007-06-03T10:17:00.000-04:00The Great One is BackThe Great One is Backwalthttp://www.theanonymousblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-16983385399971990272007-06-01T14:44:00.000-04:002007-06-01T14:44:00.000-04:00To make matters weirder, you might find it easier ...To make matters weirder, you might find it easier to work with Liz Phair’s cover of the song (technically called “The Tra La La Song [One Banana, Two Banana]“) from the 1995 compilation _Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits_ than to work with the brief original.<br><br>Let me also note that I love the themesongs to _Underdog_, _Battle of the Planets_, _Johnny Quest_, and _The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse_ and have all the words to the first-season themesong to _Starblazers_ memorized to this day: “We’re oooooff to outer spaaaace/ We’re leeeeeaving Mother Earth/ To save the human raaaaace/ Our Star-bla-zers/ Searching for a distant star/ Heading off to Iscandar…” etc.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-87003901344499206392007-06-01T13:58:00.000-04:002007-06-01T13:58:00.000-04:00The Buffalo Splits! Awesome. This makes me want ...The Buffalo Splits! Awesome. This makes me want to light up a massive fleegle.Francishttp://www.yarnivore.com/francisnoreply@blogger.com