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This Week we combine a bit for a single artist,  his songs at the start of the “awesome 80’s” (yes children of today, WE invented that word) were on each and every compilation of the time.  The singer was

Jona LEWIE -

And the songs :

• Find me in the kitchen at parties

• Louise (We get it right)  *which is the Captains favorite ☺*

And of course,  the big one……

• Stop the Calvary
  

Where do we begin?  Jona Lewie (or John Lewis to his parents) started out in 1947, as a new born baby.  He joined some blues bands in the 60’s and 70s with “Brett Marvin and the thunderbolts” and was the composer of a few smaller hits of the time by these bands. Brett Marvin has a heap of good videos on you tube click here.

But fame and fortune were less than a few years off. The thunderbolts became “Terry Dactyl and the dinosaurs” for a release of the minor hit, Seaside shuffle” that is rumored to be the inspiration of “in the Summer time”  (You know the boring song that sounds like the pushbike song, and covered by nearly every MOR band in the world!)

Click here and you be the judge!

But the music industry can be stiff for some, including Jona when he signed with “Stiff”  Records in 1977 and went on as Jona Lewie with his first release of”In the kitchen at parties”

You must remember the song:  the annoying music part on the Hammard organ; Da da,da de de da da (Yes this was on my first compilation purchase of the 80’s with songs like general and Majors and even Monty Pythons “I like Chinese”)

Now for the clip!

He went on with the next Aussie Hit “Louise (we get it right”) off my 1981 over the top album.

The clip above has that “”Cliff Richard” or even ” Xanadu” roller skate feel to it. Love the song!

And then we have the big one, Stop the Calvary, his biggest hit.  Now classed as a Christmas song due to one line in the song. But a monster Christmas hit each year in Germany. Watch below!

STOP PRESS!  Christmas 2009 _ Jona Lewie has just performed this great number on UK Television.  He still got it, and it’s great.

Here is the original from you Tube!

And with some research, a bit of controversy in the new millennium.    It is rumored (well very badly rumored) that this song was a party favorite of the 9/11 terrorists (WTF?)

Yes, sadly, from a comment on one of the Youtube videos:

Jona Lewie is a fave with Muslim terrorists. Their logic sees Stop the Cavalry as anti-west propaganda. Whether Lewie intended this is a moot point.

Seems far-fetched? Consider this. Assad Sarwar, al-Qa’idas explosives quartermaster and logistics operator for the 2006 plot to bomb multiple Air Canada, United Airlines and American Airlines flights used the alias of JONA LEWIS – a composite of Jona Lewie and Lewies real name JOHN LEWIS. He is a fan on account of the song “Stop the Cavalry”.

A fan????? is a fan, try not alive as he blew himself up!

Yes another fantastic conspiracies theory, gotta love these uninformed, unverified rumors.  Would the radio staion DJ call them like this:
“Now on terror FM, here on two up Tuesday, two from Jona Lewie, starting with You will always find my wife in the kitchen at parties and then this one going out to our traveling boys today, stop the Calvary…….”

Somehow I DON’T THINK SO!  But we continue…..

So from what I can work out from Wikipedia (again thankyou) Youtube (& thankyou  Brett Marvin & also TerryDactylDinosaurs ) and the biggest thanks to Jona Lewie and his sites (Click here http://www.jonalewie.com) we are still waiting for a new album release.  He & they  occasionally get together with Brett Marvins band for the “where are they now” type gigs.

But after his three huge successful songs, the on going follow up imaginative hits of
“You will always find me in the dog house after Fridays”,  “Can you slow the lorries”, or “can you stop the pigeon” failed to chart, and Jona faded like a mixed salad, on the Swagman buffet floor of CLEAVAGEDOWNUNDER rock ‘n Roll.

P.S. A BIG THANKS to Jona himself and “Terry Dactyl” on You Tube who have allowed (so far) for us to have this on our site.  merry Christmas guys!  We love you!

Had to embed this one, the big Cleavagedownuner encore number !

So, YOU be the judge, who is your fav Band member NOW!

• Rhino tripod (& Papa George); our hot door bitches!
• Where was Pete Vicious & Chryssie De-Vinyl?
• Lady Go Go; Hold us close tiny dancer - How good is she!
• Mike Stand & Michaelson & Jumping Jack ; What a great (stage)
• Terry Toweling; Thank YOU for your hot narration
• Roger Roger; What a little Spunk!
• Foxy Faberge; She really does it for me (and others)
• Betty Boobalicious; She still is the most titilating member!
• Freddy Uranus; he seems to "stand out"!
• Captain fancypants; He is just so fancy!

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