Kids of a certain age will have grown up with the far gentler original song long before the Toy Dolls got hold of it - they've actually done a very good job.
@DIDCOTTWIST
Жыл бұрын
It is a kids song in the UK which little kids can sing along to in schools years back.It was written in 1956.
@tenerifereddog3943
Жыл бұрын
Baz Warne from The Stranglers is on this.
@sherbert500
Жыл бұрын
Can remember when they would put this on at parties and everyone used go mental when it ramped up, nothing like a bunch of drunk adults going nuts over a kids song lol
@brxee
Жыл бұрын
Remember many a party drunkenly bouncing around to this. In my memory Paul McCartney's Frog Song was drifting around as well?
@MrMalort
Жыл бұрын
Olga is a fantastic guitar player. Check out Toccata and Fugue by JS Bach done by the dolls. Or even dueling banjos
@stew8584
Жыл бұрын
The Toy Dolls released this back in 1982, I remember my mother singing along to this version with us back then, its another fun song like " I've got Asthma" or " Blue Suede Shoes".
@BrixtonTone
Жыл бұрын
Luv' it, grandkids (twins) will 4 in a couple of weeks time, guess this gets added to the party playlist , fun fun fun .😁
@ioiniipiailiaitinii559
Жыл бұрын
Nellie the Elephant" is a children's song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional anthropomorphic elephant of that name. (Wikipedia)
@Robbo766
Жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this song since I was in England during the mid 80's.. I remember seeing them on some show (probably The Tube) and telling my mates that there needed to be a special Live Aid for just the singer of Toy Dolls coz he was just skin and bones. lol
@j0hnf_uk
Жыл бұрын
The original version was by Mandy Miller, a child actress, back in 1956! It would often feature on the BBC's Junior Choice show on Radio 1, way back in the 70's! This version is obviously a novelty version that's meant to be played at parties. I do like the shuffle on the chorus, though. Ok to listen to on the very odd occasion, but wouldn't want to hear it all the time.
@lucychaos1352
Жыл бұрын
It's a punk adaptation of a kids song in the uk
@bryanforis1839
Жыл бұрын
Great song still around playing live concert
@philiptodd6255
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this group live in one of my local pubs in 1980 then they were known as the showbiz kids and the single was she goes to finos
@mightyV444
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember that one 😀 I once had their '10 Years Of Toys' compilation album 😊
@colrhodes377
Жыл бұрын
There was a real "WTF" moment where Chris was wondering what was happening. It's definitely a kids song, one that they played here many moons ago 🌙
@btj-oo8xc
Жыл бұрын
These reprobates are still performing and the frontman Olga is a brilliant guitarist. Remember dancing on a table to this at Angels in Wigan circa 1984... and falling off spilling my beer. Try 'Diedre's a Slag' or 'Barry the Roofer'. One of their contempories from the North West (of England) worth a listen are Half Man Half Biscuit. Poking fun at all and sundry with titles such as "All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit", "Quality Janitor", "Bottleneck at Capel Curig" and my favourite, "National Shite Day"
@mightyV444
Жыл бұрын
* Deirdre 😉 'Fiery Jack' is fun, too! 😄👍
@kevinmulligan9055
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for playing one of my recommends. This song when I was 12-13 was the song everyone loved and would pogo to like crazy at the under 18 discos on the UK. The lead guitarist is now the front man for the stranglers. I guess you kinda need to know tge context behind it. It was like a child becoming a teenager and throwing aside the childhood songs be desecrating them. Edit. This actually was there biggest hit but the B side of the single was fisticuffs in Frederick street and was much better musically. Regards
@andywade5930
Жыл бұрын
It was a great party tune I was not alone after a few pints of liquid refreshment bopping along like an lunatic to this.
@iain860
Жыл бұрын
Pure childish joy 😂 Lookit you bobbleheads...🤗💕
@petermizon4344
Жыл бұрын
ITS A KIDS SONG FROM LONG AGO BUT PUNKED UP
@ghichens3418
Жыл бұрын
Ha ! Great Giggle that was !Good ol nellie ! Similar thing was done by the "Dickies" in the late 70s The "Bananna Splits" Theme song ! Id better Throw in a Proper serious band now in case you think I am in a small room licking windows ! "Budgie " track " Parents" . or "Zoom", cheers !
@KillerBl8
Жыл бұрын
Two pieces of useless trivia about this song: Baz Warne, now of The Stranglers becames the bass player for The Toy Dolls after this; The original version of this song was recommended for CPR - sing the chorus twice and hit the beat and you would do 30 compressions. Trouble was more people knew this version, which was nearly twice the speed... and they tended to be too shallow on compressions, so Staying Alive is used instead.
@stugtrauts3692
Жыл бұрын
Baz Warne lead singer from Stranglers was in Toy Dolls, Sunderland band
@mightyV444
Жыл бұрын
Oh, interesting! I did not know that! Thank you for the info! 😀👍
@Motbilder
Жыл бұрын
Haha, I first heard this as a Swedish cover, then the Toy Dolls song later. It got us jumping and screaming, once destroying a sofa in the process. It only got worse when we got to see the video with all the flailing arms. That made it a standard for the camping ground on Rock Festivals. Still is. I watched them perform it last year. Audience went bananas. 🍌🍌🍌
@andrewmackay8856
7 ай бұрын
Escaping the circus and going to a better place. I hadn't heard it since the eighties. It was the last song played at an old friends furneral service 2 weeks ago.
@jackbarnes8037
Жыл бұрын
It is a kids song, But at the end of the night back in the day everyone would go mental and bounce to this!🤪🤪🤪
@paulhadfield7909
17 күн бұрын
popular in discos in pubs all over the uk
@lucychaos1352
Жыл бұрын
You just can't beat the toy dolls listened to them my whole life best punk band on the planet and local to me lol
@tomski120
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant fun 😁 I only do two songs on karaoke this one and Jilted John. Drunk people love it lol
@colrhodes377
Жыл бұрын
Loved this when it first hit the airwaves
@matthiasnolte3817
Жыл бұрын
It´s a classic and it was part of any party in my youth!!
@uluruh1527
Жыл бұрын
1. This is the fun-punk version of an old kids song 2. in the 1980s and 1990s this was a big party hit in all Independet and student clubs 3. It's hard to get a better performance and more fun in a live concert than with the Toy Dolls in these years.
@markthomas2577
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember this as a kid in the uk 60 years ago , it was often played on children's request shows on the radio. Of course in the UK at that time a 'trump' was what kids called a fart so it was an amusing record !
@andyyoung9463
Жыл бұрын
It really is! Punked up 😎
@mightyV444
Жыл бұрын
Noooo! Don't put these guys on the same (low) level as the blimmen Wiggles!! 😭😄 Anyway, this was a blast from the past! 😀 I can't believe this song is now 40 years old! 🤯
@punkpopnotdead
Жыл бұрын
need to see it live but hay
@RevStickleback
Жыл бұрын
The Toy Dolls are meant to be a great live act, but oddly this song, due to its chart success and 'novelty' feel, actually harmed their career in the home country. They still tour around the world, but not in England since the early 90s, I believe. Formed well away from the angrier punk scene in London, they though punk should be enjoyable and a good time. This one - an original, not a cover this time - is "James Bond Lives Down Our Street" kzitem.info/news/bejne/wIl63JZpnJyBhJw
@plawrence8083
Жыл бұрын
Big crowd pleaser live. Lighthearted and just fun
@petermende4596
Жыл бұрын
This is fun. Just fun! You never heard that before? 😂 You are alowed to smile! 😅
@hanierfamily
Жыл бұрын
😄
@room2180
3 ай бұрын
Even punks need an escape
@FryingScotsman-zc2zz
Жыл бұрын
It certainly is a kids song, there were a few bands covered them back in the 80's, you should check out The Banana Splits song by The Dickies! Love the TV show, now sure about the punk cover of the theme song!! Love some of the looks and expressions you made during this one. Why is music not fin amy more? Is it coz it's all about the money now?
@LeroyZee
3 ай бұрын
This is a kids song, but it was a punk rock cover
@SPKdesign1
Жыл бұрын
Kinderpunk but fun.
@cartimandua_
10 ай бұрын
Its crazy watching Americans confusion over this song.😂😂😂😂 Just so you inow every English kid knows this original song is from 1950s - this is a pop punk version.
@hanierfamily
10 ай бұрын
and just so you know, we are Canadian. 😁
@DennisNelson-ee2il
Жыл бұрын
A great song of their's,is I've got asthma.
@baadermeinhof9787
Жыл бұрын
Why Nellie the Elephant? Toy Dolls have so many great songs and for some reason someone always requests this song. It gives off the wrong impression that they are not talented band.
@stephenclarke4675
Жыл бұрын
Great live band.
@thoru4367
Жыл бұрын
Reaction to Killing Joke - Night Time
@alfonsog.3152
Жыл бұрын
what? it's a song about freedom!! the world is doomed
@kevindobson3701
Жыл бұрын
Can you please react to So weird by Veruca Salt Live version please
@mightyV444
Жыл бұрын
Veruca Salt, oh wow! 😀 I have one of their albums somewhere, 'Eight Arms To Hold You' 😊
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