Hallo Bimmelbahn

Before Duck Sauce there was Boney M - but before Boney M there was .....

The Shop That Died Of Shame - Frank Sidebottom misappropriation

The Shop That Died Of Shame

Selfridges should now think about contributing to the statue fund.

Update:
Selfridges do the right thing, after a bit of persuasion.

Unlikely Bedfellows

John Grant's I Wanna Go To Marz

Dschinghis Khan's Moskau

Arrow

Arrow falls. Catalyst for two great nights. I'll never forget those baked potatoes.

Super Massive Arse Hole

The Quietus makes sideways dig at Muse via Bono:

"Because he's an arse, Tony Blair's mate Bono isn't going to stop spinning around in a multi-million pound lemon to save starving kids in Africa but Muse are younger and brighter and come from a different generation of rock stars who shouldn't be mimicking the vainglorious phoniness of the old guard."

Bono PM

Bono could have been a president or prime minister standing on his head, claims Blair.

Dschinghis Khan - Moskau

Dschinghis Khan - Moskau [Long Version] with German Lyrics

Fantastic, how have I've not seen this before? - German disco group (and former Eurovision contestants), dressed in Power Ranger colours and singing about the Russian capital.



It has inspired many tributes and parodies:





30 years later Wolfgang, Henriette and Edina are still at it, opening Eurovision 2009 (in Moscow, of course):



Cover versions:

Getting the black metal treatment from Black Messiah

Meanwhile in China:
Fen Dou