Reelin’ In The Years 8: I Wanna Be Famous Like My Dad
Posted in 1970s, Lyrics, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 13:00 on 1 July 2011
Another all but forgotten gem; from 1971. It’s about the aspiration of living up to a parent’s successes. (And the impossibility of achieving them.)
I particularly like the line, “He conducted the Hallé Orchestra at the age of twenty two.”
It’s another from that school of song with jaunty tune and much less jaunty lyric.
Vaughan Thomas: I Wanna Be Famous Like My Dad
I see from the label this was produced by Mike Batt! I have previously mentioned Mike Batt in connection with this post.
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