Posts tagged 'Barry Noble'
Woops! I almost became a spammer!
Here's the thing. Years ago, my hubby was a sexy DJ in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands off the north coast of Africa. He's still sexy, but it's twenty plus years on and we're both a bit wider round the girth and a bit greyer at the temple lol.
Barry Noble doing The Condom Rap Tenerife
One of the things Barry Noble was known for at the time was his "Condom Rap" that was set to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax. As Barry says, it was conceived and written in 1990 by him and a mate, as a 'tongue in cheek' observational commentary on the main stream media publicity of the (then) emerging AIDS virus.
Nevertheless, it was hugely popular with tourists and I think it is something he is quietly proud of now he's a middle aged bloke settled down and living a 'tame' life with his missus and son!
A couple of years ago we came across a YouTube video that had been made by someone else and while the video was put together pretty well, I have to say, (and I'm not normally a judgmental person) it was a sad copy of Bazza's original version. It grated on Barry no end, but it is only now, after our teenage son pestered him (don't you love teenagers!), that he's put his own YouTube video together with pics from the 'good ole days' along with a recording of him in the 90s doing the actual rap. Our son has put it up on YouTube as Condom Rap Tenerife in answer to the other video and to set the story straight about who the original writer and presenter was. (Plus, I have to say even though I'm biased, it is a much better production lol).
I do want to warn anyone who is thinking of visiting, that it does have sexual references and a couple of rude words thrown in, but to be fair, in context – it was a nightclub presentation, and well, the Condom Rap, I think the language goes with the territory!
If you fancy, go visit, and if you like, please "like" it! Better still, "share" it! 😉
Do you know, this has been something I've wanted my hubby to do for years because I think a part of him feels like he left a little bit of himself behind when he left Tenerife to come to Australia to marry me. I'm proud that he's taken the plunge and made the video, and also happy that the original version is there for the record, and for old holidaymakers who remember him, to listen to.
The spamming part came when I visited the other person's YouTube page and replied to all of Bazza's friends who'd written on there about how they remembered the good old days, and wondering what had become of Baz. After a few replies, YouTube thought I was a spammer and I had to repeat the letters in that little box to prove that I was human!
Don't you love the internet?
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