living it up in Calis

[Sokak91]

Oh Lordy....this is back   

I fully take on board Jacqui's point about the swear word. We debated long and hard as to whether we should keep it, change it or bleep it. In the end we decided to keep it close to the original song that was being parodied. However, we never imagined that it would become so widely viewed, least of all actually played and performed in Calis!

So, I am with Geoff (the the musician of the piece) in the studio today. We can do a remix version and can either bleep the offending word, change it to 'where the heck is Calis' or even 'where on Earth is Calis'.

Any suggestions are welcome. We will then make a downloadable version of the 'clean 'track available.

We both fly out to Calis, for an extended stay, on Tuesday afternoon so time is of the essence.

Thanks, once again, for all the nice comments.

Kev
Sokak91

[Jacqui Harvey]

I vote for "Heck" fits better.  I think once you make the changes this song will take off through Calis Beach and be a holiday hit. 
We sing it all the time now.   I'ts like a catch phrase in our house, as soon as someone mentions Calis, some one else says "Where the feck is Calis"
Good luck.

[Cavfan]

I think its brill but I agree about the 'f' word it grated on me but then so did the original. Either of your suggestions would work for a more pc  version- but it is good well done ! I've shared it!

[Pompeylil]

We think its a brill song too. Change the word to anything else then we can download it for the 4 day car journey ahead!!!

[karaokemark]

I vote for "Heck" fits better.  I think once you make the changes this song will take off through Calis Beach and be a holiday hit. 
We sing it all the time now.   I'ts like a catch phrase in our house, as soon as someone mentions Calis, some one else says "Where the feck is Calis"
Good luck.

The local entertainers have been singing for weeks now, a few people in the audience always just up and shout where the F is calis. I loved the orgional version and thought it was a shame Chubby Brown sang it. We removed the song from all our karaoke books even the proper version, whatever word they put in people will still swear after a few beers, I notice a few like to jump up and see who can shout it loudest. A good song ruined in my opinion.

[stoop]

" A good song ruined in my opinion."

Definitely your opinion as IMO it's the cheesiest song ever.

Makes me smile though  

[Sokak91]

A 'family friendly' version of the track is now also available for download:

http://www.planetfilesharing.moonfruit.com/#/calissong/4573024346


The offending word has been replaced in the family friendly version by 'heck'.


Kev

[angela]

on the same  theme, I had the hilarious pleasure of hearing Smokie  sing the naughty version of 'Alice' in Ireland,  so very funny, but I wouldn't want my grandchildren to hear it!!

[Hotmama]

It's not so much the swearing for me it's the fact that Calis is mispronounced. It's Cha-lish (phonetic spelling) not Cha-lice.

I can't believe no one else has mentioned it before.

(Returns to bunker wearing tin hat.)

[Kevin Sowten]

It's not so much the swearing for me it's the fact that Calis is mispronounced. It's Cha-lish (phonetic spelling) not Cha-lice.

I can't believe no one else has mentioned it before.

(Returns to bunker wearing tin hat.)

Maybe because the original song wasn't about Alish ? (poetic licence    )