Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent way too much time making a sort of spoof video to mark the 50th anniversary of another massive hoax that has been perpetrated on us. The 8-minute video is meant to be both serious and entertaining at the same time. Please share it wherever you feel it may be appropriate to do so.
There is a transcript at the end of this message/post. Due to the complexity involved in making this particular video (several weeks of work), I decided, also, to make “Behind the Scenes” video, which is posted here:
(which took considerably less time to make!!)
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A special themed edition of the popular UK Music Chart Programme introduced by Dr Khan Penes Wight.
Thanks to all the people whose video material I used.
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Transcript below:
Intro
Hello everyone! I have been asked to host a special anniversary edition of Top of the Ops.
And on today’s show we feature 2 new uncover versions of past hits.
So without further ado, let’s hear it for Hank Peg Wittens! Yeah!
“Fly me to the Moon”
“Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
And let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
But no wait,
you can’t do that
You never went
It was a hoax
Now I know that
Neil Armstrong talked
About the Truth’s Protective Layers
When I bring this matter up
It’s met with angry stares
So now I say,
Please be true
and recognise
You’ve been fooled
Wow! That was great but now it’s time for this week’s top ten rundown.
At number 10, we have a new entry, Moonlight Kool Aid by The Projectionists.
Down 2 places at number 9 is Glue Moon by The Actornauts.
A non mover at number 8 is Not Walking on the Moon by The Blue Fleeces.
New entry at number 7 is Floodlight Shadow by My Fold Peeled.
Still at number 6 is Bad Moon Hoax Risen by Grievance Muddy Water Arrival.
Down one place at 5 is Under the Fake Moon of Love by The Props.
Climbing 5 places is to number 4 is Moonfaker by The Astronots.
up just one place to number 3 is The Hoax of the Moon by The Naughty Boys.
still at number 2 is Trick it to the Moon Electric Lights Orchestra.
but, straight in at number one it’s No Man on the Moon by Are We Flem.
Man on The Moon
It started with the V2 in Germany, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Nazi and Van Braun’s Technology, yeah yeah yeah
Grissom, White and Chaffee killed in a fire, yeah, yeah yeah
Grissom said Apollo would never fly, yeah, yeah
Let’s play Twister, let’s play Risk yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You can know the truth if you really want to, yeah, yeah, yeah
Neil did you tell us a big one?
Forced to be a hero and lie?
Did Buzz take that Mason’s flag with him?
Are you poking fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
It’s time to admit, that you too were fooled
And it’s time to get schooled…
Charlie Duke left photos that didn’t curl up, yeah, yeah, yeah
The backdrop was just the same in multiple shots, yeah, yeah, yeah
L-R-O images show a splodge, yeah, yeah, yeah
Dutch Moon rock on display is really some wood, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh Neil did you give us a big clue?
Are there really layers of truth?
Why have they never been back there?
It was all a con!
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
It’s time to admit, we were all fooled
And it’s time to re-school…
Don Petit said the technology’s gone, yeah, yeah, yeah
Painful process to build it back again, yeah, yeah, yeah
No manned USA space programme, yeah, yeah, yeah
Find out what have they covered up, yeah yeah yeah….
Neil you knew the real truth
And I know you tried to tell us
You nearly spilled all the beans
It was all a con!
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
It’s time to admit, you have been fooled
And it’s time to re-school…
Outro
Well that’s it for this edition of top of the ops.
We’ll be back next week with “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon” by Never A Straight Answer. We’ll also be joined by Yuri and the Cosmonauts
performing their stellar track “I wasn’t the first.” Also featured will be Van Allen and the Flares with, “We’ve Never Been Back.”
See you next week! Keep it real!
