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Mr Nice

July 13th, 2002 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher

8 Responses to “Mr Nice”

1. Dr Sharleena says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 2:30 pm »

   God, how is Mr Nice CUTE…! He manage well in spite of his troubles…Is that the Casino Royale melody? It is from an old movie but i’m not sure which one.

2. DebK says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 4:53 pm »

   It is Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I’m not sure which song it is but I am pretty sure it was used as the theme song for the Dating Game or the Newlywed Game or the Newlydead Game or one of those goofy game shows of the ’70’s.

3. bertanya says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 5:02 pm »

   I think it could be the Casino Royale theme tune. If not then it’s very close.

4. bertanya says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 5:16 pm »

   Casino Royale it is. For an mp3 try http://lp2cd.com/MP3/alpert_casino.mp3.

5. SOFA says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 5:16 pm »

   It’s the “Tijuana Shuffle” by Herb Alpert and it was indeed used as the theme for the Dating Game.
   SOFA

6. SOFA says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 5:19 pm »

   This does not preclude it from being used in Casino Royale…
   But it was the theme to the Dating Game - and I’m positive of the title as my dad had the LP in his collection. (one of the coolest in my dad’s collection… Wait, he had the first BS&T album too.)
   SOFA

7. bertanya says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 5:36 pm »

   And in the absence of fresh meat/fresh garbage forums, I’ll use the comments log to give this a definate fresh meat rating. I like the tijuana sound, and am also a fan of James Bond themes. (2 records i had as a kid). This combines them both, so definate fm.

8. DebK says:
   July 13th, 2002 at 5:50 pm »

   Yes, bertanya, despite HA&TTB songs being used so frequently for various commercials, etc., their work still sounds fresh and peppy. FM indeed.