Super boy
You gotta hear these! Christopher Hart sings “Gipsy Man” with the St. Julian’s School Choir under the “leadership” of Maestro Cesar Batalha. RT Records (1981) Art: Maria Lucia / Photography: Lourenco (Portugal) Thanks to lp cover lover, Paolo Martins for writing “Christopher Hart rocks all you teens out of your closet with his fabulous double 45.”
Gipsy Man: Every kid dreams of freedom outdoors.
“I’m am the gayest Gipsy man that rides inside a caravan”
The “B” side: “Super Boy”
Super Boy: A song about British superpowers.
“I’m always so supreme when I have my daydream”
Paolo adds: Maestro César Batalha composed a lot of children music. He’s responsible for the theme of the band Onda Choc in the 90’s and several others. Onda Choc was a pre-teen cover band. Gipsy Man was also sung in Portuguese and its melody spread everywhere where emigrants with children went. A French friend of mine recalls the song in Portuguese as Little Gipsy Woman, not Man. I’m not sure where Christopher Hart came in, but he’s British and probably sang in St Julians School Choir. Maybe there was some effort to internationalize Maestro Cesar’s themes by bringing in some foreign singers.
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April 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 am
from the looks of old “super boy” there, he’s also not too keen on posing in an undershirt, either.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Waiting for the circle jerks to arrive…
June 20th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
An autobiographical ditty to say the least. After his parents heard this scratchy bit of ephemeral they both realized that they been wasting all their saving on sending Christopher to St Julian’s School. Mr. and Mrs. Hart quickly disowned their Super Boy and sent him off to live with gypsies.