Not so fast, Samclem, – don’t we get to run him thru our initiation rites first? Propose an impossible task? See if he knows how many words end with -gry?
In my native language Swedish I can only think of one: “gry”. Is “ogry” an English word?
Anyway, this is very cool of you, samclem, and I feel a bit weird about the situation. I’d keep mani if I get past these initiatory purgations.
Yeah, I know, this means I lose. Like I care anyway.
Here is a short clip from the 1974 movie The Wrestler. After Ed Asner says “China,” you can hear it very faintly. Not exactly the KFF riff, but very, very close. (I apologize for the crude quality, but my capture equipment isn’t.)
Sorry to bump really old threads, but I think this may be the earliest example of the exact oriental riff that has been found so far:
“Chop Suey”; August 24th, 1930; produced by Paul Terry and directed by Frank Moser for Terrytoons Studios
On youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eczf92kKB4
The riff occurs 47 seconds in.
Thank you for your contribution, asian_riff. You’ve bumped two old threads on this subject. I’m going to close this one down - one thread at a time is plenty. The discussion about the song is continued here.