365 Days #327 - Peter Pan Records - Alternate Popeye Theme Tune (mp3s)

MP3:
Popeye - Part 1 (1:42)
Popeye - Part 2 (1:44)

Peter Pan Records' Sunshine Series gives us this alternative Popeye theme tune. (I think this may be The Caroleers again, but I'm not sure.) Bizarrely, given its brief length, it abruptly cuts off in the middle, then continues on side 2. (It cuts off particularly abruptly on my copy, as there's a small skip just before the cutoff.) I guess they couldn't come up with a B-side for this one.

Prepare to have the chorus stuck in your head for days - if not for a lifetime!

Popeye the Sailor Man
Eats his spinach by the can.
No one alive is stronger than
Popeye the Sailor Man!

- Contributed by: Corey K.

Images: Label

Media: 45rpm vinyl single
Album: Popeye
Label: Peter Pan Records - Sunshine Series
Catalog: PP 1074

Comments

[Kip W]

Popeye the sailor man
Stuck his head in a garbage can
Nobody else is dumber than
Popeye the sailor man!

A friend had a 45 with the audio from one of the cruddy Al Brodax TV Popeyes, and it used this theme. We laughed and laughed at the narration that, flat as it was, was more vivid than the animation it described. "Brutus climbed into the helicopter. He got there before Popeye." We found this line particularly funny, because it sounded like he was saying either "he god damn before Popeye" or "he got damned before Popeye."

[angel corpus christi]

i loved all my peter pan records. ZIP WENT THE ROCKET SHIP UP TO THE MOON. HANG ON TOMMY, HANG ON TIGHT. DONT WORRY MOMMY, I'LL BE ALRIGHT. this is a rockin' blog.

[Corey K.]

As a bonus addendum to this post, here's a Russian guy who can screw up his face like Popeye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14V5Tipww5Y

[j. frank parnell]

I had this record as a kid. I always wondered what the deal was with the version of Popeye....

[Derek Welsman]

I grew up with this record in my little collection. Amazing to know it's still floating around. Cheers!