Mickey Finn (drummer)
Mickey Finn or occasionally Micky Finn (especially on Beat Club), (born Michael Norman Finn, 3 June 1947 – 11 January 2003) was the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (on one album, A Beard of Stars), and later, the 1970s glam rock group, T.Rex. Often confused with other musicians by the same name, Michael Norman Finn (apart from T. Rex) only toured as a sideman in the 1960s with Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. After Bolan and T.Rex's demise, he worked as a session musician for The Blow Monkeys and The Soup Dragons.
Finn was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England. After he joined T.Rex in late 1969, it was rumoured that Bolan had hired Finn for his good looks, and because he admired his motorcycle, rather than for his musical ability. Finn was unable to recreate the complex rhythmical patterns of his predecessor, Steve Peregrin Took, and was effectively hired as much for a visual foil for Bolan as for his drumming. The BBC news commented on this, saying "Marc Bolan was supposed to have said of Finn: 'He can't sing... but he looks superb.'"
Podcasts:
Mickey Finn
ALBUMS
- Hits of the 70s released: 2006
- Urbanthology released: 2004
- Anyway You Want released:
Urbanthology
Released 2004- Bad Ass
- The Rhythm the Rhythm
- Don't Believe
- Drop Top Caddy
- Hype the Funk
- Mulder's Theme
- Rock the Funky Beats
- Rock the Funky Beats (Aphro/Finn remix)
- At the Count of Three
- The Beginning
- Realization
- Arsonist Dub Beatz
- Fire (Finn/Aphro remix)
- Can I Count It Off
- Wild West
- When the Morning Comes
- Apocalypse
- Man of Steal
- Dub Plate Style
- Pepper Spray
- Number Station
- Big Time
- Don't Give a Damn
- Funkdafied
Anyway You Want
- Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You #1
- Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You #2
- You Shook Me
- Tribute To Bert Berns #1, 2, 3
- Instrumental #1 (Steve Winwood on Organ)
- Instrumental #2 (Steve Winwood on Organ)
- Moby Dick (Intro without drums)
- Moby Dick (drums insert)
- George Wallace
- Leave My Kitten Alone
- Train Kept A Rollin'
- A Certain Girl
- Honey Hush
- Night Comes Down
- Garden Of My Mind
- Circles
Born: 1947-06-03
Died: 2003-01-11
Mickey Finn
ALBUMS
- Rave Anthems, Volume 1: Classic to the Core released: 1996
- The Goa Part of the Universe: Episode 1 released:
Mickey Finn
ALBUMS
Micky Finn
ALBUMS
- Jungle Drum & Bass Anthems: Mixed Back2Back by Micky Finn & Nicky Blackmarket released: 2005
- The Takeover Bid II released: 2002
Jungle Drum & Bass Anthems: Mixed Back2Back by Micky Finn & Nicky Blackmarket
Released 2005- Salute the King (feat. Rude Boy Keith)
- Champion Sound (Alliance remix)
- Call the Cops
- Maximum Style
- Musicbox (feat. DJ Die)
- Sweet Vibrations
- Circles
- The Dark Stranger
- Mad Plo
- Code Red
- Kan U Feel It
- Pulp Fiction
- P-Funk Era
- Stand & Deliver (feat. MC Superflex)
- Lovable (feat. Erin)
- All of My
- Punks
- This Style
- Arsonist (feat. DBO General & Aphrodite)
- Bonanza Kid
- Everyman (feat. Kenny Ken)
- It's Jazzy
The Takeover Bid II
Released 2002- Intro... Finnism
- In and Out
- Back for More
- Minder
- Dub Principles
- The Crow
- When the Morning Comes (Peshay remix)
- Twist (Ray Keith remix)
- Lobotomy
- LK (Carolina Carol Bela) (feat. Stamina MC)
- Deep in the Underground (DJ Hazard remix)
- Come Closer
- Clockwork
- The Mexican
- Me, Myself & I (Roni Size remix) (feat. Dark Angel)
- The Lighter 2002 (S-Files VIP mix)
Mickey Finn
ALBUMS
- Honky-Tonk Piano released: 1988
Honky-Tonk Piano
Released 1988- Four Leaf Clover
- More
- Johnson Rag
- Medley: Toot, Toot Tootsie / California Here I Come
- Alley Cat
- Tiger Rag
- Bill Bailey
- Medley: Daisy-Drinking Song
- Medley: Pretty Baby-You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby / Baby Face / Oh, You Beautiful Doll
- When the Saints Go Marchin' In
- Medley: Dixie-Battle Hymn of the Republic / Yankee Doodle Dandy / You're a Grand Old Flag
- 12th Street Rag
- Somewhere My Love
- Old Piano Roll Blues
- Third Man Theme
- South
- Beer Barrell Polka
- Spaghetti Rag
- Smile
- Red River Valley
- Stardust
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
- After You're Gone
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by Mickey Finn
Third Man Theme
by: Mickey FinnWhen a zither starts to play
You'll remember yesterday
In its haunting strain
Vienna lives again
Free and bright and gay
In your mind a sudden gleam
Of a half forgotten dream
Seems to glimmer when you hear the third man theme
Once again there comes to mind
Someone that you left behind
Love that somehow didn't last
In that happy city of the past
Does she still recall the dream
That rapture so supreme
When first she heard the haunting third man theme?
Carnivals and carousels and Ferris wheels and parasols
The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine
The zither's sweet refrain
Keeps swirling in your brain
Like new may wine
Strauss waltzes, candle-glow
And the laughter of long ago
Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today
You never knew that you could be
Enchanted by a melody
The years will never drive it out
You don't know why
It's something you can't live without
You hear it in the twilight hush
And in the morning traffic rush
A song that's always new
In your heart a part of you
Oh, shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme
When a zither starts to play
You'll remember yesterday
In its haunting strain
Vienna lives again
Free and bright and gay
In your mind a sudden gleam
Of a well remembered dream
Seems to glimmer when you hear the third man theme
Once again there comes to mind
Someone that you left behind
Love that somehow didn't last
In that happy city of the past
Does she still recall the dream
That rapture so supreme
When first she heard the haunting third man theme?
Carnivals and carousels and Ferris wheels and parasols
The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine
The zither's sweet refrain
Keeps swirling in your brain
Like new may wine
Strauss waltzes, candle-glow
And the laughter of long ago
Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today
You never knew that you could be
Enchanted by a melody
The years will never drive it out
You don't know why
It's something you can't live without
You hear it in the twilight hush
And in the morning traffic rush
A song that's always new
In your heart a part of you
Oh, shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme
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