Rupert Holmes
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Oct 18, 2026
Phil WilliamsHOST
But if you will listen to that song.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Now, it was written by Rupert Holmes, the guy who did the Pina Colada song.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Okay.
Phil WilliamsHOST
But this goes the totally other way.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Nobody banned it because nobody could, well, nobody listened to the lyrics.
Phil WilliamsHOST
They ate the guy.
Phil WilliamsHOST
He cited the, Rupert Holmes, who wrote the song, said the 1947 country song, 16 Tons, about the hard life of a coal miner, and the 1959 film adaptation, of the Tennessee Williams play, Suddenly Last Summer, which also contains allusions to cannibalism or inspiration.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Now, it attracted, like, no attention when it came out.
Phil WilliamsHOST
But if you will listen to that song.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Now, it was written by Rupert Holmes, the guy who did the Pina Colada song.
Wayne HobasHOST
Okay.
Phil WilliamsHOST
But this goes the totally other way.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Nobody banned it because nobody could, well, nobody listened to the lyrics.
Phil WilliamsHOST
They ate the guy.
Phil WilliamsHOST
He cited the, Rupert Holmes, who wrote the song, said the 1947 country song, 16 Tons, about the hard life of a coal miner, and the 1959 film adaptation of, of the Tennessee Williams play, Suddenly Last Summer, which also contains allusions to cannibalism or inspiration.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Now, it attracted, like, no attention when it came out.
Mark SchlerethHOST
I mean, that, he is not, uh, he is not...
Mark SchlerethHOST
I was joking with you at the break, you know, I was listening to yacht rock the other day and I heard Rupert Holmes' Him.
Mark SchlerethHOST
You know, Him, Him, Him, what we gonna do about Him? Uh, you cannot continue to shuttle him out there on Sundays.
Mike EvansHOST
Sundays.Think Rupert will cut a new track-
Sarah PowellHOST
And here we are, the Northwich Pina Colada Festival is officially back and once again our proud little town threw down the gauntlet to prove nobody throws a summer street party quite like Northwich.
Sarah PowellHOST
When the town first decided back in 2021 to anchor an entire festival around local lad Rupert Holmes and his legendary 1979 ode to the illicit hotel meetings and coconut cream, it sounded delightfully bonkers.
Sarah PowellHOST
But every August, I turn up, notebook in hand, half wondering whether the novelty will have started to wear off.
Sarah PowellHOST
And every August, Northwich casually proves me completely wrong.
Phil ProctorHOST
I've been looking at some of your YouTube videos, and you've transmogrified yourself over the years by the work that you've done with all these other interesting artists.
Phil ProctorHOST
You know, you remind me a lot of the work of Rupert Holmes.
Phil ProctorHOST
And this album, which I just love, because it tells stories in wonderful ways, wonderful musical ways as well, different styles.
Phil ProctorHOST
But like Rupert Holmes in his album Widescreen, are you acquainted with his work as well?
Wesley StaceGUEST
Totally.
Wesley StaceGUEST
He's somebody that one disdained a little bit when one was younger because of the Pina Colada song.
Tony EdwardsGUEST
It's in there somewhere, but it's gone.
Vernon KayHOST
It was Rupert Holmes.
Vernon KayHOST
That would have gotten you into the 20s, but you scored
Tony EdwardsGUEST
14 points, Tony.
Mark CabanissGUEST
I got to tell you a quick side note.
Mark CabanissGUEST
The very first time I met the great, and I mean the great Rupert Holmes, who wrote the foreword to this book.
Mark CabanissGUEST
And I was honored and delighted that Rupert wrote such a beautiful, brilliant foreword, truly.
Mark CabanissGUEST
But the first time I met Rupert, I said, Rupert, not only did you write book music and lyrics for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, you also did the orchestrations.
Joe ChristopherHOST
This was from Dolly's album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, on which she wrote none of the songs.
Joe ChristopherHOST
There's some pretty famous names on the songwriter list, though, including Rupert Holmes, Leo Sayre, and the writers of Starting Over Again, Donna Summer and her husband, Bruce Sedano.
Dolly PartonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Starting over again, where should they begin? Cause they've never been out on their...
Dolly PartonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When your dreams are all shattered And the kids are all grown And the whole world cries
Molly AllenHOST
How about Pina Colada? Wasn't that a one-hitter?
Dave SpositoHOST
That was, uh, Rupert Holmes.
Dave SpositoHOST
He had, he had a couple of, he had a song called Him.
Molly AllenHOST
Oh, that's right.
The Dancing HousewifeHOST
She received a six from Carrie-Anne, a seven from Derek, and a six from Bruno.
The Dancing HousewifeHOST
Guillermo Rodriguez and Whitney performed a foxtrot to Escape, better known as the Piña Colada song by Rupert Holmes.
The Dancing HousewifeHOST
His wow moment was a side arabesque executed with assistance from Whitney.
The Dancing HousewifeHOST
And because apparently the dance wasn't enough, He finished by ripping open his shirt to reveal a coconut bra and the words Dancing for the People on his chest.
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