Pop Shakespeare!

[tree_and_leaf]

So, dear flist, a question:

A friend of mine claims that when he was about ten (i.e. round about 1980) a pop group ("Like Dollar, but not Dollar") made a record which basically consisted of a setting of Julius Caesar IV.3. 218–224 ("There is a tide in the affairs of men"). He thinks that the chorus went "Leads on the fortune, leads on to fortune", but isn't sure. He has been googling round looking for it for years, but to no avail.

Does this ring any bells with anyone?

Comments

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

He should try AskMetafilter--they'll probably have it for him in a couple hours max.

[tree_and_leaf]

AskMetaFilter?

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

It looks like you got an answer below to your original question, but: http://ask.metafilter.com/ is a pretty decent place to find out things from a very large pool of people when your own resources are exhausted. It looks like it might be necessary to have a MetaFilter account to post a question--people post anonymously but I cannot for the life of me figure out how--but I have seen quite obscure questions answered there.

[tree_and_leaf]

Ah - that looks more generally useful (the post about Macbooks was helpful, for a start, as I am conscious that I'm liable to have to replace my laptop in the not-too-distant future).

[bekijane.livejournal.com]

Possibly it's "The Dooleys - taken at the flood" released in 1981. The best link to which I can find is here (http://www.discoogle.com/wiki/Dooleys%2C_The_-_Taken_At_The_Flood_(Uk%2C1981%2CGt_289%2CSINGLE_7)) and I can't find either a lyrics listing or a youtube of it.

[tree_and_leaf]

You are a genius! Thanks for that (pity it's not on youTube, it sounds fun, if bonkers).

[bekijane.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* no, not a genius but the google-fu is strong in me. Glad I could help.

[tree_and_leaf]

I'm still very impressed, though!