Cunning Stunts
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Topic: Cunning Stunts
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Subject: Cunning Stunts
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:22
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Anyone think its a play on words....i.e.....stunning c**ts?
My brother brought it up, hes not a prog fiend, thought they might have that as a double meaning or some joke...clever if they did -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:22
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(deleted) ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:24
haha probably ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:29
Yes i do 
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:31
| Considering Caravan's sense of humor, it wouldn't shock me... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:33
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I always thought it was suppost to be. I don't know much about the band tho, but that what i figured. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:36
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Caravan has always had a ribald sense of humor, so it was absolutely intentional.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: robertplantowns
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 20:56
| This is very strange. I've always thought that Cunning Stunts was a play on words which actually meant the raunchy abovementioned term, but I thought it was too secretive of a play on words and when I thought about whether they would actually intend it, I thought it was a ridiculous notion. The other day I was actaully sitting in my room and I thought about what Stunning C**ts would actually look like and a hilarious picture came into my mind but I thought it was wayyy to obscure to be intended. When I first got ahold of the album, the play on words was instantly gotten by me, and whenever I thought about the album I would think about it in the alternate form. This post proves my sanity! I thought I was the only one who ever even thought about this sort of thing. It's my second favorite Caravan album as well. |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 21:08
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Well, everybody knows that "If You See Kay" by April Wine was a song about a guy looking for his long lost girlfriend, and look how that song was misunderstood. So, you never know what people with their minds in the gutter can do to twist around something innocent and beautiful....... ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 21:09
Aw come on Clem, the view is much better from down here.  See you auntie... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow">
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ClemofNazareth wrote:Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 21:17
Praise the Lord!!! I mean really Clem get out of the dark ages, next you will be burning witches! Of course Cunning Stunts is a play on words, just look at the cover with the mirror and as a previous archivist said....Caravan have a sense of humour. Sheep Stacey ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 21:22
Geez, you thought I was serious?!? ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 07:50
| This is a very old joke. I was originally told it as "what's the difference between Racquel Welch and a tightrope walker?", which shows how long ago it was. |
Posted By: king
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 07:56
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Of COURSE it is!! Duh! ------------- Brothers are bad, twin brothers are murder |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 08:20
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This album was originally going to be called 'Toys in the Attic' but Aerosmith got there first so they named it 'Cunning Stunts'. Not my favourite Caravan album, much prefer their earlier stuff. Their best album name of course is 'If I could do it all over again, i'd do it all over you'. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 10:23
Seconded. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 10:34
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Actually had you read my review , you would have gotten confirmation of this! I showed the record to someone who had absolutely no knowledge of Caravan's humour , and he just laughed it off so hard.
Pye Hasting really has got a dirty old man mind >> If I could do it over , I'd do it all over you. >>>The Dog , The Dog , he's at it again etc.... For Girls's original cover was to have a naked pregnant woman sleeping. Look at the inside gatefold of Waterloo Lily (and the brothel scene on the outside cover) and the vtitle is the name of a famous hooker by Waterloo station. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 10:57
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Referring to the quote in your signature, Sean, it is of course also true that there is ABSOLUTELY no double-meaning in "Zero the Hero offering the Witch Shakti Yoni's (sic!) pussy some fish and chips", as is mentioned as explanation to the story on the album cover of Gong's "Angel's Egg". -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 11:06
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Good point my dear! And the ghost face ready to eat the pussy up in the sky on the album cover is also a good reference! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 12:48
 That took a few moments but I got there.------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 13:34
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the following short "poem" appears in the "Circe" chapter of James Joyce's Ulysses (written between 1914 and 1921): If you see Kay so hardly any new territory for April Wine. (and have a look at line 3 too) -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 14:59
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In reference to the original posting - yes - of course it is play on words. I first saw this as a title to one of Metallica's albums and did a double take when I saw it. I am glad I am not the only one to see this - it is probably something I would have kept to myself if not for this forum topic. All in good humour just like the title of Caravan's album, though I wonder if the double entendre was intentional there... ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: DEzerov
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:26
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What's the difference between a woman in church and one in the bath tub? PM me if you have trouble with this one............... ------------- The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:36
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if the woman in the bath-tub was a virgin, I'd say "one is croaking hymns, the other is strokng her hymen" ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:53
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^ - not quite... but a different angle on the matter at hand - -------------
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:56
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'If I could do it all over again, i'd do it all over you'...i like it, i love the album...but am i missing something?
I dont see the background behind this title, is it funny? is there something i am missing? my brother loves the title, but what is there to love? I am so lost, to me its just a weird title, nothing clever, is it clever??? ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 16:02
^^ Any volunteers who would to explain this to young skywalker.. ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 17:11
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Umm....well....when two people love each other........ ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 17:31
You know, there are the birds and the bees and the butterflies... ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 17:44
How can someone who supposedly hit puberty already be this oblivious? Anyway, play on words or not, it's a great album. ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 06:18
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Superb album. Read somewhere that geoffrey Richardson (he of violin, electronic-spoons fame) actually played garden shears on stage when they played 'Hello Hello'... Up on a hill top, far from the city <snip><snip><snip>.... ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 07:39
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Winter Wine is simply their best lyrics!! And ITLOGAP (the track is also cool) ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:32
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cmon now, what does it mean....i didnt think they would be that graphic, and even so...its not clever if u ask me. So what is it, what is he saying if i could have sex and ejaculate than he would do it all over "you" cmon now, clever? someones gotta have a better explanation than tjhis! ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:35
By god , I do believe he's got it! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:39
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hahaha ok whatever, now im just baffled at by how many guys on here couldnt say that simple answer. not nearly as good as stunning c**ts ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:47
I think most of us had you hanging on , searching for the answer as we figured you were probably pre-pubescent....... If we had told you , this could've been considered enticing a youth to undecent thinking! And we would not want any of that happening in this forum , much even less on such a pure and immaculate thread!!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:48
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arighty seany baby, well, i could do it all over again, id do it all over you.
GOT EM!@!!!!! ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:51
I am afraid my young friend that like Jean and Friede I am a lesbian only! So I only do that sort of stuff with women! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:52
thats cool............................... ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 11:00
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Did you know that male lesbians existed? Now you do!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 12:14
yeth, i did ------------- "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 12:34
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PLEASE don't start a thread asking what Brain Salad Surgery means... ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 15:41
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And then there's Blind Dog at St Dunstan's. The title comes from the famous home for the blind in London, and a probably apochryphal story about Noel Coward. The great actor, playwright, wit and songwriter was out in a London park with a young nephew, who saw two dogs copulating enthusiastically. 'What are those dogs doing, Uncle Noel?' asked the youngster. 'Well you see, the dog in front is blind, and the dog behind it is pushing her to St Dunstan's' came the reply. Or possibly it was Winston Churchill. Or Oscar Wilde. One of those legendary wits, anyway. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 03:18
I thought St Dunstan was a neighborhood in Canterbury as you see tyhe gate of the city portrayed in the drawing.... But as for the story , I al;so knew that one!
NUTTER ALERT wrote: PLEASE don't start a thread asking what Brain Salad Surgery means... That one is much trickier , but well documented as well! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 03:49
| The sleeeve drawing for "Blind dog.." is great, you can study it for hours and still find new things to amuse you. Completely wasted when reduced to CD size. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 07:49
That reminds me of a joke about a little Indian boy called Two Dogs F*cking... |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 13:07
------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |