Saxondale
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Topic: Saxondale
Posted By: chopper
Subject: Saxondale
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:24
| Did anyone see this new Steve Coogan comedy last night and can tell me what the theme music was? It sounded familiar to me, possibly early Jethro Tull as it featured a flute? |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:25
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Twas Jethro Tulls "Living In The Past"
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:27
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Blimey! I thought I knew that song fairly well. Obviously not.
Thanks Ian.
PS - can you reply a bit quicker next time. That took you almost 1 minute.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:28
At least, I think it was.  ..I'm having doubts now!------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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chopper wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:30
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I'm pretty sure it was Tull. Anyone else see it?
I definitely heard a bit of "Time Was" from Argus in it.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:32
| Missed, it (foolish me). My comedy-geek chums gave it mixed reviews but overall it sounds like it was light on the joke front, but that's only to be expected of an establishing episode. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:32
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Just listened again....pretty sure it is now.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:39
I found it was quite subtle humour on the whole and it won't appeal to everyone. I liked the musical references e.g. "Peter Frampton's vocoder". And the bit at the end where he shot the animal rights protester in the leg.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:53
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The music used on the trailer was 'House of the King' by Focus, which does sound alot like Tull. I didn't see the show, though.
Sure you're not confusing Focus for Tull..?? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 07:56
I don't know the Focus one.........sounded like Tull to me though. I'm sure someone definitely knows. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 08:08
I hear in the next series there's a sketch about the......errrmm.......shall we say "intense" guys on A Certain Music Forum, who only listened to the start & finish, to settle an argument about the theme music.....
Actually, I caught most of the show.......except the beginning & end, so have no idea on the theme........I thought it was promising - many good in jokes (and thus, by definition, many more I didn't get......  ).........I particularly liked the cringe-inducing change of pace in the middle where he & his GF get very intense towards each other........"You rock my world........".......a moment which out-Offices even Gervaise......------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 08:14
^ Who you calling intense??  
I'll watch it next week. The FOCUS!! track on the trailer should have got me interested, but I was in bed by the time it started. I had to be up before the rest of the human race this morning... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 10:31
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Porksword is correct. I just downloaded House Of King, and that is the one on Saxondale! I've heard this before and always thought its Tull. So now I know!
Youes sincerely, an older and wiser and humbled doggy! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 12:11
| Interestingly, I seem to recall reading that Focus' "House of the King" was originally recorded as a TV theme for something else anyway! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 13:18
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^ I think you'rer right, I seem to remember a programme with that theme in the 70's. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 13:27
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DON'T ASK
ME (1975-9) YORKSHIRE http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/themes/index.htm"> 
UNASHAMEDLY TACKY popular science, featuring David Bellamy, Magnus Pyke, Miriam Stoppard, Colin Welland, Marion "How" Davies, Maggie Makepiece etc. loading up on bizarre demonstrations, cruel audience-baiting techniques and insane models by way of enlightenment. Similar type shows include BODYMATTERS, THE SHOW-ME SHOW, FUN AND GAMES etc. Now an extinct genre, it seems. Wonderfully harsh flute-driven theme was 'House Of The King' by Dutch rock band Focus; B-side of chart hit 'Sylvia'. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 13:29
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^ Thats the one....Thank you Tonymator!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 14:19
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Yeah, thanks Tony for that trip down memory lane! I knew I heard it on the box when I was a nipper.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 14:23
To be honest I assumed it was Tull, until I bought a Focus album a few years back. 
------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 03:29
It certainly won't appeal to everyone - referring to his new assistant's Nirvana t-shirt "any band who'll acknowledge Iommi's mastery of the fret are OK by me..." Face it, that line would have gone way over 99% of the wobbling class's heads. Promising start to a series, though. ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 09:02
| Thanks for all the info guys, I slept easier last night knowing that it was Focus. I guess that TV programme must be where I remember the song from as I don't have any Focus albums, although I don't remember watching it. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 08:20
*tuts*
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 09:29
I've got Hocus Pocus and Sylvia on compilations, will that do?
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 03 2006 at 17:35
| Good episode tonight, this is turning into an excellent series. Some good "one legged" jokes, a mention of Ian Anderson's flute and cod piece and it ended with Hocus Pocus! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 04 2006 at 16:49
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^ Yeah I saw that, Alan. Very funny! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 05 2006 at 07:48
| I forgot to mention "wasps are b*****ds". Very funny bit, and strangely appropriate as I had to pay someone to remove a wasps nest from under my house yesterday (not Steve Coogan). |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 05 2006 at 07:55
I have an irrational fear of wasps. If one flys in the room I practically hyperventilate. Dunno why, I've been stung before a few times, but I was hardly traumatised by the experience... 
Just thought I'd share that with you...  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: July 05 2006 at 10:08
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It's just getting better. The Kashmir eulogy was classic (although the
wife would have been royally pissed off, since you do NOT make jokes
about The Best Song in the World in her presence). And, yeah "Wasps are b.astards" was excellent. -------------  
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Posted By: Minkia
Date Posted: July 05 2006 at 18:04
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It also has 'House of the King' by Focus and parts of 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus. ------------- RELIGION IS HATE, RELIGION IS FEAR, RELIGION IS WAR,RELIGION IS RAPE, RELIGION'S OBSCENE,RELIGION'S A WHORE |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 07:19
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Still getting better - Monday's episode included him describing the mood change of a squirrel when it's consumed too much cocaine & getting misty eyed over the memory of his ex-wife throwing his Mellotron from Clifton Suspension Bridge - although...
1 - There is no way you can get a Mellotron in the boot of a 1970s Triumph Toledo. 2 - She'd have to be built like a brick outhouse to "throw" a Mellotron anywhere. Sorry, just me being pedantic
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 07:49
| Yeah, the Mellotron story was great. I also liked the bit when the boyfriend thought he was getting the Richie Blackmore guitar as a gift, but ended up getting a wooden cheetah. |
Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 07:56
There used to be - and presumably still is - a plaque on the pedestrian walkway on both sides of the bridge giving the Samaritans phone # - maybe the Mellotron Appreciation Society should rent space there, too...........
I particularly liked the bit in "Saxondale" where, when his daughter's BF patronises his own GF by praising her wonderful personality (which, as we all know, is code for "she's fat"), he replies with a wonderfully crude, yet touching, & untrumpable response............I daren't quote it in full here... ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 09:17
| Oh go on. |
Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 10:43
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Well, you can watch that clip (and a few others) here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=saxondale - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=saxondale
click on "Episode 4" & then "clip : looks & personality" ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 13:22
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Prudishness really is quaint.
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 13:26
....if you mean me, I'm just trying to avoid offending the kiddies here......  ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 14:39
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Yeah, sorry. I just don't think any kids into a two-digit age will have their minds warped by hearing the line in question.
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 14:57
.........me neither........but why take the risk?.........  ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 15:06
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Oh go on! Be a man!
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 15:24
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I suppose that one or two of you might have sussed that I actually put up the link as it's better to hear the line as a joke, delivered by Coogan, rather than read it as an unfunny crudity in a post; context is all.........
.........but, for those who need the stimulation, here are a few rude words I made earlier: bum, willy, tit.........and there's plenty more where they came from.........  ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 15:55
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Check out Episode 3 "Insecticide". Genius.
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Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 21:18
 Defuse the idea of evil words that aren't derogatory. -------------
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 21:56
George Carlin would be proud.  ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 03:04
You're being deliberately obtuse in copying only half of my post & thus presenting this bit out of context; the first half of that post explains my position quite clearly. I am sorry you're incapable of understanding why I chose not to spoil a joke by putting it in print; like I said, anyone interested can look at the clips on the link provided earlier.
And, in the words of Jim Royle, "Defuse the idea of evil words that aren't derogatory, my arse!"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/roylefamilythe_66602940.shtml - http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/roylefamilythe_66602940.shtml ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 03:43
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FANNY!
+++giggle+++ Also, an unsung hero of the series is his new apprentice; doesn't say a lot, but his facial expressions speak volumes - almost brings to mind the relationship between Wallace & Grommit -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 14:39
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 15:16
Have I misjudged you, or are you just messin' with my head ? ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 18:24
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I think you might have misjudged me (assuming that you think I'm being
a prick to you - because that was not my intent). I was actually
applauding, just like that little smiley. If there's one thing I never
do is use a smiley sarcastically. Online communication is difficult
enough as it is without undermining those little fellas. -------------
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 18:49
Ok, sorry,  ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: spacecraft
Date Posted: July 18 2006 at 19:44
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Still Game on an hour before Saxondale is 100 times more funnier, and as for that t**t Catherine Tate, somebody shoot her. She lives on one line "am i bothered". If i had a shotgun i'd shoot her first. ------------- To Him as the Supreme King and Judge we commit our cause, casting our cares upon Him and firmly trusting that He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 17:43
| A short quote from Rush's "Spirit of Radio" tonight, unfortunately he said it was from Hemispheres. |
Posted By: moomaloo
Date Posted: July 27 2006 at 08:06
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Saxondale is constantly fantastic. What a brilliant character. I like the man (though I don't think I'm supposed too...)
I've been wondering about that Rush mix-up. Was it a genuine research mistake (which seems pretty unlikely if you ask me) or was it deliberate - a very subtle pointer that our man might never actually have worked as a roadie at all...? Maybe he's just a fantasist...? The Mellotron story is another clue.
It's probably just me!
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 27 2006 at 08:27
I also wondered whether that was a deliberate error or not. Maybe they threw it in on purpose to see how may saddoes like us would write up and tell them about it (looks up address for Steve Coogan).
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: July 27 2006 at 12:18
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Steve Coogan was the "star in a reasonably priced car" on this week's 'Top Gear' - Jeremy Clarkson showed the clip from Saxondale where he did a job for a TV celebrity obviously based on JC...
Apparently Clarkson's wife found it most apt! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 27 2006 at 14:19
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watch the episode here: http://www.rushisaband.com/video.php?id=509 - http://www.rushisaband.com/video.php?id=509
or just the Rush mention here:
http://www.rushisaband.com/video.php?id=511 - http://www.rushisaband.com/video.php?id=511
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Posted By: spacecraft
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 19:41
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People....get a life.......Rush are crap anyway, so probably right they get mentioned on a crap programme. ------------- To Him as the Supreme King and Judge we commit our cause, casting our cares upon Him and firmly trusting that He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought. |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: August 01 2006 at 08:25
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Does anyone know who made the reggaefied version of Pink Floyd's Time which was played on last nights final episode? -------------  |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 01 2006 at 08:28
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I managed to catch the Insecticide episode and I liked it. The trailers for the show looked terrible, but it was actually much better than I thought it was going to be. Especially if you think of some of Coogan's previous ventures...
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 01 2006 at 08:48
There is an album called "Dub Side of The Moon" so I assume it was from that. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008A7U9/102-6937684-3204902?v=glance&n=5174 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008A7U9/102-6937684-3204902?v=glance&n=5174 btw, I loved the bit last night when he asked the woman he was dining with if they could stop the innuendo. Then his next line was "How's your beef wellington?". |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 12:15
| Do you think he ran away from the Lisa Tarbuck character because deep down he loves Mags, or because she doesn't like Peter Gabriel era Genesis? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 07:35
| Probably the former, but it may have been the shock of listening to Phil Collins' Genesis that made him come to his senses. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 04:04
It was definitely from 'Dub Side Of The Moon' - splendid album  . I saw The Easy All Stars perform it last year at The Glade festival (sorry about the picture quality - trying to dance & take a photo at the same time isn't easy... ):
...and the 'Beef Wellington' line nearly had me rolling on the floor
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 11:08
Thanks very much, I did wonder if it was from this album, I must investigate...
Do they have Jamaican roadies doing the speaking parts? ------------- |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 15 2007 at 13:46
| Just seen there's a new series starting later this month. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 17 2007 at 12:20
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I only saw one episode of Saxondale on the watered down BBC America we get on satellite here. I didn't even know what it was until I came to PA (thanks darqdean). It was historical...oops...er ...that too, I meant hysterical. The episode I saw had the lead guy taking his son falconeering and an investigation into the fraudulent business practices of a pest control competitor. I fully intend to buy this when/if it comes out on NTSC/DVD. Not on Amazon yet. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 18 2007 at 11:28
Yes, August 23rd apparently. Hope it's as good as the first series.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 23 2007 at 16:59
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Got off to a good start. Very funny, and prog references galore!
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 23 2007 at 17:03
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Blimey, that was quick Andy. "The last one on the tour bus thinks Genesis were better after Peter Gabriel left". |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 24 2007 at 05:19
'I've been listening to Seconds Out, by Pink Floyd, or is it Genesis?' |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 24 2007 at 05:56
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And Wishbone Ash providing a chunk of the soundtrack...... ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 24 2007 at 08:28
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"I've toured with all the greats, Rolling Stones, Humble Pie..."
"Led Zeppelin?" "NO! Why is everyone obsessed with Zeppelin?" +++storms off+++ -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 24 2007 at 09:48
| 'He's not a left handed guitarist. The pictures's been reversed. I should know. I rigged his stack on the Snowgoose tour' |
Posted By: Dieselhead
Date Posted: August 25 2007 at 18:09
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Yeah, excellent show. His face was a picture when he staggered backstage for a party and found all these prim and proper guys with, horror, short hair, I actually felt sorry for him. ------------- Dieselhead |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:47
| Part of Rush's The Necromancer from Caress Of Steel was just on about 15 minutes in. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:58
| and again near the end.. |
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 17:03
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I would consider Rush at my backside..an honour AND PLEASURE....show I mean! ------------- My feet hurt |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 17:04
Did anyone else realize in the Will Ferrel comedy skit on SNL (where he plays Satan with a guitar)  That the music that plays when he explodes on to stage is Larks' Tongues Part One? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 17:06
Good episode tonight. I felt last week's was a bit down on the usual standard, but tonight's was a cracker. Rush - The Necromancer part three - The Return of the Prince. Where else would you hear that mentioned 3 times in one program. And in the same sentence as "hand ...". |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 17:13
Oy!!! Termination beckons..  There's evil gdubbery about.. |
Posted By: Arioch
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 17:16
^Yea...get rid of him. Gdub was always causing trouble. Toss I'm out on his behind. ------------- Knight of the Swords Lord of Entropy Duke of Chaos |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 17:25
They're all out tonight. Greg W is having personality crisis...  |