Connections
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Topic: Connections
Posted By: Snow Dog
Subject: Connections
Date Posted: February 14 2013 at 08:01
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What is the connection that links Roxy Music and Red Dwarf? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 14 2013 at 11:39
| In the Red Dwarf episode "Psirens," when Lister's Psiren double plays guitar, the hands are actually those of Phil Manzanera, lead guitarist with Roxy Music (although at the time, Manzanera was a solo artist and producer, Bryan Ferry having dissolved the band eight years earlier). |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 06:27
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Correct. Anyone else got one? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 06:31
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Otherwise, thread closed. :-/ ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 06:51
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Easy one off the top of my head.
What links Bruce Forsyth and ELP?
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 07:33
Forsyht hosted The Generation Game later hosteb by Jim " Nick Nick" Davison a huge ELp fan who got the beeb to use 1st Impression part 2 (reworked by ELP) as the theme tune. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 08:27
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No, ELP once had an post-gig orgy with Anthea Redfern.
OK, you're right, told you it was easy. I will try and think of a suitably devious one.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 08:29
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me too. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 08:43
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Got one. Give me a few minutes to pull it together. |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 08:56
Connect the Electric Light Orchestra to Agro the puppet in five or fewer links. For those who don't know Agro, here are a couple of references: http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2012/10/heres-agro-the-horny-australian-puppet/" rel="nofollow - http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2012/10/heres-agro-the-horny-australian-puppet/ And for the under-25s: And no, the answer is not that Jeff Lynne and Agro share the same barber. Off you go. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 09:00
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Hmmm..interesting. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 09:10
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 09:12
She gave me a twirl.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 09:49
 I would have preferred a Mars Bar.
There's a link - who links Mick Jagger and a Mars Bar?
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 15 2013 at 15:29
Marianne Faithfull. I won't go into details
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 07:56
No takers? It's coming up on 23 hours since I posted this one. If no-one takes a crack at it in the next hour, I'll post my solution. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 08:32
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I have looked into, but no luck yet. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 09:02
OK. My solution - ELO to Agro in five steps:
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 09:05
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^Would never have got that in a thousand years. And for me it is too far a connection. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 09:07
| OK. Want a closer connection? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 09:08
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Definitely ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 09:14
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OK. This one involves only two people other than the one named: What is the musical connection between Mike Oldfield and mango juice? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 09:18
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Ok...hmmmm... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 11:33
Mike Oldfield was signed to Virgin, as were Tangerine Dream who released an album called Rubicon. Rubicon Exotic is a soft drink manufacturer who produce a Mango Juice drink. 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 11:36
I was thinking along those lines. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 12:13
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That's a good one! But I did say it involved two people other than Mike Oldfield - not organisations. So, nice try, but not quite. |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 12:16
| Hint: Snow Dog, it relates to your OP. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 12:49
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^You know I thought of the RD theme tune immediately. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 12:50
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Well that is written by Howard Goodall. Has he worked with Oldfield I wonder? No there must be athird man between them. let me think. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 16 2013 at 12:53
| Getting warmer. |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: February 17 2013 at 15:14
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It's been more than 24 hours, so here's my solution: Mike Oldfield's daughter Molly (after whom he named a track on his QE2 album) is a member of the crew of the TV quiz show QI (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1455419/), the music for which is by Howard Goodall (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328759/) who also wrote the theme tune for Red Dwarf, which contains the lyrics, "I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose / Drinking fresh mango juice." OK, I'm done.  |