jannusguy Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 thanks for the holiday wishes! and, of course, for benny hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Coldplay and Nickelback aren't the same group? I thought all those groups on the radio for the past fifteen years were a bunch of angry studio musicians with Eddie Vedder fantasies. Yeah' date=' I may have jumped with the Amy W reference. Understand though, my exp with her has been the Rehab song at 5:08 a.m. and some scary visual impressions on TV. Okay, ummm.... We gave you the Monkees and you gave us Herman's Hermits? Naw, I like both of them and neither are all that irritating. The guitar player in HH was no slouch for sure! Okay, you gave us the Sir Douglas Quintet... no, they were from Texas but wanted to APPEAR British.... Ummm... we gave you that House guy Hugh Laurie..... no, he's Brit, just ACTS American![/quote'] Coldplay, and Nickelback are not the same group. Coldplay and Maroon 5 are the same group, and Nickelback and Stained are the same group. ...on a side note, I did a show (oldies fest) with Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits a while back. Him and Gary Puckett, Cool guys. Real nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 OK, TLSG, I have to ask, what do you mean by "I did a show"? Were you performing? Are you someone famous that's been holding out on us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 Telletubbies and Barney.Jim Carrey and Rowan Atkinson. John Cleese and..... Okay' date=' we owe you one.[/quote'] Telletubbies! Now your talking KSD. I have 4 children between the ages of 14 and 4 so, as I'm sure you are all relieved to read, finally we've hit upon a subject for which I have a modicum (spelling?) of expertise. My favourite children's film (and the books are excellent too) is The Cat in the Hat. Cup-cake-anator. Priceless. If you've not seen it, do yourself a favour and do so. My caveat is that I seem to be the only person I know who loves this film, with the exception of Walter,(4) my 4th. So, you gave us Mike Myers we gave you.........? Has Peter Kay made it across the pond yet? Just got back from my local (pub) which is a 1 minute walk from my house in a wonderful little village, so sorry if I ramble somewhat. It has the best pint around brewed in a micro brewery in our neighbouring village named Rotten End - no not a joke. Off to bed now, ta ta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesLawrence Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Then of course there's what the rest of the world has done to the English language. Mind you the US is now getting us back "major league". Yes, two countries divided by a common language. Thanks for the holiday wishes! Cheers, Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rar Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 The guitar player in H[erman's] H[ermits] was no slouch for sure! For those not in the know, ... in the studio, the guitar player for Herman's Hermits was usually, well, some studio guitar player. Often, especially on the most memorable stuff, it was Jimmy Page. And the bass player was often John Paul Jones. -- Bob R P.S. Monkees fans can take some solace in the fact that, despite their liberal use of studio musicians, the most memorable Monkee guitar licks were played by Mike Nesmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I continued to be amazed at all the stuff you know, rar. Thanks for the information. Back in the day, I think I owned every HH and Monkee's records there were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 ksdaddy wrote: Telletubbies and Barney. Jim Carrey and Rowan Atkinson. John Cleese and..... Okay, we owe you one. So' date=' you gave us Mike Myers we gave you.........? Has Peter Kay made it across the pond yet? Off to bed now, ta ta![/quote'] Actually Myers is Canadian... I think. We gave you Jim Carey. Not sure about Pete. Any relation to Danny? We gave you Tomato Bob, you gave us Thomas the Tank Engine. (my GS#1's favorite, btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 ksdaddy wrote:Telletubbies and Barney. Jim Carrey and Rowan Atkinson. John Cleese and..... Okay' date=' we owe you one. Actually Myers is Canadian... I think. We gave you Jim Carey. Not sure about Pete. Any relation to Danny? We gave you Tomato Bob, you gave us Thomas the Tank Engine. (my GS#1's favorite, btw) [/quote'] jim carrey is canadian,too! silent invasion. don't try giving us bill shatner back though. he's all yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 jim carrey is canadian' date='too! silent invasion. don't try giving us bill shatner back though. he's all yours![/quote'] How about that other Carey feller? The one from Cleveland? Please don't tell me he's a 'wet back' from Ontario! I kinda like Shatner. ST was the high watermark of his career... but.. he's been makin' good money ever since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 US & Canada blend quite nicely so I'm okay with any blurred lines. Stompin' Tom would disagree though; he hates our guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Actually Myers is Canadian... I think. We gave you Jim Carey. Not sure about Pete. Any relation to Danny? We gave you Tomato Bob' date=' you gave us Thomas the Tank Engine. (my GS#1's favorite, btw) [/quote'] Mike Myers Canadian? Whoops. Jim Carey? Forgive my ignorance. Never mind Thomas, have you got Fireman Sam? Animation of a Welsh Fireman, set in the fictional town of Pontypandy (that's supposed to be in Wales) who always saves the day. His boss, Station Officer Steele, is a bumbling Englishman (ex RAF Wing Commander I suspect. No Gibsons though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 With John Cleese we probably owe much more than one..... After all, the entire crew of Monty Python and the Flying Circus, Holy Grail, Meaning of Life, Life of Bryan, The twit races, Every sperm is sacred song, (amoung some other funny funny songs) dead or not dead parrots, etc... were the best thing for me as a young man to start appreciating how great British humor really is.... I got a paper cut so I have to go..... Don't worry, It's just a flesh wound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 I got a paper cut so I have to go..... Don't worry' date=' It's just a flesh wound! [/quote'] Nice one!! Have you seen The Secret Policeman's Ball; a live concert which included lots of Python.? To complete the circle, it includes Pete Townshend doing an acoustic version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" which I really like........on a J200 of course..... and no, he didn't smash it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Nice one!! Have you seen The Secret Policeman's Ball; a live concert which included lots of Python.? To complete the circle' date=' it includes Pete Townshend doing an acoustic version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" which I really like........on a J200 of course..... and no, he didn't smash it up.[/quote'] No, I haven't even heard of it! Is it a DVD or a music type CD? Is it something I can rent do you think? I love everything Python I have ever seen. As a fairly young kid of 13 or 14 years old, I had to sneak to the basement late at night to watch it on Public TV Saturday nights. My parents didn't approve. I think because they had the occasional naked breast show! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 We'd never be able to tip the scales to pay them back for Monty Python's Flying Circus. I started watching them in 1972 and it twisted my 12 year old brain to a point where it never quite resumed the normal growth and/or maturity patterns. So I can either thank them or blame them I guess. And they gave us Triumph Bonnevilles, so I learned all about sore right knee joints and thumbs that smelled of petrol (note I said petrol!) thanks to the twin Amal carbs. And the Short Magazine Lee Enfield No. 1 Mark III caliber .303 British, made in the UK from 1902 to 1935 (up to 1955 in Oz and 1970 in India!). The greatest battle rifle ever made IMHO. It wasn't pretty and refined like a Swedish Mauser or macho like an M-1 Garand, but they could be drug through the mud and still work, and if you ran out of ammo you could bludgeon someone to death in about 3 swipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 With John Cleese we probably owe much more than one..... After all' date=' the entire crew of Monty Python and the Flying Circus, Holy Grail, Meaning of Life, Life of Bryan, The twit races, Every sperm is sacred song, (amoung some other funny funny songs) dead or not dead parrots, etc... were the best thing for me as a young man to start appreciating how great British humor really is.... I got a paper cut so I have to go..... Don't worry, It's just a flesh wound! [/quote'] I'll see your Cleese and rais you: Dan Rowan and **** Martin's "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." The recurring tricycle sketch had a MPatFC aspect to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 US & Canada blend quite nicely so I'm okay with any blurred lines. Stompin' Tom would disagree though; he hates our guts. But you HAVE to be a pacifist to the Socialist Kanuks, what with you livin' so close to the DMZ and all. Who is Stompin' Tom? Not me I hope. I haven't stamped my foot since... well... yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Oh, they're good folk. The big companies like Irving and McCain's scare me a lot more than seeing a car with Nouveau Brunswick plates. When Irving comes to town, they buy up every gas station in town and then shut all but one down. Can you say monopoly? And McCains pretty much dictates what the potato farmers here in the County do from year to year and they squeeze them just a little tighter every year. Stompin' Tom Connors is a Canadian country artist with a long and complex career. He's written two biographies that I know of, one of the early years, the other of the last 30 or so years. If the stories in his books are to be believed, I doubt there are many of us that could have followed him for long without dropping dead. He bought a 40s Southern Jumbo in the 50s in an antique shop in Nashville and still has it. His wife had it restored and presented it to him. I grew up watching him on the old Tommy Hunter Shown on Canadian TV playing a mid 60s J200 with tune-o-matic. I believe he also still has that. He has used a D-28 for about the last 30 years and also has a Garrison. His gripe is that Canadian artists won't stay in Canada; they feel that they have to go to the US to seek their fame and fortune and we (US) are the only ones that "count". He also gripes that Canadian radio caters to US artists while shunning Canadian artists. He goes on at great length about it in his books. I won't refute any that he says, but damn, dude, we LOVE you, so don't hold what the industry does against us! I met him in 1972 and have pics. And he's called Stompin' Tom because he (early on) got into the habit of kicking his cowboy boot's heel on a slab of plywood to keep time and it has a unique and immediately identifiable percussive effect. He carries chunks of plywood with him because the bar owners would scream at what he did to their stages with his boots. I think now he's just a cynical, bitter old man and he doesn't have to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Nice one!! Have you seen The Secret Policeman's Ball; a live concert which included lots of Python.? To complete the circle' date=' it includes Pete Townshend doing an acoustic version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" which I really like........on a J200 of course..... and no, he didn't smash it up.[/quote'] No then AJ not too much education they'll work out what we say next but that'd be no bad thing! Your PT clip is http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7WYq3iON8KQ&feature=related To be serious TSPOB came from the Cambridge Footlights reviews in the 50s and 60s then after Behind the Fringe and as such is not one show more an ongoing plethora still dragged up today featuring such TW*ts as The Might Boosh (<<<<< only IMHO) Still Amnesty International profit as do the audience. Quite a lot on u tube. Clees, Chapman etc all had a part in footlights as did Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (yes it is the same one as in "10" ( sorry had a senior moment then visulising Bo Derek !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) The sketch by Peter Cook and Dud discussing about a new job putting lobsters in a delicate part of Marilyn Monroe 's anatomy typifies English toilet humour and as such must only be listened to with a joint and/or a bottle of malt. Cunk you'd like it, you like lobsters!! Back to sleep now they only woke me for my sedative they're coming to take me away ha ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Johnt. Thanks for finding the clip. Loved it! TaylorPlayer, it seems you may have to buy the set. There was a series of the concerts over a number of years. The original one is from 1979. Try Amazon. And Youtube Pete and Dud for, as Johnt correctly points out, more from the same stable as Python. How ironic that a string celebrating and reflecting upon the independence of the US from GB should be celebrating the best of English humour. And another thing...............Johnt, I'm very pleased to see from your Avatar that you've finally addressed the hair problem (not sure about that 'tash mind) and you are correctly dressed for an evening of music and frivolity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Back to sleep now they only woke me for my sedative quote] another great line' date=' john. reminds me of the ex's quote "i just came back to say goodbye." [img']http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q310/gypsyfwmc/monty20python20french.jpg[/img] what a strange person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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