Happy New Year to all my fellow Foxxheads and any Status Quo lurkers who might be present ! Anyway I've decided to carry on being obtuse for 2013 If you know the answer write it down or even better link it , then leave your own clue
So ,in the immortal words of the late Bamber Gascoigne "King's College Chorley , here's your starter for ten " )pretty easy)
3 little words in song title, 3 in the band, 3 voices in their name, back in the 90's it was famously (or annoyingly) used worldwide on TV to sell 'peoples wheels' in their home language, and Kraftwerk no relation but also from their home patch had nothing to fear from this novelty hit of the New Deutsche Wave...
I only recall the song from its use in a '97 TV advert for a car, but shock horror it had originally been one of our UK number '2' chart hit's back in '82, how did I miss that, must've been too busy listening to some guy from Chorley.
Okay, 3 words the same, 2 letter's in each, the casio keyboard to the fore, fill in the blanks
The crafty Membs using real surnames ! I was getting MICK JONES of THE CLASH lost in his supermarket or even HOWARD JONES doing of cover of BONNIE TYLER'S "Lost in France " type vibes !
if it's my go then I propose this, not instant, but more clues will be provided if asked -
Techno/house band whose name is Latin for something musically talented people might make/do, and also stands for something else the majority of us do to earn a living, the Roman for the number we would say 'makes a crowd' also features. This '90's cover/adaptation of an '80's song came originally from a singer whose name rhymes with plain, the title relates to a subject the English are said to obsess about. Two painter and decorating brothers who go under a name that implies going around a sphere continually also later sampled it on their techno dance album. A very sexy bald girl with wide mouth dominated the video for the song and made annoying loved-up dance moves while jiggling her balls in hand, yes, seriously
French mag fashions sentence(song title, 11 letters).
Salut Membs Je le sais !
As always everything counts in large amounts ! I'll never let you down !Happy memories of San Siro and doped up Dave on vocals ! My go I'l repeat the one I left above
"Is this song alluding to Peshawar or Llangollen ? " (9)
French mag fashions sentence(song title, 11 letters).
Salut Membs Je le sais !
As always everything counts in large amounts ! I'll never let you down !Happy memories of San Siro and doped up Dave on vocals ! My go I'l repeat the one I left above
"Is this song alluding to Peshawar or Llangollen ? " (9)
I will be voting for you in Forum Pedant of the Year poll ! anyway DEPECHE' MODE !
French mag fashions sentence(song title, 11 letters).
Salut Membs Je le sais !
As always everything counts in large amounts ! I'll never let you down !Happy memories of San Siro and doped up Dave on vocals ! My go I'l repeat the one I left above
"Is this song alluding to Peshawar or Llangollen ? " (9)
I will be voting for you in Forum Pedant of the Year poll ! anyway DEPECHE' MODE !
If I might be pedantic it's (7,4)
Right , get on my one !
..erm .... MAIS NO! I want a song title, innit! And who are you calling pedantic? nothing wrong with my feet!
"Steadfast female , part of chain , is heard to evoke Bogota jewel thief on several occasions ! " (4 , 4 , 4)
Easy peasy !
Ivan, I believe we still have MemberD's crime left unsolved, but I say to you 'Fred Link Wray', if not then how exactly in four words does one evoke a Bogota jewel thief? or should I consult Alex Comfort M.B. P.hd.
[quote=Ivan Basso]I'm on a roll lads Here's another one for you !
"Steadfast female , part of chain , is heard to evoke Bogota jewel thief on several occasions ! " (4 , 4 , 4)
Easy peasy !
Ivan, I believe we still have MemberD's crime left unsolved, but I say to you 'Fred Link Wray', if not then how exactly in four words does one evoke a Bogota jewel thief? or should I consult Alex Comfort M.B. P.hd. [/quote
I gave him the answer "Depeche Mode's Condemnation " He messed up on the letters . "Link " Wray I like it ! I suspect you are too young to remember but you must have been laughing your sporrans off North of the border re "The Bogota jewel thief " One of England's most humiliating experiences since Bannockburn !
"Depeche Mode's Condemnation " He messed up on the letters ... "The Bogota jewel thief " One of England's most humiliating experiences since Bannockburn !
Ah, french mag fashions sentence, now I get it, and I thought you meant the ConDem(s)Nation that we are presently all in it together with here in the UK. Yes, Bogota, but still don't see how such an international incident that nearly caused world war three and the extermination of all intelligent life on earth can be boiled down to just a four-letter word, unless of course Bobbies Moore and Charlton shouted F**K when they were caught tea-leafing ladies bling to go with their cross-dressing outfits at the England football winners party later that evening...
Excellent work Martin ! Core Memory hit the post but failed to slot the rebound ! BOBBY MOORE MOORE MOORE YOU BAD COCKNEY TEA LEAF BAD COCKNEY TEA LEAF !
"Bon vivant James, your compositions are well-known overseas" (4, 2, 3, 6, 13, 8)
I thought I had this straight off Martin , but the 13 threw me We've not been counting too well of late ! Anyway Reggie Kray knows his name as do I ! "Their hero in prison " Bobby Moore inspired ?
"Vacuous Eton toff's relative tells tale of Mr Bongo's militia taking in bitumen and oak bark before setting off on abortive trip to South America " (5,6, 4)
"Vacuous Eton toff's relative tells tale of Mr Bongo's militia taking in bitumen and oak bark before setting off on abortive trip to South America " (5,6, 4)
Got the James Last and Bond famous worldwide thing but after that totally stumped, and not being a Smiths fan I was lost, couldn't fit anything to that 13 letter word!
"Vacuous Eton toff's relative tells tale of Mr Bongo's militia taking in bitumen and oak bark before setting off on abortive trip to South America " (5,6, 4)
Got it,
'Harry Screws Peru'
I think its a song by One Direction, inspired by Willam's ginger brother whose naked poolside girl posse antics are fueled by his penchant for illegal substances provided by corrupt military governments.
"Vacuous Eton toff's relative tells tale of Mr Bongo's militia taking in bitumen and oak bark before setting off on abortive trip to South America " (5,6, 4)
Got it,
'Harry Screws Peru'
I think its a song by One Direction, inspired by Willam's ginger brother whose naked poolside girl posse antics are fueled by his penchant for illegal substances provided by corrupt military governments.
Arf ! I'm liking the cut of your jib , Cores . Great reply but unfortunately I can't give it to you on this occasion . If I might go all "Alanis Morrisette " on you "It's ironic " that you of all people on here should mention Peru . Urban myth has it South of the Border that there was a mass culling of pigeons in Glasgow , Edinburgh and Aberdeen given the fact that the aforementioned disease carrying avians kept expressing their support for Hector Cubillas and his team ! It's connected to the abovementioned abortive journey if my fading memory serves me right .
also, is black leather being referred to in the original clue?
Nothing to do with black leather big yin/ wee mon (I don't know how tall you are so I'm covering all bases for your local stature based terms of endearment)
FOR EVERYONE !!!
Here is further pictorial help for the two remaing unsolved clues
Ivan, having viewed and scratched my head frustratedly over your pictorial clues I now have only one word to say to you
balls
Mr Memory as a clued - up Scot in the first instance and Foxxhead in the second, you should be DOUBLY ashamed of yourself for not getting anywhere near either of the two !!
Well it's Friday afternoon, so please put us out of our misery Ivan, there's good chap.
Shame on you all for not getting the Llangollen/Peshawar one ! You've got another 3 hours to solve it otherwise you will be banished to a SIMPLY RED or IRON MAIDEN Forum !
Perhaps if we got a few letters in place (19 down and 32 down for instance, we could come back to it later
I also arrived at this one late last night Martin, I think you should just use your forum administrator powers to edit Ivan's post and make it look like he got his clues wrong and committed a schoolboy error.
Perhaps if we got a few letters in place (19 down and 32 down for instance, we could come back to it later
I also arrived at this one late last night Martin, I think you should just use your forum administrator powers to edit Ivan's post and make it look like he got his counting wrong and committed a schoolboy error.
Come come It's not that hard Mr Bongo's militia or even that faux speccy- eyed scouser and Ali Bongo doppelganger Elvis Costello ripped off Abba's "Dancing Queen" lock stock and barrel to sing about Oliver's one !! We are nearly there. The Confucians are right , if you sit long enough on the river bank you'll see your enemy's corpse come floating past How he traumatised me as a youngster with that mocking lyric "England cannae do it , cos they didnae qualify !" The vacuous Eton Toff is supposedly running the UK ! Oakwood = Tan Bitumen = Tar Hardly rocket science is it lads ?
Ivan, if it turns out to be Kaiyagura then that's a heck of a co-incidence as after a two year haitus I suddenly decided to play some of DNA last week, this track being one of my favourites
Ivan, if it turns out to be Kaiyagura then that's a heck of a co-incidence as after a two year haitus I suddenly decided to play some of DNA last week, this track being one of my favourites
I'm afraid it isn't I think once I tell you , you'll be picking that gun up again !
Anyway , I'll throw in an easier one Hardly our genre but ....
"Electric Ozzies boast about their copious tea drinking " (5,5,5)
Ivan, if it turns out to be Kaiyagura then that's a heck of a co-incidence as after a two year haitus I suddenly decided to play some of DNA last week, this track being one of my favourites
I'm afraid it isn't I think once I tell you , you'll be picking that gun up again !
I'm leaving the gun to Charlton Heston and Sarah Palin, they can go have some target practice in the 'Underpass'
Ivan, if it turns out to be Kaiyagura then that's a heck of a co-incidence as after a two year haitus I suddenly decided to play some of DNA last week, this track being one of my favourites
I'm afraid it isn't I think once I tell you , you'll be picking that gun up again !
I'm leaving the gun to Charlton Heston and Sarah Palin, they can go have some target practice in the 'Underpass'
Well in kidder " You cracked it ! As befits my user name , as a young lad I'd often take my bike over The Mersey on the "Bryan" to Birkenhead whence to North Wales and tackle The Horseshoe or the Bwich yr Oernant as my Welsh speaking Nan called it
Langollen and Peshawar lie UNDER (The Horseshoe and Khyber)PASS respectively ! I hereby banish Membs to The Bryan Adams Forum for 3 months for failing to pick up on it !
Sadly, Ali Bongo has passed away, but thankfully we have this fab trio joining the future team (watch out for John's big chopper it's comin' Atcha in 3D):
Glum lion poet having endured two decades of ennui is laughingly thankful for gift of primate and strings on wood but primarily craves the big apple island
5, 2, 4, 9.
come on chaps, I'm sure someone who's a fan of the above verse maker will easily solve this
It would seem his relatives had bought him a life long season ticket for Stoke City if I'm hearing the opening line correctly !
Good work re AC/DC I'm sure if Charles Darwin had lived long enough to have seen the advent of this most horrendous of groups , he would have had grave doubts about his "Origin of Species " and taken up writing airport fiction And remember kids it's not big or clever to drink three bottles of whiskey with just a bag of salted peanuts for sustenance . You could end up like Bon Scott ! Fine work on the Barrowman/KRANKIES power trio too Are they going to be a RUSH tribute band ?
Glum lion poet having endured two decades of ennui is laughingly thankful for gift of primate and strings on wood but primarily craves the big apple island
5, 2, 4, 9.
music made the poets words popular with those more younger.
??? Doesn't my link work ? "They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom he then goes on to express his gratitude for the monkey and the plywood violin " AAGH just seen your explanation above !
aargh, time delay causing post keeping up, see my previous edited post!, now I'm working on yours, just need to get my monkey and plywood violin, why does that make me think of Sherlock Holmes, Watson, wheres my little box...
The initial word , a name might be spelt with 6 , mind ! No I've googled , it's 5 | ADDENDUM Clue , courtesy of "Viz" Fat speccy-eyed Cockney Wanker : " Oi Janine ! Where's ya fakkin' bwavver ?"
I've already pondered the well-worn ex-enders: Dirty Denis, Angie thats with that Queen bloke, Babs Windsor the Queen who is, the Butchers, Sid, and the hapless 'Barry'. Thanks for Viz clue it made me check Janet Jackson, The Brotherhood of Man, and Ricky Martin. I've dirtied my hands going through their back catalogue's and now feel like a failed DHSS Work And Pensions Nazi snooper who's been headfirst in someones bins, I must go shower now.
I've already pondered the well-worn ex-enders: Dirty Denis, Angie thats with that Queen bloke, Babs Windsor the Queen who is, the Butchers, Sid, and the hapless 'Barry'. Thanks for Viz clue it made me check Janet Jackson, The Brotherhood of Man, and Ricky Martin. I've dirtied my hands going through their back catalogue's and now feel like a failed DHSS Work And Pensions Nazi snooper who's been headfirst in someones bins, I must go shower now.
Sorry about that !I too have been dipping The Eastenders bins (Wikipedia) and much to my chagrin it appears he's still in it rather than being former , having gone from boy to middle- aged man over a quarter of a century (I've not watched it for 20 years or so)My profuse apologies for misleading you ! Anyway his Dad is in the middle of this image )Being from The Viz ,not suitable for under 18s !)
it appears he's still in it rather than being former , having gone from boy to middle- aged man over a quarter of a century... his Dad is in the middle of this image )Being from The Viz
Now I'm confused, Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) is the longest running enders, having gone from boy to man, his father however was not Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) the lookalike in the Viz cartoon, and Chas and Dave and Uriah Heep seem to be out for lunch and are not returning my calls.
Well done Cores.. You've lost me... I'm getting The Sun for the crossword this week. Doesn't do me 'ead in so much. eg. Adele tumbles underwater. (7, 2, 3, 4)
Well done Cores.. You've lost me... I'm getting The Sun for the crossword this week. Doesn't do me 'ead in so much. eg. Adele tumbles underwater. (7, 2, 3, 4)
Well done Cores me old china , you got the Fagin /Becker thing then . I've got to go dahn the sceptic tank in the jam jar to pick up some Arthur Ashe When I'm back I'l have a look at your new Scooby Doo !
Other half of Duchess on milky diet scores for love of nonconformist high-flyer and rank educator.
4,2,6,4
mutant twosome lurks in a basement as nostalgic Duke ignites ether, where?
I'm off now before work later to see a lunchtime screening about a tall beardy guy in a pointy hat and his tiny chums who find a band of gold, hopefully all these riddles will be solved today...
Other half of Duchess on milky diet scores for love of nonconformist high-flyer and rank educator.
4,2,6,4
mutant twosome lurks in a basement as nostalgic Duke ignites ether, where?
Other half of Duchess on a milky diet is of course the thin white Duke, known otherwise as this geezer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmZFCvgV2JM - the period of his Duke title and the location of the mutant twosome in his recent ignition of the ethernet is reference to the mystery band's name, and thus their song for TopGun:
Ha ha, you call that easy MemberD, well, I haven't got a clue, unless the cookery Two Hairy Bikers or Two Fat Ladies do music, though being The Sun I suspect its got something to do with Rylan or Adele
Actually The Sun is misleading..it's more Smash Hits circa 1983.
'wobbly duo cooking up to Heaven'? Smash Hits, Must be the Pet Shop Boys in a club on crack cocaine surely, they always seemed a bit dodgy to me, I wonder whatever became of them? probably relocated to Ibiza in the 90's where they're now running an English Fish and Chip bar.
Other half of Duchess on milky diet scores for love of nonconformist high-flyer and rank educator.
4,2,6,4
mutant twosome lurks in a basement as nostalgic Duke ignites ether, where?
Other half of Duchess on a milky diet is of course the thin white Duke, known otherwise as this geezer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmZFCvgV2JM - the period of his Duke title and the location of the mutant twosome in his recent ignition of the ethernet is reference to the mystery band's name, and thus their song for TopGun:
Got nowhere near it ! Well done Here's a Daily Mirroresque type one I reckon it will be solved within the hour "Glam rockers sadly report that head honcho Den has scarpered ! "
same here, a lot of nostalgia for me, a fragile beauty, decades after as compelling as it was in the day
Originally Posted By: MemberD
There's almost dirt on his spotless footwear (4, 5, 5, 3) [album title]
seems familiar, but I'm stuck, dirt stick clean now, nail grows shear cut, feet large shoes big, toes cramp agony yes, aaargh, oh oh, overload, does not compute does not compute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMNZd0RY0Ds
Harry in dark company lured by rural lads to their homestead. (2, 3, 7)
..I bid you good evening, sirs!
HARRY (Webb) Cliff Richard Dark Company THE SHADOWS
IN THE COUNTRY !!
AS befits you Membs ,a bucolic song . Makes a change from tThe Wurzels I suppose
Well done .. you would've got a bonus point by mentioning the song was covered by mid-80s pop combo (no, not The Wurzels) The Farmers Boys ("rural lads"). http://youtu.be/Uy_47WBfI1Y
Lik Membs I'd never heard of it ! But checked out that it got to number 2 !
Anyway I thought my one had got higher Only 23 ! But class toon all the same : Let's hear it for "The master butcher of Leigh on Sea " Furthermore Fruitbat looking resplendent in his COLNAGO cyclimg cap !
"That's not Mike singing a Sartre novel, n'est-ce pas?" song title (5, 2, 7)
ha, ha, this quiz should be subtitled 'sending you up blind alleys', 'not Mike' n'est-ce pas?, might be (but its not of course) the Finnish techno producer 'Mike Not' who's worked with eclectic electro group Kompleksi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4TOY3wB60 who even have an interview on 'Foxy' Digitalis, oh dear, wheres my white stick gone...
Sheriff Fatman! oh oh, bizarre or what, Winston Foster was a Birmingham Footballer, and Peter Tosh publicly criticised fellow reggae artist - also called Winston Foster (Yellowman) - for his 'slack' or sexist style of reggae.
Sheriff Fatman! oh oh, bizarre or what, Winston Foster was a Birmingham Footballer, and Peter Tosh publicly criticised fellow reggae artist - also called Winston Foster (Yellowman) - for his 'slack' or sexist style of reggae. [/quote]
Well researched Cores you really are a STEPPIN RAZOR Even a bad fitbahead like myself had never heard of Winston ! I can't see where Membs is coming from btw with his latest Scooby !
Ok, let's say the French is slightly misleading but Sartre and Mike aren't. And the record is credited to the one who isn't singing. Further clue: ..and it's not the first time either!
ARF Cores ! You are displaying classic Sartrian "Mauvaise Foi" by posting that However his arch enemy and much better existentialist philosopher Albert Camus * would defend you by saying all actions have the same validity MEMBS I did existentiaLIST THOUGHT AS PART OF MY DEGREE AND MUCH TO MY "cHAGRIN" i AIN'T GOT A scOOBY iS IT AN ANAGRAM (Locks sorry not shouting) ? Sartre= Streets and is Mike , Mike Skinner ?
*as this is nominally a music forum which one of his charactersinspired a early "Goth " song ? (Bonus points to be had)
I done also had that Mr Barratts Holmsey bloke, oh la la tress amusant that he now done gone lost his Mockney Music persona. Mike Le Skinner in bester days:
I'm pleased to say I got the artist right some time ago. But not being familiar with his work I couldn't work out the song. Good clue. Bit deep, but once you know its easy of course.
Got it now - thanks.
It sounds exactly like the only 'song' of his that I know - Moonlight Shadow. I don't like that much either ;-D
'Allo 'Allo! My fellow Chorley College Crosswordians stumped for words!?
Bien ... the Sartre play is Crime Passionel and the bloke who did this song has surname that rhymes with 'coalfield'.
.. and there you have it..served on plate with yer full English this morning..
I hereby challenge the veracity of your clue and asked that you should be banished to the "Simply Red " forum for one month See you in The Hague Membs ! No work called "Crime of Passion" produced by the speccy -eyed Gauloise- smoking beaut !
Evidence below
Works
Plays, screenplays, novels, and short stories Nausea / La nausée (1938) The Wall / Le mur (1939) Bariona / Bariona, ou le fils du tonnerre (1940) The Flies / Les mouches (1943) No Exit / Huis clos (1944) Typhus, wr. '44, pub. '07; adapted as The Proud and the Beautiful The Age of Reason / L'âge de raison (1945) The Reprieve / Le sursis (1945) The Respectful Prostitute / La putain respectueuse (1946) The Victors / Morts sans sépulture (1946) The Chips Are Down / Les jeux sont faits (1947) In the Mesh / L'engrénage (1948) Dirty Hands / Les mains sales (1948) Troubled Sleep (London ed. (Hamilton) has title: Iron in the soul) / La mort dans l'âme (1949) Intimacy (1949) The Devil and the Good Lord / Le diable et le bon dieu (1951) Kean (1953) Nekrassov (1955) The Condemned of Altona / Les séquestrés d'Altona (1959) Hurricane over Cuba / written and printed in 1961 in Brazil, along with Rubem Braga and Fernando Sabino (1961) The Trojan Women / Les Troyennes (1965) The Freud Scenario / Le scénario Freud (1984) Philosophic essays Imagination: A Psychological Critique / L'imagination (1936) The Transcendence of the Ego / La transcendance de l'égo (1936) Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions / Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions (1939) The Imaginary / L'imaginaire (1940) Being and Nothingness / L'étre et le néant (1943) Existentialism is a Humanism / L'existentialisme est un humanisme (1946) Search for a Method / Question de méthode (1957) Critique of Dialectical Reason / Critique de la raison dialectique (1960, 1985) Notebooks for an Ethics / Cahiers pour une morale (1983) Truth and Existence / Vérité et existence (1989) Critical essays Anti-Semite and Jew / Réflexions sur la question juive (1943) Baudelaire (1946) Situations I: Literary Critiques / Critiques littéraires (1947)[65] Situations II: What Is Literature? / Qu'est-ce que la littérature ? (1947) "Black Orpheus" / "Orphée noir" (1948) Situations III (1949) Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr / S.G., comédien et martyr (1952)[66] The Henri Martin Affair / L'affaire Henri Martin (1953) Situations IV: Portraits (1964) Situations V: Colonialism and Neocolonialism (1964) Situations VI: Problems of Marxism, Part 1 (1966) Situations VII: Problems of Marxism, Part 2 (1967) The Family Idiot / L'idiot de la famille (1971–2) Situations VIII: Autour de 1968 (1972) Situations IX: Mélanges (1972) Situations X: Life/Situations: Essays Written and Spoken / Politique et Autobiographie (1976) Autobiographic
<snigger> I distinctly remembered it as part of a trilogy with Huis Clos and something else during my Lancastrian days of wanton academia (Philosophy in Literature "free ninth"!) ..
It was the Sartre Bleu! that stumped me also, I couldn't find crimes of passion either, Mike Oldfield as a non-singer certainly fitted the profile, from looking at music I went out of the box and checked out Micky Rourke and Michael Barrymore and also this bloke who isn't even a Mike but might create crimes of fashion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoTR5bqsx-w
<snigger> I distinctly remembered it as part of a trilogy with Huis Clos and something else during my Lancastrian days of wanton academia (Philosophy in Literature "free ninth"!) ..
Basso nul points!
Sheesh I read it in the 6th form as "Les Main Sales " Didn't realise it had an alternative title *hangs self with Albert Camus silk scarf * how existentialist is that ?! )
Smile(s), thin blade of grass, and WTF, indeed the distance between hissing is of unbreakable value much like my head banging against the ground in frustration over this one
NB I googled to check the lyrics.. does it still count? [/quote
Well in Membs ! Martin , as a big Rathead (seem them twice) I'm well ashamed of myself ! I know it's not my turn , but any progress on this chaps ? In the late 70's this sleazy mendacious "left wing" politician offered to take us all higher (2,5 ;3,2)
Awww maaahn! I've been searching for songs with diamond, crystal, and emerald in the title but never came across or even heard of that one by the Rats, wonder why, was it a flop? if it hadn't been for the 'one syllable only' in second word (wasn't convinced it was 'smiles' - thought that was red herring) I was holding out for something like this obscure number: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4W1CvydvWE
You have identified the oxygen thief in question ! The bar is still shuddering from your piledriver there Cores , the rebound has landed at your feet , all you have to do is slot it into the empty net !
Strangely enough I've been watching professor Brian Cox's fab new series, 'whats life mate, whats it all made of?' (or some title like that) - I believe that the sleezy dark knight amusingly twitched along to this party favourite from Cox's former band that he played keyboards for - the sleezy dark knight was of course shaming it in way's that all politicians imply that they'll get down with the kids when not politicking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDMJHYKrHNA
Duh, I'm so ashamed, oh Mandy you came and you gave without taking, er, did you heck not! and one of my all time loved childhood bands too, note to self, try harder:
Duh, I'm so ashamed, oh Mandy you came and you gave without taking, er, did you heck not! and one of my all time loved childhood bands too, note to self, try harder:
Well done ! Sorry for defiling such a wonderful song by alluding to a slimy objectionable turd ! Congrats on the BARRY MANILOW reference (A first for Metamatic ?) Fully agree with you , great band indeed Beautiful seamless pop with clever lyrics (probably my second fave genre after electronic . Steely Dan , Sparks , Prefab Sprout , The Associates ) The godlike Graham Gouldman despite having no affiliation co wrote this Never fails to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck when I make it back to The Shrine once a year Probably "Flour of Scotland" does the same for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5t842UuBlw Your turn !
Duh, I'm so ashamed, oh Mandy you came and you gave without taking, er, did you heck not! and one of my all time loved childhood bands too, note to self, try harder:
Back in the 70's Scotland's now First Minister might have thought this American band had name-checked his future vision, but I wonder if he or Scotland's First Movie Star Sir Shawny 'give her a slap' Connery would question their taking a 'cat' to a competitive little dog (4,2)
Roget says it's something that has a great deal of attraction over people, but hey, what does that Roget know, or indeed do either of these Hairy Potter's?
Let's hear it for everyone's faux Scouser ! I am sorry you couldn't "cope" with the previous clues "Membs can't have Cores can't have it I can't have it too , so until then won't you accept my...."
Let's hear it for everyone's faux Scouser ! I am sorry you couldn't "cope" with the previous clues "Membs can't have Cores can't have it I can't have it too , so until then won't you accept my...."
the socks thing and cope was clear, but hmm, Ivan, so, a magnet going backwards does not repel, resist, or repulse, no, it rewards! Dammit, must've been a page missing in the 'R' section of my thesaurus, I'm going to have to email about this magnet to my physics mate here, he'll make things only get better : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4I-f34cTI
English poet on home counties motorway shows how to do things properly
(7, 3, 9)
Not been able to spend much time this week on this or Ivans 'foul-mouthed bowler' clue (wheres that post gone, can't seem to find it, has it been deleted?), I've tried fitting the works of our great English Poets Morrissey and Foxx into the 7,3,9 box, but gave up after I discovered that the Moz had 9 solo albums, and the Foxx chap's had an addiction to overtime during the last decade.
Seeing as we're waiting, anyone care to quickly solve this one of mine -
'some were sent into space, but this one went to paradise'
Tisk, and to think I used to work with someone who was a fan of them, I should have optioned to 'phone a friend'
Originally Posted By: Birdsong
English poet on home counties motorway shows how to do things properly
Come on Martin, some help with the motoring bard please!
Meanwhile, I'm trying to give mine away here, American alternative band of 'mischievous little people' who in '89 had an album the title of which calls to mind a fair lady that Professor 'Enry Iggins would'av ad to correct, and their single can be found thus: 'some were sent into space, but this one went to paradise' 6,4,2,6
It's one of my more 'cryptic' clues, accessed by a circuitous path through connections and entirely unrelated elements.
Surname of an English (Victorian) poet
A motorway in the south east of England
Put these together and you'll have a idea where the next bit fits in
You are looking for an ALBUM title in this one...
A further clue. We have already referenced one of the re-issued albums later 'Bonus tracks' in this thread. That particular song is on the B-side of the third single and features the legendary Ian Fraser Willis of Hawkwind on guitar
Good work Mr Administrator What's that funky bass riff at the end once the oligenous Letterman has bade Black Francis and his cohorts farewll I reckon I've got it in my collection but my mind has gone blank ! Prince ? Talking Heads ? Stones ? Mondays ?
With all due respect Mr Admin, sir..not sure about poets and motorways but is it the eponymous album from whence this catchy little number? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEyuK9tNb_k
I tried this the hard way yesterday, then gave in this morning and checked out Lemmy's music arriving at same song, there's no obvious Victorian Poet and Motorway presence in the lyrics, but cor blimey guv, there is the riddle wrapped in an enigma of the mindbending tangental fact that its Dave Vanian's look and attire of period gothic 'artiste' together with that of Lemmy as Motor Head!
Incidently, the lyrics are curiously very Motorhead!
With all due respect Mr Admin, sir..not sure about poets and motorways but is it the eponymous album from whence this catchy little number? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEyuK9tNb_k
I tried this the hard way yesterday, then gave in this morning and checked out Lemmy's music arriving at same song, looking at the lyrics however there's no obvious Victorian Poet and Motorway presence whatsoever, ah but wait, there is the riddle wrapped in an enigma and the impossibly tangental fact that maybe its Dave Vanian's look and attire of period gothic 'artiste' together with that of Lemmy as Motor head!
Incidently, the lyrics are curiously very Motorhead!
Whatever!
I see a re-issue extra track was Ballroom Blitz so I'm the winner and I claim my prize!
Lol. Given Ivan's penchant for cryptological riddling, I felt I needed to up my game a little.
Ah such is the creative way of things tis only after the solution have been revealed to the rest of us that we can understand and appreciate how you saw that imaginative and lovely image of the motoring poet
Well done Cores and thanks for the class "bonus track" there. [/quote] I disagree with your use of the words fab and class Membs !They are just a "Stars in the Eyes" Doors Karaoke rip- off band As for my fellow North Liverpooler McCollough , although I am not a violent man by nature , I could quite happily punch him in the face all day long
Boatperson laments the aftermath resulting from visit to dodgy curry house ? (4,4,7)
tried the obvious, eg: Sailor, Starsailor, Captain Beefheart, Fugees, Styx, Exile, Foreigner, etc, so I'm guessing now that the 4 4 7 are pure comedy, something like 'Huey' Lewis, 'Rolf' Harris, 'Barf' Simpson, Billy Connolly ''Raw Meat For The Balcony', John Foxx 'Bums On Fire'? Some help please, genre, is it a song title or group/song title
Boatperson laments the aftermath resulting from visit to dodgy curry house ? (4,4,7)
tried the obvious, eg: Sailor, Starsailor, Captain Beefheart, Fugees, Styx, Exile, Foreigner, etc, so I'm guessing now that the 4 4 7 are pure comedy, something like 'Huey' Lewis, 'Rolf' Harris, 'Barf' Simpson, Billy Connolly ''Raw Meat For The Balcony', John Foxx 'Bums On Fire'? Some help please, genre, is it a song title or group/song title
The song is by an avant garde band ot its time Serious stuff , the title wasn't meant to be flippant I have made it so , further clues 1) The "Boatperson" isn't Vietnamese 2) The curry house was probably in Sunderland or Chester-le -Street 3) "Candle in the wind" ?
Frayed knot Martin , but in the unlikely event that Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit were to invite Julian Cope or Ian McCollough to a dinner party at his place , the latter mentioned might avail themselves of this form of transport to reach the former's dwelling , Think on !
in the unlikely event that Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit were to invite Julian Cope or Ian McCollough to a dinner party at his place , the latter mentioned might avail themselves of this form of transport to reach the former's dwelling , Think on !
would Saint Julian and Mr Crocodiles of 'The Crucial Three' go on a Spacehopper?
As is your wont Cores , yet again you hit the bar by identifying the Co Durham Argentinian traffic warden Doppelganger ! Like Miss Otis ,I regret to tell you however , that the song title , despite having the same amount of letters , is not the one that is sought !
the song title , despite having the same amount of letters , is not the one that is sought !
crikey! so young Otis Ferryboat did not regret eating the ginger shrimp he had from the Miss Saigon take-away... (and such a lovely song too from daddy crooner)
the song title , despite having the same amount of letters , is not the one that is sought !
crikey! so young Otis Ferryboat did not regret eating the ginger shrimp he had from the Miss Saigon take-away... (and such a lovely song too from daddy crooner)
HERE YOU GO , THE ANSWER Watch out wor Bryan divvent give you a parking ticket Fasten your seat belt for take off and "Prettige vlucht med KLM !"
Both Ends Burning (that wer me on hols in 2006 when I had rapid food poisoning resulting in emergency drug filled hospitalisation)
Sorry to hear you suffered the same problems as Roxy's head honcho ! Talking of which . I wonder how true the rumours are re the concert Apparently Ferry before launching into the encore "Do The Strand " addressed the audience and said "This is for the driver of the grey Vauxhall I've just written you a 100 pound fine for blocking the dressing room entrance !" After the show the backing singers supposedly pushed their Royal Dutch Airline trolleys through the crowd offering the cans of Grolsch and Oranjeboom and warning the punters to use their oxygen masks should there be a drop in pressure ! On to yours , not as obvious as you claim
Hercules is the Strongman son of Zeus, as is also Apollo the God of light, Truth and healing, and the name of the Spaceflight program in country of origin for the song. Dual personality is an allusion to the song, Homeland and Valiant are ‘Home of the Brave’ - the name of an album by the multimedia artist.
Symphonic Space Odyssey poem is ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ the opening music in Kubrick’s film and name of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical work from which followers of the Swastika manipulated the idea of the Ubermensch 1.8
Good grief, where is everybody, no-one wants to set a new question
1,8
I remember seeing this hilarious visual murder take place on TOTP's with nary a hint of red-faced embarrassment or even an apology from the BBC, yes, the BBC were complacent as we now know, ah, but the Government of the time was correct about just 'how good we all had it', kids today eh? Spoiled by youtube, i-phone, i-pad, and an endless smorgasboard of top notch cool culture:
'English Dame sings and dances with cheeky chappie who cleans out small tall dirty spaces for a living as they duet on very long song title'
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Fakkin 'ell Cores me old china! Sussed it in about 3 secomds , shame on me ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_Nv3lMUnA I should have picked up on Laurie Anderson , Like C W McCall an ex- chart topper everyone has forgotten about Forgot clue
Suave detective Jason gets nothing playing tennis but is given loads of lions anyway (4,3,5)
Aha, I see you got the very best of Kirsty MacCall ad also! But its actually this clip you meant to post Ivan - which I believe is the name for a small Welsh village with local shops for local people:
sorry to digress, I love the film, and this here is possibly my all-time favourite scene from any film ever, such is the power of first-time impressions in childhood, ah the magic of cinema, step in time:
which I believe is the name for a small Welsh village with local shops for local people:
ARF ! there's funny Cores boyo ! I agree re the magic of childhood I find "Feed the Birds " very poignant for personal reasons Re that song I refer you to the best headline ever in the history of Scottish journalism Unfancied Highland team Inverness Caledonians pulled off an unlikely and comprehensive victory against the Glasgow Hoops .It inspired this
"SUPER CALLY GO BALLISTIC ,CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS ! "
* From Daily Mail readers "She will be making both illegal immigration and heroin in Primary Schools compulsory should she seize power ! " says our political correspondent Auberon Smithers Jones
* From Daily Mail readers "She will be making both illegal immigration and heroin in Primary Schools compulsory should she seize power ! " says our political correspondent Auberon Smithers Jones
Well, that headline makes a change from the usual 'Hooray!!! House Prices Up Again' or 'New Clues In Diana Death Mystery'
Here's my response to the current political climate:
and a further clue to mine - Patrick Stewart didn't want this child actor on his bridge.
Much to my chagrin , I've googled and I''m still no closer ! Well done on mine Your local SNP candidate in "Blue eyed soul " mode ! That's one things you chaps North of the Border do particularly well I hereby rest my case http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezFgMfL39c4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxJsHJWWEY Late addendum Just noticed your footy chant link Good stuff indeed!
You should have saved either of those those two for the quiz certainly familiar but bet there would've been a struggle cracking your clue to get it. I'll post answer to mine today if it remains open.
ou should have saved either of those those two for the quiz certainly familiar but bet there would've been a struggle cracking your clue to get it. I'll post answer to mine today if it remains open.
[/quote] Class stuff from your fellow country A little bit of ORANGE JUICE To complete the mix
Good people The Scots apart from wee Davy Moyes (to whose contract I dedicate the above song ) who I could happily bludgeon to death without feeling the slightest remorse after Saturday's shenanighans !! Anyway re HIPSWAY *dons curly wig and shellsuit and reverts to stereotype * "Scouser in Beehive ? " (3,10)
as for DANNY WILSON "Our Lady seems to have a stalker ? " (5,6) No further on with your one , Sorry !
well done MemberD, I was counting on you or Ivan to get that one, do you remember the TV series of same name that it accompanied, and crikey, there was even a Yes, Honestly follow-up series. Is it just me or was Linsey's single here a tad risque, never noticed that as a child!
Blimey I'm on a total Lynsey-roll now .. I'm sure she had some kind of Freudian effect on a very impressionable 8-10 year old . ... <googles 'Lynsey de Paul's Greatest Hits' >..
Give me a mo' to cool down, er no sorry, pause for thought, would you?
Blimey I'm on a total Lynsey-roll now .. I'm sure she had some kind of Freudian effect on a very impressionable 8-10 year old . ... Give me a mo' to cool down, er no sorry, pause for thought, would you?
ha, ahem, that depends, does she still have a Rock Bottom I wonder?
MemberD, I was counting on you or Ivan to get that one,
I got it within 3 seconds of seeing it but that pesky Membs had beaten me to it ! The lovely Lyndsey , she must have been the inspiration for one of first J Arthur's as an adolescent ! Still seething from the weekend /See my previous reply
Swinging sister drops a letter for one man in her heart. (song title, 9)
Human Warm Leaguerette and blond Femme Fatale Susanne Ann Sully once got into a tangle in 1995 with an Octopus and sang about one man in her heart when Submariner Phil Oakey's asymmetric fringe momentarily blinded him from beneath his deep-sea divers face-mask. While Phil quickly dropped his anchor Susanne responded with her feminine wiles and dropped two letters down from her name to Susan Ann Sully. However, the most famous 'Susan' in the world is actually miss Susan Boyle who was recently famous for her ‘Su’s anal bum party’, otherwise known as 'the new album launch PR *Hashtag tweet disaster of November 2012' when ‘susanalbumparty’ became a shocking suburban swingers revelation for the fans of West Lothian's songstress and lifelong virgin and regular church volunteer. Two years earlier in November 2010 no such clanger’s were dropped when Susan released her Christmassy themed ‘The Gift’ album for which she had one Holy man in her heart, and on it she sang Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, but if world famous Susan had met Phil Oakey and been persuaded to drop just one little letter and had instead sang ‘Allelujah’ in its glorious 9 letters then I’d have won this round of the quiz and wouldn't have to write any of this stuff.
Mrs Cobain (yet again) crashes into crap late 90's boy band , emasculates them and produces this early 70's classic (10, 4) Clue tenuous personell link with "BOTH ENDS BURNING "
Falsetto Glam rocker Gary Barlow often couldn’t take that friction when he was in a rap boy band with metal guru Castrato Robbie Williams, so when he and Rob were in a huff with each other Gary would moonllght for Courtney Love and write some songs for her band ‘Whole’. Gary was responsible for some of Alt-Rock’s greatest songs and wrote many sensitive and profound lyrics which moved listeners to tears, lines such as ”I’m gonna send you back to schoolin”, “Baby I’ve been droolin”, “I’m gonna give you every inch”, and "I wanna be your backdoor man”. Courtney's band Whole would sometimes end their gigs by inviting Gary onstage with them, and high on the adulation from the crowd he'd float skyward like a bloated gaseous dirigible and ignite the atmosphere before crashing back to earth like he'd just climaxed on a wholelotta lovin’ 10, 4 –
Swinging sister drops a letter for one man in her heart. (song title, 9)
Human Warm Leaguerette and blond Femme Fatale Susanne Ann Sully once got into a tangle in 1995 with an Octopus and sang about one man in her heart when Submariner Phil Oakey's asymmetric fringe momentarily blinded him from beneath his deep-sea divers face-mask. While Phil quickly dropped his anchor Susanne responded with her feminine wiles and dropped two letters down from her name to Susan Ann Sully. However, the most famous 'Susan' in the world is actually miss Susan Boyle who was recently famous for her ‘Su’s anal bum party’, otherwise known as 'the new album launch PR *Hashtag tweet disaster of November 2012' when ‘susanalbumparty’ became a shocking suburban swingers revelation for the fans of West Lothian's songstress and lifelong virgin and regular church volunteer. Two years earlier in November 2010 no such clanger’s were dropped when Susan released her Christmassy themed ‘The Gift’ album for which she had one Holy man in her heart, and on it she sang Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, but if world famous Susan had met Phil Oakey and been persuaded to drop just one little letter and had instead sang ‘Allelujah’ in its glorious 9 letters then I’d have won this round of the quiz and wouldn't have to write any of this stuff.
Swinging sister drops a letter for one man in her heart. (song title, 9)
Membs did you get a father's day prezzy ? A blue and white cycling jersey for this velohead I really love my little princess at times
Quote:
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
Mrs Cobain (yet again) crashes into crap late 90's boy band , emasculates them and produces this early 70's classic (10, 4) Clue tenuous personell link with "BOTH ENDS BURNING "
Loving your work Cores Excellent comedy stuff But neither is the answer Knowing you are wrong "Will you make it , can you take it ?
Swinging sister drops a letter for one man in her heart. (song title, 9)
Membs did you get a father's day prezzy ? A blue and white cycling jersey for this velohead I really love my little princess at times
take it ?
No prezzy as such, but as Led Zep would have it: just a whole lotta lurrvve..
Anyway you're still stuck on my swinging sister .... But I'll drop the letter for you so she becomes singing... Recent papal (not paypal) news should come as a further clue...
um, well, she was a sister, and the song has 9 letters, so is it this one, or is the cryptic quiz maze still uncompleted (someone send for Richard O'Brien if it's turning into a proper rocky horror) -
um, well, she was a sister, and the song has 9 letters, so is it this one, or is the cryptic quiz maze still uncompleted (someone send for Richard O'Brien if it's turning into a proper rocky horror) -
ha ha, thanks memberD, didn't realise you were serious earlier on. Here's one I've just magically recorded and uploaded in the last nanoseconds of me strumming along with my version -
Scientist and second rate chairman fervently hope Mrs Cobain* gets a telegram from the Queen ? (4 4 4)
eeek! I'm still working on this one -
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
Mrs Cobain crashes into crap late 90's boy band , emasculates them and produces this early 70's classic (10, 4)
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
* I'm getting some mileage from the rancid old slapper on here !
You must be the first one since Steve Coogan last did
(Mine has nothing to do with Boil or Susan, please ignore that part)
'singer out of focus identifies with paranoid surrealist author regarding unnatural growth on rear end'
'9'
John, Paul, George, and Ringo all sat on them, as did Stuart, and you could work your way through the paranoid and surrealist authors and find the part that's connected to the end, but concentrating on singer out of focus will also get you there.
Mrs Cobain crashes into crap late 90's boy band , emasculates them and produces this early 70's classic (10, 4)
Seems it's 10 , 3 not 4 as the badly illiterate Noddy Holder designed the sleeve and spelt the old slapper thus First time I ever heard a moog I would wager , Luv at first hear Eddie Jobson , later of KLM- era Roxy Music was in this band (Not here though) Voila ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUnjMI81vAA
Singer out of Focus THyS VAN LEER SAw these Dutch cats back in the day in Southport of all places Put your hands together for the musical Johann Cruyff !
Re my telegram one , this horrendous oompah song which even the most bevvied German would have booed off stage at The Oktoberfest was blown out of the water on its own turf by the wonderful ABBA La Suede douze points !!!
Well in Membs Thanks you're a pal for not mentioning my advancing disnumeracy (5,4) ! Your pint of Guinness is lined up in the snug in Johnnie Fox's bar high above Dublin !
Well in Martin ! seems I was a bit harsh on Mr Dunn 4 decades on it sounds quite tuneful Better than any of the rubbish on X Factor or Britain's got "Talent" or anything my teenage daughter listens to I was too busy being a sneering pubescent glam rocker and honorary "Spider from Mars " to appreciate it at the time !
Hmm, seems that didn't work so well. Still getting the hang of this.
Okay, before I pass the torch to someone else, let's try this: "Lowly origin" - Reeeally low. As low as you can possibly go. Deep, dark, devilishly low.
Hmm, seems that didn't work so well. Still getting the hang of this.
Okay, before I pass the torch to someone else, let's try this: "Lowly origin" - Reeeally low. As low as you can possibly go. Deep, dark, devilishly low.
Nearly three months in and we are no nearer solving it !
Ah, I wasn't familiar with the synonym used in the song title. Thank you for broadening my botanical and culinary horizons. (I'd also scanned the discography looking for a title that matched the letter count, but that's cheating, so I can't claim credit! But here's the answer if some of you can't bear the curiosity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wih15YiH9UY)
Here's the Ms. Bailey I was referring to, although the song isn't hers
Well done on mine SHALLOT SOMETIMES I suspected it was Pearl Bailey from the off i'll have to do some googling Anyway for everyone if you are still playing
Is it pure folly singing about a Danish town ? (3,5)
If you'll cross the border into Germany I can find you a match, but no luck yet in Denmark. Hmmm...(scans map). God, these all look like Autechre titles!
Ivan, believe it or not, I'm actually a Cathy ("Dave" is derived from my surname). When I first ventured onto the big bad Internet eons ago, I thought I should have an androgynous handle...and it stuck. (Come to think of it, you are an Ivan, are you not?)
Here's mine (and if I were too cryptic, my apologies!):
Ivan, believe it or not, I'm actually a Cathy ("Dave" is derived from my surname). When I first ventured onto the big bad Internet eons ago, I thought I should have an androgynous handle...and it stuck. (Come to think of it, you are an Ivan, are you not?)
Here's mine (and if I were too cryptic, my apologies!):
Well done Cathy R (Dr) House or even Aarhus in the middle* of Denmark ! Believe or not I'm a Dave ! You've probably noticed I'm a cycling fanatic so when I joined the forum I chose the name of Italy's leading cyclist at the time The real Ivan !
*I expect resident pedant Member D will point out that Aarhus is in North Denmark or something Well done re yours I was totally on the wrong track thinking Pearl Bailey's daughter had actually released something I knew the cycling drugs would geet to me sooner or later ! Talking of which this link has already been posted on another thread http://www.lg-studio.it/gossolengo-rossia-epica/epica0227-detail.html
Me (front) and Garry Radio Beach (behind) at the Epica race near Piacenza last Sunday
Well done Cathy R (Dr) House or even Aarhus in the middle* of Denmark ! Believe or not I'm a Dave ! You've probably noticed I'm a cycling fanatic so when I joined the forum I chose the name of Italy's leading cyclist at the time The real Ivan !
*I expect resident pedant Member D will point out that Aarhus is in North Denmark or something Well done re yours I was totally on the wrong track thinking Pearl Bailey's daughter had actually released something I knew the cycling drugs would geet to me sooner or later ! Talking of which this link has already been posted on another thread http://www.lg-studio.it/gossolengo-rossia-epica/epica0227-detail.html
Me (front) and Garry Radio Beach (behind) at the Epica race near Piacenza last Sunday
Tut tut Ivan .. .shameless plugging of your noble cycling feats will get you nowhere.
..and I'm still kicking myself for not getting Aarhus (albeit a cringeworthy pun), especially as it's possibly the only well known Danish city apart from the capital Oslo.
.and I'm still kicking myself for not getting Aarhus (albeit a cringeworthy pun), especially as it's possibly the only well known Danish city apart from the capital Oslo.
There's also Odense , Billund and Merthyr Tydfil Membs !
Ian Dury /Blockheads/HighRoads plus some anagram I can't get me head round it ! Btw Martin , any idea how Carter USM's last ever gig went ? I wish I had been there
While we are scratching our heads over Mr Dury , here's an easy one Faux South Africans make 4 regular deliveries of sodium plus a bigger one
No takers for this ?
Faux South Africans make 4 regular deliveries of sodium plus a bigger one (2 , 2 , 2 ,2 , 3) Probably the easiest clue ever , that's why I didn't put the numbers in originally. If I finish my shift at McDonalds early enough I'll be on with the solution Come on lads and lasses get your periodic tables out !
..although it was google to the rescue for the title I'm afraid .. I'm not too hot on South African history..
Kaiser Chiefs - Na Na Na Nah
I think we might start to get into the festive spirit with the next one...
No Marco. T'Chiefs are from Leeds Their footballing hero as young lads was Lucas Radebe (sp) he came to Elland Road from Sarf Effrikan team Kaiser Chiefs Ok , well done leave your Yuletide clue
Minute Metamatician joins up with stranger child to produce this even stranger and improbable Yuletide duet ! (6,7,3)
Well done Martin ! The term rum is not used in my native Liverpool but go 15 miles east Wigan Bolton etc and it is used to mean strange I don't know how true the rumours are but when John Foxx first met Gary Numan , he is reported to have said "Eh Gary , tha's a rum fooker , thee " PS any reports of Carter's last ever gig ? I hope they bring a DVD out
Anderson hopes to capture Rihanna without moving (4, 8)
Just seen this I've had a hard working day followed by a restaurant meal with copious amounts of wine , so I am not connecting ! Spontaneously I would say the 8 lettewr word is standing but is the Anderson in question Jon of Yes , Pam of Baywatch or even better Brett of Suede ?
Absolutely NOT Mme Pamela of Baywatch. How DARE you..!!
And I'm not a fan of that progressive, symphonic stuff
Sorry ! think I've got the gist , anagram of Hopes and Rhianna with the 5 letters of hopes forming the beginning and the end . I shall be back presently !
I'd be rubbish - haven't a clue! You or Ivan can come up with them! I look in every now and then and fail to crack any of them - this was my first win!
Not a big fan of theirs but this is truly ace Spent many a happy hour with the sweeping brush in front of the mirror with a dead sheep's fleece on me bonce miming to this. I think I even said on here I'd like to see Den cover it .It'd be a bit difficult for him to do air- synth mind at his venerable age !
Not a big fan of theirs but this is truly ace Spent many a happy hour with the sweeping brush in front of the mirror with a dead sheep's fleece on me bonce miming to this. I think I even said on here I'd like to see Den cover it .It'd be a bit difficult for him to do air- synth mind at his venerable age !
Cor-rect! Taken from the '76 album Blue For You from whence a denim clad Quo stare outwards at this unsuspecting pubescent country boy saying "We are the future of music".
It was like punk *had* to happen ...
But moving swiftly on ..
Biblical origins need re-booting in 1980. (4, 2, 2, 5)
The horrendous Phil collins He should be put om trial for Crimes against Music ! I'm not even going to sully myself by providing a link "Turn it friggin' OFF again " as far as I am concerned !! Anyway "Great late Dundee singer is beseeched not to make the Kafkaesque transformation into a piece of 70's confectionery, we hear " (5, 4 2 1 4 !)
I have been away from this excellent thread for ages. Well done chaps - it is very entertaining. I just read the whole thing back from the beginning
I want to join in again, but the bar is pretty high and I just can't get the clues in time. If I do manage to solve one I will set another, just to give you a bit of variety
Regarding Ivan's latest conundrum I'm likewise scratching my head although I believe there's only one late, great Dundee singer: wee Billy Mackenzie. Sadly I am unacquainted with his repertoire, so am forced to fall back on search engines, all systems running.
Ha! Ha! Ha! I think I've got it at last, although have been unable to fit Kafka into the equation.
Where *do* you get them from?
Well in Marco ! Good timing Not been on this site for nearly 2 weeks BILLY DON'T BE BE (METAMORPHASIZE) INTO A AERO !! Fine song Says more about the futility of war than those aching simpletons Bono and Springsteen could ever express
Well in Marco ! Good timing Not been on this site for nearly 2 weeks BILLY DON'T BE BE (METAMORPHASIZE) INTO A AERO !! Fine song Says more about the futility of war than those aching simpletons Bono and Springsteen could ever express
"Don't be a fool with your life /Come back and make me a wife!" - poetry, mate, sheer poetry.
A stunning album - that, and the first will be with me on a desert island one day.
What do I win?
Well done! Nowt to win .. especially as it was handed to you on a silver platter! But you're next ..
Yay! Right then - easy one for you Membs! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasy -
Swedish sheep noise shouts about a liquid toilet (Band 4, Song 8)
Haha! Got it already although sorry that my very own 'Stockholm monsters' and their Eurovision opus mirabilis have been reduced to such a bawdy description!
A stunning album - that, and the first will be with me on a desert island one day.
What do I win?
Well done! Nowt to win .. especially as it was handed to you on a silver platter! But you're next ..
Yay! Right then - easy one for you Membs! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasy -
Swedish sheep noise shouts about a liquid toilet (Band 4, Song 8)
Haha! Got it already although sorry that my very own 'Stockholm monsters' and their Eurovision opus mirabilis have been reduced to such a bawdy description!
I'm sorry I logged in now I've got B 52 ,Level 42 and 999 songs going through me swede !! here's a dead easy one These chart-toppers just wouldn't settle for a six- storey building we hear (5 5) *^turns over 5 minute egg timer*
I'm sorry I logged in now I've got B 52 ,Level 42 and 999 songs going through me swede !! here's a dead easy one These chart-toppers just wouldn't settle for a six- storey building we hear (5 5) *^turns over 5 minute egg timer*
OK Membs I've got Mystic Meg on the case "I can see an irascable Scottish alcoholic engaging in a naughty sexual position in the NW of England I can see an alledgedly bad-haired jewel thief accomplice too and a big drinking Northern Irish sex symbol , The word fake is coming up "
OK my piledriver has come shuddering back of the bar , an easy tap in for Rads or Martin
As I've 99 per cent solved the above one , another one for me "Is this sub par band singing about Cliff Richard, Steve Redgrave or Alan Sugar? " (3, 2, 5, 6)
'ang on, 'ang on. I've hardly had time to park up me tractor and you lot are already huddled round today's crossword while getting 'em in chez the local!
I'm still stuck on "These chart-toppers just wouldn't settle for a six- storey building we hear (5 5)".
Ok Membs. Some help I've virtually solved yours but Ivan* is working as a gregario today rather than the star man (waiting in the sky) I'll let Rads take the glory if and when he emerges from the chippy. The year was 1981 THey were the second band from this country to top the UK charts The first was a lekky band much loved on here They did it a year earlier
caveat I think they were native English speakers but fiscally and artistically they were not regarded as such *he is also referring to himself in the third person which is a sign of impending insanity.
Much as I deem myself something of an expert on the magical year of Nineteen-Eightyone*, alas I'm none the wiser. Some end of summer fatigue here, methinks. I need a (bank) holiday!
OK Membs I'll help you. Apparently upon completion of the edifice, the band reportedly said to the architect "Zat buidink is nicht high enough, add another floor because vee vont ........
Seven Tears" is a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981. It was released as the only single from their third studio album, Holiday in Paradise, and was subsequently featured on the UK-only compilation Seven Tears.
Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass, and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears" was a major hit across Europe in the winter and spring of 1982. The song spent three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] being only the second time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model".[2]
OK Released in 1981 but bit like my clues (anfd yours) slow burners !
Well in Martin. Like you introduced James Last to the forum I should be awarded in the Metamatic New Years Honours list for getting Severiano Ballestreros onto it !
Talking of image regading my last clue Game is bearing a special message ! (5,8) game is is an anagram or ALTERED form of IMAGES I posted it on Wednesday because my little princess reached 17 Anyway here it is in all it's glory Hard tto believe that the wee beguiling minx is now approaching her mid 50's !
Speaking of the summer of '77 Ivan (or anyone else out there 'midst the tumbleweed), a certain Mr Solberg wasn't exactly going for gold with this one, but he did eventually make it to the top, come the fall.
Speaking of the summer of '77 Ivan (or anyone else out there 'midst the tumbleweed), a certain Mr Solberg wasn't exactly going for gold with this one, but he did eventually make it to the top, come the fall.
Song title: (6, 4)
Obviously the first bit is Silver Unfortunately it is not this Mr Kilminster doing vocals for The Hawklords and the lovely Stacia showing Bez how to dance proper !
Nay, your Tardis landed a few years too early there Squire and wonderfully off-genre.
Obviously you're not as au fait with TV-cops-cum-singer-songwriters as I thought!
Au contraire Membs mon vieux. my specialist subject on Mastermind would be " Crap Chart toppers by crap actors in crap 70's Dectective Series " I hereby rest my case with the following evidence m'lud
Nice try but again not quite on the mark. You've got one more chance, baby.
Top clue: Think about *Sol*-berg.
Gotcha You're a Star /(sky) Membs Apparently as his middle name is Robert he wanted to incorporate it as an initial in his stage name Luckily his agent was on the ball "Yeez Dave, David R Sole , I'm getting very bad vibes about this even if it does perfectly reflect the Zeitgeist "
Spot on Ives (at last) .. and not a Starsky in sight. A bit of dodgy Radio One DJ/TOTO presenter at the beginning of that clip, but moving swiftly on....
Still in the summer of '77, these ueber-homeless don't mince their words in asking for even a small donation!
Spot on Ives (at last) .. and not a Starsky in sight. A bit of dodgy Radio One DJ/TOTO presenter at the beginning of that clip, but moving swiftly on....
Still in the summer of '77, these ueber-homeless don't mince their words in asking for even a small donation!
Song title: (4, 1, 6, 3)
OK While I mull it over I will reciprocate with this "Legendary U S locomotive driver imploring his fireman to vacate cabin and help Alan Sugar we hear ? (3,4;7)(I must stop using drugs)
OK Looks like no-one's got a Scooby , so here goes
"Legendary U S locomotive driver imploring his fireman to vacate cabin and help Alan Sugar we hear ? (3,4;7)
Legendary locomotive driver Casey (or K C to his mates) Jones is thundering across the prairies of The Midwest when he espies in the distance what appears to be a dead body He looks in his binoculars and says "OH my God ,it's Lord Alan Sugar OBE , he's been left for dead on the side of the track by some rascally bandits Turning to his fireman, who is called Baby,"While I bring the train to a halt you vacate the cabin and
Even a bad fitbahead like myself had never heard of Winston ! 
