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Post by pothos on Aug 24, 2017 22:43:54 GMT
Semolina Pilchard was a reference to the Police officer involved in the arrest of John Lennon, Brian Jones and others. Is the second bit referencing Alice in Wonderland.
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Glass Onion
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Post by Glass Onion on Aug 25, 2017 7:36:33 GMT
Anything to do with this?
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Post by ROCKY on Aug 26, 2017 14:26:47 GMT
Correct pothos. The second part I believe John made in reference that Sgt. Pilchard would actually sneak and 'climb' in back windows to plant the substance then knock on the front door and arrest the person. I think that's how he was planning to catch Clapton. But as in mostly everything 'instant karma' will catch up with you and knock you on the head and a few years later he went to jail himself for four years!
Never heard about the Huer's Hut, G.O.
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 24, 2018 9:55:11 GMT
Any guesses to the connection between the following records? All the Young Dudes- Mott the Hoople Space Oddity- Bowie Lola- The Kinks Atomic- Blondie My Generation- The Who
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Post by pothos on Aug 25, 2018 10:04:17 GMT
Right I have struggled with this one and am not sure.
Guess #1 All had to change a lyric after release. Guess #2 All are in the NME top 500 tracks of all time. Guess #3 All played Glastonbury.
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 25, 2018 19:33:39 GMT
Very close, Pothos. They were all banned by the BBC. "Lola" and "Dudes" had lyrics refering to products, and had to be changed. Ray Davies flew back from America to dub "Coca cola" to "Cherry cola" Space Oddity was banned until Neil Armstrong returned to Earth safely. "Atomic" was banned during the First Gulf War for referencing explosions [!] "My Generation" was thought to mock stammerers. By the way this was a quiz on local radio last week. I didn't guess any of the reasons.
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Post by pothos on Aug 25, 2018 22:02:12 GMT
I knew Lola had to change its lyric but had no notion of the others. Space Oddity is a real surprise.
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Post by pothos on Aug 26, 2018 9:57:32 GMT
In the UK what was the approximate tv audience figure for Magical Mystery Tour.
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 27, 2018 15:27:10 GMT
For some reason my brain is telling me it's six million. I'm probably way off the mark.
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Post by pothos on Aug 27, 2018 16:13:32 GMT
The only issue is that I am getting three different figures so keep that in mind when I say approx. However you are way low of the mark Brew.
Remember this is a Christmas period broadcast. By the way did you see it at the time Brew.
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 27, 2018 16:57:48 GMT
I did see it at the time. There were only three channels, and as it was Christmas, I'd guess over ten million?
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Post by pothos on Aug 27, 2018 22:20:14 GMT
I will tell you if you are ready but you are way off.
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 28, 2018 8:49:02 GMT
Back then some programs had massive viewing figures. I worked on a production that had over 25 million viewers [they eventually cancelled it!] So, my final guess is 22 million? After that, I'll have to phone a friend! By the way, when we watched MMT it was in black & white, on a tiny screen.
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Post by pothos on Aug 28, 2018 10:41:16 GMT
I saw the figure of 20 million which was approx. and so you win.
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Post by ROCKY on Aug 28, 2018 12:33:39 GMT
I remember here in the US none of the TV networks would show it because of the negative publicity of the film from it's English debut. So it really wasn't until I got to see it in the late 80's on a video VHS tape! By then it had lost it's flavor. But I remember liking the 'I Am The Walrus' clip in the film.
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Post by lovelyrita1 on Aug 28, 2018 14:52:50 GMT
Back then some programs had massive viewing figures. I worked on a production that had over 25 million viewers [they eventually cancelled it!] So, my final guess is 22 million? After that, I'll have to phone a friend! By the way, when we watched MMT it was in black & white, on a tiny screen. I would have been 8 years old when this was shown but i cannot remember my family watching this. I'm glad we didn't as i can imagine the arguments with my dad. He'd have been i his element criticising the weird story and psychedelia( in black and white?). He wasn't a fan of their lovable mop top era so he'd have had a field day . Remember their was a huge musical abyss between what parents and kids like back then, that's the way it should be ha ha .
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 28, 2018 15:29:13 GMT
Me too! That's my favourite bit.
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Post by pothos on Aug 28, 2018 21:45:20 GMT
I can imagine certain aspects would not have travelled well so to speak. Mystery coach trips were part of my childhood. You paid and got on the bus not knowing where you were going. Usually though we ended at the coast or the Lake District.
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Aug 29, 2018 16:01:37 GMT
Very insightful, Pothos! I had never heard of mystery tours, magical or otherwise. The film probably makes a LOT more sense to the British than anyone else.
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Post by pothos on Aug 29, 2018 16:17:06 GMT
I saw the movie on the recent BBC showing and the section on the coach itself with pensioners drinking and singing while the kids look bored is just so reminiscent of that era. I am not sure if they are still going as a type of trip.
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