foha80

I once heard Morris Dancing described as rugby for the effete.


Terry

Fellwanderer

Hadn't seen Morris Dancing for years but there was a troupe on Elvet Bridge in Durham on Saturday.

All the best
FELL

All the best
FELL

A signature is no substitute for a life

samkydd

Big clumsy effete with silver coloured plastic elasticated buckles on their shoes!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Steve Crook

Oh they still exist all right. They're liable to appear in (actually outside, then inside after they've danced) country pubs on summer evenings or at an arts fair in any country town.

Steve

Rob Compton

Especially in Oxfordshire, where Morris Dancing originated of course!!

rgds
Rob

bloodworm

Love the stuff Gillian Welch has put out over the last few years.

Yes Gillian has produced some wonderful tracks but in the "modern" country field. I must admit to being a lover of outlaw music, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr etc. An album i would recomend to any music lover, not just country is the concept album "White Mansions". It tells the story of the American civil war through the eyes of all who were involved, the Yankies,confederates and even the black slaves working in the cottone fields. Well worth a listen

C/U The Worm

The one that gets away is always the biggest but not always the best !!

samkydd

I always thought it was in Essex in some village just off the A12. You must be confusing it with Morris Oxford Dancing!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Marky B

Did a trip to the Masham Brewery in North Yorkshire,and part of the entertainment was Morris Dancing. What was discerning,though,one of them looked that voodoo guy in Live and Let Die - the one who appears in the last shot at the end of the train.
Ta Ta
Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

David Brent

Forget about the wholesome Morris Dancers (strange...but salt of the earth) the wierdest group of "music" lovers that I've seen are the gothics.
Dressed like Herman and Lilly Munster, with birds nest hair, black fingernails (that could be dirt), clothes straight from Hammer productions and white skin that looks like it's never seen the sun. No make-up really required, they just look like death warmed up. Black is their favourite colour. Usually only seen at night but return to the batcave by dawn.
Usually inbred and harmless they are guaranteed to scare the life out of old ladies, little children and cocaine snorting punters on a bad trip.
Usually go to job interviews, funerals, human sacrifices or on holiday all in the same black gothic gear.
Like their music heavy. Could dance and party to the sounds of the 'death march'.
Usually grow up to be politicians.

Dave.

Marky B

I know lad (he is the son of a mate of mine),who is so much a Goth,he has had fangs fitted into his mouth by a dentist .
Ta Ta
Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

thirdlady

Anyone seen the wall with pink floyd? that was a good movie for any fan of pink floyd to enjoy their music is good.

I'm not really a fan of theirs.

A.S.Carroll
"Happiness isn't sold in bottles you have to achieve it in your own lifetime!"

ChristineCB

I'm glad to see Wallinger is back with some version of his World Party. It's too bad his sets are nothing more than a greatest-hits tour; I was hoping for more after a 6-year absense than a re-issue of Dumbing Up.

Uranium Savages, the 2004 winner of "Drugs May Not Kill But Look What They Do" award, a follow-up to their 2002 "Don't Throw Things, It Only Makes Them Mad" award.

Echo & The Bunnymen. Beatles. Garbage. Joni Mitchell. Aimee Mann.

David Brent

Great website for finding those old favourite music videos -

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

I found some rare videos that I hadn't seen for years including the origional Small Faces clip for "Lazy Sunday".

Dave.

David Brent

I read recently about some of the methods used by the American army to interogate known terrorists.
One is to place the person in a cold room and continually blast him/her with loud music from the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.
Seems this method, when used over a few hours, works really well in getting a suspected terrorist to spill the beans.
Now thats what I call slow torture.
AAAAArrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!!

Dave.

ChristineCB

Why does it not surprise me that a US Gov't entity's top creative minds would use a 1971 Woody Allen film as a blueprint for interrogation? ("Please - no more operetta!")

And of course they did this during the RayGun era as the Army blasted Manuel Noriega's compound with loud "music" until he too surrendered.

Do they also stuff harp players into closets to enhance dream sequences, too? Or do they end up marveling over VWs with 3-letter license plates that would spell "G-O-D" backwards? They should probably shift up to an Academy Award winner and conclude "What we've got here is a dead shark".