Your signature is [blank] and I claim my $5

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 05 Aug 2004, 12:02

Gedge,
I couldn't remember your line being in the song, I was responding more to Alex's line that he thought was from the same song. Happy memories indeed! I haven't a clue where yours is from, though.

Mr M,
Thanks so much - i love it. Sometimes live she recites her songs as peoms and they sound amazing, and it takes a while to realise it's actually a song you know.

BB

paulw · Post by **paulw** » 05 Aug 2004, 16:43

Dadaist
sounds like the words from and old Carter song?[/quote]

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 05 Aug 2004, 20:59

sounds like the words from and old Carter song

Paulw,
Carter as in USM?
BB

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 06 Aug 2004, 00:52

Crikey.

Does nobody remember "Hello" by The Beloved ?

It was in the charts and everything!

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 06 Aug 2004, 11:45

Hey I had to google it and I still didn't remember it until I went to www.thebeloved.com and even then its a bit vague.... must be still in that trance....

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 06 Aug 2004, 18:00

Means nothing to me either.
Perhaps if it had been accompanied by a video similar to the one made for "Sweet Harmony" it might have been more memorable.

Gedge · Post by **Gedge** » 11 Aug 2004, 12:52

Bob's new signature is I believe the very end of an early Buzzcocks track but then I guess the new picture made that very obvious - I kind of wish I hadn't started writing this!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 11 Aug 2004, 19:53

Well spotted Gedge. It's from 'Sixteen', a track from their 77 debut LP, Another Music In A Different Kitchen. I'm on a bit of a Buzzcocks kick at the moment, since Spike alerted me to a Radio 2 feature on the band the other night. If you missed it, you can still hear the show online until Saturday at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/doc ... ocks.shtml

More info:

www.buzzcocks.com
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ed ... Punks1970s

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 16 Aug 2004, 19:14

Lindsay the book -- I know it -- It's Laurel and Hardy, isn't it!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 11 Sep 2004, 09:01

Last chance for guesses on my current signature.
I'm going to have a change soon.

Gedge · Post by **Gedge** » 12 Oct 2004, 18:09

Is anyone playing "Spot the signature" any more? Pal of Porty I would say yours comes from a Costello track - something off King of America?

ali · Post by **ali** » 12 Oct 2004, 19:25

Gedge wrote:Is anyone playing "Spot the signature" any more? Pal of Porty I would say yours comes from a Costello track - something off King of America?

It's Bruce Springsteen - it was all there in the signature - "brilliant disguise"

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 12 Oct 2004, 19:37

ali wrote:It's Bruce Springsteen - it was all there in the signature - "brilliant disguise"

Spot on Ali - and I also think that listing my location as ' Backstreets' is another helpful clue.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 12 Oct 2004, 19:47

ali wrote:
Gedge wrote:Is anyone playing "Spot the signature" any more? Pal of Porty I would say yours comes from a Costello track - something off King of America?
It's Bruce Springsteen - it was all there in the signature - "brilliant disguise"

Gedge, I think you were thinking of the track "Brilliant Mistake" which, of course, is a much better song than "Brilliant Disguise".

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 12 Oct 2004, 19:52

ecm wrote:Gedge, I think you were thinking of the track "Brilliant Mistake" which, of course, is a much better song than "Brilliant Disguise".

Steady on ecm! I have some early Elvis C. in my collection but better than 'The Boss'? Just as well I can't work out how to get round the profanity coffee filter!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 12 Oct 2004, 20:08

Pal of Porty wrote:
ecm wrote:Gedge, I think you were thinking of the track "Brilliant Mistake" which, of course, is a much better song than "Brilliant Disguise".
Steady on ecm! I have some early Elvis C. in my collection but better than 'The Boss'? Just as well I can't work out how to get round the profanity coffee filter!

You should change your sig. to "Is that ewe baby......................" to go with your sexy avatar.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 13 Oct 2004, 09:20

Anyone want to have a go at mine?

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 13 Oct 2004, 09:53

Jay wrote:Anyone want to have a go at mine?

Bill Oddie

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 13 Oct 2004, 11:17

Nice one!

Sadly, not right.

2 clues - it's not a song, and I found it through a web-search (not Google)

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 13 Oct 2004, 19:31

Jay wrote:Nice one!

Sadly, not right.

2 clues - it's not a song, and I found it through a web-search (not Google)

I give up Jay. And I've been cheating by doing lots of searches (well, two).

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 13 Oct 2004, 20:28

Sir Walter Scott? Robert Louis Stevenson someone of that ilk?

dccairns · Post by **dccairns** » 13 Oct 2004, 21:13

Thomas Hardy?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 13 Oct 2004, 22:15

It's often Oscar Wilde who is the mystery author, so I'll go for him!!!

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2004, 10:37

Sorry, everyone!

I just used the online OED for a definition of 'jay', and it came up with quotes. This one is apparently from "Meditations and Contemplations", 2 volumes by James Hervey, published between 1746 and 1747.

I didn't know that, either! Not till I used the OED! But I thought it might come up on a search for everyone else ....

The OED online is wonderful for obscure knowledge and quotes!

http://dictionary.oed.com/

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 14 Oct 2004, 10:55

Aah, James Hervey.

Now why didn't that occur to me...

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Oct 2004, 12:40

mr magnolia wrote:Aah, James Hervey.

Now why didn't that occur to me...

I know, it's soooo obvious really, isn't it?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2004, 12:42

Well, I'll try to make up by bringing a couple of bottles to the mail-in - if it happens .....

What about yours then?

(but then I'm not 'up' in modern songs)

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Oct 2004, 12:46

Mine is from a song lyric. I've had it for ages now so should look around for something new really.

I might dip into the OED for inspiration.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2004, 12:49

ecm wrote:Mine is from a song lyric.

Whose?

Mr. M - your's?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Oct 2004, 12:54

Have a guess, go on!

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2004, 14:31

I had to Google - I had no idea. George Jones?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2004, 14:32

PS I have NO idea who George Jones is !!!!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Oct 2004, 15:11

Jay wrote:Well, I'll try to make up by bringing a couple of bottles to the mail-in - if it happens .....

Are you crusin'?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2004, 16:55

Nah!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Oct 2004, 18:59

Jay wrote:PS I have NO idea who George Jones is !!!!

http://www.georgejones.com/bio/

One of the greatest singers in the world. A song he recorded called "He stopped loving her today" has been voted on several occasions as the greatest country song ever recorded! The lyrics of which really belong on the Big Sap thread.

He Stopped Loving Her Today
(B. Braddock, C. Putman)

He said, "I'll love you 'til I die."
She told him, "You'll forget in time."
As the years went slowly by,
She still prayed upon his mind.

He kept her picture on the wall.
Went half crazy now and then.
But he still loved her through it all,
Hoping she'd come back again.

Kept some letters by his bed,
Dated 1962.
He had underlined in red
Every single 'I love you'.

I went to see him just today,
But I didn't see no tears.
All dressed up to go away,
First time I'd seen him smile in years.

He stopped loving her today,
They placed a wreath upon his door,
And soon they'll carry him away,
He stopped loving her today.

You know, she came to see him last time.
And we were all wonderin' if she would.
And it kept runnin' through my mind,
This time he's over her for good.

He stopped loving her today,
They placed a wreath upon his door,
And soon they'll carry him away,
He stopped loving her today.

He was also married to Tammy Wynette for a while.