Post by B on Sept 8, 2007 10:59:13 GMT -5
Split from: Yellow+Submarie+is+chock+full+of+clues...
Yesterday I wrote the following in response to a post by PercyThrillington
in the "Yellow Submarine is full of Clues" thread:[/i]
"Percy Thrilligton wrote:
"Released at the height of the psychedelic pop culture period of the 1960s,
the movie Yellow Submarine was a box-office hit, drawing in crowds both for its lush, wildly...."
It's best to cite the source of any material you quote so that people reading it can investigate
it themselves, even if it is Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_%28film%29
If you don't, people can mistake the words they read for your own. This situation has caused
confusion here in the past.
Anyway, sometimes the article quoted has other interesting little tidbits worthy of investigation.
F'rinstance, the voice of Paul was done by Geoffrey Hughes, according to the Wikipedia article.
Looking into Mr. Hughes, we find that he was from Liverpool:
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:People_from_Liverpool&from=Evans%2C+Tom
and his biography may raise an eyebrow or two:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hughes
Geoffrey's film credits include Smashing Time; Till Death do us Part; The Bofors Gun; Virgin Soldiers;
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall; Carry on at Your Convenience; and TV films: Needle, and The Man from the Peru...."
What was that remark John alledgedly made about a "Hitler" being on the cover of Sgt. Pepper?
And when Bob Dylan was asked who "Mr. Jones" was in "Ballad of a Thin Man", he said,
"He's a pin boy. HE ALSO WEARS SUSPENDERS." {Like a fireman.}
See it:
Ballad of a Thin Man: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJ7d52llic
Did he exchange a walk on part in the war for a cold steel cage?
It's hard to say, because, oddly enough, there don't seem to be many pictures of this fool around.
He may be the guy at the bottom of the pyramid here:
www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=7308143&style=movie&image=front&title=Royle+Family%3A+The+Complete+First+Season+DVD
"He started his career in repertory at the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. This was followed
by his first West End production, the Lionel Bart and Alun Owen musical, Maggie May."
"Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAh1b1GaZqw
Of course, The Quarrymen had a hit with a song called "Maggie May" too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xer8_1p7jhI
And of course, The Beatles had a bit of a go at it, as noted here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGCmn_UfxA
"About This Video
Released on Parlophone in 1957, this song influenced a group called The Quarrymen, who 5 years later also signed to Parlophone, having changed their name to The Beatles, and eight years after that, released their own version of this song on their last album, Let it be. (Although they only managed to get through about a third of the song, this is the full song.)
www.myspace.com/78_man"
Well, I'm getting off topic a tad here, but the point is that sometimes one thing leads to
another, and it's nice to have the references.
So "Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes" eh?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMTNHlzLK8
It's a GAS GAS GAS. "He WAS such an actor!""
I then continued with the next post:
Yesterday I wrote the following in response to a post by PercyThrillington
in the "Yellow Submarine is full of Clues" thread:[/i]
"Percy Thrilligton wrote:
"Released at the height of the psychedelic pop culture period of the 1960s,
the movie Yellow Submarine was a box-office hit, drawing in crowds both for its lush, wildly...."
It's best to cite the source of any material you quote so that people reading it can investigate
it themselves, even if it is Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_%28film%29
If you don't, people can mistake the words they read for your own. This situation has caused
confusion here in the past.
Anyway, sometimes the article quoted has other interesting little tidbits worthy of investigation.
F'rinstance, the voice of Paul was done by Geoffrey Hughes, according to the Wikipedia article.
Looking into Mr. Hughes, we find that he was from Liverpool:
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:People_from_Liverpool&from=Evans%2C+Tom
and his biography may raise an eyebrow or two:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hughes
Geoffrey's film credits include Smashing Time; Till Death do us Part; The Bofors Gun; Virgin Soldiers;
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall; Carry on at Your Convenience; and TV films: Needle, and The Man from the Peru...."
What was that remark John alledgedly made about a "Hitler" being on the cover of Sgt. Pepper?
And when Bob Dylan was asked who "Mr. Jones" was in "Ballad of a Thin Man", he said,
"He's a pin boy. HE ALSO WEARS SUSPENDERS." {Like a fireman.}
See it:
Ballad of a Thin Man: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJ7d52llic
Did he exchange a walk on part in the war for a cold steel cage?
It's hard to say, because, oddly enough, there don't seem to be many pictures of this fool around.
He may be the guy at the bottom of the pyramid here:
www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=7308143&style=movie&image=front&title=Royle+Family%3A+The+Complete+First+Season+DVD
"He started his career in repertory at the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. This was followed
by his first West End production, the Lionel Bart and Alun Owen musical, Maggie May."
"Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAh1b1GaZqw
Of course, The Quarrymen had a hit with a song called "Maggie May" too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xer8_1p7jhI
And of course, The Beatles had a bit of a go at it, as noted here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGCmn_UfxA
"About This Video
Released on Parlophone in 1957, this song influenced a group called The Quarrymen, who 5 years later also signed to Parlophone, having changed their name to The Beatles, and eight years after that, released their own version of this song on their last album, Let it be. (Although they only managed to get through about a third of the song, this is the full song.)
www.myspace.com/78_man"
Well, I'm getting off topic a tad here, but the point is that sometimes one thing leads to
another, and it's nice to have the references.
So "Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes" eh?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMTNHlzLK8
It's a GAS GAS GAS. "He WAS such an actor!""
I then continued with the next post:
