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Post by lenmac on Sept 10, 2007 11:56:33 GMT -5
I'm not sure what to make of this, i found a old Bill interview from i think 87 with Q mag in England. The questions are from readers of the mag, what he said in response to the question are you really dead was yes. And that what he wanted printed on his tombstone was Here lies Gracie Fields, so people would stay away. Im sure people thought he was kidding but still.....  |
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Post by mommybird on Sept 10, 2007 12:07:43 GMT -5
Thank you for posting that, lenmac. It seems to me that Bill has been giving us clues all along. Some of them are subliminal & some of them are quite blatant, like this one.  |
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Post by tafultong on Sept 10, 2007 13:03:59 GMT -5
I'm not sure what to make of this, i found a old Bill interview from i think 87 with Q mag in England. The questions are from readers of the mag, what he said in response to the question are you really dead was yes. And that what he wanted printed on his tombstone was Here lies Gracie Fields, so people would stay away. Im sure people thought he was kidding but still..... Gracie Fields? Hmm, that's an interesting choice for a random name. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_FieldsOne of her famous songs during the war (some people considered a "traitor" for leaving England) was "Thing-Ummy-Bob (That's Gonna Win The War)"  |
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Post by B on Sept 10, 2007 19:22:26 GMT -5
"Thingumybob" done by Gracie Fields: youtube.com/watch?v=eKLXORHsEZUFrom the wiki article: "Her real name was 'Grace Stansfield'." And: "Her most famous song, which became her theme, "Sally," was worked into the title of her first cinema film, Sally in Our Alley (1931)." So she was "Sally" "G", hence: Hear a version of it: youtube.com/watch?v=wvEicV_XctUSALLY G "McCartney" Somewhere to the south of New York City Lies the friendly state of Tennessee, Down in Nashville town I met a pretty Who made a pretty big fool out of me. And they call her Sally, Sally G, why'd you wanna do the things you do to me? You're my Sally, Sally G Took the part that was the heart of me, Sally G. The night life took me down to printers' alley, Where Sally sang a song behind a bar. I ran my eyes across her as she sang a tangled mime, I used to love to hear her sweet guitar. And they call her Sally, Sally G, why'd you wanna do the things you do to me? Youre my Sally, Sally G Took the part that was the heart of me, Sally G. Me and Sally took up, Things began to look up, Me and her were going strong. Then she started lyin, I could see our love was dyin. I heard a voice say, "Move along, move along." Well now, I'm on my own again, I wonder if she ever really understood. I never thought to ask her what the letter G stood for, But I know for sure it wasn't 'good'. And they call her Sally, Sally G, why'd you wanna do the things you do to me? You're my Sally, Sally G Took the part that was the heart of me, Sally G. Sally G. ------ "Sally" by Gracie Fields youtube.com/watch?v=UWSuF7EN3YAher last performance: youtube.com/watch?v=8eU1IDgzLYElenmac wrote: "he wanted printed on his tombstone was Here lies Gracie Fields, so people would stay away." Makes perfect sense: youtube.com/watch?v=RWG4QbvJTx4  Although "McCartney" used the name "Sally G" for his song, and put it in Tennessee,
it's probably about Sylvie V in France. But what do I know? |
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Post by B on Sept 10, 2007 20:22:06 GMT -5
Why the heck would Apple record this song? And who were John Foster & Sons LTD, and who were The Black Dyke Mills Band ?!! And What was the "B" side? |
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Post by tafultong on Sept 10, 2007 20:50:46 GMT -5
Why the heck would Apple record this song? And who were John Foster & Sons LTD, and who were The Black Dyke Mills Band ?!! And What was the "B" side? Apple put out the song because Paul McCartney wrote and produced it. I was just surprised that Gracie had a song with the same title. The picture is actually an anomaly, but that's what I found on a Google image search. Thingumybob was the A-Side in the U.K., but most copies of the U.S. version of Apple 1800 had "Yellow Submarine" on the Green Apple "A" side. But this whole thing was Paul's project. There is a picture of him somewhere recording the song with the Black Dyke Mills Band. It might even have been shot on the roof of Apple, but I can't remember. |
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Post by B on Sept 10, 2007 21:11:25 GMT -5
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Post by MikeNL on Sept 11, 2007 13:52:32 GMT -5
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Post by CoconutFudge on Sept 12, 2007 0:33:32 GMT -5
Wow! That's pretty interesting. It is so funny when things are said in a way that is thought to be sarcastic by many, but are possibly the real truth/hold many clue to the real truth.
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Post by knowthe411 on Nov 24, 2009 5:07:09 GMT -5
Here's something interesting, in the Wikipedia article on Gracie Fields: "However, because Banks remained an Italian citizen and would have been interned in the United Kingdom, she was forced to leave Britain for North America during the war." Given the possibility that Faul may have been raised in the U.S., is it possible that he and Gracie crossed paths in the U.S.?
Under Filmography, it's listed that Gracie made two films with Sally in the title: "Sally In Our Alley" (1931) and "Shipyard Sally" (1939).
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