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Today's great swathe of notable and ill-matched birthday celebrants include Amanda Lear, Johnny Mercer, Margaret Atwood, Kim Wilde, Linda Evans, Louis Daguerre [of the Daguerrotype fame], Susan Sullivan, Steven Moffat, Compay Segundo of Buena Vista Social Club, Chloë Sevigny, Brenda Vaccaro, Alec Issigonis [inventor of the Mini car], Nadia Sawalha, Owen Wilson, Ant McPartlin...
...and W. S. Gilbert, one half of that mot estimable of musical partnerships Gilbert and Sullivan! Any excuse, methinks, to re-visit a (very) old favourite of ours here at Dolores Delargo Towers...
Still love it!
I didn't realise this was Gilbert and Sullivan!!! I often learn new things when I come here. thank you!
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There's always something new to learn here, isn't there, Miss Scarlet? I've just learned how to tame my moustache.
DeleteAs the librettist of such masterpieces as The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, W.S. Gilbert was renowned for lyrics such as these:
Delete"'Cause I'm long, and I'm strong
And I'm down to get the friction on
So, ladies (yeah) ladies (yeah)
If you wanna roll in my Mercedes (yeah)
Then turn around, stick it out
Even white boys got to shout
Baby got back"
The toast of Victorian society. Jx
I have a mustache just like the one in picture...could I just use my mask?
ReplyDeleteProbably easier to find on the shelves than a "Kaiser Trainer". Jx
DeleteI'm guessing that advert dates from before the first world war?
ReplyDeleteThe "Kaiser" bit is a dead giveaway. Jx
DeleteChanged its name pretty quickly after1914 I imagine
ReplyDeleteAmanda Lear... Amanda Lear... Oh... I must look up her stuff. My bestie had one of her albums and I adored it. Only A Photograph? Ages and ages. So much water under the bridge. Also adore Kim Wilde and Brenda Vaccaro - who did tampex commercials when no one else would be the spokesperson. She could barely breath... but she still did commercials. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteYou only need to scroll down to the vast encyclopaedia of categories to find probably more than you need to hear from Ms Lear's back catalogue - or just click here.
DeleteKim Wilde and Brenda Vaccarro - now there's a duet that would have been fabulous to experience! Jx
Oops! I accidently caps-locked myself into another parody!
ReplyDeleteG AND s DID LEND THEMSELVES TO IT.
I am surprised, back when such things were endemic in the charts in the 80s, that no-one ever did a "Hooked on Gilbert & Sullivan"... Jx
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