NEW GAME--" WHAT'S IN A NAME"

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:36 pm

I was going to use this in another quiz--till I realised it fitted in this quiz

When it came to a superstar
Jenny was a braggart
Spread it all around to everyone in town
That she once had Mick Jagger
(Oh-h-h-h-h-h-h)
There's no doubt when the truth comes out
True love will over conquer
She didn't get Mick but she got a kick
And a black eye from Bianca

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:37 am

Oooops!! I forgot to say those last words were from the song by Neil Sedaka "The Queen of 1964"---which also contains this immortal line---

She was found with her arms around
An Elvis Presley poster

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:37 pm

Is the Bianca mentioned in the song, the Bianca from Eastenders, Marian...........................as I'm sure Rickaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay will have had a few black eyes over the year's

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:51 pm

Ha Ha Robert---I am pretty sure that Bianca from Eastenders was not even around when Neil wrote that song.

I'm assuming it was Bianca Jagger, as I think they were still married at that time. But I think you knew that really !!!

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:16 am

Yes I did Marian

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:32 pm

I was out walking my dogs this morning listening to my ipod-and listened to "Putting on the Ritz"--with the line

"Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper"

keithgood838 · Post by **keithgood838** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:44 pm

Hi Marian,
The statue of Molly Malone is a representation of her
wheeling 'her wheelbarrow through streets broad and
narrow'. I believe it is on O'Connell Street, Dublin's main
thoroughfare. Dublin, dubh(black) and linn(pool) from the
Gaelic, ergo Blackpool. Both coastal towns.
My malodorous nosegay: 'Who do you think you are kidding
Mr Hitler?'

keithgood838 · Post by **keithgood838** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:38 am

Hi Marian,
May I add some more useless info. to my last posting
re. Molly Malone? Dubliners give all of their sculptures and
statues a colloquial name: Molly's is, The Tart with the Cart.
There is a fountain with a nymph in it called, The Floozie
in the Jacuzzi; there is a pointed structure called, The Spire
in the Mire, and a Dockland sculpture called,
The Dope with the Rope.
Lastly, there is an imposing statue of the writer, James Joyce,
complete with cane which they have dubbed,
The ..... with the Stick. God bless the Irish sense of humour.
Keith

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:01 am

Hi Keith--I did not know that the names of Dublin and Blackpool meant the same thing! I love the names of all the sculptures in Dublin.

That was a good song title to come up with---I am sure we havve not had that one before.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:50 pm

We have already had Molly Malone Marian. I entered it some time ago.

but it was nice to hear all Keith's information about her.

Marian.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:52 pm

I was referring to the song--"Who do you think you kidding Mr Hitler"--I could not remermber seeing that one before.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:30 pm

I added that one as well Marian, quite a while ago.
Marian

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:43 pm

Well, you've made us smile Keith,

and we didn't know about those sculptures, but remember singing "Molly Malone" at school, but different words to it out of school.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:00 pm

Sorry Marian-- guess I should have checked

keithgood838 · Post by **keithgood838** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:50 pm

Paddy Reilly, from the song Come Back, Paddy Reilly,
written by the great troubadour of Irish melodies, Percy French.
He wrote The Mountains of Mourne and a number of other
timeless songs. Channel Four did a commemorative
tribute to him, I think in the Eighties, and they actually
interviewed Paddy Reilly who lived in Ballyjamesduff,
in Roscommon, Percy French's home county:

'The garden of Eden has vanished they say,
But I know the lie of it still.
Just turn to the left at the bridge of Finea,
And stop when halfway to Coote Hill.
'Tis there I will find it, I know sure enough,
When fortune has come to my call.
Oh. the grass it is green around Ballyjamesduff,
And a blue sky is over it all.
And tones that are tender and tones that are gruff,
Come whispering over the sea.
"Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff,
Come home, Paddy Reilly to me"'

Keith

P.S. Thanks fellow Forum members for indulging
my affection for the old sod (country).