Thread 47 Starmer: Vai ficar tudo bem esta noite. Rock and roll.

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The most exciting event of my day was being told I'm doing a very good job by the dental hygienist

When I hear the word 'Troika' my mind goes straight to Drs P and his great song "Dodenrit'.

'Omsk is een leuke stad, maar net iets te ver weg'.

Did you get a sticker? 😄

Whoa! I suspect DH could make a few quid out of that, though I think he might have taken it all to the tip. He has boxes full of stuff in the garage.

Damn - I forgot to ask!

In this case it was 2 staccato notes alternating and the brass could cope, but yes. Repetitive. But very Christmassy. I like the 2 bars at the start that slide around the keys to represent the bride and groom stepping into the cold air after a few drinks!

Mine goes to Greg Lake’s ‘I Believe in Father Christmas’ the tune which heralds the start of Christmas for me. It’s not properly Christmas season until I’ve heard it.

Right. I've had a stretch and now I'm going to learn how to do cretan stitch. Took me a while to work out that it's probably named for Crete and pronounced with a long e.

Troika makes me think of Doctor Zhivago for some reason. Omar Sharif was so beautiful.

What did LtKije say to get deleted?

Can't post it as it's been deleted, but I've sent you a PM @TemperanceWest

That's my all time absolutely completely favourite Christmas song!

My favourite is Ed Harcourt's version of 'In the Bleak Midwinter'.

Getting there.

It goes less well when DS gets chatty.

The Rossetti family plot (off the beaten track slightly) "often features" on Highgate cemetery visitor requests.

There is a lot for feminists to unpick from the (rather badly named) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

(At one point, were I to be invited on Mastermind, my specialist subject in the first round would have been based around the PRB 😀)

Speaking of which, I was amused that Ian Hislop namechecked William Holman Hunt on HIGNFY ...)

Greg Lake has one of the greatest quotes of all time:

Lake commented: "I got beaten by one of the greatest records ever made*. I would've been pissed off if I'd been beaten by Cliff."

Pop Quiz! What was this?? No googling!

God Save the Queen?Space Oddity?

Must have been Bohemian Rhapsody. 1974?

I love pithy music quotes.

Interviewer to Don McLean "So what does Americn Pie mean" ?
DM "It means I never have to work again".

Correct pickachew. Have an imaginary prize.

Most of this is going over my head but I enjoy finding out who/what you are all talking about.

To be fair, he could have retired half way through the song and no one would have noticed 😂

It's a gorgeous spring day here and the scent of bluebells is glorious.

(his video on teh Birmingham ancient woodland is well worth a few minutes of anyones time).

My bluebells are Spanish. The bees couldn't care less.

My bluebells are Dutch. The bees don't care either