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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 22, 2018 12:12:30 GMT
...it is rumoured that Dylan's fascination with Chesterfield and its crooked spire led to repeated visits, and eventually the release of his album "A61 revisited".
(Though it had to be re-titled for the Merkins, as they just wouldn't understand)
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Post by Avant on Aug 22, 2018 12:31:36 GMT
"British place names don't really work in songs like American locations do they?"
Oh, I don't know...
I left my heart in Saffron Walden
People will say we're in Hove
Brother, can you spare a Dome?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 12:39:51 GMT
Jimi Hendrix's first arrival in the UK was, fortunately for musical history, during a particularly glorious sunset at Heathrow, which is when he conceived the song "Purple Hayes".
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Post by WDB on Aug 22, 2018 12:53:25 GMT
Truer than you might think. I used to work in Hayes, and in the winter the sun would set behind the airport. The dust and vapours in the air would produce some spectacular colours — although typically more oranges than purples.
Hendrix, though, would have been looking the other way, towards Hayes. In which case, we should suppose he arrived at sunrise, not sunset. 🤓
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:00:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:29:52 GMT
Truer than you might think. I used to work in Hayes, and in the winter the sun would set behind the airport. The dust and vapours in the air would produce some spectacular colours — although typically more oranges than purples. Hendrix, though, would have been looking the other way, towards Hayes. In which case, we should suppose he arrived at sunrise, not sunset. 🤓 Depends which side of the plane he was on, and which way the wind was blowing. |
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Post by WDB on Aug 22, 2018 13:38:23 GMT
Only if the wind was strong enough to blow the sun 180° out of position.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:47:11 GMT
Nah, I mean easterly/westerly operations.
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Post by WDB on Aug 22, 2018 13:53:33 GMT
Not relevant. You said he could see Hayes, which means he was looking east (and a bit north.) No sun over there in the evening. He’d have had to write Purple Wraysbury instead. Or more probably, as noted, Orange Wraysbury.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:03:07 GMT
You'll have to forgive me I've been to Australia.
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Post by WDB on Aug 22, 2018 14:06:23 GMT
Don’t worry. It does mean, however, that the titie Orange Wraysbury is still up for grabs.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:08:38 GMT
Don’t worry. It does mean, however, that the titie Orange Wraysbury is still up for grabs. Grabbing that before it's edited. |
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 22, 2018 14:09:16 GMT
Don’t worry. It does mean, however, that the titie (sic) Orange Wraysbury is still up for grabs. Shed Seven could probably do something with that......... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:16:28 GMT
Anyway we all know Yanks are crap at geography. Easy mistake to make on Jimi's part.
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Post by WDB on Aug 22, 2018 14:19:56 GMT
Don’t worry. It does mean, however, that the titie Orange Wraysbury is still up for grabs. Grabbing that before it's edited. Too much time in Amsterdam: ‘receptie’, ‘informatie’ — but no ‘titie’ (yet.) |
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