Dear, dear, dear!
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I am so glad you can’t all hear my well tempered mellifluous tones on here. I often think I sound like a British Airways captain of the old school. My wife seems to hear this
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I googled chav, chavette and pillock. It seems that as we say here - tutto il mondo è paese - the whole world is a small town.
We have similar terms, now become standards and used by all parties to exorcise the implicit offense…
There is no such pronounced verticality in cultural & social fascia here. Northerns use to mock southerns and that’s it. After all, the whole building and automotive industry has been physically held in place by immigrants from the south during the fifties.
The phenomenon of ‘mocking’ another class - vertically, I guess - seems to me a whole British one. But I don’t know enough.
As for Nick Drake, what I get from his songs is a mix of expectation to be acknowledged as an artist and the depression from having to fight for acknowledgment. A case of HSP? A 19th century, sturm-und-drang-ish boy long past his time?
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Ahhh… those dreadful female pundits / experts on the BBC Football Focus etc.
It just isn’t right!
Apparently the live version of Bohemian Rhapsody was a major disappointment.
The first singer was one Dave Evans, short lived. Recorded one single in Australia prior to being replaced by Bon Scott, then of course Brian J came after Bon’s demise. Evans reckons he was a better singer than the other more famous pair. He would, perhaps, but he comes across as a bit of a flog.
That doesn’t surprise me 
Which live version was that and why a disappointment? I saw them performing this twice, including at the free concert in Hyde Park, where I was surprised just how well they managed to blend the studio harmonies into the live show. I’ve always enjoyed the song, whether the full studio version or a shortened hard rock version.
This was in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1974 or 75 I think. I wasn’t there but the punters were complaining it didn’t sound like the record. Ridiculous expectations of the teenage audience probably 
What were they complaining about. This is the setlist when they got boo-ed off at Sunbury.
- Procession
- Father to Son
- Son and Daughter
- Ogre Battle
- Hangman
- Great King Rat
- Keep Yourself Alive
- Liar
- Jailhouse Rock
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Stupid Cupid
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A bit odd. That set list looks like the Queen II tour. IIRC the band didn’t tour Australia until Sheer Heart Attack had been released - possibly tagged on to their first Japanese tour where they were blown away by the fans.
Either way, Bo Rap wasn’t played until late 75, and that was in the UK. The world tour was 76 - including the Hyde Park concert mentioned above. At this time, Bo Rap was split up and in the medley. It wasn’t played ‘in full’ - ie with the taped operatic section - until a bit later.
On which subject, having seen them play the full song live over a dozen times, it has always been stupendous - even including the Axl / Elton version at the Freddie Tribute concert.
From their appearance in January 1974 at the Sunbury Music Festival in Australia. The Sheer Heart Attack songs appeared later in that year.
Of course - that was just before the famous Seven Seas of Rhye appearance on Top of the Pops in March that year so it was just before the release of Queen II. There are some explanations on line of why they were heckled at this show but not anything to do with Bo Rap as this hadn’t been ‘born’ at this point.
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Yes agree - trouble is unqualified people post stuff and it becomes fact.
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I think the advert is for Tui a female voice singing “let me hold your hand”. It goes right through me.
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Hold My Hand by Jess Glynne
Mostly from the working middle classes it’s alive and well on this very forum where people are ridiculed for not using proper grammar and punctuation it’s just a way of people who aspire to be something they are not convincing themselves they are.
You should have started a new sentence after “punctuation” … 
… Sorry mate, just had to.
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My 2nd wife - dreadful whining tone 
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Heretic 
Chris ‘couldnt carry a tune home in a wheelbarrow’ Martin.
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