So... why aren't you here?
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Moving my tent to a new location. I am going to document this experience for posterity.
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Was cutting vegetables in the kitchen this morning.
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doing some chores & celebrations ...
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Working in the kitchen as usual.
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Dropped in to see the concert highlights. Now dropping back to reality again.
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Was watching a Hard Day's night at the little local cinema... It brought back so many memories.... I understood a lot more of the colloquialisms this time around! What did they mean when they kept saying Paul's father was "clean" ?
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love2travel:
Was watching a Hard Day's night at the little local cinema... It brought back so many memories.... I understood a lot more of the colloquialisms this time around! What did they mean when they kept saying Paul's father was "clean" ?
When I first saw the movie, I always interpreted it as meaning that he was clean cut. Makes me think of Penny Lane's "clean machine" line.
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love2travel:
Was watching a Hard Day's night at the little local cinema... It brought back so many memories.... I understood a lot more of the colloquialisms this time around! What did they mean when they kept saying Paul's father was "clean" ?
I thought of "clean" as a tongue-in-cheek joke - instead of dirty old man ... clean old man or just clean .... or very clean
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I have been here too long For goodness gosh sakes I've got to get outside and enjoy the day the way that I cannot if I am here. Time goes so fast on time off ..... but when I punch the clock at the workplace the minutes trickle like hours while off the clock the hours trickle like minutes or seconds Off now ..... and you know it won't be long
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other things popped up
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
Was watching a Hard Day's night at the little local cinema... It brought back so many memories.... I understood a lot more of the colloquialisms this time around! What did they mean when they kept saying Paul's father was "clean" ?
When I first saw the movie, I always interpreted it as meaning that he was clean cut. Makes me think of Penny Lane's "clean machine" line.
The_Fool:
I thought of "clean" as a tongue-in-cheek joke - instead of dirty old man ... clean old man or just clean .... or very clean
Yeah, either clean cut or the tongue and cheek dirty old man bit from the looks they were giving him, I think that might have been part of it too! When I first saw the move as a young one, I thought that was Paul's real grandfather!!
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love2travel:
SurSteven:
love2travel:
Was watching a Hard Day's night at the little local cinema... It brought back so many memories.... I understood a lot more of the colloquialisms this time around! What did they mean when they kept saying Paul's father was "clean" ?
When I first saw the movie, I always interpreted it as meaning that he was clean cut. Makes me think of Penny Lane's "clean machine" line.
The_Fool:
I thought of "clean" as a tongue-in-cheek joke - instead of dirty old man ... clean old man or just clean .... or very clean
Yeah, either clean cut or the tongue and cheek dirty old man bit from the looks they were giving him, I think that might have been part of it too! When I first saw the move as a young one, I thought that was Paul's real grandfather!!
So... why aren't you here? I haven't been here for the last few minutes because I was reviewing the "clean" little old man scene from A Hard Day's Night. I'll stick by my interpretation,but can see how both may have been involved.
It' rather curious that just a little over a year later, Ray Davies and The Kinks released A Well Respected Man in the UK and then the US. -
In the things about A Hard Day's Night it stated this: (moviefanfare) One of the actors was best known for starring in a British TV series. Steptoe and Son, the popular British TV series that ran from 1962 to 1974, can lend its popularity to the irascible Wilfrid Brambell as the lead character, Steptoe. Picture this: Brambell (who plays Paul?s ?very clean? grandfather in A Hard Day?s Night), as a dirty old man selling rags and junk, has some disgusting habits, while always embarrassing his son, who is trying to rise above it all. Does it sound familiar? Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson introduced those same characters to American audiences as Sanford and Son (1972-1977). Of note, Wilfrid Brambell gained a reputation for playing elderly men throughout his career but at the height of his popularity, he was under 50 years old.
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^ One thing is for sure, he certainly turned into an "ornery" old man in the movie.
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
SurSteven:
love2travel:
Was watching a Hard Day's night at the little local cinema... It brought back so many memories.... I understood a lot more of the colloquialisms this time around! What did they mean when they kept saying Paul's father was "clean" ?
When I first saw the movie, I always interpreted it as meaning that he was clean cut. Makes me think of Penny Lane's "clean machine" line.
The_Fool:
I thought of "clean" as a tongue-in-cheek joke - instead of dirty old man ... clean old man or just clean .... or very clean
Yeah, either clean cut or the tongue and cheek dirty old man bit from the looks they were giving him, I think that might have been part of it too! When I first saw the move as a young one, I thought that was Paul's real grandfather!!
So... why aren't you here? I haven't been here for the last few minutes because I was reviewing the "clean" little old man scene from A Hard Day's Night. I'll stick by my interpretation,but can see how both may have been involved.
It' rather curious that just a little over a year later, Ray Davies and The Kinks released A Well Respected Man in the UK and then the US.Well it may just be the opposite of dirty old man... So funny when John says, "He talks" I'm going to see it again tonight so I'll have to pay extra attention to the term!! I guess it could be a conservative well respected man, couldn't it? Was there another reference for Ray Davies you were going for there?
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^ The youtube link shows that scene specifically. Don't get what you mean by "another Ray Davies reference"?
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SurSteven:
^ The youtube link shows that scene specifically. Don't get what you mean by "another Ray Davies reference"?
I just got back from A Hard Day's Night again... I realized that in almost every scene with Paul's grandfather, people would comment that he was "clean" So I'm thinking now that it's just a funny bit, as everyone laughed in the movie, every time someone called the grand dad "clean" it had to have been 10-20 times that was said... Sorry, I didn't understand your comment about Ray Davis [quote="SurSteven"]
SurSteven:
It' rather curious that just a little over a year later, Ray Davies and The Kinks released A Well Respected Man in the UK and then the US
however took it to mean that the grandfather was well respected?
The_Fool:
In the things about A Hard Day's Night it stated this: (moviefanfare) One of the actors was best known for starring in a British TV series. Steptoe and Son, the popular British TV series that ran from 1962 to 1974, can lend its popularity to the irascible Wilfrid Brambell as the lead character, Steptoe. Picture this: Brambell (who plays Paul?s ?very clean? grandfather in A Hard Day?s Night), as a dirty old man selling rags and junk, has some disgusting habits, while always embarrassing his son, who is trying to rise above it all. Does it sound familiar? Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson introduced those same characters to American audiences as Sanford and Son (1972-1977). Of note, Wilfrid Brambell gained a reputation for playing elderly men throughout his career but at the height of his popularity, he was under 50 years old.
I remember Sanford and Son... I can see that Wilfrid Brambell does a good job at playing an irascible man! Steoptoe was out before A Hard Day's Night, so that's the joke with the "clean" then? Going to have to watch some episodes! I love British humour, I'm getting better at it Love Kenneth Williams and the Carry On gang
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love2travel:
Was there another reference for Ray Davies you were going for there?
"Sorry, I didn't understand your comment about Ray Davis " ~ l2t You made the comment about Ray Davies...I referred to a song of his that came out a little over a year after AHDN was released with the "clean little old man" scene.
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
Was there another reference for Ray Davies you were going for there?
"Sorry, I didn't understand your comment about Ray Davis " ~ l2t You made the comment about Ray Davies...I referred to a song of his that came out a little over a year after AHDN was released with the "clean little old man" scene.
Got it thanks... Wish he and his brother would get together and tour.... That is one group I would fly to if necessary to hear!!!
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love2travel:
SurSteven:
love2travel:
Was there another reference for Ray Davies you were going for there?
"Sorry, I didn't understand your comment about Ray Davis " ~ l2t You made the comment about Ray Davies...I referred to a song of his that came out a little over a year after AHDN was released with the "clean little old man" scene.
Got it thanks... Wish he and his brother would get together and tour.... That is one group I would fly to if necessary to hear!!!
I too would love to see or have seen them when they were still together and touring.