today it suddenly dawned on me that there are a lot of references in HELLO by THE BELOVED that i don't understand

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Wasn't Brian Hayes better known at the time for hosting phone-in shows on LBC? Ah yes, so he was.

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Brother of Jimmy Corkhill. The face may be familiar:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/images/john_mcardle.jpg

Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

'Little Neepsie, Chris and do'

No idea about them, friends/acquaintances/ex band members perhaps?

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:02 (seventeen years ago) link

What about Paris Grey?

Who Are You... The Nerve... I Wanna Get Out, I Wanna Get Out (Dada), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Inner City vocalist

Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:04 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost

Paris Grey, Inner City vocalist on the peerless 'Good life' and 'Big Fun' amongst many others.

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Not to be confused (as I just did) with Paris Brightledge, who sang on Sterling Void's "It's Alright"....

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link

little nell =

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=little%20nell&sa=N&tab=wi

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132752/

she was one that i knew!

"slowly slowly it's too nice a job to rush!"

pisces (piscesx), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Peter and Paul played keyboards on Bowie's "Subterraneans."

Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link

(this is why ILM is still around)

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Vince Hilliare - once played for Portsmouth. These days he is a football pundit on Portsmouth's Quay 107.4 radio station.

DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:54 (seventeen years ago) link

it was confusing at the time as 'Do' (short for doreen) was billy corkhill's wife in BROOKSIDE so i always thought that maybe john marsh was talking about multiple characters. but "chris and do"..no there wasn't a chris.

pisces (piscesx), Friday, 9 June 2006 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Kym Mazelle = disco diva ("Young Hearts Run Free"; also did songs with Soul II Soul & Blow Monkeys)

Mork & Mindy = Robin Williams sit-com from late-70's; spun off from "Happy Days)

Zippy = the cartoon pinhead (ably drawn by Bill Griffith)

hank (hank s), Friday, 9 June 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

Zippy <> cartoon pinhead.

Zippy = weird puppet thing from UK kids' TV Show "Rainbow". Follows on immediately to Bungle (the bear) and Jeffrey (the human). Segue into Jeffrey Archer for comedy effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n4iqocDXr4

Hoovooloo, Monday, 30 July 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link

it's plain to see - blue is blue and it always will be

still baffling.

pisces, Monday, 30 July 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link

six months pass...

it's plain to see - blue is blue and it always will be

still baffling.

-- pisces, Monday, 30 July 2007 21:25

STILL baffling.

pisces, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:20 (sixteen years ago) link

The Tory Party.

Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link

yes.

Mark G, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:32 (sixteen years ago) link

ah. really?!

pisces, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Bigger question: Does it matter?

Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:12 (sixteen years ago) link

Yes.

David Cameron is currently attempting to bag the next General Election by doing his best to pretend that blue is not blue. If enough people are fooled the Child Catcher will slam the door shut and civilisation will go back to the thirteenth century, only quicker.

Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:26 (sixteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

so who the feck are "little neepsie" and "chris & do"? how does nobody know, after all this time?

also, Wiki mentions Freddie Krueger - is he mentioned in a different version? I can't hear him on mine.

also also, i feel a POLL coming on...

CharlieNo4, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A25325615

Helpful link.

Mark G, Thursday, 16 October 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link

how come i always remember this tune mentioning wincy willis? did i imagine it? if so wtf?

or something, Thursday, 16 October 2008 11:12 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

little neepsie? anyone?

piscesx, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link

there's an article online, maybe on the beloved website where he explains all the references. some of them were friends.

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link

"There's also props to friends of the band ("Little Neepsie, Chris, and Do"), and Marsh's bandmate Waddington and his girlfriend ("Steve and Claire") — the latter providing a suitable rhyme for the inclusion of Fred Astaire."

http://writatlarge.blogspot.com/2010/05/hear-again-happiness.html

I'm sure I read that in an article posted on the Beloved site but I can't find it now.

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link

two years pass...

nice to see Kym Mazelle trending on Twitter and (apparently) on uk tv this very evening.

piscesx, Saturday, 6 April 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link

not for her. went on 'the voice' and didn't get through. seems like a gamble that was barely worth taking.

So: The Answers (or something), Saturday, 6 April 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link

Lucky escape if you ask me.

Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 6 April 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link

seven years pass...

Just arrived in Cornwall 🙂. #Happiness2020 Released August 7th pic.twitter.com/AkC1BOH9rA

— jon marsh (@deepoking) July 28, 2020

piscesx, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link

(Special Edition on the way..)

https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beloved-happiness-2cd-deluxe/

piscesx, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link

Awesome! Sometimes I feel like I'm not just the only one that loves this record but also that loves "Conscience" and "X."

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link

I love the Beloved, all the albums, and just about all of the 12" remixes too. Jon Marsh is a great guy on social media. Providing lots of fan support through answering questions and offering up rare mixes / etc.

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link

their RSD release last year was very fondly received by me, if seemingly nobody else

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link


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