“Vivian Stanshall, about three o'clock in the morning, Oxfordshire, 1973, goodnight…”
Tubular Bells: The original version of the Sailor's Hornpipe
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Vivian "Viv" Stanshall, nato Victor Anthony Stanshall , è stato un cantante, pittore e poeta inglese.
È famoso per essere stato membro della Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band e dei Grimms e per la sua surreale esplorazione della borghesia britannica in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, nonché per la celebre parte del "maestro di cerimonie" che annuncia gli strumenti in Tubular Bells di Mike Oldfield.
Stanshall è morto nel 1995 carbonizzato dopo un incendio nel suo appartamento di Londra. Sebbene Stanshall spesso fumasse e bevesse a letto e desse anche fuoco alla sua lunga barba, preoccupando sua moglie e gli amici, il medico legale scoprì che l'incendio era stato causato da un impianto elettrico difettoso situato vicino al letto. Wikipedia

“Vivian Stanshall, about three o'clock in the morning, Oxfordshire, 1973, goodnight…”
Tubular Bells: The original version of the Sailor's Hornpipe
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“Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.”
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Do have an unusual day, won't you?”
Essex Teenager to Renaissance man
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“If you are normal, I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life”
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
“If I had all the money I've spent on drink — I'd spend it on drink.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“earnestly humming on his way”
John Peel Sessions 1975-1991
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“If you're going to say anything filthy, please speak clearly.”
Message on his answering machine
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“Why can't I be different and original, like everybody else?”
Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead
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“Mercifully, Henry hit him with the soft end of the pistol.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Do you know what a palmist once said to me? She said: WILL YOU LET GO!”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“The gutters leaked like secrets, and the rain rained rain like rain…”
opening of side 2)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“I studied the swell of her enormous breasts and I said: "Baby you're so far ahead it's beautiful"”
Big Shot
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Origine: http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band:Big_Shot
“Gentlemen, I am a bulldog, and you will find my bark is worse!”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Wrestled Anaconda and she's a big girl”
John Peel Sessions 1975-1991
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“Normally I pack a rod; in pyjamas I carry nothing but scars from Normandy Beach”
Big Shot
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Origine: http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band:Big_Shot
“And, looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes. Nice!”
The Intro and the Outro
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“That was inedible muck, and there wasn't enough of it.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
Dot dot dot.
opening of side 1
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Viv Stanshall? I didn't know that.”
Icy Gull on NSC
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