Monday 1 February 2010

Lullaby of Broadway



More years than I care to remember I lived in a tumbledown house in Kennington (inner south London for those unacquainted...) There were six bedrooms over four floors and an indeterminate collection of permanent and temporary residents. We once had a complete rock band fom Hull resident on the living room floor but that's another story. Anyway, we inevitably had a huge pool of rock albums, one or two classical albums that sneaked in one way and the other and a black vinyl version of Lullaby of Broadway from Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1935. I haven't a clue where it came from but when people came back over refreshed on the turntable it would go! Quality!


A random factoid I was told by a Crystal Palace supporter yesterday: Neil Warnock (the Crystal Palace manager for the footballingly challenged) is an anagram of Colin Wanker. I have double checked this. It's true.



Erm... Colin Wanker

8 comments:

KAZ said...

My gran took me to see the Doris Day film of the same title. My first time in the cinema. Brilliant.
Britney Spears - Presbyterians.

JoJo said...

Weren't the gold diggers also associated with Dean Martin?

Hey, guess what book arrived today from Amazon.com and is in my backpack? ;) I can't decide if I should give it to hubby for his b-day next week (meaning I won't get to read it till he's done), or just delve into it when I finish "The Lost Symbol".

justsomethoughts... said...

these nuggets are why i kep coming back

Petit fleur said...

Oh. I like old music too.

Wanker?

tony said...

Many Of Our leaders Are 'Colin's..........

tony said...

P.S. (I like this game!)
Fabio Cappello ='ciao flappable'
!(it dont mean much now.but just wait untill after The World Cup!)

white rabbit said...

KAZ - Most people seem to remember the first film they saw. In my case it was 'The Student Prince'. I must have been 3 at the time.

JoJo - Mr Google says yes re Dean Martin. Didn't know that! Wow! as regards book. I await your comments with trepidation.

Mr Thoughts - we do our humble best...

Little Flower - see above ;)

Tony - I think we have new rhyming slang here. As in 'He's a bit of a Colin' - like 'He's a bit of a merchant'

;)

Petit fleur said...

Yea, that's what I thought... I was just wondering why he was a wanker I guess, since I don't really know of him. Silly me.