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Blank_Frank · Post by **Blank_Frank** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:05 pm

Is it Gottfried Leibniz? As in "I had a really bad case of the Gottfrieds last night"?

The Fex · Post by **The Fex** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:05 pm

I'm off on a tangent. Apparently, 'Thrupenny Bits' is the Cockney rhyming standard for 'tits'. Alternatives include Brace and Bits, Brad Pitts, Eartha Kitts, Bacon Bits and Chuffedterbits.

1,000 tangent points if you can tell me the one I just thought of....

Blank_Frank · Post by **Blank_Frank** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:06 pm

Did I just think of it before you?

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:06 pm

He made his name by taking bland, forgettable British pop and 'soul' numbers and, in a clever twist, made them even blander and more forgettable - usually by just adding a brass section, or some generic 60's drum beat, or some such.

The article that reminded me of him was ironically (I assume) named after a Smiths song, the title of which describes the absolute antihesis of this waster of our precious oxygen. Said article was published today.

The Fex · Post by **The Fex** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:07 pm

Jinx....

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:07 pm

The Fex wrote:I'm off on a tangent. Apparently, 'Thrupenny Bits' is the Cockney rhyming standard for 'tits'. Alternatives include Brace and Bits, Brad Pitts, Eartha Kitts, Bacon Bits and Chuffedterbits.

1,000 tangent points if you can tell me the one I just thought of....

Going for a Brad or an Eartha is going for a shit.

Don't know I ever heard those used for 'tits'.

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:10 pm

It seems he can't play the guitar without constantly looking at what his hands are doing, like he's only just been shown how to do it. His strumming technique might be described as 'air wanking'.

The Fex · Post by **The Fex** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:10 pm

robojam wrote:Going for a Brad and an Eartha is going for a shit.

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/T
Tell them!

Blank_Frank · Post by **Blank_Frank** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:11 pm

hakey wrote:He made his name by taking bland, forgettable British pop and 'soul' numbers and, in a clever twist, made them even blander and more forgettable - usually by just adding a brass section, or some generic 60's drum beat, or some such.

The article that reminded me of him was ironically (I assume) named after a Smiths song, the title of which describes the absolute antihesis of this waster of our precious oxygen. Said article was published today.

Mark Ronson?

The Fex · Post by **The Fex** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:11 pm

hakey wrote:It seems he can't play the guitar without constantly looking at his hands

Neither can I, and I've been playing for thirty years. Wanna make something of it?

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:15 pm

Blank_Frank wrote:Mark Ronson?

Yep, can't stand the c**t.

Punchable:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... ark-ronson

Here's the article. The comments below are worth reading for a chuckle:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/ma ... -interview

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:17 pm

The Fex wrote:
hakey wrote:It seems he can't play the guitar without constantly looking at his hands
Neither can I, and I've been playing for thirty years. Wanna make something of it?

What even when just strumming a simple chord?

Blank_Frank · Post by **Blank_Frank** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:18 pm

Bugger. I thought it might be. OK, give me a few minutes...

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:19 pm

hakey wrote:He made his name by taking bland, forgettable British pop and 'soul' numbers and, in a clever twist, made them even blander and more forgettable - usually by just adding a brass section, or some generic 60's drum beat, or some such.

Still sounds like Jonathan King...

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:20 pm

The cockerney rhyming slang is 'Ronson lighter'. 'Up Yer Ronson' was the club night in Leeds I mentioned.

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