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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so welcome to the world, yeah...
all you late-comers, just step onboard
i'm happy, glad you came
so welcome home again!

sometimes i feel we must be going mad

hello peter, hello paul
saints and sinners, welcome all
tommy cannon and bobby ball
hello, hello, hello, hello

consider, if you will
this great big question, unanswered still
oh, can you spot the difference that lies between
the colour blue and the colour green?

sometimes i feel we must be going mad

little richard, little nell
willy wonka and william tell
salman rushdie and kym mazelle
hello, hello, hello, hello...

so welcome to the team
oh, have you worked it out yet?
yeah - the riddle, i mean
what's the answer?
it's plain to see - blue is blue and it always will be

sometimes i feel that the whole world's going mad

mork and mindy, brian hayes
barry humphries and paris grey
little neepsie, chris and do
hello, hello, hello, hello...

billy corkhill, vince hilaire
freddie flintstone, fred astaire
desmond tutu, steve and claire
hello, hello, hello, hello...

charlie parker, charlie brown
leslie crowther, come on down
mary wilson, di and flo
hello, hello, hello, hello...

sir bufton tufton, jean paul sartre
zippy, bungle, jeffrey archer
andre previn and the lso
hello, hello, hello, hello...

hello!

― pisces (piscesx), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

What bits don't you understand?

― Who Are You... The Nerve... I Wanna Get Out, I Wanna Get Out (Dada), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

who is Little Nell?

too early for Little Mo alas

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

I love the bit when Marsh sings 'Kym Mazelle' and then in the background singing is...Kym Mazelle!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

i also don't know who the following people are:

brian hayes (altho it rings a bell)
little neepsie (is he just talking about a neep?)
chris and do
billy corkhill, vince hilaire (i've forgotten who vince hilaire is)
steve and claire (steve waddington and claire...jon's wife?)
mary wilson, di and flo
sir bufton tufton
andre previn (know the name but why?)

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:46 (nineteen years ago)

If it's not merely the Dickens' character then I'd guess it's the Little Nell who was in the film of "Rocky Horror" (and maybe "Jubilee"?) She was an Australian... errrrr... actress I suppose? Nell Campbell. She was an Olympic swimmer then she came to London and hung out with Andrew Logan and Derek Jarman and Duggie Fields and those sorts of pre-punk London hipsters.

― Who Are You... The Nerve... I Wanna Get Out, I Wanna Get Out (Dada), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:48 (nineteen years ago)

Andre Previn = Mia Farrow's husband! Also famous musician and conductor
Mary, Di and Flo = THE SUPREMES!!!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

I think Andre Previn has something to do with films.

(x-post)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:52 (nineteen years ago)

brian hayes = broadcaster, presented the Channel 4 version of "Points of View". Then he presented the afternoon show on Radio 5 (until Simon Mayo came along)

billy corkhill = from Brookside, ya daft la'

vince hilaire = footballer, Crystal Palace I think? Winger.

mary wilson = either from the Supremes or Harold Wilson's wife(!)

sir bufton tufton = a Private Eye invention, a sort of bluff right-wing Tory MP from the shires

andre previn = you're joking here aren't you?

― Who Are You... The Nerve... I Wanna Get Out, I Wanna Get Out (Dada), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:52 (nineteen years ago)

I would guess Nell Campbell for Little Nell, too.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:53 (nineteen years ago)

me = 1x well schooled

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

billy corkhill = from Brookside, ya daft la'

i know jimmy corkhill. who was billy?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

Little Nell/Nell Campbell also went on to run an achingly A-list nightclub in NYC called Nell's, which was at its zenith round about the time that "Hello" came out.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

xxxxpost
I always assumed that Brian Hayes referred to the radio presenter, now on BBC Five Live.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/presenters/media/hayes_pub1.jpg

Vince Hilaire was a footballer who played for Crystal Palace and Leeds amongst others.

Billy Corkhill was the Brookside character who married Sheila Grant.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

'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 (nineteen years ago)

What about Paris Grey?

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

Inner City vocalist

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

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

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

(this is why ILM is still around)

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

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (eighteen years ago)

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

still baffling.

― pisces, Monday, 30 July 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)

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 (eighteen years ago)

The Tory Party.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:27 (eighteen years ago)

yes.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:32 (eighteen years ago)

ah. really?!

― pisces, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:41 (eighteen years ago)

Bigger question: Does it matter?

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:12 (eighteen years ago)

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 (eighteen years ago)

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 (seventeen years ago)

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

Helpful link.

― Mark G, Thursday, 16 October 2008 11:01 (seventeen years ago)

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 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

little neepsie? anyone?

― piscesx, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:12 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

"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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (twelve years ago)

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 (twelve years ago)

Lucky escape if you ask me.

― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 6 April 2013 19:59 (twelve years ago)

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 (five years ago)

(Special Edition on the way..)

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

― piscesx, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:10 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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

― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 20:04 (five years ago)

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