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Post by Timeblue on Nov 15, 2019 22:29:39 GMT
Hey, you didn't even give me time to answer! Exactly, that's how you say it. It's even used in figurative sense in the same way it is used in English. So if you said that to whoever,would they know that it means 'I'm pissed'?
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 15, 2019 22:32:30 GMT
Did you vote? You can vote for more than one if you want to.
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 15, 2019 22:36:00 GMT
Hey, you didn't even give me time to answer! Exactly, that's how you say it. It's even used in figurative sense in the same way it is used in English. So if you said that to whoever,would they know that it means 'I'm pissed'? Uhm, then maybe I don't know all the ways it's used in English. No, it wouldn't mean "pissed" or "angry". It works like unomusette used it, to refer for example to when a team is well coordinated and each one knows it's roles very well, or when a mechanism works fluently and well, or when someone is used to performing a task and does it very efficiently.
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Post by unomusette on Nov 15, 2019 23:18:04 GMT
Oooh, didn't know you could vote twice, I've gone for "Let's 'ave ya!" as my serious choice. I was sneakily using both versions of "well oiled" of course, both as a tip top team and for the excessive influence of booze. After reading Helmut83's interesting Argie saying about cats crossing a stream in the FOON thread I expect there is something creative in his language to cover the drunken state
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Post by Grroosss on Nov 16, 2019 0:40:19 GMT
"Mascara!" He says "I messed up" backward This really should be in with the other answer choices, tried it last night and it sounds as much like that as any of the other options.
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 16, 2019 0:41:20 GMT
Going off at a tangent... some mixes of 'Hello My Old Friend' has Jeff saying something like 'yep' at the beginning but to me it sounds like 'I'll have fish and chips but no scraps please' can anyone enlighten me?
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Post by BIuebird on Nov 16, 2019 1:19:57 GMT
Someone should have asked Jeff for the answer on the radio show last night! It's a pity we didn't think of it sooner. I listened again, and I honestly have no flipping idea what he's saying. "Let's have ya!" is probably the closest to what I hear.
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Post by BSJ on Nov 16, 2019 2:32:05 GMT
Yes, well you need to have a system. BSJ and I are like a well oiled machine - and after sinking a bunch of cheap we are usually extremely well oiled Me Toots!
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Post by Grroosss on Nov 16, 2019 8:05:48 GMT
While we're talking about what we think is shouted at the beginning of Birmingham Blues... does anyone know what is shouted at the end of Birmingham Blues?
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 16, 2019 8:18:55 GMT
While we're talking about what we think is shouted at the beginning of Birmingham Blues... does anyone know what is shouted at the end of Birmingham Blues? “Could be the same, but you know it’s got a different name, people and places” is what I hear.
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Post by Grroosss on Nov 16, 2019 9:48:45 GMT
While we're talking about what we think is shouted at the beginning of Birmingham Blues... does anyone know what is shouted at the end of Birmingham Blues? “Could be the same, but you know it’s got a different name, people and places” is what I hear. Yeah, I hear that too. But I was talking about the shout right after "but you know it's got a different name", about 20 seconds from the end of the song.
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Post by unomusette on Nov 16, 2019 21:19:43 GMT
I'm going for "random encouraging shout" at the end, never heard any words to it. But of course it could be a sneaky reverse message....
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Post by Grroosss on Nov 17, 2019 5:01:27 GMT
Going off at a tangent... some mixes of 'Hello My Old Friend' has Jeff saying something like 'yep' at the beginning but to me it sounds like 'I'll have fish and chips but no scraps please' can anyone enlighten me? It's "thank you for listening" backwards.
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Post by dillwyn on Nov 17, 2019 12:02:29 GMT
No Brit would use the term Soccer (yes I appreciate it was termed by the same guy who formulated the rules in response to 'Rugger') BUT it is Football even the way Birmingham City play it
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 20, 2019 5:14:50 GMT
Well, I think we have a good enough numbers of votes now, so it's time to close the poll. As we all know for a fact, majorities are always right, so we can finally say without shadow of a doubt that what Jeff Lynne shouted at the beginning of "Birmingham Blues" is " let's have ya!". The mystery has finally been revealed, and at this very place, no less. Other very reasonable options that got a number of votes were " play soccer!", given the Brummie genius' love for the beautiful game, and " Mascara!", which would have been logical to anyone who is aware of Jeff "Lord Dame" Lynne's fondness for having this cosmetic applied to his face by skillful hands. " Yes, I got!" also got some votes, as did " a special dedication to me that no one else understands" (lunatics who voted for this option shall remain anonym, unless they decide to cross me anytime soon). Thanks to all who participated!
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