Comments on: Continuity and Change in English Culture http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Roberts http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227685 Adam Roberts Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:11:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227685 Listening to the singer from that first video (as ian says: Tiny Tim, isnt it?) and suddenly the Goons make more sense. Listening to the singer from that first video (as ian says: Tiny Tim, isnt it?) and suddenly the Goons make more sense.

]]> By: TMH http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227674 TMH Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:32:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227674 The singer wasn't Tiny Tim but Jo Stafford in her guise as Darlene Edwards. (With band leader husband Paul Weston - aka Jonathan Edwards - she performed classic songs very badly but to great effect) The singer wasn’t Tiny Tim but Jo Stafford in her guise as Darlene Edwards. (With band leader husband Paul Weston – aka Jonathan Edwards – she performed classic songs very badly but to great effect)

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227559 Kieran Healy Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:26:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227559 Cheaper than I would have guessed. Cheaper than I would have guessed.

]]> By: kb http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227548 kb Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:17:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227548 hmm screwed up that link. <a href="http://www.classic-car-quest.co.uk/featuresitem.asp?feature=Flying+the+Channel.htm" rel="nofollow">try again </a> hmm screwed up that link.

try again

]]> By: kb http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227546 kb Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:15:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227546 "How much would that have cost back then?" According to <a href="http://www.classic-car-quest.co.uk/featuresitem.asp?feature=Flying+the+Channel.htm" here around £5 10s for a small car + £3 for an adult. So just short of the average weekly wage of around a tenner. “How much would that have cost back then?”

According to here around £5 10s for a small car + £3 for an adult.

So just short of the average weekly wage of around a tenner.

]]> By: ian http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227516 ian Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:12:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227516 I think it was Tiny Tim - an acquired taste... I think it was Tiny Tim – an acquired taste…

]]> By: Matthew Kuzma http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227507 Matthew Kuzma Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:41:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227507 I think I can safely say I've never heard a song sung entirely in falsetto by a woman before. It's like listening to a woman pretending to be a woman. That and her incessant use of tremolo go a long way toward making her sound exactly like a horse. I, for one, welcome an England without horse singers. I think I can safely say I’ve never heard a song sung entirely in falsetto by a woman before. It’s like listening to a woman pretending to be a woman. That and her incessant use of tremolo go a long way toward making her sound exactly like a horse.

I, for one, welcome an England without horse singers.

]]> By: aaron http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227491 aaron Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:42:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227491 did his face look bovvered to you? did his face look bovvered to you?

]]> By: stostosto http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227470 stostosto Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:05:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227470 <i>Continuity and Change in English Culture</i> Where's the change? Continuity and Change in English Culture

Where’s the change?

]]> By: leinad http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-227455 leinad Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:23:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/11/continuity-and-change-in-english-culture/#comment-227455 Like that last video is the best innit. Like that last video is the best innit.

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