Bardon Me?
Aunty Bill
What is your favourite Shakespeare Play? I have you down as a Macbeth fan but my mate Jack reckons you are favourite is The Six Million Dollar Man.
Which is it?
Thick Sid, Tetbury
Aunty Bill Replies;
Fellas,
Not being one for the great Bard I’m afraid I can’t pick a favourite. I quite liked “Last of the Mohicans Summer Wine” which I saw as a damning indictment of the treatment of the elderly being uprooted from their established communities and plonked in the countryside to get on with it and also “Cider with Rosie”,the sad tale of a once promising basket weaver and his spiral into drink addled madness.
Much preferred “Shakespeare’s Sister” – she could hold a tune and her ability to play both the Jews harp and the sackbut at the same time earned her the plaudits of all who saw her play – bit one dimensional but hey! Its only rock & roll and I like it like it yes I do!
Check out “Hormonally Yours”& “Sacred Heart”, both shining examples of the genre and both heavy on the spoons – another area where she excelled. Of no particular interest is the title track from Sacred Heart which features a five minute extended Jews harp workout– phew! Can that girl play……
The late great Bernie Winters credits her with influencing his move away from “comedy” to a more “musical”orientated approach to trying to screw a few bob out of the public.
Rock on Tommy!
Aunty Bill
