“Vivian Stanshall, about three o'clock in the morning, Oxfordshire, 1973, goodnight…”
Tubular Bells: The original version of the Sailor's Hornpipe
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Vivian Stanshall: 37 quotes15 likes
Famous Vivian Stanshall Quotes
“If I had all the money I've spent on drink — I'd spend it on drink.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“If you are normal, I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life”
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
“Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.”
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
Vivian Stanshall Quotes
“If you're going to say anything filthy, please speak clearly.”
Message on his answering machine
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“Why can't I be different and original, like everybody else?”
Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead
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“Mercifully, Henry hit him with the soft end of the pistol.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Do you know what a palmist once said to me? She said: WILL YOU LET GO!”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“The gutters leaked like secrets, and the rain rained rain like rain…”
opening of side 2)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“I studied the swell of her enormous breasts and I said: "Baby you're so far ahead it's beautiful"”
Big Shot
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Source: http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band:Big_Shot
“Gentlemen, I am a bulldog, and you will find my bark is worse!”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Normally I pack a rod; in pyjamas I carry nothing but scars from Normandy Beach”
Big Shot
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Source: http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band:Big_Shot
“And, looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes. Nice!”
The Intro and the Outro
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“That was inedible muck, and there wasn't enough of it.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
Dot dot dot.
opening of side 1
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party …”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“I don't know what I want, but I want it NOW!”
prescient of the Sex Pistols: "I don't know what I want but I know how to get it."
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Fear is the root of all courage”
???Rev. Slodden, Rawlinson End
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“I'm going to rhino over your lino”
We Were Wrong
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Source: http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band:We_Were_Wrong
observing a hang glider pilot
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
