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Fri 30 Apr, 2004 05:41 pm
i'm a big fan of weddings, parties, anything
but i need to know, what does the title "ticket in tatts" mean, the lyric is
"i'm ten cents short of a dollar, but i feel like a man, with a ticket in tatts"
and in the song "the scorn of the women", what does the line about "a white feather he recieves in the mail", mean
thanks for any help
ticket in tatts is referring to a lottery game called tatts lotto.
I don't know the song with the white feather you're referring to, but my only frame of reference for recieving a white feather is a military one. It was sent to people as an accusation of cowardice.
The story of the band is a real rags to riches one. They were a group who played at functions denoted by their name "Weddings, parties, anything" for years. Then they recorded a song called "Fathers Day", and suddenly they were on the charts and won a music industry award. I remember seeing them collecting it and they were nothing short of gobsmacked.
thank you, i figured the tatts had to be a lottery and the feather as symbol of cowardice fits the song perfectly
djjd
How does someone from the great white north become a big fan of Weddings, Parties & Everything? Just curious ...
i often buy music by intuition, and one day i found a cassette copy of "the big don't argue" and bought it
fell in love at first listen, managed to find cassettes of "roaring days" and "no show without punch" and later got cd's of "fathers day" and "they were better live"
I see ... They were a much loved local group here in Melbourne.
i'm a bit of an (what's the australian equivelent of an anglophile), anyway, interested in australian culture and arts
have seen, a country practice, richmond hill, the flying doctors, mother and son and yes neighbours
as well a few good movies, the getting of wisdom, picture show man, my brilliant career, gallipoli
Ah, I see!
Don't you think Mother & son was just brilliant? We have had so many replays on the ABC I've lost count.
Do you see all the shows you mentioned on cable?
And have you seen Lantana? In my humble opinion just about the best oz film in years. Very, very good!
no actually all the tv shows were shown on the cbc (canada's state funded network)
mother ansd son was brilliant, i taped about a dozen episodes and if i want a really good laugh i'll pop it in
haven't seen that particular one, i'll keep my eyes open
This might interest you, djjd:
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3605
It's a thread on Oz films from a while back.
thanks, i'll check it out
just out of curriosity, what time is it in australia now
it's friday april 30th 11:27pm in ontario
It's about 1:30 pm, Saturday 1st of May, in beautiful downtown Melbourne. A freezing, cold day. Did you ever hear the Crowded House song - 4 Seasons in One day? It was written about Melbourne. We have crazy weather!
But great bands!
i've heard the song, the weather here can be pretty strange to, in the last four days we've had snow, and lows of 0 celsius at night and highs of 27, go figure
Have you heard of Paul Kelly, djjd? If so, do you like his music? I'm a big fan.
is that paul kelly and the messengers, if so i've heard some of his stuff but not really familiar
i also like hunters and collectors, but hard to find their stuff now
And just Paul Kelly, and paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls.
djjd
Hunters & Collectors are now just a memory ... defunct!
Paul Kelly's music is wonderful ... Try Comedy, it's a really good CD.
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