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Posted by tolhurst (U6377463) on Tuesday, 24th November 2009
"Heligoland" - I hear that's what Massive Attack's new album is to be called(!)
What, as in "this album sounds like the British have blown half of it up to smithereens?"
That's a Massive Attack and no mistake!
I was so bowled over by the oddity of this title I made a new thread for it.
Could it be half the band exist 1000 feet above the other half? or are they waiting for the underground rock 'n' rollers, the Red Cliffs of Sylt, to join them to form a supergroup?
Now I can't edit or delete.
Can someone reactively merge this thread into the Des PΓͺches Mode one?
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Posted by Mike, Wivenhoe (U7622871) on Wednesday, 25th November 2009
'Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel' by Duane Eddy.
Very silly indeed.
'Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel' by Duane Eddy. Β
Descriptive, at least.
Has anyone ever produced a record called "Bornholm"?
And now the group says they think of Heligoland as a peaceful place.
They can't know their history!
"From 1945 to 1952 the uninhabited Heligoland islands were used as a bombing range. On 18 April 1947, the Royal Navy detonated 6,800 tonnes of explosives ("Big Bang" or "British Bang"), creating one of the biggest non-nuclear single detonations in history. While aiming at the fortifications, the island's total destruction would have been accepted. The blow shook the main island several miles down to its base, changing its shape (the Mittelland was created).
In 1952, the islands were restored to the German authorities, who had to clear a huge amount of undetonated ammunition, landscape the main island, and rebuild the houses before it could be resettled."
So a British group called "Massive Attack" releases a record called "Heligoland"?
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Posted by MattInGreenwich (U14035413) on Monday, 25th January 2010
Yan (tongue firmly in cheek/?) revealed the other week that new British Sea Power lp is to be called Tongo Mongo.
We could at least have some consensus on how to pronounce it properly. There have been many attempts sounding suspiciously close to Lego Land (Hello, Matt Everitt). The name always reminds me of studying for my Higher History 26 years ago: not sure if that is a good thing, or a bad thing.
I'll not mention the time our Gid pronounced Nijmegen as, ahem, 'Noodge maggen'. That wouldn't be fair.
I like "Legoland".
Couldn't we just name it after its sea area and thus think of it as a kind of Von Donalds Hamburger Bar or German *Bite*?
I really think Nidgemeggen is a nidge too far, though Gid's other language skills are strong to the Finnish.
As for the pronunciation of "Nij", I believe it to be very close to the first syllable of the surname of Bill Nighy. All clear then.
I was wondering about any other deliberate peacetime explosions, but Heligoland really stands out from all other non-atomic ones AFAIK. All the more confusing why a group called Massive Attack should even contemplate releasing a record with the title!
...a *British* group called Massive Attack!
I spent a few weeks in Arnhem once, just down the road, and I have a Dutch friend who is studying at the University in Nijmegen... I can confirm that it is pronounced something like nigh-may-gan (bearing in mind that I may lack the subtleties of the Dutch accent).
One of the bravest album names is by Fiona Apple;
When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he'll win the whole thing 'fore he enters the ring
There's no body to batter when your mind is your might
So when you go solo, you hold your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land
And if you fall it won't matter, cuz you'll know that you're right
It is not Nooge Maggen then. Now they tell me.
I put all my energy into Kirkaldy.
apologies to Kirkcaldy?
As for "Kirkaldy", I thought "the silence of the "c"" was a French novel myself!
Frankie Goes To Hollywood released an album called "Liverpool". Just thank your lucky stars they weren't from Uusikaupunki ("New Town").
Mind you, the "punki" bit could be good!
For pronunciation tips for Nijmegen, simply watch the magnificent 'A Bridge Too Far'. For Kirkcaldy, ask a local: it then sounds more like 'Kir-kiddi'. I am reminded of the amusing episode in an Irvine Welsh book where a young lady from Kirkcaldy is known as 'Michelle the Fifer'.
As you were.
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