origins of the fair play to the queen
category: general [glöplog]
I've just accidentally discovered where the name Fair Play To The Queen came from! Maybe.
From Eddie Izzard's "Dress To Kill" tour, 1996 (or 1998 depending on who you read):
eddie izzard ftw.
From Eddie Izzard's "Dress To Kill" tour, 1996 (or 1998 depending on who you read):
Quote:
In Britain we don't win many gold medals at the Olympics... We've chosen not to! It's a political statement! Because we hate our national anthem. Because it's 'God Save the Queen,' you see? 'God Save the Queen.' Now the Queen lives in a very big house, she has barbed wire outside, and people with guns in front of that. That's one saved fucking queen, I'll tell you! That's the problem! She's overly saved! She has no idea of the struggle of human existence. We have to work for a living, raise a family... we don't have nannies all running around the place. It's what you've got to do in your life, you know? So it's 'God Save the Queen.' No! It's too saved. It's 'God Attack the Queen,' that's what it should be! [singing] 'God attack the Queen, send big dogs after her that bite her bum. Let them chase after her and rip her knickers off...' That'd be fantastic! Then she'd have to fight the crazy dog with a handbag with a brick inside of it.
'Crazy dog! Crazy dog!'
'Arrgghh, kill the Queen!'
'No — crazy dog!'
And maybe she'd kill the crazy dog and everyone in Britain would go, 'Hey, fair play to the Queen — killed the crazy dog.' And the Queen would have self-respect for the first time in her life! Yes. It would work. It'd be fantabulous.
eddie izzard ftw.
Cool! More demo references to commonly read or heard stuff is in Passengers by 3 little elks which refers to the Sandman comic.
-Do you wanna play ball
-No thank you I'm feeding the pigeons
-I'm not afraid of these skulls and altars and shit.
etc
-Do you wanna play ball
-No thank you I'm feeding the pigeons
-I'm not afraid of these skulls and altars and shit.
etc
Heh, I heard that but I thought 'Fair play to the queen' was a Brittish expression or something :)
Eddie Izzard is indeed awesome and I think I have seen 'Dress To Kill' over a dozen times. :)
Dinglebert Slaptybags!
Eddie Izzard is indeed awesome and I think I have seen 'Dress To Kill' over a dozen times. :)
Dinglebert Slaptybags!
Okay, so in the same spirit, I just figured out recently that "Electrik kool-aid" (from the Synesthetics demo) seems to be the name of famous drug parties with loud rock music, easy babes, lusty males, and fluo body paintings. They were organised in the sixties/seventies by a bunch of wacky American LSD explorers.
Actually, electric kool-aid was kool-aid (a brand of lemonade) laced with acid.
The More You Know(tm).
The More You Know(tm).
Hahaha, yeah, I suspected something like that, since I knew about "kool-aid", the chemical "pour-and-drink" beverage... :)
While you're at it, google for "instant zen", "royal temple ball" and "aeon flux". Those dutch people sure like drugs.
'Tactical Battle Loop' is a UK garage underground version for the Amen beatloop.
Origins of Fair Play to the Queen and 90% of modern scene demos....
It wasn't until they released a demo called "Covered in bees" that I noticed, but now I realise that *all* Candela demo titles since 2005 are Eddie Izzard references. Word!
...do you have a flag?
"A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" are titles of Vernor Vinge sci-fi novels.
