| Aug-04-20 | | NARC: I really like todays pun. |
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Aug-04-20
 | | FSR: The pun was too obscure for me. A Google search revealed these lyrics: https://genius.com/Led-zeppelin-sta... |
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Aug-04-20
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Um, about today's pun, uh--what does it mean? |
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Aug-04-20
 | | Phony Benoni: <An English,am> Good Morning. It's a line from the lyrics to "Stairway to Heaven", which FSR posted: I don't see the actual lyrics there, though, so try: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/led... The line in question is:
<If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now..." > What it actually means is quite another question. |
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| Aug-04-20 | | nalinw: I got the reference .... but had to refresh my memory about the definition of the Hedgehog Opening .... great pun .... |
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| Aug-04-20 | | jith1207: Goa is a nice old Portuguese town of 16th century, that's one of the most famous summer tourist destinations in India now, boasting some 100 beaches, cathedrals, forts and architecture from that age. |
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| Aug-04-20 | | Ratt Boy: About the pun: just…wow. |
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| Aug-04-20 | | areknames: One of the best puns ever and a beautifully executed game. Great stuff, and well done <thegoldenband>! |
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Aug-04-20
 | | OhioChessFan: A little bit strained, but still a terrific pun. |
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| Aug-04-20 | | mjmorri: Not a huge Zep fan, but the pun jumped right out at me. Chesswise, I have always had difficulty playing the hedgehog formation with the black pieces. After achieving the desired formation, I seem to reach a middlegame Zugzwang where any move I make causes my position to collapse. |
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Aug-04-20
 | | HeMateMe: "And she's buyyyyying a pawn chain, to heavvvven..." |
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Aug-04-20
| | An Englishman: Good Evening: Thanks for the explanation, all. Have heard that song hundreds if not thousands of times and still missed the pun. Perhaps our most convoluted ever, but rather brilliant. |
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| Aug-04-20 | | thegoldenband: Thanks, all, for the compliments!
I particularly had the position after 27. Qh6 in mind, when a neophyte might conceivably think Russell has penetrated Black's hedgehog formation, and a winning attack is about to begin. But no, 26...g6 wasn't a desperate move that opened up a dangerous hole, but merely a "spring clean for the MKA queen". Mr. Russell still had time to change the road he was on, but after 29. e5 he had surely bought himself a stairway to chess heaven, as White's position disintegrates faster than a ring of smoke through the trees... |
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| Aug-04-20 | | TheBish: Fantastic pun, gave me a good chuckle. I hope someday to be so clever! I remember hearing in a "rockumentary" that Robert Plant wasn't particularly proud of the quirky lyrics. But they work for the song, frequently at #1 on top rock song polls. Plant came to dread being required to perform the song at every concert, but reluctantly did so at their 1988 reunion.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/... Here's an interesting explanation and interpretation of the lyrics to "Stairway to Heaven" (including "bustle in your hedgerow): http://flyinbrianrobinson.blogspot.... |
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Aug-04-20
| | HeMateMe: Robert Plant: "There's only so many times you can sing it and MEAN it." |
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| Aug-05-20 | | TheBish: "For Plant, the legacy of Led Zeppelin was an albatross around his neck that seems to grow bigger every year. He’d released four solo albums by that point and had carved out a nice post-Zeppelin career. The last thing he wanted to do was deliver the lines “if there’s a bustle in your hedgerow” as if they still meant something to him." (From the Rolling Stone article, link posted in my previous post.) |
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Aug-05-20
| | HeMateMe: Page wanted to have a short tour after the huge positive reaction of their 50th anniversary concerts at the O2 arena in London. Plant though, is done with touring with Led Zeppelin. He has $300M in the bank, doesn't need the money, his heirs don't need the money. Apparently as songwriters Page and Plant had nothing left to give after 1980, writing songs in the Led Zeppelin mode. It's a shame, as a new Led Zep album, new material, would have made touring relevant again, they would not have just been a 70s juke box. But, their last collaboration <Walking to Clarksdale> was a critical and commercial failure. It was time to retire Zeppelin and the Page/Plant writing team. |
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