Viv Stanshall - Terry Keeps His Clips On

[Belledemure]

Do you know the URL of the back ground image of Viv smiling which is copy writed with viewimages? I'd love to use it as my background...

[terrypussypower]

This fits me to a TEE!..

[MorganBonny]

@TheAlienesque Ha, yes, I've heard that! I have a friend who is British & we completely baffled some nearby people by having a conversation that ran something like:"It's none of your business whether I'm wearing pants or not." "I don't care if you're wearing pants, so long as you're wearing trousers, it's good enough for me." "Well obviously I'm wearing those." "But not pants." "That's none of your business!" Women's underwear is often called 'panties' here, too, which only adds to the confusion

[PassiveSmoking]

Am I the only one that keeps hearing "With my new Toshiba" instead? 

[kristoscan]

viv and roy wood oy!!! cn ya imagine the damage viv and moonie did physical and otherwise? hows bout he and capt bffheart were phone buds,oh boy. miss u viv!

[McChickie03]

Love Vivian! :)

[robcmoseley]

Trouser security was a priority for my Grandad. He usually wore belt, braces ..... and cycle clips.

[Pi227ths]

help me pull them up'; they're saggin'

guess it's agin' or hmmm a fig leaf of my mind

[Pi227ths]

help me pull them up'; they;re saggin'

[TheScolin]

All the wosp`s can piss orf ...............

[MorganBonny]

Do pardon my ignorance, but as eccentrically interesting, amusing and catchy as this song is, the meaning is chiefly lost on me as here in America 'clips' is not a common term, or at least, I haven't heard it. What does this refer to? Are clips suspenders (I believe they're called braces in Britain)? Or blousing-garters? Or what? Just curious. Very odd little song - I like it though.

Cheers and thank you!

~MorganBonny

[FullersDuck]

@MorganBonny 'Clips' means bicycle clips. I'm not sure if this is a peculiarly British device. Bicycle clips are worn just above the ankle to prevent trouser bottoms from being caught in the chain. They seem to be an object of ridicule these days, for some unfathomable reason. I have a pair of luminous green ones. People sometimes tuck their trousers into their socks. Do you call them something else in the States, if indeed you have them at all?

Hope this helps!

[MorganBonny]

@FullersDuck It did indeed help!Thank you.If they exist in the States, I have never seen them, though I can't profess to having examined bicyclists ankles much. However, the military(and thus myself)use something called blousing garters or boot bands to secure the bottoms of uniform trousers in much the same way.These are passed around the ankle over the socks & the trousers are then tucked up under them preventing the creepy crafters from crawling up your trousers or any other such misfortunes.

[MorganBonny]

@FullersDuck There is also something called 'pant clips' here in the States, which follow the same general idea. These elastic bands clip to the bottoms of the trousers and pass under the foot, useful for dancers, motorcyclists, those riding horseback or anyone else who has struggled with tucking trouser legs into boots or having their trousers ride up the sides of their legs. I imagine we borrowed the idea from you blokes across the Pond and adapted it?

[MorganBonny]

@FullersDuck I suppose I could be called as strange as poor Terry (or Viv Stanshall's beard), as I often wear my blousing garters out of uniform, such as when I'm riding my bike or going out in the woods, so it seems we're achieving the same effect by different means,typical of our countries.Mind, I also get looked at rather strangely when I refer to what I'm wearing as 'trousers' rather than the more American term 'pants', so perhaps I'm simply too British, if such a thing can be. (Surely not!)

[MorganBonny]

@FullersDuck Anyway, thank you muchly for the help, I apologise for the multiple replies - character limit, you know -, and if you'll permit me to say so, I'm sure you look quite dashing in your luminous green clips and let no one tell you any different.

Cheers from America!

~MorganBonny

[davo7461]

Yes...Thats Roy Wood...you could hear a lot of Viv`s influence in the Wizzard material...especially the album stuff and the b-sides...in fact the Wizzard stage shows often resembled the Bonzo`s in every way shape and form....God bless Roy Wood and God rest Vivian Stanshall...2 genius`s...me thinks...listen to Wizzards `Rob roys nightmare`...its pure Stanshall...xxx

[KILZONEant]

Terryiffic !

[CortxVortx]

The Fuhrer of Rawlinson End had a bladder like a zeppelin and an aim like the rapid escape of a serpent.

[majorwedgey]

face of bow keep your clips on ? 1

[joakorush2112]

Wow Vivian and Keith moon

[captainkundalini1]

Ooooo those mellifuous tones. Fair makes me want belch. It's all in the plumbing you know. Vivian painted songs. Onto our imaginations.

[Jonchess1]

You can trust a man who tucks his shirt in his underpants!

[OrpheusIsThe1]

@Jonchess1 Apart from john major.

[Njal55]

Brilliant!

[grandier3]

When he mows the Grass...

Protects his private parts...

[nissaki63]

No sense in wasting space, bags of calcium and goodness in the buggers...

[tittetybumpety]

lovely stuff

[chargles]

Viv Stanshall, great English eccentric. Thanks for posting this, priceless!

[Belisarius1978]

She remembered the time Mr Cumberpatch had fallen badly in the orchard and broken his leg. Why Henry fairly raced back to the house for his pistol. He couldnt bear to see even the lowliest of creatures in pain.

[puniks2112]

You should have seen my sprouts when Baron Tossed-Off the ruined Pole kicked it .....

[LondonDada]

@Belisarius1978 He always wore bicycle clips when mowing the lawn... said it keeps a lot of 'em (wasps) out.