With a list of famous people connected to the arts having connections to Watford growing longer all the time, I thought we needed a place to leave our literary offerings. We will be following such musical giants as Ginger Spice, Simon Le Bon, The Gallows, Henry Wood, LTJ Bukem and the piano player who helped the club a few years ago, actors Michael Bentine and Terry Scott and Ãsland's favourite banker Nick Leeson, not really in the arts but I think he has a good story to tell.
To start the thread moving I have murdered some of Bernie Taupin and Elton John's work. In the road of Tiny Dance for you I have Tubby Chancer Stanmore baby, worthless maybe, a conman in this land Empty eyed, pirate smile, you'll ruin a football club Red hat, you must have seen him dancing in the sand And now he's in there, always with us, tubby chancer ready to blub Watford freaks out in the street Handing tickets out for the match Turning back he just laughs The prison cell’s not that bad Worthless man he makes his stand In the court room Looking on he sings a song The lies he knows is the tune he hums From Lord Ashcroft it was such a steal Lying here when no one hears Only you and you can hear We don’t believe you anymore We’ll keep you close. You tubby chancer Count the safe keys on the office Put you away behind bars of iron You had a busy day today We’ll keep you close. You tubby chancer Count the safe keys on the office Put you away behind bars of iron You had a busy day today Stanmore baby, worthless maybe, a conman in this land Empty eyed, pirate smile, you'll ruin a football club Red hat, you must have seen him dancing in the sand And now he's in there, always with us, tubby chancer ready to blub Salad brothers want a feel Planning here without a fear Only you and you should fear them When I say they’ll get you We’ll keep you close. You tubby chancer Count the safe keys on the office Put you away behind bars of iron You had a busy day today We’ll keep you close. You tubby chancer Count the safe keys on the office Put you away behind bars of iron You had a busy day today
An Italian youngster named Zola Looked likely to be a fast bowler But later in life Spurred on by his wife He mastered an old pianola From there he progressed to play cornets But working from dusk until dawn it's Sure to come as a shocker So the lad took up soccer And ended up managing the Hornets
By far one of my favourite artists. Logical Progression and the progression sessions. Wow. [video=youtube;YuJqWeVbgbE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuJqWeVbgbE[/video]
Round about the early 1960s Jimmy Perry and his wife Gilda used to run the Palace theatre. Used to love an evening there after an afternoon at the Vic. Jimmy went on to write TV programs like Dad's Army, and a number of the actors who had been in the rep company appeared in the TV series.
The writing took me days and I saw our former owner called tubby chancer in a WOb and the sounds fitted.
Ak, I wish you hadn't mentioned Nick Leeson as he went to the same school as Steven Finn, Jordan Parkes and I did. Thankfully he's old enough that his last year there was my first so I didn't know him. When you work in the Finance industry somewhere like Jersey where it is the primary source of the income to the island, you tend to keep quiet about things like that. Must admit I did like the choice of actress to play his first wife in the film about what he did (probably with the knowledge of his bosses) to Barings Bank.
