Enjoyed it, too, Bill; a real contrast there (yet the younger took that name in homage as much as (his real) snark.
But how personalities react & then react…
Doug
> On Feb 6, 2018, at 11:26 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Sheila, Andrew. The King was a drip to me. MacManus lively,
> irascible, a risk taker whose later works lost me mainly when they got
> over-earnest. Whoda thunk he’d turn out to be an amiable nightshow host!
> It’s a point of difference for most anyway, which Elvis you’d have on your
> toast, so to speak.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 at 2:11 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Ah, two sides of Elvis! I much prefer the bespectacled one - he can sing
>> outside the pop charts.
>>
>> Andrew
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>> On 7 February 2018 at 08:30, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Pretty intriguing, Bill. Thank you for the portraiture!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Never close
>>>>
>>>> Elvised apart
>>>>
>>>> in the 70s
>>>>
>>>> one candle holding
>>>>
>>>> the swivel-hipped
>>>>
>>>> Wooden heart denier
>>>>
>>>> the other rolling with
>>>>
>>>> the Pumped up
>>>>
>>>> bespectacled
>>>>
>>>> Detective watcher
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sister one dumped
>>>>
>>>> her own King
>>>>
>>>> Left him to his meat
>>>>
>>>> in the bush
>>>>
>>>> Set up camp
>>>>
>>>> with her issue
>>>>
>>>> Danced with herself
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sister two
>>>>
>>>> already encumbered
>>>>
>>>> at stage Costello
>>>>
>>>> cleared out
>>>>
>>>> left issue
>>>>
>>>> hooked up
>>>>
>>>> with Joe Strummerite
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One still passes on platitudes
>>>>
>>>> Two leaves that sort of thing to Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> bw
>>>>
>>>> 7.2.18
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew
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