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noughties
ronnie`s goofing
Is it true? I think I`ve heard about it. The current picture at this site`s home page possibly shows this.
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SomeGuy
bv, of course. Everyone here appreciates your efforts on this site. That's why we come here every day!
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Was Bill Wyman ever accused of "goofing around"?
Onstage?? No
I don't think Keith is a goofer either.
Suprisingly, another Quiet One, George Harrison goofed around on stage when he was in the company of assorted Bonzos and Pythons.
But not when he was with Mr McCartney.
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DandelionPowderman
Was that a joke? Everyone who has attended a Stones-show has seen Ronnie goofing and clowning around at times. It's been part of their act since 1975
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Was that a joke? Everyone who has attended a Stones-show has seen Ronnie goofing and clowning around at times. It's been part of their act since 1975
Remembering the Faces in concert in the early 70s: Ronnie would walk out on stage with drink in hand. Wow - Angel was always the last song played at their concerts. Yep Ronnie would clown around the entire concert. I'm not saying he had a clown car, but he was just fun and good natured. Just like today.
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Was that a joke? Everyone who has attended a Stones-show has seen Ronnie goofing and clowning around at times. It's been part of their act since 1975
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Was that a joke? Everyone who has attended a Stones-show has seen Ronnie goofing and clowning around at times. It's been part of their act since 1975
-Erm.., a joke? -Eh, I only had a fragmentary knowledge of this and was not sure.
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So to completely understand the term "goofing", Bill Wyman never did any "goofing" on stage, right? And Darryl is goofing a lot more than Bill ever did, I think I am getting the hang of it now.
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So to completely understand the term "goofing", Bill Wyman never did any "goofing" on stage, right? And Darryl is goofing a lot more than Bill ever did, I think I am getting the hang of it now.
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So to completely understand the term "goofing", Bill Wyman never did any "goofing" on stage, right? And Darryl is goofing a lot more than Bill ever did, I think I am getting the hang of it now.
Bjornulf,
One of the characteristics of the English language that presents real difficulties for learners (or non-native speakers), is that it is very rich in phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb is a two word (sometimes a three word) verb that is made up of a primary verb - plus a preposition. In combination, these words form a 'phrasal verb'. The difficulty stems from the fact that if you break the phrasal verb down to its component parts (i.e. the primary verb and the preposition/s) and consider each individual word's meaning, nine times out of ten you cannot work out what the complete phrasal verb actually means - because it makes no sense whatsoever.
Sticking with the subject matter of this thread, consider the verb 'to goof' !?
By itself, it means nothing. But stick a number of different prepositions after it, and all of a sudden - you have a phrasal verb. And each of those has a different meaning when used in a specific context.
To goof off. If you were talking about a workplace context for example, and someone said .... "that BV, he never does any work, he's always goofing off" - that would not be considered as very flattering to you. The meaning, as would be understood by a native speaker of English, would be that BV was unreliable at work, never getting things done on time, and generally not pulling his weight, wasting time, etc.
However, in a conversation (for example) between two people about how they choose to spend their leisure time, you might hear someone say ... "I don't do much, I just goof around really". That would generally be taken to mean that they don't make very productive use of their free time, they waste a lot of it and don't really do - or accomplish - much.
But used in a different context, goofing around (onstage with the Rolling Stones for example), can equally mean "playing around, messing around, being jovial and extrovert etc". In terms of meaning (at least to native speakers of the English language) - that is a whole world away from the first example (immediately above); i.e. being wasteful of time and unproductive.
Hope that helps. As good as your English is, there are some subtleties of the English language (no doubt this is true of all languages) that are truly difficult to get one's head around. Phrasal verbs - and there are thousands of them - are a nightmare. Native speakers don't think about them, they of course don't have to, but the poor sods that are trying to learn (or improve) the English language ... they generally find them a nightmare !
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FOR THE LESS TECHNICALLY INCLINED, PLEASE SOMEBODY POST THE PART FROM HAL ASHBY'S FILM WHERE RONNIE RUNS AROUND THE ROUND STAGE AND KEITH IS LOOKING FOR HIM......
What song is that in, and why are you screaming?
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bv
I do learn quite a bit of old style English language by watching old TV series like Aidensfield Arms or whatever it is called. The term "Under the weather" is great, it might feel like that here in New Orleans now, but I assume that is one of those statements you can't run through Google translate. I am completely sober, but rain du fall down.
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I think the goofing went down better with Rod (Sir Roderick). They were more alike. Funny-go-lucky. Didn't take themselves too seriously.
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I think the goofing went down better with Rod (Sir Roderick). They were more alike. Funny-go-lucky. Didn't take themselves too seriously.
And Mick did that in 1975 or 1978?
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I think the goofing went down better with Rod (Sir Roderick). They were more alike. Funny-go-lucky. Didn't take themselves too seriously.
And Mick did that in 1975 or 1978?
You're thinking of the SNL-lick? That's true, more goofing in the 70s then!