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Re: A thought...
Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 7:08pm
by Heston
Silent Majority wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:01pm
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:00pm
Silent Majority wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:58pm
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:56pm
Inder wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:43pm
Where/what
is Mensforth Hill? TV reference?
I actually have some inside info on this. I was talking to Mensi from the Angelic Upstarts (real name Thomas Mensforth), and asked him about this track. He claimed it was named after him. He expanded by saying he went down to see them during the recording of Sandinista (he was good friends with Joe apparently) and they recorded him chatting in the studio with them and added it to the song, obviously cloaked in effects. I think the title is a possibly a play on the Mendip Hills in the UK.
Amazing info.
I can't verify it as being true but it seems plausible.
Yeah - rings true.
The fact there is no such place as Mensforth Hill gives it the ring of truth. And Mensforth is an uncommon name. On the liner notes to Sandinista it says something about it being the theme to a forthcoming serial, but that sounds like deliberate Clash subterfuge.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 7:10pm
by Marky Dread
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:56pm
Inder wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:43pm
Marky Dread wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 2:30pm
Mensforth Hill is a lonely place.
Where/what
is Mensforth Hill? TV reference?
I actually have some inside info on this. I was talking to Mensi from the Angelic Upstarts (real name Thomas Mensforth), and asked him about this track. He claimed it was named after him. He expanded by saying he went down to see them during the recording of Sandinista (he was good friends with Joe apparently) and they recorded him chatting in the studio with them and added it to the song, obviously cloaked in effects. I think the title is a possibly a play on the Mendip Hills in the UK.
It's true I've also heard this same story. I didn't know about the ''Mendip Hills'' bit but the rest is a play on Mensforth.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 7:17pm
by 101Walterton
Marky Dread wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:10pm
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:56pm
Inder wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:43pm
Marky Dread wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 2:30pm
Mensforth Hill is a lonely place.
Where/what
is Mensforth Hill? TV reference?
I actually have some inside info on this. I was talking to Mensi from the Angelic Upstarts (real name Thomas Mensforth), and asked him about this track. He claimed it was named after him. He expanded by saying he went down to see them during the recording of Sandinista (he was good friends with Joe apparently) and they recorded him chatting in the studio with them and added it to the song, obviously cloaked in effects. I think the title is a possibly a play on the Mendip Hills in the UK.
It's true I've also heard this same story. I didn't know about the ''Mendip Hills'' bit but the rest is a play on Mensforth.
Mendips are also the small dimples on your lower back just above the pelvis!
Not relevant but trivia fact.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 7:22pm
by Heston
I may be wrong about Mendip but I remember Marcus Gray mentioning in LGIT that the title was maybe a play on somewhere in England where they had a nuclear plant or some other sinister government installation. I just can't remember exactly the name he said.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 7:51pm
by Marky Dread
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:22pm
I may be wrong about Mendip but I remember Marcus Gray mentioning in LGIT that the title was maybe a play on somewhere in England where they had a nuclear plant or some other sinister government installation. I just can't remember exactly the name he said.
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, Somerset, Mendip Hills. To cost around 20bn construction commenced December 2018. Wow that's spooky ''Mensforth Hill'' is just like Nostradamus.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 9:13am
by JennyB
I dare any of you, upon meeting MJ, to tell him Mensforth Hill changed your life like Flex did when he told Mike Love that Kokomo changed his life.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 9:46am
by Marky Dread
JennyB wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:13am
I dare any of you, upon meeting MJ, to tell him Mensforth Hill changed your life like Flex did when he told Mike Love that Kokomo changed his life.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 9:55am
by Flex
JennyB wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:13am
I dare any of you, upon meeting MJ, to tell him Mensforth Hill changed your life like Flex did when he told Mike Love that Kokomo changed his life.
Still my greatest cultural achievement.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:00am
by Heston
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:22pm
I may be wrong about Mendip but I remember Marcus Gray mentioning in LGIT that the title was maybe a play on somewhere in England where they had a nuclear plant or some other sinister government installation. I just can't remember exactly the name he said.
After much brain-wracking I remembered. Menwith Hill...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:00am
by Silent Majority
Heston wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 10:00am
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:22pm
I may be wrong about Mendip but I remember Marcus Gray mentioning in LGIT that the title was maybe a play on somewhere in England where they had a nuclear plant or some other sinister government installation. I just can't remember exactly the name he said.
After much brain-wracking I remembered. Menwith Hill...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill
Reckon Melancholy Hill by the Gorillaz is playing on that?
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:04am
by Heston
Silent Majority wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 10:00am
Heston wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 10:00am
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:22pm
I may be wrong about Mendip but I remember Marcus Gray mentioning in LGIT that the title was maybe a play on somewhere in England where they had a nuclear plant or some other sinister government installation. I just can't remember exactly the name he said.
After much brain-wracking I remembered. Menwith Hill...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill
Reckon Melancholy Hill by the Gorillaz is playing on that?
It would be possible on such an eco-themed album. Just reading up there on Menwith Hill, definitely a sinister government installation if there ever was one.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:06am
by JennyB
Flex wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:55am
JennyB wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:13am
I dare any of you, upon meeting MJ, to tell him Mensforth Hill changed your life like Flex did when he told Mike Love that Kokomo changed his life.
Still my greatest cultural achievement.
Still *anyone's* greatest cultural achievement.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:36am
by Dr. Medulla
Flex wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:55am
JennyB wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:13am
I dare any of you, upon meeting MJ, to tell him Mensforth Hill changed your life like Flex did when he told Mike Love that Kokomo changed his life.
Still my greatest cultural achievement.
Entry in resumé: Gave Mike Love an erection.
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 11:16am
by matedog
JennyB wrote: ↑24 Apr 2019, 9:13am
I dare any of you, upon meeting MJ, to tell him Mensforth Hill changed your life like Flex did when he told Mike Love that Kokomo changed his life.
I like the idea of going for something completely mediocre:
"Mick! Mick! I'm a huge fan of The Clash, I have all your BAD albums, when is Carbon Silicon putting out new material!? This is such an honor. I have to tell you, "Atom Tan" is my favorite song of all time. I got me through some really hard times."
Re: A thought...
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 11:19am
by WestwayKid
101Walterton wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:17pm
Marky Dread wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 7:10pm
Heston wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:56pm
Inder wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 6:43pm
Marky Dread wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 2:30pm
Mensforth Hill is a lonely place.
Where/what
is Mensforth Hill? TV reference?
I actually have some inside info on this. I was talking to Mensi from the Angelic Upstarts (real name Thomas Mensforth), and asked him about this track. He claimed it was named after him. He expanded by saying he went down to see them during the recording of Sandinista (he was good friends with Joe apparently) and they recorded him chatting in the studio with them and added it to the song, obviously cloaked in effects. I think the title is a possibly a play on the Mendip Hills in the UK.
It's true I've also heard this same story. I didn't know about the ''Mendip Hills'' bit but the rest is a play on Mensforth.
Mendips are also the small dimples on your lower back just above the pelvis!
Not relevant but trivia fact.
Mendips was also the name of Aunt Mimi's house. Also not relevant, but another bit of trivia.