English for apes

Sleep on firewood. Lick bitter liver. Expose test results.

raise the roof/rub shoulders with

2022-10-30 01:52:08 | Reading - not classified
地域ニュースのいい話。

The Fabs: How a '60s all-girl band (nearly) ruled the world
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63313669

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But the band faced disparaging jokes made by boy bands they performed alongside, including from a future rock star.
... 'you're quite good, love, but you won't get anywhere' as pop groups were 'all boys'."
She said the band knew they were a "novelty", but also knew they had become good at playing and said they were not put off by Daltrey's comments.
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"Linda used to do a drum solo which used to raise the roof and they absolutely loved her doing that."
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They even rubbed shoulders with Hollywood.
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During lockdown, she used the enforced time at home to write her memoir, titled Twenty Pairs of Pants and a Passport.
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パンツの数え方はpairs of なんですねー。日本ではアメリカ語の「パンツ」のほうが主流になって、イギリス語のパンツはもはや昭和語というか限定的です。

Roger Daltlyはやなやつって感じでしたが、まあサッチャー前の時代。
スペイン、メキシコ、アメリカ(サンフラン)はそうでもなかったというのがへーって感じ。
今のイギリスは多様性を尊重することを表立って否定することは野暮とする社会を形成しようと努めています。日本はカルトが強すぎー。
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