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That was the radar/targeting system fitted to the Blackburn Buccaneer.
Where does the wing commander keep his Buccaneers?
On the sides of his Buccanhead...
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That was the radar/targeting system fitted to the Blackburn Buccaneer.
Where does the wing commander keep his Buccaneers?
On the sides of his Buccanhead...
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randyrippley
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Yep, it was the terrain-contour following radar in the Buccaneers which enabled them to fly at sea level
Your go
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Ok, what links a song sung by the owner of High Peak Farm to a song sung by an Australian who was formerly considered a novelty act and a song sung by a band with at least one member with a penchant for school uniforms and was about the travails of being a rock and roll act?
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Well................AC/DC must be in there somewhere but otherwise no idea
DaleCooper
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Should that be "High Park Farm"?
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It should, yes. Force of habit on my part as I live in the Peak District, sorry.
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They are, yes.
DaleCooper
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Hell
AC/DC - Highway to Hell, Paul McCartney - Helen Wheels, A.N.Other - Song About Hell
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The link is something common in the songs themselves, it's obvious - even to a non musician such as myself - if you've heard all three songs at any point. It's not the title or artist or any cunning pun therein. Identify the three songs, recall what they sound like or even listen to them again, and the link should be there, clear as a bell...
Artist correctly identified by @DaleCooper as Paul McCartney. But not Paul McCartney the solo artist, as a member of a group (and not that group). There's a reason why him being the owner of High Park Farm is relevant to identifying the song title....
A bit obscure this, the artist in question is really known worldwide for this one song. But in his homeland he had a novelty hit the best part of 20 years earlier and so famous was he for this novelty song that when he wanted to record the song in question, which is actually quite a profound political piece, the songwriters and studios and publishers were all very reluctant to let him.
Artist correctly identified by @randyrippley as AC/DC and the clue to the song title is writ large..."the travails of being a rock and roll act".
What AC/DC song title could that be? In a Fluff Freeman style, there's an extra point for getting the brackets in the title...which should be a big clue!
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Bells
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Now where would you get an idea like that from?
No.
I'd really like someone to name the songs as well as the link, if such a thing were possible
Ashley Hill
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Could the Australian be Joe Dolce? He wrote a song called Boat People as well as Shaddap You Face. (He was born in America though but has joint nationality).
Peter Mugridge
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I know nothing about music, but i am aware of McCartney having been in a group called Wings with a sing called Mull of Kintyre...? ( Because our music teacher at school made us do that one a few times... )
Wouldn't be that one would it?
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No.
The song in question, not the preceding novelty song, was a massive hit in Australia and Europe in the late 1980's and is instantly recognisable, I'd suggest, to anyone who's not been living on a desert island for the last 40 years...
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Peter Mugridge
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Oops... just seen the below posts.
Is the connection high ground? Mull of Kintyre being a mountain... Hill Top being the named farm...?
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Thank you Mr Fawkes... you see... I was paying attention 45 years ago...!!!
Next question will be along in a few minutes - I'll edit it into this post...
Whoa, steady on there!
You've got the title on one of the three songs and you've not got the answer to what links them!!!!
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Presumably the AC/DC song is "It's a long way to the top 'if you wanna rock 'n' roll'"
But I still don't see a connection
But I still don't see a connection
Peter Mugridge
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Just edited my answer above. I was losing track of what the question was!!!
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Bagpipes
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He's got it!
Wings, Mull of Kintyre.
John Farnham, The voice
AC/DC, It's a long way to the top (if you want to rock and roll)
All top ten songs that feature bagpipes.
Over to you Mr. Cooper
DaleCooper
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Thank you, it was a toss up between bagpipes and bells and I went for the wrong one first time.
Next question:
What strange fate befell HMS Porcupine after it was torpedoed and declared a total loss?
Gloster
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The two halves were named HMS Pork and HMS Pine?
DaleCooper
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That's right, your turn...
Gloster
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What links or is common to:
W.F.
C.P.E.
J.C.F.
J.C.
W.F.
C.P.E.
J.C.F.
J.C.
DaleCooper
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Cricket
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Should the fourth one actually be J.S.?