Looney Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 ....to put on top of my Christmas tree! Can anyone help please?? I'm VERY excited as next weekend I will be putting up my first ever Christmas tree but I can't find a lovely angel to put on the top I don't know why I want an angel but i just do (stamp the feet, tantrum time), maybe because we always had one when I was young....... ....all the ones I have found are either too cartoonish or are the stuff that nightmares are made of and look as far from angelic as is possible Any ideas folks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Try the garden centres - I've been into Haskins, Squires and Wyevale and they all had lovely angels - some had real feathers for wings ( not that I'm on a theme here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Thanks Mmm, maybe a trawl of the local garden centres is in order this weekend then (I LOVE garden centres!).....my boyfriend will be thrilled at the prospect! I did look in one garden centre but they didn't have any nice ones like you've described......I still managed to spend a small fortune on other decorations though ......and only just managed to talk myself out of taking home every rabbit and bird in the pets section!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Dont do that Dan - you will need them at the weekend for Jimmys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Those and the Daniel Craig trunks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Never fear ladies - the part worn Omlet pants are ready for Buffie's raffle! Oh my heart just skipped a beat in shock!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Oh dear Dan, I'm much too young for hot flushes, but the idea of you in wings, halo, Daniel Craig trunks and a toothbrush is making feel quite overcome With what I'm not entirely sure Roll on Jimmy's on Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Take those cameras girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 But back on topic for a moment.......... I don't know why I want an angel but i just do (stamp the feet, tantrum time), maybe because we always had one when I was young....... ....all the ones I have found are either too cartoonish or are the stuff that nightmares are made of and look as far from angelic as is possible Any ideas folks? I had to make do with a star, because I could only find angels as described above, but the star was too heavy and wibbled and wobbled and fell off so has to be 'reinforced' with extra tree branches twisted up and around, a feat of engineering Mr Brunel would have been proud of A truly angelic angel is hard to find........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 A truly angelic angel is hard to find........... I agree. I wanted a new angel a few years ago and searched high and low for one. Stars and fairies are readily available, but I didn't want a star, and what the heck has a fairy got to do with Christmas Angels are Christmassy, part of the Christmas story and therefore great for the top of a Christmas tree (in my humble opinion of course), but it seems that Christmas tree decoration manufacturers don't agree with me. That said I did eventually find a very nice angel, in our local garden centre, and she's (or maybe he, I'm not sure ) stood on the top of my Christmas tree for the past few years Good luck with the angel hunting. I hope that you manage to track one down . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 The search continues....! My Mum has offered me the angel that has been used on our family Christmas tree for ages - I bought it with pocket money in Woolworths about 17 or so years ago - but I can't take it, sort of feel it belongs with them, plus as I'll be spending a few days over Christmas at their house I'll still be able to enjoy looking at it! When did I become soooo sentimental?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 But back on topic for a moment.......... I don't know why I want an angel but i just do (stamp the feet, tantrum time), maybe because we always had one when I was young....... ....all the ones I have found are either too cartoonish or are the stuff that nightmares are made of and look as far from angelic as is possible Any ideas folks? I had to make do with a star, because I could only find angels as described above, but the star was too heavy and wibbled and wobbled and fell off so has to be 'reinforced' with extra tree branches twisted up and around, a feat of engineering Mr Brunel would have been proud of A truly angelic angel is hard to find........... We have a fantastic angel - difficult to describe - bought from Traidcraft many years ago - simply done and not cutesy.. I'll get it down later on and post a photo.. as to what an angel should look like..... if we put "Biblical" angels on the tree - they would scare the children - they would usually be carrying a big sword... the one that visited the shepherds (Gabriel) scared their pants off - they were sore afraid - and the two that guarded the gates of the Garden of Eden would make anyone quake in their boots.. oh - and it'd be a bloke, not a golden-haired girlie! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 oh - and it'd be a bloke, not a golden-haired girlie! We thought that when Jules came home and said she was Angel Gabriel in the school play She is a golden haired girlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 people always pick girls as Angels - yet the Biblical angels were all blokes.. (actually probably asexual - but they had blokes names...!) St Michael (before he got a job at Marks and Spencer) often looks quite scary! here he is on Coventry Cathedral pinning the Devil down... how about him on your Christmas tree?? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Oh, er nice wings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Oh, er nice wings put him in the attic with Dan's princess Leia fantasy.... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Do you think they'd get on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I think you wouldn't get much sleep! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 There was rather a nice angel in Barbarella (I watched it many years ago to find the Duran Duran connection , sat through the whole thing, what a pile of rubbish too!) Blonde though (and blind ), maybe an Axl wig would liven him up! Or maybe Axl with wings on the top of my tree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 The connection is that the young Duran Duran used to frequent a Birmingham live music venue called Barbarellas. That's all. However they roped Milo O'Shea in for the Oakland California live show Video Release (Arena) from which we all remember "The Reflex". Dan, the baddie in Barbarella was called Duran Duran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yes, he was played by Milo O'Shea (and was called Doctor Durand), but they took the name for the band after visiting the club [i think], Duran Duran being a tip of the hat to the nightclub's name; Barbarellas... Edited to say that Wikipedia is pretty wishy-washy on the origin of the band's name and if you look at the entry for the single Electric Barbarella it states that the band got their name from the film; however I maintain that they got their name from the club (but I could easily be wrong - I usually am)! Sorry Dan, I never know actors names, didn't realise he played Duran Duran! Anyway, the newly formed Duran (allegedly named by John Taylor after he went to see Barbarella) met in their present form at the Rum Runner, where they practised and recruited Simon Le Bon. Allegedly, the owner of the Rum Runner became their first manager. Like you say, all a bit sketchy now though And you are correct, there was a Barbarellas nightclub in Brum, not sure where though but it would be interesting to find out if it was connected in any way. I might just search for Stephen Duffy on Google, see if he sheds light on the truth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 UNCANNY! Was just talking to Emma's (Herd123) OH; Mo last night at Buffie's room party. Mo is a Brummie and he remembered the Rum Runner which was a New Romantic pub by Quayside Tower (off Broad Street) and he reckoned that the Rum Runner was the same location as Barbarellas (although he couldn't be certain), so maybe they renamed Barbrallas to be the Rum Runner... That is interesting! I did find an old newspaper cutting scanned on the internet which showed the address of Barbarellas as Cumberland Street, off Broad Street and strangely enough opposite the same named building where I used to work I understand from the internet that Barbarellas was more punky than the Rum Runner, and I think they existed at the same time so were not the same club. As the Durannies were arty types I am guessing they would not frequent Barbarellas, who knows With the Duran connection I would have guessed like you Dan, that they could have renamed it, but apparantly not. The location given by Emmas OH suggests that they were very close though. Oh for a time machine! Just taking my anorak off now!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 It's funny to think that if I had done my YTS 10 years earlier then I would have been a stone's throw away from a live venue that hosted Dexy's, The Beat, Duran, Sex Pistols etc. etc. Can you imagine that! but more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Once upon a time I would have quite happily pinned down Nick Rhodes...... Don't think I'll bother now though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 but they took the name for the band after visiting the club [i think], Duran Duran being a tip of the hat to the nightclub's name; Barbarellas... Asked my mate (who is a mad Duran fan) for a definitive answer and here is his reply... Hmmmm, complicated one, this one. However, the facts are: In 1978, John Taylor and Nick Rhodes were sitting in The Hole in the Wall pub, having seen Barbarella on TV the previous night, and decided DD would be a good name. So, to all intents and purposes, the name comes solely from the film. HOWEVER, one of their first gigs as DD (a few weeks after deciding on the name) was at Birmingham's Barbarellas night club, and considering Rhodes and Taylor were frequenters of the local night club scene at that point it's highly unlikely that Barbarellas DIDN'T influence them at some point. The question has to be pondered: would they have watched Barbarella on TV (bear in mind that, at the time, Barbarella was very much an underground, cult, non-mainstream film, and was shown very late the night they watched it) had they not already been aware of, and probably visited, Barbarellas night club...? Sorry the answer isn't more straightforward. If you want to take the actual facts, there's no link to the night club; if you want to take the speculative approach, I've always thought the two must be linked... Unless we pin down Nick Rhodes or John Taylor it looks like we'll never know! I'll go with your friends speculative approach then, Dan. The name is intriguing, and I for one would have had to find out where it came from, after all, I watched the film to find the connection! I'll happily pin down John Taylor for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
