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These two are great

Pam

Saturday Night

Quote: Ronnie Anderson @ September 8 2009, 3:02 PM BST

Timothy can you honestly say this is not one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Simple but affective.

It's a terribly dreary song.

I love this song from her Christmas Special in 2000 Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings.

Christmas Special

I'm not a massive fan of her songs, but I do like the Woman's Weekly one. (Presumably the one Tim linked to.)

Yes Tim, I could sense you had some admiration for her musical brilliance. All four of the songs mentioned are great and very funny. I think Pam is probably my favourite one after the Dinnerladies theme. It's very funny and poignant.

I have just noticed while watching the Dinnerladies that my home town (Urmston) is name checked about twenty times which warms me even more to it.

Quote: Aaron @ September 8 2009, 3:49 PM BST

It's a terribly dreary song.

No it isn't. It's a beautifully moving song that gives the show a emotion depth which is explored very much so in series two.

Quote: Ronnie Anderson @ September 8 2009, 3:50 PM BST

Yes Tim, I could sense you had some admiration for her musical brilliance. All four of the songs mentioned are great and very funny. I think Pam is probably my favourite one after the Dinnerladies theme. It's very funny and poignant.

I have just noticed while watching the Dinnerladies that my home town (Urmston) is name checked about twenty times which warms me even more to it.

My hometown Exeter is mentioned I think or it could be Plymouth. I remember Exeter being mentioned in one of her shows in might be in As Seen On TV.

Quote: zooo @ September 8 2009, 3:50 PM BST

I'm not a massive fan of her songs, but I do like the Woman's Weekly one. (Presumably the one Tim linked to.)

Are you talking about The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It)?

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly.
Let's do it!
Let's do it tonight!

Quote: James Cotter @ September 8 2009, 3:56 PM BST

No it isn't. It's a beautifully moving song that gives the show a emotion depth which is explored very much so in series two.

But a terribly dreary one.

Quote: Aaron @ September 8 2009, 4:12 PM BST

But a terribly dreary one.

It's meant to be down and melancholy, it's not a happy go lucky song. If it was cheery then I don't think it would have the same emotion impact, would you?

Quote: James Cotter @ September 8 2009, 3:56 PM BST

Are you talking about The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It)?

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly.
Let's do it!
Let's do it tonight!

That's the fella.
Is bloody long but rather amusing. I thought it was jolly rude when I was little.

Quote: James Cotter @ September 8 2009, 4:15 PM BST

It's meant to be down and melancholy, it's not a happy go lucky song. If it was cheery then I don't think it would have the same emotion impact, would you?

I don't find it to have any discernible emotional impact.

Quote: zooo @ September 8 2009, 4:16 PM BST

That's the fella.
Is bloody long but rather amusing. I thought it was jolly rude when I was little.

Yeah it is quite a long song. Victoria herself said "It was a joy to write but a sod to learn".

Quote: James Cotter @ September 8 2009, 3:56 PM BST

My hometown Exeter is mentioned I think or it could be Plymouth. I remember Exeter being mentioned in one of her shows in might be in As Seen On TV.

Yes, I have just watched an episode where Exeter was mentioned. I can't remember what they said about it.

Quote: Tim Walker @ September 8 2009, 4:17 PM BST

I don't find it to have any discernible emotional impact.

I find it does. I find the whole "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday" bit very clever. What she's saying is the mundane existence that Bren lives could get her down, those sort of jobs could get anyone down but what lifts everyone up is the wide variety of her colleges, that's what the whole show is about. There is a whole emotional under-curtain to the series if you look carefully. It's a layered piece.

Quote: Ronnie Anderson @ September 8 2009, 4:19 PM BST

Yes, I have just watched an episode where Exeter was mentioned. I can't remember what they said about it.

Was it dinnerladies or As Seen On TV?

Quote: James Cotter @ September 8 2009, 4:25 PM BST

It's a layered piece.

So is Bruce Forsyth's hair, but that doesn't do anything for me either.

I totally agree with the fact that it the series has an emotional undertone that is why I think that if it was a single camera show this would have come through much more it'd be a genuine classic.
One of my favourite lines is Stan saying 'my Dad was a dessert rat. He learned to play the violin and was married twice. He's had a wonderful life,' it's not that funny but I like it.

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