Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 September 7

= September 7 =

If We Hold On Together
I am looking for the music (no lyrics) as a video or can be downloaded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.12.239 (talk) 01:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Have you tried iTunes or YouTube? There're tons of songs with that name you know. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 23:06, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The one in The Land Before Time. I have searched YouTube for an hour but only found videos with lyrics, not without. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.12.243 (talk) 15:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbrqxVUQkg0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.12.229 (talk) 06:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Which of these hasn't been made into or parodied by a Pokémon character or story?
Which of these shows/movies or their characters hasn't been made into or parodied by a Pokémon character or story?
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Batman
 * Frankenstein
 * Titanic
 * Tarzan
 * Princess Mononoke
 * Yojimbo
 * Castle of Cagliostro
 * Tokyo Story

--75.44.238.115 (talk) 16:31, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Star Trek: TNG. -- k a i n a w &trade; 16:34, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Stuck on Level 7 of Diesel Pumps Game
Is there any solution to Level 7 (I think) of this game? http://www.softplatz.com/Soft/Games/Puzzle-Word/Diesel-pumps.html Thats the level that has 3 red things, 5 green things, 5 yellow things, and two extra long pink things. The preceeding levels are easy. Could anyone give me a clue please? :)
 * 83.100.250.79 (talk) 14:39, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Dorothy's Closet - whatever happened to them?
In 1993, I saw a band called 'Dorothy's Closet' play at Bretton Hall, University of Leeds. They were rather special and had at least one song, 'Billy Liar' which deserved to have become a classic. Obviously, I never heard about them again. Does any one know what happened to them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliankaufman (talk • contribs) 15:47, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Maybe they came out of the closet, became friendly with the owner Dorothy, and the closet became superfluous to their needs so Dorothy took it back and gave it to her son-in-law as a birthday present. --  JackofOz (talk) 19:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Google is not helping much - they did play Leeds University in 92 and 93, but nothing else is coming up. Exxolon (talk) 20:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I had already Googled it... Juliankaufman (talk) 20:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Guys, I saw Dorothy's Closet at The Royal Oak in Brampton, Chesterfield around 1993. I thought they would make it big. They did a cover of Car Wash which was so funky. I bought a tape cos the entire band was super tight together. Jo was the lead singer's name, I think? My mate video'd one of their gigs. I wonder if he still has the recording? I'll text him now, could you wait for one second. OK.

Pierre's Fight by Furniture
Does anyone know what this song is about or what inspired it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliankaufman (talk • contribs) 15:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

'Julia' TV Programme from the eighties.
Does anyone remember anything about this programme from the eighties?

It was on Channel 4 (UK) in 1984 or 5. Possibly Canadian. It starred an opera or musical theatre singer called Julia (I think she had a German or Jewish surname possibly beginning with 'D')

It was like a revue - she performed songs in small sketches or vignettes. One was set in a pet shop.

I'd love to have any information about it.Juliankaufman (talk) 16:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It wasn't Julia McKenzie was it? --TammyMoet (talk) 17:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I remember this Julia program from slightly earlier. It starred Diahann Carroll, who was certainly a singer, but I don't remember her doing any singing in it.  --  JackofOz (talk) 19:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

It wasn't that. This woman was white. And she sang... Juliankaufman (talk) 20:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Although it's not mentioned in the Julia McKenzie article, I'm pretty sure it was her. --TammyMoet (talk) 08:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

No, I know Julia McKenzie. She's British. This woman was Canadian or American and it was definitely North American in origin. She must have been a slightly well-known musical theatre star to warrant her own prog. Juliankaufman (talk) 15:44, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Circular poem
I'm looking for the name of a poem with a circular structure, that is it finishes where it started off. Actually, this one has several 'loops' before it's over. It goes something like - There was an island and on the island was a coconut and on the coconut was a...

That's very rough but I'm certain a coconut and island are mentioned.

It may be by the British poet Anthony Thwaite.

Any ideas? Juliankaufman (talk) 21:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm fairly certain this isn't what you want, since it's not at all circular in structure, but Anthony Thwaite helped translate a poem called "Coconut" by Shimazaki Toson. I don't think it's your poem, but is it possible your memory is conflating this poem with a circular poem that doesn't have those specific island elements? Jwrosenzweig (talk) 22:41, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

No, it's not that. Juliankaufman (talk) 15:47, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, then. A book on Google that teaches kids to write poetry suggests an opening something like what you describe  although it's certainly not a full poem, nor is it associated with Thwaite.  Is it possible you read a poem by someone who'd used this technique in a class?
 * Alternatively, a book in the Internet Archive called "Bird Stories" and published in 1921 features the following lines about a seagull: "For under the blue of the airy sky there was an ocean, and in that ocean there was an island, and on that island there was a nest, and in that nest there was an egg — the first that the mate of Larie had ever laid. And in that egg was a growing gull, their eldest son — a baby Larie, alone inside his very first world." I know it's not a poem, nor does it contain a coconut, but it might trigger something for you.
 * Honestly, I've done as much snooping around on Google, and wracking of my brain, as I can on this--it seems like something I recognize. But this is as far as I could get.  Hope you sort it out eventually. Jwrosenzweig (talk) 21:14, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

That's really close but is definitely not it. Thanks for your diligence though, and of course all the wracking... Juliankaufman (talk) 18:12, 10 September 2009 (UTC)