Comments on: Eugene Lambert Interview Pt. 1 - The Wagon Approaches… http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-74308 fústar Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:30:57 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-74308 Slow down Professor. What's YourTube again? All sounds very fancy and newfangled to me. Slow down Professor. What’s YourTube again? All sounds very fancy and newfangled to me.

]]> By: foolhardy http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-74307 foolhardy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:27:05 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-74307 youtube.com complicated I know, but typing 'safe cross code' in to google came up with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEssgMQ1O_k youtube.com

complicated I know, but typing ’safe cross code’ in to google came up with this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEssgMQ1O_k

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-74287 fústar Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:32:41 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-74287 I take the general silence as a "no", GSmyth. I'm convinced it must be out there somewhere though. We live in a time of much nostalgia wanking after all. I take the general silence as a “no”, GSmyth. I’m convinced it must be out there somewhere though. We live in a time of much nostalgia wanking after all.

]]> By: GSmyth http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-74164 GSmyth Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:52:08 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-74164 Hi there, has anyone found the safe cross code music yet? Hi there,

has anyone found the safe cross code music yet?

]]> By: Doodah http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-3267 Doodah Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:02:27 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-3267 Hey, has everybody forgotten Sean the Leprechaun and Danny Dormouse, read by Charles Witherspoon ?? Hey, has everybody forgotten Sean the Leprechaun and Danny Dormouse, read by Charles Witherspoon ??

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-563 fústar Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:36:58 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-563 Groggser, I had another look myself the other day, but to no avail. Will put pressure on the <a href="http://www.bplo.org/">BPLO</a> to record the track (and make it available online) again. Better than nothing, but 'twould still be nice to get our mitts on the original. Groggser,

I had another look myself the other day, but to no avail.

Will put pressure on the BPLO to record the track (and make it available online) again.

Better than nothing, but ‘twould still be nice to get our mitts on the original.

]]> By: Groggser http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-562 Groggser Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:33:13 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-562 Am looking for the safe cross code too!! Máire did you find an mp3 of it? Am looking for the safe cross code too!! Máire did you find an mp3 of it?

]]> By: foolhardy http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-454 foolhardy Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:41:36 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-454 If they're going to do the safe cross code song they may as well go the whole hog and do a one-night-only retrospective featuring familiar tunes from our youth: Glenroe, Garda Patrol and so on. For a more contemporary feel they could re-enact the signature tune from Kenny Live or Fair City - this way they wouldn't run the risk of alienating the kids. If they’re going to do the safe cross code song they may as well go the whole hog and do a one-night-only retrospective featuring familiar tunes from our youth: Glenroe, Garda Patrol and so on. For a more contemporary feel they could re-enact the signature tune from Kenny Live or Fair City - this way they wouldn’t run the risk of alienating the kids.

]]> By: copernicus http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-453 copernicus Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:13:44 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-453 It needs to be done in a cafe orchestra way, all scratchy violins a la Stephan Grappelli and a thumping double bass rhythym. It needs to be done in a cafe orchestra way, all scratchy violins a la Stephan Grappelli and a thumping double bass rhythym.

]]> By: Londoner http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-452 Londoner Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:21:44 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-452 it'd sell like hot cakes - not only does it have massive nostalgia appeal but people would buy a copy for every kid in the land. it’d sell like hot cakes - not only does it have massive nostalgia appeal but people would buy a copy for every kid in the land.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-451 fústar Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:41:20 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-451 They could indeed. Chocolate cabaret flavour! Mention it to Dave and see if he's interested. They could indeed. Chocolate cabaret flavour!

Mention it to Dave and see if he’s interested.

]]> By: copernicus http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-450 copernicus Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:16:01 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-450 I've just had the genius idea that the <a href="http://www.bplo.org/">BPLO</a> should record the Safe Cross Code and make it available on their site. I think they could give it a certain flavour. I’ve just had the genius idea that the BPLO should record the Safe Cross Code and make it available on their site. I think they could give it a certain flavour.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-447 fústar Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:15:01 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-447 That's only the 'chorus' of course. The full version goes something like<a href="http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-240155.html"> this</a>: <blockquote>remember, one, look for a safe place two, don't hurry, stop and wait, three look all around and listen before you cross the road, remember, four, let all the traffic pass you five, then walking straight across you six, keep watching, that's the safe cross code! safe place, stop and wait safe place, stop and wait safe ground, look around, listen for a traffic sound if traffic's coming let it pass until the road is clear at last then walking straight across the road keep watching, that's the code. remember, one, look for a safe place two, don't hurry, stop and wait, three look all around and listen before you cross the road, remember, four, let all the traffic pass you five, then walking straight across you six, keep watching, that's the safe cross code that's the safe cross code know the safe cross code know the code!!</blockquote> That’s only the ‘chorus’ of course. The full version goes something like this:

remember,
one, look for a safe place
two, don’t hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road,
remember,
four, let all the traffic pass you
five, then walking straight across you
six, keep watching,
that’s the safe cross code!

safe place, stop and wait
safe place, stop and wait
safe ground, look around, listen for a traffic sound
if traffic’s coming let it pass
until the road is clear at last
then walking straight across the road
keep watching, that’s the code.

remember,
one, look for a safe place
two, don’t hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road,
remember,
four, let all the traffic pass you
five, then walking straight across you
six, keep watching,
that’s the safe cross code
that’s the safe cross code
know the safe cross code
know the code!!

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-446 fústar Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:07:03 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-446 Maire, I don't know where you'd get an mp3 of the song, but I'm pretty sure these lyrics are correct (Got them <a href="http://www.emigrant.ie/boards/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=005154">here</a>). <blockquote>One, look for a safe place Two, dont hurry stop and wait Three, look all around and listen before you cross the road remember.... Four, let all the traffic pass you Five, then walking straight across you Six, keep watching that's the safe cross code..that's the safe cross code know the safe cross code.... KNOW THE CODE!!!! </blockquote> Maire,

I don’t know where you’d get an mp3 of the song, but I’m pretty sure these lyrics are correct (Got them here).

One, look for a safe place
Two, dont hurry stop and wait
Three, look all around and listen before you cross the road
remember….
Four, let all the traffic pass you
Five, then walking straight across you
Six, keep watching that’s the safe cross code..that’s the safe cross code
know the safe cross code….

KNOW THE CODE!!!!

]]> By: foolhardy http://www.fustar.info/2006/02/08/92/#comment-445 foolhardy Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:02:57 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/02/07/92/#comment-445 For those of you fortunate enough to have had BBC in your youth the following might tickle your memory banks: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4690148.stm Maire, try the Road Safety Association of Ireland - I think they commissioned the ad originally. For those of you fortunate enough to have had BBC in your youth the following might tickle your memory banks:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4690148.stm

Maire, try the Road Safety Association of Ireland - I think they commissioned the ad originally.

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