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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 254075" data-attributes="member: 23">Glad you like the title, [USER=18]@Karin Schill[/USER].Victoria Wood was a very talented British comedienne,&nbsp; screenwriter and actress. She&#039;s done some wonderful TV series, films and live stand-up shows. She could do comedy and also very poignant human stuff. She&#039;s known for her work with Julie Walters (whose name will probably be more familiar to you). Over thirty years together, she created some of Julie&#039;s most iconic roles, including writing Julie&#039;s first few feature films especially for her. Sadly, Victoria died of cancer in 2016 aged just 62.Victoria wrote great songs which were part of her live routines, sketch shows and some films. Some are moving, some are funny, and she usually included a lot of uniquely British phrases and references (as she also did in her scripted dialogue).The thread title is taken from her most famous song, The Ballad Of Barry And Freda (also known as Let&#039;s Do It). In the song, Freda is feeling romantic and makes several saucy suggestions to her partner Barry. But Barry&#039;s not in the mood and he comes back with lots of reasons not to oblige.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/29LgJGLNJtkmlhY2D0HXCF3/ballad-of-barry-freda-lets-do-it-lyrics" target="_blank">Here are the song lyrics.</a>And here&#039;s Victoria performing the song.[MEDIA=youtube]fFI5Jl_IqsE[/MEDIA]Enjoy!By the way, the Woman&#039;s Weekly referenced in the song is a long-running lifestyle magazine in the UK, aimed at older women. It has a reputation for being very twee, genteel and respectable. Lots of knitting patterns, craft ideas and recipes, that kind of thing. Here&#039;s a typical cover from the year this song was first performed:<img src="https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/5/5/8/55872/96/7/7/9677803/420x595.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 254075, member: 23"] Glad you like the title, [USER=18]@Karin Schill[/USER]. Victoria Wood was a very talented British comedienne, screenwriter and actress. She's done some wonderful TV series, films and live stand-up shows. She could do comedy and also very poignant human stuff. She's known for her work with Julie Walters (whose name will probably be more familiar to you). Over thirty years together, she created some of Julie's most iconic roles, including writing Julie's first few feature films especially for her. Sadly, Victoria died of cancer in 2016 aged just 62. Victoria wrote great songs which were part of her live routines, sketch shows and some films. Some are moving, some are funny, and she usually included a lot of uniquely British phrases and references (as she also did in her scripted dialogue). The thread title is taken from her most famous song, [I]The Ballad Of Barry And Freda [/I](also known as [I]Let's Do It)[/I]. In the song, Freda is feeling romantic and makes several saucy suggestions to her partner Barry. But Barry's not in the mood and he comes back with lots of reasons not to oblige. [B][SIZE=6][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/29LgJGLNJtkmlhY2D0HXCF3/ballad-of-barry-freda-lets-do-it-lyrics']Here are the song lyrics.[/URL][/SIZE][/B] And here's Victoria performing the song. [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]fFI5Jl_IqsE[/MEDIA][/CENTER] Enjoy! By the way, the [I]Woman's Weekly[/I] referenced in the song is a long-running lifestyle magazine in the UK, aimed at older women. It has a reputation for being very twee, genteel and respectable. Lots of knitting patterns, craft ideas and recipes, that kind of thing. Here's a typical cover from the year this song was first performed: [CENTER][IMG]https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/5/5/8/55872/96/7/7/9677803/420x595.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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