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March 23

UK TV drama with a football theme

Many years ago (20 years? 30? not sure) I watched a TV play concerning two young boys who were hoping to see George Best play football. I think the scene was set in Liverpool, and the boys may have been supporters of Liverpool FC, despite their admiration for the Manchester United player. Although young (maybe 12 and 8 or something similar) the boys were roaming the streets after dusk, and the play had quite a scary atmosphere. In fact at one point the boys are approached by an adult who may well have paedophile intentions towards them, but the older boy is sufficiently savvy to get them both clear. Can anyone identify the programme I am remembering so vaguely, and is it possible to get a video/DVD of it? Thanks for any help. Maid Marion (talk) 14:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

My guess is This Boy's Story (1992, so it would have been nineteen years ago). This site offers a "rare DVD" for $ 17.00. It contains some advertisement. I guess it had been taped directly from TV at the time it got aired. The linked site claims it has "never been released on DVD". ---Sluzzelin talk 16:50, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't know how you do it Sluzzelin! Many thanks, this is indeed the one. Maid Marion (talk) 08:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Any covers of Alicia Keys' "Fallin'"?

Not the Busta Rhymes remix, someone else singing it without "wobbly" voice? -- Jeandré, 2011-03-23t19:17z

Thelma Houston performed it in Hit Me, Baby, One More Time. Googling "Thelma Houston" and "Fallin" gave me a link to a clip where I was able to watch and listen to it. I couldn't find it on youtube. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:29, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

The song has also been covered in various reality television singing competitions such as American Idol, Australian Idol, Vietnam Idol, (Finnish} Idols, Deutschland sucht den Superstar, and probably more (I found examples for each show I listed). I'm not sure this is the kind of cover you're interested in, however. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Houston also does it wobbly, as does the Idols' Haley Reinhart, Ammara, and Kristin Holt. The Trần video quality is very poor. Thanks tho, I'll keep looking. -- Jeandré, 2011-03-23t20:36z

(Well, at least now I know what you mean by "wobbly" :-) ---Sluzzelin talk 20:37, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Are there ANY images ANYWHERE of Justin Bieber, aged with age progression software?

We really ought to see what this kid will look like when he's 20, 25, 30, and older. It's that mainly with his voice, he's taking a little long to reach adolescence. There's no facial hair, or anything else indicating that his body has reached adolescence. This gives me reason to believe that he may have hypopituitarism.

So is there any site anywhere that shows what Bieber may look like years from now? --70.179.169.115 (talk) 19:53, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

There are online tools for "Age progression". I'm not sure how accurate any of them all, so don't take them too seriously, but here's a list of some. (Scroll down to "image progression".) APL (talk) 22:23, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, you know those Canadians, with all their beady little eyes, and flapping heads so full of lies. What is he, like 15? Give it some time...plus his speaking voice seems to be normally adolesecent anyway. Adam Bishop (talk) 22:19, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Maybe this satirical piece reported in The Huffington Post (though originally from The Onion). Astronaut (talk) 13:44, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Look at photos of Peter Noone for one possibilty of how he might look. I thought I might have been the first to notice a resemblance, but I'm not. —Kevin Myers 06:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Unknown song, something that mentions "suitcase"

I heard a song last night at a restaurant during a trivia night. It was not on the radio; the MC plays songs in between questions (although they tend to be popular songs that would be on the radio). I only have rather vague information. By the time I decided that I wanted to listen to it again, the only lyrics that I could pick out were "[...suitcase and fill it with...]" That probably isn't the exact phrase, because a Google search doesn't seem to give the answer. The style made it sound like it was written within the past 10 years. It seemed fairly sophisticated, with key changes (maybe), abrupt stops, etc. The lead singer was female. Thanks for any ideas! Ardric47 (talk) 20:02, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

The only thing I can thing I can think of is Leaving on a Jet Plane, with the lyrics "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go". This dates to 1966, but has more recent covers, many with female singers, such as Jewel. I know this is a long-shot, but it's the best I could do. StuRat (talk) 09:17, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

The only songs I can think of are Another Suitcase in Another Hall from Evita, and Fade to Grey, by Visage. DuncanHill (talk) 09:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)