BALAMORY

**Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:57 pm**

whilst watching tv i made an amazing discovery. the melody to the theme song of 'balamory' which is a kids tv show on cbbc is the same melody as bottle of smoke by the pogues

i went to hell and to the races to bet on the bottle of smoke
whats the story in balamory wouldnt you like to know!
ha

**Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:00 pm**

Chords: F C D G

balamory!balamory!whats the story in balamory?
wouldn't you like to know?what's the story in balamory?
where would you like to go?
will there be treats with Pocket and Sweet?
Is that where we should go?Balamory!

from a guitar tab website

**Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:45 pm**

Children's TV loves The Pogues. I rmember a few years ago there was a programme called Gilbert's Fridge. The show always featured Fiesta and the theme tune was Wild Cats of Kilkenny.

**Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:00 pm**

Is that the show with that crazy Scotsman?

**Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:58 am**

Michaelo wrote:Children's TV loves The Pogues. I rmember a few years ago there was a programme called Gilbert's Fridge. The show always featured Fiesta and the theme tune was Wild Cats of Kilkenny.

That is fabulous news. Glad England is raising their kids right.

**Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:07 am**

what is balamoly

**Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:32 pm**

Michaelo wrote:Children's TV loves The Pogues. I rmember a few years ago there was a programme called Gilbert's Fridge. The show always featured Fiesta and the theme tune was Wild Cats of Kilkenny.

Yeah and I heard Fiesta on an advert for the CITV Channel.

**Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:42 pm**

body-of-an-american wrote:what is balamoly

A childrens TV programme (pre-school age) set in Tobermory,where most of the houses seem very small ,and different colours

**Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:25 pm**

GuinnessDrinker wrote:
body-of-an-american wrote:what is balamoly

A childrens TV programme (pre-school age) set in Tobermory,where most of the houses seem very small ,and different colours

Well, yes, the BBC kids' programme Balamory uses the look of the town of Tobermory, on the Scottish Isle of Mull. Where the houses indeed appear very small, and in different colours. But the whisky is good, which may help to explain it.

**Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:31 pm**

Heather wrote:
Michaelo wrote:Children's TV loves The Pogues. I rmember a few years ago there was a programme called Gilbert's Fridge. The show always featured Fiesta and the theme tune was Wild Cats of Kilkenny.

Yeah and I heard Fiesta on an advert for the CITV Channel.

I think Fiesta has cropped up in quite a few adverts over the years. I know one was a car advert. I don't really take too much notice of adverts but I've definately heard Fiesta in a few of them.

**Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:00 am**

the wiggles sing south australia

**Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:56 am**

body-of-an-american wrote:the wiggles sing south australia

Yes, but that's because it's a classic Australian 'bush' song or colonial period sea shanty. The Wiggles, given their wholesome early-childhood-education-based backgrounds and chart experience as The Cockroaches, are far more likely to be following in the footsteps of bands like The Bushwhackers, or even Redgum in their choice of this song. It is, after all being performed by a notorious pirate (YAARR, MATEYS!) who tickles children with a feathersword. Rather than Shane. 'Nuff said.
It's basically a really good grunty sea-shanty that doesn't contain too many offensive terms or concepts. There's the 'girl he left behind' romanticism - the horrors of the trip - the longing for home - all the classic elements of a great traditional song. No mention of whores and damnation, pox and scurvy, racism, jingoism, lunacy or friggin' in the riggin'. :wink:

Note, that as a parent, I have nothing against The Wiggles at all, and I wish them and their burgeoning media empire all the best.

**Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:18 am**

dawson wrote:i made an amazing discovery. the melody to the theme song of 'balamory' which is a kids tv show on cbbc is the same melody as bottle of smoke by the pogues

haha

Thats cool

**Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:59 am**

I've noticed that Dublin in the rare old times has the same melody as the beginning of Transmetropolitan. Just sharing.

**Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:23 pm**

Simon Maguire wrote:I've noticed that Dublin in the rare old times has the same melody as the beginning of Transmetropolitan. Just sharing.

id say its the other way around simon

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