Fairy Feller
Kai Werner Dathe
Here is an obscene reference to that song:
Stroker 64 = masturbation game for C 64
(old commodore machine with 64kb RAM)
Master stroke is maybe ejaculation.
Maybe thats the meaning of the speed in the song - a solo or "man to man"
quickie.
Kai
"Guten Morgen, Sie wuenschten geweckt zu werden"
The eYe - 255 ammo at http://members.xoom.com/Kai_Dathe/eyecheat.htm
Parodies - with ra files at http://members.xoom.com/Kai_Dathe/parodies.html
Jonathan Mock
>
> Hi !
>
> Here is an obscene reference to that song:
>
> Stroker 64 = masturbation game for C 64
> (old commodore machine with 64kb RAM)
>
> Master stroke is maybe ejaculation.
>
> Maybe thats the meaning of the speed in the song - a solo or "man to man"
> quickie.
>
> Kai
Or it could just refer to a painting by Richard Dadd.
--
Jonathan Mock
³Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand
Ignorance and prejudice, and fear, walk hand in hand...²
~Herk
kaid...@aol.comspamspam (Kai Werner Dathe) wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Here is an obscene reference to that song:
>
> Stroker 64 = masturbation game for C 64
> (old commodore machine with 64kb RAM)
>
> Master stroke is maybe ejaculation.
>
> Maybe thats the meaning of the speed in the song - a solo or "man to
man"
> quickie.
>
> Kai
>
>
> The eYe - 255 ammo at http://members.xoom.com/Kai_Dathe/eyecheat.htm
> Parodies - with ra files at
http://members.xoom.com/Kai_Dathe/parodies.html
>
Um, interesting take, but, no, the song's about a Richard Dadd painting
(which I was privliged to see last summer at the AGO; it's a really
nice painting, IMHO) that Freddie was fond of.
If you take a gander at the painting, you can actually see each part
(The tatterdamaleon, the dragonfly trumpiter, Oberon & Titania, etc.).
Try http://members.tripod.com/~Herkman/queen/fairy.jpg
~Herk
--
"He who laughs last does indeed NOT laugh best, he simply doesn't get
the joke."
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Kai Werner Dathe
I know that it's about that painting. But I read Freddie put in "as much
[sexual] innuendo as he could".
So maybe fairy = homosexual and stroke = jerk off are these.
Stu
And who is the artist?
The sexual innuendo bit becomes more apparent with Fred's line
"The ostler stands with hands on his knees..."
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vinylfreak
<ste...@proclass.co.uk> writes
>What painting is Fairy Feller based on?
>And who is the artist?
Cathy posted an interesting piece on the painting and artist.
You could search Deja news or maybe she will post it again for you.
--
vinylfreak
Susan Stansfield
In article <7r64lv$jt8$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Stu" wrote:
<<What painting is Fairy Feller based on?
And who is the artist?
>>
The painting is by Richard Dadd.
Susan
Cathy
> >What painting is Fairy Feller based on?
> >And who is the artist?
>
> You could search Deja news or maybe she will post it again for you.
>
> --
> vinylfreak
Hey there, vf! How's about that!!! I haven't been here for weeks, and I
get a mention in one of the first posts I read! Thanks for the
adjective. Describes my life as well, for sure.
Well, since you mentioned it, and even if nobody *has* asked, I'll
repost it. Hope you all like it at least half as much as I enjoyed
writing it:
..............
The following is a Usenet post that originally appeared on
alt.music.queen on January 19, 1999:
…………………………
My Fricken Museum Visit
_______________________
This is really quite long, so you may want to print it out and take it
to the loo with you.
I took advantage of the unusually mild January weather on the 16th and
ventured over to the Frick museum in NYC to see the "Victorian Fairy
Paintings" exhibition. One of the paintings on exhibit, as many of you
on this newsgroup
may know, is Richard Dadd's "The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke". The
museum is located in a tastefully opulent mansion which was at one time
home to Henry Clay Frick and his family. Frick was a Pittsburgh steel
industrialist, and had his home designed by architect Thomas Hastings in
1913. I must say that the outside of the mansion was very unassuming. It
looked more like a library than a residence.
I wandered on into the museum, paid my admission and was asked to check
my briefcase. Too big. Okay, fine. So instead I shoved my camera into my
coat pocket
(which I later found out was not allowed to be used anywhere inside the
museum except for the absolutely magnificent indoor garden) checked the
bag, and took my notebook.
First I made my way from room to room to view the Frick permanent
collection. The private collection features works by such renowned
artists as Gainsborough, Renoir, El Greco (which is Spanish for "The
Greco") Manet, Monet and Degas. I was surprised at the amount of people
who were visiting this particular museum, since I don't recall it being
a well-known name, but then again I'm no museum expert. The museum was
fairly
crowded, probably due to the large crowds of people who were drawn out
of their homes on this first beautiful, warmish sunny day we've had in
quite a while. Another possible reason was that the "Victorian Fairy
Painting Exhibit" was ending it's run, as it was scheduled to close the
next day. I made my way down the narrow marble spiral stairway and into
the exhibit area to seek out Dadd's work.
I now truly understand the impact that this painting has had on people.
This was absolutely without a doubt the most incredibly detailed
painting I had ever seen. I was sucked right into it. It had taken me a
while to get close enough to actually see the detail, seeing as that it
was the most popular and commonly discussed painting in the room. People
were at it with magnifying glasses. I tried to follow their convexed
gazes as their lenses traveled across the canvas. Luckily I was able to
see the glorious result of the intense effort and painstaking detail
that went into it. It took Dadd six years to complete this work, and I
must say I can completely understand why. He must have had brushes that
were made with split hairs, the patience of a saint, and all the time in
the world.
Dadd painted the FFMS from 1858 to 1864 while he was a patient at
Bethlehem Hospital, which was a mental institution. He was committed for
murdering
his own father, and was subsequently diagnosed as schizophrenic. The
staff there was compassionate enough to allow Dadd to paint, and in 1865
he wrote a long account in verse explaining the painting's genesis. He
identified each character by name as they bear witness to the nymph in
yellow as he is about to split a hazelnut. The shell was to be used in
the construction of Queen Mab's coach. The Arch Magician gives the
command "Except I tell you when, strike if you dare". Squinty Pedagogue
is a critic whose "business it is to teach to do/Do it himself? Oh! No!
Tis you". We are watching the scene through tall timothy grasses, as if
to implant the notion in our heads that perhaps in the future we should
watch our step when walking through some brush. In the end, the verse
keeps the painting's secret to itself and doesn't reveal it's meaning to
us. "But whether it be or be not so/You can afford to let things go/For
naught as nothing it explains/And nothing from nothing/nothing gains".
It appears as if the painting may have been worked out initially in
monochrome (the seed pods in the foreground appear to be black and white
toned), and that Dadd filled in each element separately with color. The
medium was oil on canvas, and I was amazed at an almost cloisonné type
of look to the work; it didn't have the usual texture of an oil
painting. It was almost smooth, except for slightly raised lined such as
in the grasses and other detail. I just then overheard someone say that
they thought the painting had more of an enamel feel to it than an oil.
Then someone behind me said "Be careful not to get too close- the
fairies will pull you right into the painting" to which someone else
replied "Too late". I remarked that I was thinking the same thing. And
just as I got close enough to take a good look, the guard came over and
asked that other people have a chance because the people who had just
been in front of me had been hogging it up for about five minutes, and
now there was a line. Mind you, the painting is only about 20x36", if
even that, so in order for the slightly myopic such as myself to get an
eyeful you had to have your face right in it. So, now that it appears to
the newcomers that I am the Fairy Hog, I took my twelve seconds and
moved it on along for a little while.
I went up into the atrium for a little while, and scribbled down
a lot of these notes. The indoor garden is absolutely spectacular.
Marble
flooring, busts on pedestals, Roman columns, more paintings.There are
marble benches situated symmetrically around the perimeter of the
fountain area, which is the focal point of the room, and situated two
steps down. The fountain is surrounded by an oval pool which is lined
with blooming bromeliads. The arched ceiling is made entirely of white
frosted glass,which floods the room with subdued natural lighting with a
little help from rows of incandescent arches on the outside.
I went back to the painting again, and managed to get my nose in there
for another full minute. I could lose myself in it for hours. You just
cannot believe the incredible amount of work that must have gone into
this painting. The pebbles are so realistic that it's frightening. I
read in the extremely informative notes next to the painting that it was
never exhibited during Dadd's life, and has become the focus of a cult
following. Now, one may initially think that the following is due to the
connection with Queen, but I never heard any of the people there
discussing the work mention either the band or Freddie. Apparently, the
painting is well known in art circles based upon it's own merits.
The notes also said that it was considered the masterpiece of all fairy
paintings, and I would have to agree. There were many other beautiful
paintings in this exhibit, but none with the attraction that this one
had. I particularly liked "The Disenchantment of Bottom" (Bottom is a
character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", as are Oberon
and Titania who are mentioned in Queen's song ). There was an
interesting placement of light and shadow;
very effective.It appears as if a flash of lightning had occurred, and
we are witness to the split second flash of light that reveals several
good/evil fairies surrounding him in otherwise total darkness.
Another painting I took to was one called "Queen Mab's Cave" by Joseph
Mallord William Turner. There are several paintings by this artist in
the permanent collection, but this one was part of the Fairy exhibit.
There was a ghostly, misty lake with what appeared to be a small island
in the middle, with fairies flying about. Near the center of the
painting was a bright pool of light, which appeared to me as if it were
the place which the fairies emerged from. Very serene, yet energetic.
I would have liked to have stayed longer, but I really wanted to take
advantage of what I had left of daylight to get out and take some
pictures. So at 3:45 I walked away and continued along on my excursion.
All in all it was a great day, and I'm having a tough time picking out
my favorite part.
The painting can be seen at Queen Heaven,
http://queen.frnet.com/fairy/index.html . On that page, you can access
large pieces of the painting at a time which help show the detail, but
do the original no justice. There is also a link to the painting as
shown in one piece. I am also aware that somewhere is Dadd's account of
the scene, so if anyone knows where that is please post it.
I told you it was long.
Cathy
Stu
I thank all of you wonderful darlings for your assistance in this query...
And here's me thinking I was a big Queen fan, that I knew everything there
was to know about QII (my favourite Q album BTW) and then I hear that
Fred's been writing songs about paintings!!
Sheesh!
I need to go to the toilet now with about a ream of paper to read Cathy's
opus...
(Did anyone elaborate on the innuendo supposedly in Fairy Feller?)
Stu
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vinylfreak
<ste...@proclass.co.uk> writes
>vinylfreak, Cathy and Susan
Don't thank me for passing on the info about Cathy's big post. :-)
It was eerie how she was just getting back to check in.
>
>I thank all of you wonderful darlings for your assistance in this query...
>
>And here's me thinking I was a big Queen fan, that I knew everything there
>was to know about QII (my favourite Q album BTW) and then I hear that
>Fred's been writing songs about paintings!!
>
>Sheesh!
>
>I need to go to the toilet now with about a ream of paper to read Cathy's
>opus...
>
>(Did anyone elaborate on the innuendo supposedly in Fairy Feller?)
>Stu
There is enough innuendo floating in this group to fill a dozen Benny
Hill shows. :-)
--
vinylfreak
Susan Stansfield
In article <7rbo6q$dth$1...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Stu" wrote:
<<vinylfreak, Cathy and Susan
I thank all of you wonderful darlings for your assistance in this query...
>>
Glad we could help. :-)
Susan