tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post4119047440775549060..comments2024-03-28T15:38:54.673+08:00Comments on .: It Warms The Cockles & Mussels Of Our HeartsANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-33767315622291956762020-08-07T22:12:03.455+08:002020-08-07T22:12:03.455+08:00I am replying to CEDRIC COLLARS' comment about...I am replying to CEDRIC COLLARS' comment about MOLLY MALONE and St Patrick's.<br />Interesting to note this celebration Cedric because it is a tradition indeed. <br />Yes, Siglap and Katong are wonderful places with that mix of kids.<br />Thanks for bringing back fond memories.<br />"Alive, alive, oh..."ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-65532816844836325042020-08-07T13:12:51.142+08:002020-08-07T13:12:51.142+08:00THIS POST HIT
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IT ...THIS POST HIT<br />275 VIEWERSHIP <br />WITHIN 8 HOURS.<br /><br />IT MUST BE JAMES KWOK'S WRITING<br />OR JAMUS LIM'S POPULARITY QUOTE.chakap chakapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-41005418251012256072020-08-07T13:08:41.483+08:002020-08-07T13:08:41.483+08:00Thanks James.
Ah gourmet-licious!
You are very gen...Thanks James.<br />Ah gourmet-licious!<br />You are very generous in your ways.<br />But not with the HARMful cockles.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-2225670397792561252020-08-07T13:06:44.181+08:002020-08-07T13:06:44.181+08:00Thanks to you for triggering my memory with the HU...Thanks to you for triggering my memory with the HUMful char kway teow.<br />My wife Alice has Malaysian cousins and nephews and nieces who used to bring their own supply of cockles to a few of their favourite char kway teow stalls, hidden away, near Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, that didn't need signboards but had plenty of satisfied customers.<br /><br />We used to enjoy those mouth watering moments... until a Malaysian microbiologist friend told us about the link between Malaysian cockles and their high incidence of hepatitis.<br /><br />We went for our blood tests, got negative results (thank God) and avoided blood cockles. So from then on our char kway teow has always been HUMless only.JAMES KWOK (WRITER OF THIS POST)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-26014339796111862412020-08-07T12:59:06.307+08:002020-08-07T12:59:06.307+08:00Thanks Jimmy,
You are one of very few people who ...Thanks Jimmy,<br /><br />You are one of very few people who appreciate the song. I guess your background and travel all over (including Dublin) has made you what you are today, a peaceful man and definitely a worldly-wise individual.<br /><br />Your love for singing is incredible.<br /><br />Again thanks Mr Ambassador for your comment.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-39703954579663536472020-08-07T12:48:48.689+08:002020-08-07T12:48:48.689+08:00My favourite song MOLLY MALONE when visiting Dubli...My favourite song MOLLY MALONE when visiting Dublin, capital of Ireland.<br /><br />ANDY - THANKS FOR THE FOND MEMORIES OF THAT BEAUTIFUL MOLLY MALONE STATUE WHICH I VISITED 3 YEARS AGO.<br /><br />(Jimmy Yap connected the video: Molly Malone by The Dubliners, a beautiful version indeed.)JIMMY YAPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-85154969964099652362020-08-06T21:10:53.262+08:002020-08-06T21:10:53.262+08:00Yes, Soo Khoon.
I guess those songs we learnt as k...Yes, Soo Khoon.<br />I guess those songs we learnt as kids disappeared later on when we had our own local Singapore legislature and government.<br /><br />Thank you for your constant interest in this blog and its music.<br />ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-39122541456529481452020-08-06T21:08:14.003+08:002020-08-06T21:08:14.003+08:00I never knew that there was a song called Cockles ...I never knew that there was a song called Cockles and Mussels.<br />Nice. :-)TAN SOO KHOONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-84041997719186622642020-08-06T19:45:04.107+08:002020-08-06T19:45:04.107+08:00Thanks SL
Yes, as explained, I learnt as a child b...Thanks SL<br />Yes, as explained, I learnt as a child but didn’t use it much. <br />In Singapore, with the weird mix of English and Mother Tongues, these phrases became lost in the milieu of language learning when our<br />native speakers left this lovely 😊 paradise to go home to the UK.<br />The terms and proverbs and English phrases left with them.<br />Now, our new kids on the block are stunned when they hear these terms.<br />It’s something new to many.<br />ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-54844648730928091992020-08-06T19:42:11.580+08:002020-08-06T19:42:11.580+08:00I have to comment as we also learnt these songs as...I have to comment as we also learnt these songs as kids. The song reflects life in Dublin, Ireland and the poor misarable life of a sea-food vendor Molly Malone. I normally play the song during St Patrick's Day with the Irish people just going wild. Yes it has a very different effect on those who are from that lifestyle. Guess growing up in Siglap and St Patrick's School we Eurasian kids had a mixture of friends and "kakis" Cheers Cedric Collarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781645102120196797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-41892102329281671862020-08-06T19:33:15.964+08:002020-08-06T19:33:15.964+08:00Music about "see hum"? No one's ever...Music about "see hum"? No one's ever written music for this lowly bivalve, has there?<br />Andy, great phrase you have there. Wouldn't be wrong to say, "it warms the cockles and *muscles* of our hearts" either because the "cockles of the heart" are actually the heart's ventricles, "cochleae cordis". Heart mussels, I mean, muscles.<br />We were never taught this song. At least, I was never taught it, nor heard it sung. Very ignorant, moi. Confession: I've never heard this "warm the cockles of my heart" until Jamus used it. I'm sure it is a common enough phrase but I just never got to learn about it.SL (Lecturer)noreply@blogger.com