[music notes] Strawberry Entertainment & Leisure

Music, Movies, Literature and Other Leisurely Pursuits with a Strawberry Flavour


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This page is dedicated to all forms of Entertainment and Leisure with some form of strawberry Theme. So, among other items, you will find links to pages about "Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles, Strawberry quotes from literature, and links to Strawberry related movies
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Literature & Creative Writing

Search for Books about Strawberries

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More Books on Strawberries or on the Strawberry
Select one of the above links to search for books using either Strawberries or Strawberry as the keyword. These books are available at BookServe.

Quoted from "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon pg. 257 (copyright of course)
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"D'ye believe in signs at all, Sassanach?"

"What sort of signs?" I asked guardedly.

In answer he bent, plucked a sprig from the ground, and dropped it into my hand - the dark green leaves like small round Chinese fans, a pure white flower on a slender stem, and on another a half-ripe berry, its' shoulders pale with shade, blushing crimson at the tip.

"This. It's ours, d'ye see?" he said.

"Ours?"

"The Frasers'. I mean,' he explained. One large blunt finger gently prodded the berry. "Strawberries ha' always been the emblem of the clan - it's what the name meant, to start with, when a Monsieur Frèseliére came across from France with King Wlliam that was - and took hold of land in the Scottish mountains for his trouble."

King Wiliam that was. William the Conqueror, that was. Perhaps not the oldest of the Highland clans, the Frasers had still a distinguished heritage.

"Warriros from the start were you?"

"And farmers, too." The doubt in his eyes was fading into a smile.

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"Frèseliére, eh? Mr. Strawberry? He grew them did he, or was he only fond of eating them?"

"Either or both," he said dryly, "or it was maybe only that he was redheided, aye?"

I laughed, and he hunkered down beside me, unpinning his plaid.

"It's a rare plant," he said, touching the sprig in my open hand. "Flowers, fruit and leaves all together at the one time. The white flowers are for honour, and red fruit for courage - and the green leaves are for constancy."

My throat felt tight as I looked at him.

"They got that one right," I said.

He caught my hand in his own, squeezing my fingers around the tiny stem.

"And the fruit is the shape of a heart," he said softly, and bent to kiss me.

Curly Locks -- A Nursery Rhyme:

Curly Locks, Curly Locks,
Wilt thou be mine?
Thou shalt not wash dishes,
Nor yet feed the swine;
But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam
And feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream.

Quoted from Henry V, William Shakespeare

The strawberry grows underneath the Nettle, And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of lesser quality.

Quoted from Richard III, William Shakespeare

My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there.


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Music & Musicians

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Notes on "Strawberry Fields Forever" (SFF)
Interesting page that discusses general points of info about "Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles, including notes on its style and form, melody and harmony, and musical arrangement.

"Strawberry Fields Forever", "A Day in the Life", and "I Am the Walrus" An Introduction to Notes on John's "Triple Crown" (TRIPLE)
By the same author as the previous link, the start of this page begins:
In honour of John Lennon's memory on the tenth anniversary of his tragic, untimely death, I'd like to explore three of his greatest songs as a group because they so well characterize a songwriting sub-genre which is one of John's unique innovations and which remains a special part of his legacy.

Let me take you down to Strawberry Field
Page containing information about the real Strawberry Field (no 's' missing) which is responsible for part of John Lennon's inspiration.

The Wild Strawberries
The Wild Strawberries have their own web site called the "Strawbweb" which provides lyrics, graphics and sound bites of the band.
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The Strawbs
The official Strawbs website, providing news and information about the Strawbs, Dave Cousins, and other Strawbs-related bands such as Hudson Ford.
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The Strawberry Music Festivals Home Page
This 4 day camp and music festival which features folk, bluegrass and other mostly acoustical music is held each memorial day and labour day weekend in Camp Mather, CA (near Yosemite Nat'l Park).

Strawberry Alarm Clock
Strawberry Alarm Clock is the name of the "morning radio show" at FM104 in Ireland.

Strawberry Jam
This site contains album info on the Strawberry Jam Album by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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Film, Theatre & Television

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Films at the The Internet Movie Database
List all shows containing the word "strawberry" or "strawberries" in the title

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Strawberry and Chocolate (Hollywood Remake)
This links to a review of the Hollywood remake of Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate) that is a 1993 Cuban film.

Demons and Angels
This links to the script of one episode of the Red Dwarf TV show which begins, innocently enough (ha!), with an experiment in triplicating "The Last Strawberry On Earth"...


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