Monday, February 4, 2013

Reg Presley RIIP and the Buzzcocks

On perusing the Deaths in 2013 site, I noticed that Reg Presly of the Troggs had passed away: 
Reg Presley, 71, British singer and musician (The Troggs), lung cancer.[2]
Since my recent January 30th post involved musicians/bands that have "twin" letters in their name:  Z.Z. Topp,  Z.Z. Hill and B.B. King,   I thought the twin "gg" in Troggs enough of a pattern to warrant further investigation, note the following:   
Reg Presley (born Reginald Maurice Ball; 12 June 1941 – 4 February 2013) 
I nearly fell off my seat when I read that he was born with the surname "Ball"... I had a pretty good inkling that the etymology would be the same as "bell"-- a name/word that factored prominently-- a major cluster pattern found in my previous post.  Note the following etymology: 
  •  ball (n.1) Look up ball at Dictionary.com"round object,  from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).  
  •  bell (n.) Look up bell at Dictionary.comOld English belle, from PIE root *bhel- (4) "to sound, roar."
As you can see, they are related via the PIE root *bhel .  And it doesn't end there, note the next excerpt taken from Reg's wiki page:
He was born at 17 Belle Vue Road, Andover, Hampshire.
Note the street where he was born-- "Belle" Vue.  So what are the chances?!  Another pattern as of late has been "stars/starrs", so note the  title of one of the Troggs more popular hits:
Thank Your Lucky Stars reached number 2 in the UK and number 1 in the United States in July 1966.
Note as well, that he was born on June 12th, which is one day off from my own birthday of June 13, so this would fit into what I refer to as the "Off By One" Cluster Pattern.  And then note this excerpt: 
the Troggs influenced artists such as Iggy Pop,[9] and the early version of British pop-punk pioneers  Buzzcocks
BUZZCOCKS!?  You'd have to venture to my last two posts to see the cluster pattern with that one.  Just for the record, note this title taken from my September 23, 2011 post from my Toumai Blog : The Cock and Bull of Thomas Crapper's Ball Cock
 


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