It is said that there are only 7 plots that can be written.
In the mid 90s some friends and I tried to work out what they would be…
- Love
- Coming of Age
- Histories (Politics / Kings / War)
- Fear / Death
- Discovery / Adventure
- Justice
- Insanity / Outside / Drug experience / Religious experience
Then in January 2011, while I was waiting for my morning train on the London Underground, I saw a man reading a book,
The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker. It gives the seven as:
- Overcoming the Monster
- Rags to Riches
- The Quest
- Voyage and Return
- Comedy
- Tragedy
- Rebirth
I'm not sure I agree with this list. I'm not saying our list is more complete, but where does the love story come into the second list? Wouldn't "The Quest" be the Voyage part of "Voyage and Return"? And "Rebirth" could be equivalent to Return? What about Political/Historical stories?
Being a short list of Kylie Minogue's studio albums.
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Chart position |
Year |
Album | Label |
UK |
Australia |
1988 |
Kylie | PWL |
1 |
2 |
1989 |
Enjoy Yourself | PWL |
1 |
9 |
1990 |
Rhythm of Love | PWL |
9 |
10 |
1991 |
Let's Get to It | PWL |
15 |
13 |
1994 |
Kylie Minogue | Deconstruction |
4 |
3 |
1997 |
Impossible Princess | Deconstruction |
10 |
4 |
2000 |
Light Years | Parlophone |
2 |
1 |
2001 |
Fever | Parlophone |
1 |
1 |
2003 |
Body Language | Parlophone |
6 |
2 |
2007 |
X | Parlophone |
4 |
1 |
2010 |
Aphrodite | Parlophone |
1 |
2 |
2014 |
Kiss Me Once | Parlophone |
2 |
1 |
2015 |
Kylie Christmas | Parlophone |
12 |
7 |
2018 |
Golden | BMG |
1 |
1 |
2020 |
Disco | BMG |
1 |
1 |
The many ways that Hercules Grytpype-Thynne introduces his associate Count Moriaty in the Goon Show (1951-1960)
Neddy, allow me to introduce...
Count Moriarty, the famous French Morris dancer
Count Moriarty, Inspector of the Carabinieri, Spanish police
Count Moriarty, French overland saxophone champion
Count Moriarty, the Honourable Bowles
Count 'Fred' Moriarty international senna-pod ace and head of the secret senna-pod ring
Count Fred Moriarty, the world's Louse Ladder Champion of 1927
Count Foreign Fred Moriarty, The fiendish steamroller driver of Regent Street
Count Fred Moriarty, crack leather bucaine player and voted Mr. Thin Legs of 1912
Count Serge Moriarty (Only because he couldn't afford flannel)
Count Fred 'Legs' Moriarty, unimportant minister extraordinary to the republic of Yukkabukkoo
Count Jim Springknees Moriarty
Count Jim Tin 'Thighs' Moriarty
Count Jim Knee-trembler Moriarty
Count Jim 'Kidney Wiper' Moriarty
Count 'Pules' Moriarty
Count Jim 'Wakey Wakey' Moriarty
Count Jim Le 'Steamnuts' Moriarty
Count Jim Thighs [Aaaaw] Moriarty, international chauffeur extraordinaire and general handyman
Count Jim Thighs Moriarty. Count of ten, second Baron lands and Marquis de la refreshments
Count Jim 'Thighs' Moriarty, confidential bus-conductor to the President of France and war correspondent of 'Health and Sound'.
Count Jim 'knees' [FX: single wood block, Moriaty: Owww] Moriaty. Fruit bottler extraordinary to the House of Pronk, and ex World Turkish Bath champion.
Count Jim 'Thighs' Moriarty [Owwwwwww] Schlapper royale, and noted amateur postman.
Count Villion de Jim 'Thighs' [Owww] Moriarty, gold medallist road sweeper to Penge district and international knotted-string consultant.
Count Jim 'Gripe' Labour-exchange Moriarty, leaper supreme and all-England crab champion
Sumbrinaise commander, count Jim 'Knees Naboolah' Moriarty, of the Fried French Forces
Count Jim 'I-must-get- those-hinges-on-my-socks-oiled' Moriarty, world bankruptcy champion for the year ending nineteen fifty-seven
Count Jim 'Bilge' [Oww] Moriarty, voted 'Miss Galley Slops, of 1951' and part owner of the suit he is now wearing
Count Jim 'Drains' [Owwww] Moriarty, undefeated world steaming champion
Count Jim 'Gums' Moriarty, lone porridge dancer and three times world trousers champion
Count Moriarty, ex-actor and has played the male lead in over fifty postcards
Count Jim 'Steam' Moriarty, inventor of the brown boot and first man to go three weeks without stopping
Count Jim 'Toes' Moriarty, only man to have shot a telephone directory in flight and twice world cheese dancer
Count Jim Shag [Owwwww!] Strolling knee-clapper and inventor of the round hole
Count Jim Groins Moriarty, winner of the perforated vest award for the butler's revenge contest, and owner of a 'do-it-yourself' marriage kit.
Count Jim 'Oddman' [Ohhh!] Moriarty, husband extraordinary by appointment to the House of Rita Hayworth.
Count Jim 'Tiger-Nuts' Moriarty, dustbin extraordinary and lady in waiting to Isis.
Count Jim [awwwooww!] 'explosions' Moriarty
Count Jim 'Bubbles' Moriarty, owner of the world's greatest collection of fourteenth Century Italian explosions
Count 'Rumbles' [Abalahoww] Moriarty, champion barbed-wire hurdler, until his tragic accident
Count Jim 'Naboolas' [Owwww] Moriarty
Count Jim 'Flies' [oh!, oh!] Moriarty
Count Jim 'Strains-Supreme' Moriarty, last of the great butlers. He has waited at table bus-stops and YWCA windows.
A Frenchman of noble birth, the family arms a wreck rampant on a field of steaming argent tat, voted actor of the year by Mrs Mable Fumes, son of the eminent graphologist and swine, Count Dingleberries Moriarty!