Hello, isn't everything gorgeous
I chose the nickname Rocky because, as a boy in the 50's I wanted to be a pop singer (still do, in fact do do in a way, I sing & play in a band called The Jive Turkeys). My favourite singer after Buddy Holly died (it's a harsh world but at 9 it's a bit morbid to have a dead hero) was Cliff Richard. Steady on, he wasn't like he is now, you know - he wore a pink tie with an orange shirt, now that was rebellious in 1958, it may have even been where The Clash were to get the inspiration for their name two decades later.
Anyway, in my own stage fantasies singing with the record player in our front room I chose a name like Cliff's, & to this boy's way of thinking, Rocky (cliff, get it?)was an excellent choice. And what better to emphasise the craggy geological symbolism than to be a Mountain? So Rocky Mountain it was. And stayed, even when Cliff was dropped like a hot potato ("don't pick it up...") once the Beatles came forth.
So, it's nothing to do with Stallone's pugilist, although it has nice H2G2 reverberations, remember the line "The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys!"?...
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