Stick with this one a while. You will be rewarded:
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Open thread 3/19/21 — 20 Comments
I’ve never been much of a concert goer and was unfamiliar with Goodman but won free tickets from a radio station and saw him perform in the early 80s. It was a really entertaining show and I added his greatest hits to my CD collection.
That was great! BTW when those strings go, it can hurt if it hits you.
Neo: Another harmony sample from a classic group. Maybe not in the Bee Gees category but I’ve always liked it.
I enjoyed that. I always admire people who can think on the fly and ad lib like that.
“Stick with this one a while. You will be rewarded:”
Yeah, that’s what they promise you for shopping for groceries at Kroger’s, too.
But what do you get?
Three cents off a gallon of gasoline …
Your music postings have been enjoyable, and a nice respite from pure politics. We all need avenues of escape from the non-stop turmoil of the broader world we find ourselves in, always.
I was not a Beegees fan, and am not now, but I have a new respect for their mastery of their craft, particularly their song-writing skills.
I profer another artist, maligned by many but with an undying fan base for him and his band long after his passing: Jerry Garcia. You probably already know much of his/their music. The selection I’ve linked is a Dylan tune he did with his own band. Simple Twist of Fate. He sang and played from the heart. Dylan said of him: “His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle.” https://youtu.be/_s40h75tcgM
Dave from N.E.:
Well, all the Bee Gees ever wanted was a little Respect (that song was written by Otis Redding, by the way – the singer the Bee Gees wrote “To Love Somebody” for).
Glad you’re enjoying the music posts! I’m certainly enjoying these respites from politics as well.
Supper later today. Let’s start with Oysters Rockefeller.
Note how deftly he removes the string, without missing a proverbial beat or a literal one.
I guess that performers are accustomed to having strings break. They ride those strings hard.
physicsguy:
I always liked the Mamas and the Papas too. Great harmony, and “California Dreaming” is one of those immediately great songs. But for me, mixed-sex groups and/or four part harmony cannot beat male groups with three-part harmony (I tried to explain that in one of my posts; don’t recall which one), but it has to do with my preference for close harmony and for male singing voices.
I also liked Peter Paul and Mary, who had three-part harmony but was not all-male. But Mary had a fabulous fabulous voice, for a woman 🙂 (rather deep for a woman, though; contralto).
DNW, since Kroger is mostly a Midwestern chain, a 3-cent discount will go a little farther for their average customer than it would for someone out this way. Every bit helps!
Like others here, I’ve been trying to listen to more music as a respite from politics.
“That was a pleasant accident.”
Yes, it was.
Thanks, neo.
In the Caribbean they sing a lot of calypso music. In the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Calypsonians are renowned for their abilities to make up tunes (lyrics and music) on the spot. You’ll see them at the beaches, busking. They’re quite good at it! Around carnival time every year, there is a calypso championship, which invariably has an ex-tempo competition. Two Calypsonians will face off, trading back and forth, insulting each other, discussing politics, making up ranchy double-entendres (hysterical and I do mean raunchy). Lyrics made up on the spot – very fun to watch!
By chance, I had recently looked at a YouTube clip of a violinist who broke a violin string in the middle of a piece. I went to search for it and saw what happened when a 14 yr. old Midori broke the E string of her violin not once, but twice. It seems this “saving” technique is rather a SOP.
Don’t mean to interrupt this pleasant conversation…
This morning I got into it a bit with a cafe friend, who saw fit to inform me (again) of the latest Covid/China narrative — top men have looked at the virus and concluded it wasn’t a lab accident. Wheew! That’s a relief.
I’ve got a few good links and arguments handy, but the larder isn’t as well-stocked as I thought.
Anyone got a Few Good Links I could print out for my friend? I don’t want to argue with him, because he is certain of so much stuff that is wrong, as Reagan noted, that a discussion doesn’t go anywhere.
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But in Jordan Peterson’s interview with evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein, the latter says the more he’s looked at the Covid-19 origins question, the more isolated the lab origins theory becomes, because all of the tests about natural origins fail.
I’ve never been much of a concert goer and was unfamiliar with Goodman but won free tickets from a radio station and saw him perform in the early 80s. It was a really entertaining show and I added his greatest hits to my CD collection.
That was great! BTW when those strings go, it can hurt if it hits you.
Neo: Another harmony sample from a classic group. Maybe not in the Bee Gees category but I’ve always liked it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33-DQT_OVM
I enjoyed that. I always admire people who can think on the fly and ad lib like that.
Yeah, that’s what they promise you for shopping for groceries at Kroger’s, too.
But what do you get?
Three cents off a gallon of gasoline …
Your music postings have been enjoyable, and a nice respite from pure politics. We all need avenues of escape from the non-stop turmoil of the broader world we find ourselves in, always.
I was not a Beegees fan, and am not now, but I have a new respect for their mastery of their craft, particularly their song-writing skills.
I profer another artist, maligned by many but with an undying fan base for him and his band long after his passing: Jerry Garcia. You probably already know much of his/their music. The selection I’ve linked is a Dylan tune he did with his own band. Simple Twist of Fate. He sang and played from the heart. Dylan said of him: “His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle.”
https://youtu.be/_s40h75tcgM
Dave from N.E.:
Well, all the Bee Gees ever wanted was a little Respect (that song was written by Otis Redding, by the way – the singer the Bee Gees wrote “To Love Somebody” for).
Glad you’re enjoying the music posts! I’m certainly enjoying these respites from politics as well.
Supper later today. Let’s start with Oysters Rockefeller.
http://theschoonerrestaurant.com/main/category/menu/
mmmmm good!
physicsguy:
Note how deftly he removes the string, without missing a proverbial beat or a literal one.
I guess that performers are accustomed to having strings break. They ride those strings hard.
physicsguy:
I always liked the Mamas and the Papas too. Great harmony, and “California Dreaming” is one of those immediately great songs. But for me, mixed-sex groups and/or four part harmony cannot beat male groups with three-part harmony (I tried to explain that in one of my posts; don’t recall which one), but it has to do with my preference for close harmony and for male singing voices.
I also liked Peter Paul and Mary, who had three-part harmony but was not all-male. But Mary had a fabulous fabulous voice, for a woman 🙂 (rather deep for a woman, though; contralto).
DNW, since Kroger is mostly a Midwestern chain, a 3-cent discount will go a little farther for their average customer than it would for someone out this way. Every bit helps!
I loved that…still grinning.
Easy listening stuff.
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Riviera paradise
https://youtu.be/x70G-NhyUPI
Excellent!
Like others here, I’ve been trying to listen to more music as a respite from politics.
“That was a pleasant accident.”
Yes, it was.
Thanks, neo.
In the Caribbean they sing a lot of calypso music. In the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Calypsonians are renowned for their abilities to make up tunes (lyrics and music) on the spot. You’ll see them at the beaches, busking. They’re quite good at it! Around carnival time every year, there is a calypso championship, which invariably has an ex-tempo competition. Two Calypsonians will face off, trading back and forth, insulting each other, discussing politics, making up ranchy double-entendres (hysterical and I do mean raunchy). Lyrics made up on the spot – very fun to watch!
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=trinidad+extempo+2020&pn=1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrVmu5oIV-hE
That to me is creative genius. Wow!
By chance, I had recently looked at a YouTube clip of a violinist who broke a violin string in the middle of a piece. I went to search for it and saw what happened when a 14 yr. old Midori broke the E string of her violin not once, but twice. It seems this “saving” technique is rather a SOP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkp8YSuePPM
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Don’t mean to interrupt this pleasant conversation…
This morning I got into it a bit with a cafe friend, who saw fit to inform me (again) of the latest Covid/China narrative — top men have looked at the virus and concluded it wasn’t a lab accident. Wheew! That’s a relief.
I’ve got a few good links and arguments handy, but the larder isn’t as well-stocked as I thought.
Anyone got a Few Good Links I could print out for my friend? I don’t want to argue with him, because he is certain of so much stuff that is wrong, as Reagan noted, that a discussion doesn’t go anywhere.
_____________________________________________
–“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Top men”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdjf4lMmiiI
huxley — Sorry. I have no immediate links.
But in Jordan Peterson’s interview with evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein, the latter says the more he’s looked at the Covid-19 origins question, the more isolated the lab origins theory becomes, because all of the tests about natural origins fail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O_gW4VWZ5c