Muzak
 

It would be nice to have a forum devited to this.

one of my ~twenty top ten records is "Rescue Me" by
Fontella Bass (allthough Roy Buchanan did a supeb compliment
to it instrumentally)

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;160231]It would be nice to have a forum devited to this.

one of my ~twenty top ten records is "Rescue Me" by
Fontella Bass (allthough Roy Buchanan did a supeb compliment
to it instrumentally)

David[/QUOTE]

We had a thread, started by Mally, about music, both to listen and to play.
Are there any music players?

Luigi

In the "Mission Accomplished" thread, Ernst invited comments
on the musical interlude before Obama's late and fluffed oath.
I thought I offered pertinent comments on both renditions,
but otherwise it elicited no response.
Did I really start this thread yesterday? Unlike some threads
I have started (notably "pet pronunciation hates") I fear this
one may not fly.

David

RIP
 

Buddy Holly, Ricky (as distinct from Ritchie) Valens and the big bopper.
(50 years ago from today).

David

[quote=davieddy;161456]Buddy Holly, Ricky (as distinct from Ritchie) Valens and the big bopper.
(50 years ago from today).

David[/quote]
I might have muddled up the names there.
I get confused between Laura and Donna.

PS I think I know who did Peggy Sue tho:)

Are you so blind you cannot see
 

(Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA)
[URL]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487285,00.html[/URL]

One last try:
Any of you Brits listening to the Alfred Brendel show ATM?

PS He's just played what Jack Nicholson did in
"Five Easy Pieces". What was it?

[QUOTE=davieddy;161456]Buddy Holly, Ricky (as distinct from Ritchie) Valens and the big bopper.
(50 years ago from today).[/QUOTE]I passed by a memorial to one of them today. A close relative of mine met and a private mini-concert from one. :whistle:

Sweet Dreams
 

You don't deserve it but here it is anywat
[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNyE1_a6ShE[/URL]

[QUOTE=davieddy;161486]One last try:
Any of you Brits listening to the Alfred Brendel show ATM?

PS He's just played what Jack Nicholson did in
"Five Easy Pieces". What was it?[/QUOTE]
The Alfred Brendel program hasn't arrived yet here in the colonies and I haven't seen it. My reaction, though, is "are you sure?"

Of the five (allegedly) easy pieces, the two played by the Nicholson character are both by Chopin. In the bizarre scene of him playing the upright piano on the back of the lorry travelling along the highway he plays part of the Fantasy in F minor, Op 49. The other piece is the Prelude Op 28|4. As far as I know, Brendel does not include Chopin in his repertoire.

The other three pieces are by Mozart (x2) and Bach. Both are much more likely candidates for Brendel, but were not played by the Nicholson character.

You've mentioned [I]Five Easy Pieces[/I] before and on the strength of it I hired the DVD and had a look. It was a bit raw with a very youthful Nicholson, but I got more from it that I had expected.

[quote=99.94;161508]The Alfred Brendel program hasn't arrived yet here in the colonies and I haven't seen it. My reaction, though, is "are you sure?"

Of the five (allegedly) easy pieces, the two played by the Nicholson character are both by Chopin. In the bizarre scene of him playing the upright piano on the back of the lorry travelling along the highway he plays part of the Fantasy in F minor, Op 49. The other piece is the Prelude Op 28|4. As far as I know, Brendel does not include Chopin in his repertoire.

The other three pieces are by Mozart (x2) and Bach. Both are much more likely candidates for Brendel, but were not played by the Nicholson character.

You've mentioned [I]Five Easy Pieces[/I] before and on the strength of it I hired the DVD and had a look. It was a bit raw with a very youthful Nicholson, but I got more from it that I had expected.[/quote]

Many thaks for this informative reply.
Of course I'm sure: the piece (presumably the Chopin prelude)
is as familiar as it is memorable. Brendel was was not playing it in
a concert. I saw him in 1970 playing Schubert's 4 impromptus.

I'm so glad someone thought it worthwhile to check out
"Five Easy Pieces". If by "raw" you mean the way one scene
jumps to another, I can only say that is one of the many things
I love about it.

David