[QUOTE=davieddy;199857]I thought for one blissful moment you were referring to
Catherine/Euler/Elizabeth/Miranda Richardson (the great).[/QUOTE]

Close, but no cigar. Unless Catherine/Euler/Elizabeth/Miranda Richardson (the great) is a typo and you simply spelled George III/George/Dr. House/Dr. Cockroach/Hugh Laurie (M.D./PhD.) incorrectly.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT52HhtJ6kU[/url]

Miranda Richardson is the recipient of the letter and then goes on to shoot two squirrels with a single muzzle-loading gun without reloading. Famous quote: [I]Oh, God; what a way to die: shot by a transvestite on an unrealistic grassy knoll.[/I]

The thread is called 'music', so here's some in form of a monumental Gothenburg instrumental (hey that rhymes!):

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLNWUv_5z1c[/url]

John Lennon out of his depth
 

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNRJ7c0SRJA[/URL]

[quote=__HRB__;199847]The only thing worse than a Bach piece is 'The Rite of Spring', which is close to the maximum possible 100% in sonic pollution.[/quote]
Given that we are both quite passionate about music, it would
be surprising if we didn't stumble on something we could agree about
occasionally.

If you find "The Rite of Spring" difficult to listen to, you should
try performing the fucker.

I was convened into a large orchestra brought together from
Oxford and Cambridge universities, and the College and Academy
of music in London to rehearse and perform the "Rite" and Brahms
1st piano concerto.
I assume the connection was to do with the reception of the
first oerformances.

I had never heard the Brahms before. One of the Menuhin sisters was
the soloist, and I can say with confidence that playing in it was a
highlight of my musical life.
I love that piece to this day.
I read on a sleeve note that Clara Schumann's reaction was
words to the effect of "I knew it was going to be good,
but I wasn't prepared for it to be that good"

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;199897]If you find "The Rite of Spring" difficult to listen to, you should try performing the fucker.[/QUOTE]

That's actually quite easy. You disguise as the percussionist and [I]attempt[/I] to continuously play 1/16ths with the biggest bad-ass cymbals or gong you can find. Some of the notes will of course be wrong, but the only thing audience will notice is how much more interesting your improvisationally improved phrasing is compared to the original.

[QUOTE=davieddy;199897]I had never heard the Brahms before.[/QUOTE]

Brahms spelled backward: Smharb.
(Victor Borge rulez!)

I've discovered that one usually cannot go wrong with piano concertos in a minor key. Too bad I never got to see Glenn Gould, because I think that if he had an exceptionally good day and his humming would drain out enough of the music, then even I could manage to sit through a Bach's piano concerto no. 7, provided I dose the Valium right.

[QUOTE=__HRB__;199901]
Brahms spelled backward: Smharb.
(Victor Borge rulez!)
[/QUOTE]
speaking of things spelled backwards,i found this today.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg[/URL]

[quote=Dougal;199918]speaking of things spelled backwards,i found this today.

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg[/URL][/quote]
:smile:
Call me dumb, but of all the things one might wish to do
with Brahms, spelling his name backwards isn't among them.

Now were we comparing him to Liszt, that would
be a different ball game altogether.

[QUOTE=Dougal;199918]speaking of things spelled backwards,i found this today.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg[/URL][/QUOTE]

Wierd Al is so cool that he actually deserves to have his [URL="http://twitter.com/ALyankovic"]tweets[/URL] mirrored on every server twice.

[QUOTE=davieddy;199919]:smile:
Call me dumb, but of all the things one might wish to do
with Brahms, spelling his name backwards isn't among them.[/QUOTE]

Dig him out and give his bones to one of the Menuhin sisters while grinning madly about her not getting the double entendre?

[QUOTE=davieddy;199919]Now were we comparing him to Liszt, that would
be a different ball game altogether.[/QUOTE]

Ah, you must be referring to my friend's liszt of favorite romantic [strike]conquests[/strike] compositions:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w64vWhAqL4[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J41XLUH-jhE[/url]

I love Liszt for playing a practical joke on Dick Wagner by tricking him into marriage with his son Casimir:

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosimawagner1877london.jpg"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosimawagner(Casimirliszt)1877london.jpg
[/URL]

Time for some good stuff
 

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBA2REoRD98[/URL]

Tell me why you don't love this

[QUOTE=davieddy;199981][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBA2REoRD98[/URL]

Tell me why you don't love this[/QUOTE]

Maybe because it's so lame that the artist's name should posthumously be changed to Sucky "I put my amps on a little under 3, because otherwise me Mum gets mad" McEpicfail?

[I]Gedanken-experiment[/I]: What would the world be like if Sid Vicious and Wendy O. Williams had a kids AND one of them were President of the USA?

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6R0I2oHKY[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q401R0JtuFw[/url]

To quote "oaksyboy44": [I]Hahaha, my mother used to go mental at me playing this at full volume, great post.[/I]

[I]My comment:[/I] Fork, yeah! \m/ \m/

[quote=__HRB__;199991]Maybe because it's so lame that the artist's name should posthumously be changed to Sucky "I put my amps on a little under 3, because otherwise me Mum gets mad" McEpicfail?

[I]Gedanken-experiment[/I]: What would the world be like if Sid Vicious and Wendy O. Williams had a kids AND one of them were President of the USA?

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6R0I2oHKY[/URL]
[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q401R0JtuFw[/URL]

To quote "oaksyboy44": [I]Hahaha, my mother used to go mental at me playing this at full volume, great post.[/I]

[I]My comment:[/I] Fork, yeah! \m/ \m/[/quote]
I know that your posts are so deep that they sometimes repay revisiting.

To flog a dead horse, some folk regard the B minor mass as the
pinnacle of musical achievement.
This track lasts 4 minutes and has cum in its title.
About 3 minutes in, it sounds like the sort of complicated
convuluted muddle that may be part of the reason you don't like Bach.
One is left wondering whether even the maestro can extricate
himself from the tangle,and bring the ditty to a satisfying conclusion.

Try to work it out:

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRhNJapm5g[/URL]

[QUOTE=davieddy;199996]I know that your posts are so deep that they sometimes repay revisiting.

To flog a dead horse, some folk regard the B minor mass as the
pinnacle of musical achievement.
This track lasts 4 minutes and has cum in its title.
About 3 minutes in, it sounds like the sort of complicated
convuluted muddle that may be part of the reason you don't like Bach.
One is left wondering whether even the maestro can extricate
himself from the tangle,and bring the ditty to a satisfying conclusion.

Try to work it out:

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRhNJapm5g[/URL][/QUOTE]

Admittedly, that wasn't that bad and there is a lot out there that is much worse. There is nothing wrong with convoluted muddles, if they're de-convoluted very differently form the way they were convoluted.

Basically, I expect Alexander to take his Bazooka and pulverize anything within 5 yards of that piece of string. If he puts on his reading glasses, pulls up a chair and goes 'Hm...I think this loop got pulled through here, so let's see what happens when I try to squeeze it back through...anybody here with strong fingernails?', then I want to hurt someone.

I admire your effort but no matter how hard you try, you'll never be able to turn me into a Bach-lover. I admit that having cum in the title is great for making intentional unintentional puns to check out a lady's mood, but as an American I prefer Dvorak No.9/IV, so I can lie about the theme being the tune my Comanche great^n grandfather hummed when he humped and then mispronounce the [I]con fuoco[/I] accordingly.

There is just so much more music out there that has a lot more oomph/pizazz than all of Bach's works put together (sans Toccata & Fugue in D minor). Over the years I have collected many different recordings of [I]Night on a Bare Mountain[/I], and obviously some are more equal than others, but all are different, all have their own character, and all are close to being almost unreal [I]real[/I]. The merry-go-round tune is incredibly right-wrong and so perfectly-imperfectly placed...anybody who doesn't dribble spit in total awe when listening to this for the first couple of times, isn't really alive.

I prefer the orchestral arrangement by Ravel, but solo piano will do...
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U2bc96Z3QU[/url]

Here's a version by Leo DiStokowskio:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu970EXXGzQ[/url]

My favorite version is by some Warsaw-pact radio symphony-orchestra with the most extreme variation in speed and where the score says [I]ppp[/I] they really play [SIZE="1"][I]ppp[/I][/SIZE] and where it says [I]fff[/I] they really play [SIZE="5"][I]fff[/I][/SIZE]