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Post by trekkielo on Jul 15, 2021 6:11:51 GMT
Double Jeopardy! Music, In the Classical Sense $2000 Really putting the "O" in Orchestra, E.L.O. did a live performance of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by this composer
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Post by Timeblue on Jul 15, 2021 10:13:04 GMT
We have heart 70s on this week at work and so far Evil Woman 3x, Sweet Talkin Woman and of course Mr Blue Sky...
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Post by orioles70 on Jul 15, 2021 12:09:37 GMT
Grieg wasn't it? Was his first name Edward or something similar? close enough, Edvard Grieg I wonder how well the song could be bent into a standard verse/chorus pop structure with lyrics based on the story. It would take some major rework. << Peer Gynt arrived at the hall of the Mountain King. He was then surrounded by many ugly trolls, captured and taken before the king. At first the king was not happy to have an intruder in their kingdom but Peer assured him that he is looking for a new home and perhaps he would be allowed to live there. The king finds that he likes this young man and suggests that Peer could marry his daughter. She was beautiful but not as pretty as Solveig. The king decided that Peer would have to become a troll to marry his daughter. >>
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Post by vlogdance on Jul 15, 2021 21:41:34 GMT
Grieg wasn't it? Was his first name Edward or something similar? close enough, Edvard Grieg I wonder how well the song could be bent into a standard verse/chorus pop structure with lyrics based on the story. It would take some major rework. << Peer Gynt arrived at the hall of the Mountain King. He was then surrounded by many ugly trolls, captured and taken before the king. At first the king was not happy to have an intruder in their kingdom but Peer assured him that he is looking for a new home and perhaps he would be allowed to live there. The king finds that he likes this young man and suggests that Peer could marry his daughter. She was beautiful but not as pretty as Solveig. The king decided that Peer would have to become a troll to marry his daughter. >> You can imagine the pop video now, can't you? Richard as the long-haired Peer Gynt arriving in the hall, surrounded by the rest of the band, heavily disguised (no jokes about who already looks like a strange elf-like creature, please, Helmut83) and brought before Jeff's throne. He'd charm Jeff with his vocoder. They could have got Mary Thomas to play the king's daughter. But Richard would escape by using his magic fingers.
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 16, 2021 2:25:52 GMT
I would never have made comments of such an inappropriate nature, Vlog Bach; I don't know why you'd think such a thing.
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Post by vlogdance on Jul 16, 2021 7:41:00 GMT
I would never have made comments of such an inappropriate nature, Vlog Bach; I don't know why you'd think such a thing. In a word, Bach - trolling!
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 17, 2021 7:35:07 GMT
No, you gotta make a distinction between different tiny creatures, Bach! That was no trolling -that was smurfing.
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Post by vlogdance on Jul 17, 2021 9:52:55 GMT
No, you gotta make a distinction between different tiny creatures, Bach! That was no trolling -that was smurfing. Well, making impish remarks about Mr K is a very bad hobbit, Bach! You gnome my feelings - if you make fun of him, I shall mount a sprite-ly defence. So watch yours-elf, or things could get orc-ward.
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Post by denny on Jul 17, 2021 19:46:26 GMT
Telus, the mega Canadian telecom company is now using Mr. Blue Sky (did the Jeff Lynne redone version have the classical coda because that part is on the ad...) in a TV commercial. They have made a habit of using classic rock, I remember hearing spots with Aerosmith Walk This Way, Queen Don't Stop Me Now etc....
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 18, 2021 5:08:40 GMT
No, you gotta make a distinction between different tiny creatures, Bach! That was no trolling -that was smurfing. Well, making impish remarks about Mr K is a very bad hobbit, Bach! You gnome my feelings - if you make fun of him, I shall mount a sprite-ly defence. So watch yours-elf, or things could get orc-ward. Fairy nuff, Vlog Bach, I wasn't trying to make faun of him. I don't want to risk a ban-shee, not yeti at least, so I'll just ghoul away and s-troll about before you get hum-annoid.
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Post by queenofthehours on Jul 19, 2021 13:46:07 GMT
The other evening, at about 10pm, while sat outside enjoying the twilight I heard some music playing from what I assumed to be somebody's back garden. I listened closely, what was the noise they dared to defile the lovely night with? It was 'Mr Blue Sky'!
It wasn't easy to identify the song. If you didn't know what the song was you couldn't have guessed it because it was too far away and too faint but let's face it, everyone here would be able to identify 'MBS' if it were played 38 miles away on finger cymbals.
People were even singing along! After that I heard no further music.
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Post by Horacewimp on Jul 21, 2021 20:36:40 GMT
Mrs Wimp is out so I’m watching Now 70 music channel, my ears pricked up when I heard Mr Blue Sky and this advert for later this evening.
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Post by BSJ on Jul 21, 2021 20:48:59 GMT
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Post by orioles70 on Jul 22, 2021 14:46:54 GMT
with Bezos and Branson blasting off this week, Ticket to the Moon came to mind you can't buy a Ticket to the Moon just yet, but you can buy a "Ticket to the Space"
one hour on the freeway will take you just as far for a lot less money but 5G forces and a view of the Earth from 60 miles up must make for an amazing experience
I did wonder how close Branson's rocket came to reaching escape velocity. According to Google, the rocket's top speed was about 2300 mph. Escape velocity is 25,000 mph. In other words, they weren't at risk of flying off into orbit due to the rocket fuel attendant accidentally overfilling the tank.
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Post by Timeblue on Jul 22, 2021 15:29:16 GMT
I watched SRBs flight last week and it looked amazing, I'd love to be able to go up there (even if it was just a matter of minutes) and his craft looked well cooler than Bezo's too....
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