Topic: THE GLOBAL NOTES (Read 81729 times)

ozderek · « **Reply #210 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:40:48 AM »

Never fly to Barcelona when there's a storm. As we all know ....

... the rain in Spain stays mainly on the (plane) !!

Sorry - I have no idea where THAT came from.

My humour is better than that, generally ... i promise!!!

bk · « **Reply #211 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:40:49 AM »

This has been the biggest rain season in the last two decades here in LA. I think one year it may have been worse, but not much worse.

bk · « **Reply #212 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:43:40 AM »

Welcome eight GUESTS. We're doin' the Limbo, wearin' bras, and watching the rain fall.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #213 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:44:33 AM »

"It's Raining Memories" from NEW FACES OF 1952. (Though "Here's That Rainy Day" is my favorite rain song, too.)

bk · « **Reply #214 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:45:11 AM »

You should have seen Jose doing the Limbo, not to mention the Pogues. Even Ann did the Limbo in her pyjamas.

bk · « **Reply #215 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:46:00 AM »

Why can't I think of any more rain songs? I know there are hundreds.

ozderek · « **Reply #216 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:48:27 AM »

speaking of limbos and dances, did any of you know that the stage version of DIRTY DANCING recently premiered in Australia?

It is heading to Melbourne mid this year.

As there are lots of Australian backers involved it is doing it's "pre-broadway" try out here in Oz before heading to the Great White Way.

By all reports, it is having a very successful run.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #217 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:48:31 AM »

Ya know, there are times when a little bit of censorship is not entirely a bad thing:

Mickey Rooney Super Bowl Commercial

bk · « **Reply #218 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:52:10 AM »

Considering what they DO air on that network (and other networks) in prime time, it seems a little ridiculous to NOT show the commercial. BUTT - it would not have been pretty.

bk · « **Reply #219 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:53:01 AM »

Shortly I shall have to do some errands in this rainy rain. I don't want to be out long, however, that much I can tell you.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #220 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:53:30 AM »

Good Afternoon!

Well.. All is right with the world again... The strains of bad karaoke backing tracks and my father's voice are again echoing through the house...

$:-\$

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #221 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:54:00 AM »

Man, is my back sore! The Lovely wife tells me that even though I went to bed last night, that after I sleep-posted, I sleep-limboed until the early dawn. How low did I go? Apparently even the animals...Tewkes and Mosby...limboed. We were a limboing family! Then we did the Mashed Potatoes and The Pony. We did not do the Popeye?

Jose, were the Popeye and the Hitch-hiker one and the same...If so, then Chubby goed lower than I thought....

So there was Fats Domino, Chubby Checker...Whatever happened to Pudgy Parchessi? Corpulent Croquet? Jumbo Jacks? Lard LaCross? Paunchy Ping-Pong? Mammoth Mumblety-Peg? Stout Skittles? Tubby Tiddlywinks? Hippo Hopscotch? Beefy Badminton? & Portly Polo? All great singers in their own right?

Ben · « **Reply #222 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:54:52 AM »

We have had dustings of snow and for a day there was actually some on the ground but it's been fairly mild. There have been a few days w/low temperatures but we are not (so far) having a bad winter in New York.

Elan · « **Reply #223 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:55:03 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 07, 2005, 11:53:30 AM

Well.. All is right with the world again... The strains of bad karaoke backing tracks and my father's voice are again echoing through the house...

Is there such a thing as good karaoke backing tracks? (Other than any that you've recorded, naturally...)

Elan · « **Reply #224 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:55:48 AM »

50 posts and still a newbie? Sheesh... $:-\$

Elan · « **Reply #225 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:56:30 AM »

ah, so 51 is the magic number... wow, I haven't been a junior anything in some time now...

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #226 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:56:44 AM »

Isn't This a Lovely Day to Be Caught in the Rain...from one of your favourite composers, Mr. BK.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #227 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:58:55 AM »

And my second-favorite rain song:

Right as the rain
That falls from above
So real, so right
Is our love
It came like the spring
That breaks through the snow
I can't say what it may bring
I only know, I only know

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #228 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:01:01 PM »

And one more:

I’m gonna love you like nobody’s loved you,
Come rain or come shine.
High as a mountain, deep as a river,
Come rain or come shine.

And I guess when you met me
It was just one of those things.
But don’t ever bet me,
’cause I’m gonna be true if you let me, let me.

You’re always gonna love me like nobody’s loved me,
Come rain or come shine.
Happy together, unhappy together,
And won’t it be fine?

Days may be cloudy or sunny.
We’re in or we’re out of the money.
But I’m with you always.
I’m with you rain or shine.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #229 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:01:18 PM »

Listen to the rain on the roof go
Pit-pitty-pat--
Pit-pitty-pat--
Pitty--
Sit, kitty cat,
We won't get home for hours.
Relax and
Listen to the rain on the roof go
Plunk-planka-plink-
Plunk-planka-plink-
Planka-
Let's have a drink
And shelter from the showers.

bk · « **Reply #230 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:02:01 PM »

Pogue, I have all the 45s of those singers - they're marvy.

bk · « **Reply #231 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:02:41 PM »

Of course Right as the Rain - wonderful song.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #232 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:02:49 PM »

Quote from: ozderek on January 07, 2005, 11:48:27 AM

speaking of limbos and dances, did any of you know that the stage version of DIRTY DANCING recently premiered in Australia?

It is heading to Melbourne mid this year.

As there are lots of Australian backers involved it is doing it's "pre-broadway" try out here in Oz before heading to the Great White Way.

By all reports, it is having a very successful run.

Do you happen to know if it's the "environmental" version they were workshopping Stateside a few years ago? The audience were seated at tables as "guests" of the resort, and the show took place around and among them. I just remember the casting notices at the time describing the ideal physical and alluring traits of the leads... Always good for a laugh.

bk · « **Reply #233 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:05:11 PM »

I went pretty low myself last night, but could possibly go lower today.

bk · « **Reply #234 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:06:27 PM »

Welcome ten GUESTS. How's tricks?

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #235 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:08:27 PM »

It Looks Like Raindrops Falling from My Eyes...Did Dee Clark ever have any other hits?

Rain...by Sinatra, on his "Where Are You?" album...

With The Wind and The Rain in Your Hair...Helen Forrest?

Blue Rain

What Do They Do In A Rainy Night In Rio?

Rainy Night In Georgia...by the late, great Brook Benton

Kentucky Rain...by the late, great Elvis

I'll Do My Crying In The Rain...The Everly Brothers

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #236 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:09:09 PM »

And speaking of CDs and casting breakdowns...

What's the deal with the liner notes for "Notre Dame de Paris"? The character descriptions read like they were taken from a casting breakdown:

Quote

Esmeralda - A young gypsy, she sings and dances in the square in front of Notre-Dame. She is the archetypal stranger in town. Her exotic beauty casts a spell on every man. But she is fatally attracted to Phoebus.

Quasimodo - Twenty-year-old giant of a man, severely disfigured, the limping hunchback. Enslaved by Frollo, he is the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame. His impossible love for Esmeralda will lead him to the ultimate sacrifice.

Etc., etc., etc....

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #237 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:12:30 PM »

OK... Now my Dad is really starting to worry me...

For the past couple of minutes, he's been trying to master Barbra Streisand's "A Woman In Love"?!?!?!?

The karaoke system has a scoring system. It somehow "listens" to you as you sing along, and gives you a score after the song finishes. Well, so far, he's stopped the track about half-way through and restarted it in order to help his score... At least four times...

Madness, I tell you... Madness...

-Oh, he made it to the modulation this time... Or maybe not...

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #238 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:13:41 PM »

Jose, Didn't this same Notre Dame de Paris get laughed off the stage in London? I know it got excoriating (a BK reference) reviews.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #239 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:14:24 PM »

Or maybe it's all just a sign telling me to attend to some stuff I should have taken care of earlier in the week...

Hmm...

Laters...

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