Topic: THE IRONY DEPARTMENT (Read 28324 times)

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #150 on:** July 12, 2005, 05:28:03 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on July 12, 2005, 12:15:03 PM

Are there any songs you are tired of hearing yet, DRJOSE? Are there any NEW selections this year?

...And since we're auditioning for Shenandoah, there was nothing really "NEW". However, I did discover two things today:

1) Country songs that are guitar and/or fiddle-based, just don't cut it on the piano.

2) Some of those sheet music versions of Patsy Cline songs are just plain wrong.

TPunk · « **Reply #151 on:** July 12, 2005, 05:41:20 PM »

Jose, what do you do when the sheet music is wrong, do you play it the right way or do you play as is for fear that the singer will get screwed up?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #152 on:** July 12, 2005, 05:44:32 PM »

DR Jose - I brought up this question before to no response - now seems appropriate. Are you familar with the Geld/Udell song "I'm Afraid To Go home"? It was recorded by both Gene Pitney and Brian Hyland. To em it's always sounded as though it was written for "Shenandoah" - perhaps as an "audition" song.

Jane · « **Reply #153 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:09:12 PM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CILLALIZ!

I HOPE YOU HAD A GRAND DAY!

Jane · « **Reply #154 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:13:06 PM »

Quote from: TPunk on July 12, 2005, 11:14:49 AM

I just read that Kevin Hagen, Doc Baker from Little House on the Prairie passed away. I remember him from my favorite episode where Albert gets addicted to opium (or some other narcotic).

I don't remember that episode. And what is Albert doing these days? His brother was on the hit series JAG.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #155 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:20:15 PM »

Quote from: TPunk on July 12, 2005, 05:41:20 PM

Jose, what do you do when the sheet music is wrong, do you play it the right way or do you play as is for fear that the singer will get screwed up?

Well, sometimes you don't know it's wrong until your/I'm playing that measure. And sometimes "wrong" is more a case of the sheet music being "not fully correct" - if that makes sense. Sometimes it's a matter of a chord voicing that was rearranged when it came time to publish the music. And sometimes, the original version of the song provided by the composer for publication does not match the recorded version(s) of the song.

Otherwise, I keep playing. Whether it's the music's mistake or mine.

And as I always advise (and caution) singers... The people behind the table are listening to the singer/you, not the pianist/me. As long as you know what you're doing, then everything else should take care of itself.

...And then there are those moments - and I had a few of these today - where the singer brings his/her music to you and says, "I've never heard this with piano before."

Hmmm... Ah, well.. Someday they'll learn either to actually practice their music BEFORE coming to the auditon... or just not to volunteer that information.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #156 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:24:58 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on July 12, 2005, 05:44:32 PM

DR Jose - I brought up this question before to no response - now seems appropriate. Are you familar with the Geld/Udell song "I'm Afraid To Go home"? It was recorded by both Gene Pitney and Brian Hyland. To em it's always sounded as though it was written for "Shenandoah" - perhaps as an "audition" song.

Actually, that song came up in conversation today during the auditions when they were discussing some of pop songs that Geld and Udell have written. I have heard the Gene Pitney version before, but until you mentioned it, I had never really thought of it as an "audition" song for Shenandoah. I shall have to investigate further.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #157 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:30:37 PM »

...Oh, and the reason it came up was because one of the guys on staff had come across the Cliff Richard recording of it.

Jane · « **Reply #158 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:40:33 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on July 12, 2005, 04:11:12 PM

Probably nothing more compelling than anything that causes anyone else here to bring stuff up.

I saw the movie Sunday evening, and then watched some of the extras in one of which Shirley Jones shared this bit of information.

It popped into my head today...and I simply HAD to say something about it.

LOL. I'm impressed she could still sing so beautifully with such a distraction going on.

Jane · « **Reply #159 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:42:46 PM »

Hi Steveg, nice wedding story and congratulations on your daughter’s marriage.

Jed, or Ann, how far from the charming town of Leavenworth do you live?

Jane · « **Reply #160 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:47:53 PM »

Hisaka, during the women’s liberation movement in the early seventies women began protesting the sole use of women’s names for hurricane’s. This in turn prompted the current system of alternating male and female names.

MAMBO ITALIANO SPOILER!
Jennifer I would say he was hiding.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #161 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:50:51 PM »

Except for popping home a couple times to get things, I've been at the church twelve hours. Too bad I'm not on the clock. It was a flurry of activity there today.

Cillaliz, we are all awaiting a birthday and cake report!!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #162 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:50:53 PM »

Thank you Jose.. The last pop song I remember by the team was "Hurting Each Other" - a major hit by the Carpenters.

JMK · « **Reply #163 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:52:00 PM »

Leavenworth is a federal prison where my late Uncle was incarcerated for over 2 years on a trumped-up charge of being a Soviet spy in the early 60s. (The charges were overturned and he was released, but by then the damage was done). This may or may not be the subject of a major motion picture that may or may not be in the planning stages.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #164 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:54:15 PM »

Today they began making a kitchen:

Cillaliz · « **Reply #165 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:55:35 PM »

Thank you all for the wonderful Birthday Greetings!! I had a wonderful day, indeed. It started very early when my best friend, Paul, called me to meet him for breakfast before work. So I met him at Panera where he showed up with a beautiful rose and a funny card.

As I was ordering breakfast (Asiago Cheese bagel and cafe mocha) my phone rang and it was my parents singing me happy birthday! What fun. When I got to work a lovely bouquet of flowers arrived from my parents. So my office smells delightful!

My laptop had crashed for the second time in 2 weeks, and I was preparing to send it in to be repaired. Our office interpreter told me that her husband designed my laptop for Gateway and he wanted to look at it....so he found out what was wrong...there was a screw loose ! LOL. I've been told I had a screw loose, didn't know my computer could catch it! That was so wonderful. I still have to reload a lot, but it's working better than it did when I bought it.

After work I arrived home to find a sign on my door from my next door neighbor that said "Happy 44th Birthday" , a wonderful phone message from my other next door neighbor and another bouquet of flowers from my brother's family! Paul gave me a bouquet last Saturday, so I have flowers everywhere! I Love it!!!

Then it was off to Rebos, a really fun restaurant where I met several friends for drinks and dinner.

It's been such a wonderfully pleasant day. I couldn't ask for a better birthday!~

Tomovoz · « **Reply #166 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:56:29 PM »

I assume that was a follow up to my Carpenters post DearReader Laura.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #167 on:** July 12, 2005, 06:57:27 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on July 12, 2005, 06:50:51 PM

Cillaliz, we are all awaiting a birthday and cake report!!

I had a wonderful turtle cheesecake at Rebos, extremely rich and delicious

Cillaliz · « **Reply #168 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:02:44 PM »

Quote from: JMK on July 12, 2005, 08:08:39 AM

Happy Birthday, Cillaliz. Where in Iowa are you? DS Betsy got one of her many degrees from the U of I, and my late Uncle was Dean of the Teacher's College in Cedar Falls for many, many years. I still have my favorite Aunt (probably not for much longer, sad to say) and lots of cousins in Iowa.

I am in Sioux City, as in Sioux City Sue, I grew up in Estherville. I started college at Kansas, but transferred and received my 2 degrees from the University of Iowa. (Sounds like the temperature in January!)

I did go to a Music Camp at UNI (formerly the Teacher's College) when I was in high school and my nephew went there for a year, but don't have a whole lot more of a connection there than that.

Jane · « **Reply #169 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:03:31 PM »

Cillaliz your day sounds lovely! Reading about it made me smile.

Michael · « **Reply #170 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:09:14 PM »

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Jane · « **Reply #171 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:10:41 PM »

DRLaura it appears the kitchen is moving along at a pleasant pace.

I sure wish something would begin to happen with ours. We can’t seem to get those quotes we need to choose the cabinets.

Michael · « **Reply #172 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:11:21 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on July 12, 2005, 07:49:24 AM

Honesly, DR Stuart, it wasn't I who said that. I actually prefer the QUEER AS FOLK episodes that don't ape the British original incarnation. They take the characters to very interesting places which I quite enjoyed.

I LOVED Chris Potter as Michael's doctor/lover in the first season and was so sad to see him go, but Robert Gant is a more than worthy substitute, and he grows into a very interesting and fascinating character in subsequent seasons. He is going through a terrible trauma this season, by the way.

Chris Potter contract was not renewed for the 2nd season for his homophobic remarks he made about his same sex love scenes. It was decided the part would be rewritten out.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #173 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:13:48 PM »

Quote from: Jane on July 12, 2005, 07:03:31 PM

Cillaliz your day sounds lovely! Reading about it made me smile.

Thanks, it was truly delightful. I forgot I got another rendition of Happy Birthday via cell phone from my sister and her husband - in 2 part harmony! And just got a call from my brother. They all said they had gifts for when they see me next, but it's being remembered that means more than whatever they decided to buy for me.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #174 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:17:39 PM »

Back to relaoding software in the lap top....what a pain!

Jane · « **Reply #175 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:18:15 PM »

I hope your family can sing.

JMK · « **Reply #176 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:41:43 PM »

What a difference two hours can make department: well, DRs, we may be moving. The developers who bought the old farmhouse and land next to us are salivating over our house and land now. They are coming to walk through our house tomorrow night and, probably, make an offer on the spot. So Betsy and I have been driving around our neighborhood looking for a new house to move to. We are blown away thinking that, with the sale of this house (and since we owe virtually nothing on it), buying a 700 or 800K house is "affordable." Is that or is that not ridiculous?

George · « **Reply #177 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:50:11 PM »

Quote from: JMK on July 12, 2005, 07:41:43 PM

What a difference two hours can make department: well, DRs, we may be moving. The developers who bought the old farmhouse and land next to us are salivating over our house and land now. They are coming to walk through our house tomorrow night and, probably, make an offer on the spot. So Betsy and I have been driving around our neighborhood looking for a new house to move to. We are blown away thinking that, with the sale of this house (and since we owe virtually nothing on it), buying a 700 or 800K house is "affordable." Is that or is that not ridiculous?

Wow! Every time I hear stories like that, I always think that my parents bought their house (granted, in 1976) for only $28,000! And my mom talked them down from $32,000 because they were going through a divorce and needed to sell! And now "affordable" houses are more than half a million dollars! What is this world coming to??

JMK · « **Reply #178 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:53:26 PM »

George, my parents bought their first house in SLC in 1947 for $9,000!!!

George · « **Reply #179 on:** July 12, 2005, 07:56:33 PM »

Amazing, ain't it?

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