Topic: NOVEMBER, WE HARDLY KNEW YE (Read 31494 times)

bk · « **Reply #60 on:** November 30, 2004, 09:49:20 AM »

Great instrumental song choices - many of my faves included.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #61 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:07:02 AM »

John Barrowman without hair it almost seems.

If you want any of your favorite children's Christmas specials, check the ABC schedule for Decembr....everything from Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (7pm Dec 20) and Santa Claus is Coming to Town (7 pm Dec 6 & 24) to The Little Drummer Boy (7 pm Dec 9) and a Holiday Classics Marathon starting at noon on Sunday, December 19!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #62 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:07:29 AM »

WFO"s page two dance was two clever to try to top!

Jay · « **Reply #63 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:10:07 AM »

Blackjack and Roller and I send our very best good health vibes to Dear Dog Echo!

Jay · « **Reply #64 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:11:36 AM »

Congrats to Dear Reader Panni on her new writing gig and "break a leg" (belatedly, I fear, in some cases) to all the thespian Hainsies and Kimlets with stage engagements this holiday season!

William F. Orr · « **Reply #65 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:11:56 AM »

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DERBRUCER · « **Reply #66 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:13:08 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on November 30, 2004, 07:48:21 AM

Oh, yes, "Quiet Village" was such a strange and moody instrumental piece. Thanks for reminding me, DR MBarnum!

Well, Les Baxter may have started it all, but Martin Denny put the frosting on the cake:

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"Quiet Village," 1951
Music by Les Baxter
Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica. Written by Les Baxter for his 1951 concept album, "The Ritual of the Savage," it became a Top 40 hit in 1959 when Martin Denny played it on his breakthrough album, "Exotica."

(Above extracted from Space Age Pop)

Wouldn't that Album art look neat on BK's wall!

der Brucer (whose dorm room was regularly filled with Martin Denny - the music, not the person, and Maynard Ferguson - ditto)

Jay · « **Reply #67 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:13:49 AM »

On the topic o' the day:

Many of my favorite pop instrumentals have already been mentioned, but here I go nonetheless:

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Patricia
Theme from "A Summer Place"
Classical Gas
The Alley Cat
Spanish Flea
The Syncopated Clock

Jay · « **Reply #68 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:16:05 AM »

I thought I had seen enough of Hair (three stage productions, plus the film) to last me a lifetime, but I see there's one other production I am very, very, very (that's three verys) sorry I missed!

MBarnum · « **Reply #69 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:20:55 AM »

Ah, yes, Martin Denny...wonderful! And Billy May! I love Billy's HERE IN MY CASTLE OF QUIET or something like that. It has lots of space-like theremin music in it.

It is too bad that the top 40 never has any instramentals anymore...there were lots in the 70s and 80s that were a lot of fun. But once the 90s started, well, I can't think of any.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #70 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:31:13 AM »

Thoughts from Yesterday:

Somebody (name omitted to protect the guilty) posted:

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I wasn't really hungry earlier when dinner time rolled around, so I headed to the kitchen, pulled a can of canned chicken (I had a coupon) out of the cupboard, sliced some hunks of extra sharp cheddar cheese, and took out some Ritz crackers ... Somehow it worked!

-Oh, and I gently melted the cheese on the crackers in the microwave!

Canned chicken, Ritz crackers, micro-waved--substitute Velveeta or CheeseWhiz and we have a gourmand's purgatory!

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #71 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:35:48 AM »

TOD:

P. D. Q. Bach - "1712 Overture"

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #72 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:39:36 AM »

Anticipatory Thoughts for The Holidays

MAY OUR STUFFING BE TASTY,

MAY OUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.

MAY OUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP,

MAY OUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS,

MAY OUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,

MAY OUR CHRISTMAS DINNER

STAY OFF OF OUR THIGHS.

(A Penny O. reference)

der Brucer (this was supposed to be for Thanksgiving, but a senior moment delayed the posting)

William F. Orr · « **Reply #73 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:48:18 AM »

I always wondered whether the title "The Poor People of Paris" wasn't a [possibly intentional] mistranslation of the original song title by René Rouzaud and Marguerite Monnot, "La goualante du pauvre Jean", since the name Jean and the word gens [people] sound identical. François?

And could our Dear Parisian Reader or anyone else elucidate on the word goualante? It appears to mean something like ballad, but I cannot find it in any on-line French-English Dictionary.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #74 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:53:54 AM »

Quote from: Jay on November 30, 2004, 10:13:49 AM

The Syncopated Clock

Which automatically reminded me of Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter".

William F. Orr · « **Reply #75 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:56:20 AM »

"Wipeout!"

William F. Orr · « **Reply #76 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:56:44 AM »

"The Stripper"

Jrand73 · « **Reply #77 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:59:34 AM »

LOL.....a great couple of songs to use in one sentence!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #78 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:59:38 AM »

Speaking of Mr. Anderson, here's a fun website.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #79 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:06:22 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on November 30, 2004, 10:56:44 AM

"The Stripper"

Which reminds me of "Holiday for Strings".

William F. Orr · « **Reply #80 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:15:40 AM »

G-strings?

Stuart · « **Reply #81 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:18:13 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on November 30, 2004, 11:06:22 AM

Which reminds me of "Holiday for Strings".

It does?

Sandra · « **Reply #82 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:18:24 AM »

I don't have time to read the notes and posts because of the term papers that are eating me alive, but I just wanted to share my great news. My term paper from HEL has had its due date pushed back three whole days. Woo hoo!! Cherry Coke for everybody!

In other news, I will be pulling one of my trademark all-nighters writing my Shakespeare term paper tonight. (That's about five Cherry Cokes right there.) I know you are all jealous.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #83 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:23:58 AM »

Quote from: Panni on November 30, 2004, 08:37:20 AM

It's beautiful and sunny this morning in the City of Studio. But quite crisp. I wore a toque, scarf and gloves for my early morning walk. And I slipped on a patch of black ice!

DRPanni, I totally missed your new gig. Best of luck with it. What is a toque for a walk? Hickory Dickory?

Panni · « **Reply #84 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:24:24 AM »

Jennifer - a meat thermometer is no biggie. You can get one fairly cheaply at any supermarket or general merchandise store. And they indicate, usually right on the thermometer, what the temperatures should be for different kinds of meats. So you don't have to go researching that.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #85 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:24:57 AM »

Dan (the Man): Thanks for the LeRoy Anderson site. Amazing how many of his pieces I knew by sound but not by name.

Panni · « **Reply #86 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:26:03 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 30, 2004, 11:23:58 AM

DRPanni, I totally missed your new gig. Best of luck with it. What is a toque for a walk? Hickory Dickory?

You didn't miss anything, DRLarry. I just said that I had a new gig. Thank you for the good wishes.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #87 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:26:44 AM »

Of course.....The Stripper was written/recorded by Mr David Rose who was the conductor for the Red Skelton Show, the theme of which was Holiday for Strings also composed by David Rose.....makes perfect sense to me.

Red Skelton joke: David Rose sat on a tack. David rose.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #88 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:27:43 AM »

Oh no, DR ElMore. It's the old one about the doctor who stopped by the bar every day after work for a daquiri with a cherry in it. One evening the bartender ran out of cherries, so he put in a nut. "What's this," asks the doctor. "A hickory daquiri, Doc," quoth the barkeep.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #89 on:** November 30, 2004, 11:27:43 AM »

Good Morning! Ummm... Good Afternoon!

Well, I guess I've finally "graduated" to the ranks of those people who need eight hours of sleep. No matter what time I end up going to bed lately, I end up waking up eight hours later. Even when I really want to wake up "earlier". Gone are the days of living off of four to six hours of sleep. However, rehearsals do start up again on Thursday, so... In any case...

Topic of the day:

Ditto

Actually, although it may just be a good piece of music to some people rather than an "instrumental", I'll add "Linus and Lucy" to the mix. -And the rest of the Vince Guaraldi compositions for the Charlie Brown cartoons. A Charlie Brown Christmas is one of my all time faves. Otherwise...

"Popcorn" - I remember dancing to this in grade school gym classes. I guess it was sort of a warm-up to "Rock Lobster".

"A Fifth of Beethoven"... oh, and that other 70's radio hit, "Shaker Song" by Spyro Gyra.

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