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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostYou read about the recorded cow bells before, rubbers but the golden yoof and his hammer is new to these boards
I'm eking out my gems here, tha knows.
That Caliban is copying them all down for the after-dinner circuit he's on, entertaining Rotarians and Zaroastrians or whatever they're called
oh God no... no circuit, I - I always imagine those do's being stuffed with the same sort of leaden pomposity and superciliousness that burdens a few of the more serious threads on Platform 3 
I'm just audience, Ams, when it comes to your gems. As I recall, the first telling of the recorded cow-bell story featured some other flaxen haired Teutonic youths who had the horn rather than the hammer - a comely brass section, if my memory serves me correctly?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I quite understand. You don't want to be revealin' yer jewels all in one goOriginally posted by amateur51 View Post
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A brilliant question, Angle and one which I venture can only be answered by Mr. Mercia, although he has deferred to Mr. Ofca who is presently ensconsed with Mahler 6 in the belief that he has deferred to Mr. Mercia. We're all so polite, y'see....Originally posted by Angle View PostComment
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You do have an eye for detail, CalibanOriginally posted by Caliban View Post oh God no... no circuit, I - I always imagine those do's being stuffed with the same sort of leaden pomposity and superciliousness that burdens a few of the more serious threads on Platform 3
I'm just audience, Ams, when it comes to your gems. As I recall, the first telling of the recorded cow-bell story featured some other flaxen haired Teutonic youths who had the horn rather than the hammer - a comely brass section, if my memory serves me correctly?
And while we're off-piste, here is, in my opinion, the finest after-dinner speaker in '70s Cheshire ...
"mole-skin trousers with cross-pockets"
Listen to that audience rock!!
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the punishment for getting the correct answer
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- Igor's, next to the Pompidou Centre
- Frederick's magic opera
- the first of the Roman triptychComment
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That'll be your actual fountain, innitOriginally posted by mercia View Post the punishment for getting the correct answer
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- Igor's, next to the Pompidou Centre
- Frederick's magic opera
- the first of the Roman triptych
Fred Delius's opera Magic Fountain
Respighi's Fountains of Rome
And Igor Stravinsky's FountainComment
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whatever .........
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostYou do have an eye for detail, Caliban
And while we're off-piste, here is, in my opinion, the finest after-dinner speaker in '70s Cheshire ...
"mole-skin trousers with cross-pockets"
Listen to that audience rock!!
"The effluent was perkylating out..."
Never ever heard of the chap before! I am going to have to investigate further! Sort of vulgar version of Al Read....
("Laugh it up with the peasants")
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Igor Stravinsky had a fountain?Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Yup next the Pompidou Centre in gay Paree innitOriginally posted by Caliban View PostIgor Stravinsky had a fountain?
Oh ye of lickle faith
Didn't a regular on this thead used to live in Paris?
Whatisname - that feller - y'know!
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He's worth it Caliban - St John's Ambulance are on stand-by if you listen to his audienceOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
"The effluent was perkylating out..."
Never ever heard of the chap before! I am going to have to investigate further! Sort of vulgar version of Al Read....
("Laugh it up with the peasants")
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Oh, I log off and the F is sorted. Who gets the G. Ams?
There's an old internet joke:
which is not funny.
Edited through reasons of bad tasteLast edited by Guest; 05-05-11, 22:50.Comment
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The last train to Blanket Bay (
) has just pulled into the station and I must catch it - no siesta again today!
I shall leave you with:
a) A lively dance
b) A new slant in your printing
c) Five contemporary musicians altogether
d) A composer associated early on with a musician whose development had been arrested
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Are you going to let on where this masterly underpricing took place?
I found it at the Cancer Research shop in our local high street. (They also had a Bruckner 8th conducted by Karajan - not my cup of tea).
It's a truly wonderful performance, recorded in 2006: full-blooded and passionate, but disciplined throughout with not a sign of indulgence. Brilliant contributions from Sabine Meyer and other principals. Two hammer blows, delivered by a large wooden mallet striking a wooden crate. The passage immediately before the final 'descent to the pit' was mesmerizing, and the last few bars truly shattering. There was a prolonged silence before the well deserved ovation.Comment
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