casablancalover Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Frankie Valli: Edited by: casablancalover on Jun 6, 2010 8:32 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Heard Badfinger on Duval yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Brian Hyland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-wUKmlbyDQ&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Elvis on a rainy Saturday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEO7uu1Pp8I h5. back home again, I enjoyed the vibe in Ft Myers and Key West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Jimmie Dean, RIP.. It's rare that we honor a man with a song, and a sausage biscuit. Big Bad John: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3ErDN50Qk&feature=related Cajun Queen: I Won't Go Hunting With You, Jake: h5. Don't you ever underestimate the power of a woman. - the late, great Jimmie Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 There has been some earthquakes in CA, or rather in the Pacific just beyond the Santa Monica Pier. Carole King: h5. Don't you ever underestimate the power of a woman. - the late, great Jimmie Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 h5. _Warning!_ Team America -style offensive images. Barbie sings this morning, in a video produced by a very precocious school girl. This song gets irritating so quickly,... h5. Don't you ever underestimate the power of a woman. - the late, great Jimmie Dean Edited by: casablancalover on Jun 15, 2010 10:29 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Eddie Money, Two Tickets to Paradise: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I know who's birthday it is.. Barry Manilow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 My favorite McCartney song.. the second version, he is overcome by emotion.. I love men who get choked-up.. Edited by: casablancalover on Jun 18, 2010 8:12 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Midsommer's Eve. Cleaning the apartment, listening to Pandora under "wonderful summer" search, and this came up.. The Tymes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df45f9qe-bc The Grass Roots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3aTwlwAnXc&feature=related h5. The sunset will be 9:03pm here tonight..twilight will be till 10pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I guessed wrong. 9:45pm and the twilight is finally washing out in the West. I love summer nights, and this one in Minnesota was fantastic. Downright magical. Temp this evening, 74 degrees, High this afternoon, 81.. Perfect. Eddie Cochran: Kenny Chesney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyOeqso7pDg More Summer later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 In the Summertime, Summertime. Mungo Jerry: Jamies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqlddPm4TMQ&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 There is an interesting musical irony in Five Graves to Cairo recently shown on TCM. Fortunio Bonanova plays an Italian General who is fond of singing and who early on sings an Italian aria. When he is asked to stop singing by the powers that be in the story, namely the Germans, he mutters something to the effect that those Germans don?t understand etc., and as I grappled with identifying this familiar tune I realized to my surprise that the aria, though ?Italian,? was actually written by a German, the great Richard Strauss (1864-1949). The irony lies in the fact that it would have seemed a better choice to have the Italian General sing something more quintessentially Italian, like Verdi or Puccini, for instance, to better drive home the Nationalism theme of this war movie. That they chose something by Strauss, a German, and then have the General rail against the Germans for their bad taste is, well, interesting. So how did it come about that Strauss would compose an Italian aria in the first place? Der Rosenkavalier, like all Strauss? operas is as German as you can get, has a brief scene where a character billed as ?An Italian Tenor,? comes on stage and provides entertainment by singing an Italian aria. Strauss did not choose something from an existing Italian opera, but rather composed the aria himself, in the Italian style. A wonderful pastiche whereby Strauss abandons his German music making and fashions his own Italian idea. After this number, the ?Italian Tenor? leaves the stage and his heard from no more. The aria ?Di Rigori Armato? is exquisitely beautiful. It is very difficult to sing. It has a tortuously high tessitura that puts demands on the singer because he must sing all those high notes and at the same time in a lyrical style. There is highly regarded performance of Der Rosenkavalier from 1969 in which Luciano Pavarotti is the ?Italian Tenor.? The link below is Luciano singing this beautiful piece, probably a little later. Have a listen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEG8gzTsO8U L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Hi, Lafitte- I think you are finding irony that everyone else misses. If the aria is so difficult (it sounds like it is-it's beautiful) then maybe the singer wanted to showcase his talent? Maybe the inside joke is the Italian is like the character in Der Rosenkavalier and is the Italian performing for the Germans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 >I think you are finding irony that everyone else misses. If the aria is so difficult (it sounds like it is-it's beautiful) then maybe the singer wanted to showcase his talent? Maybe the inside joke is the Italian is like the character in Der Rosenkavalier and is the Italian performing for the Germans... Hi Casablanca, thanks for responding. There may be an inside joke there, true?but perhaps not the one you suggest. The Italian General was singing to himself in his room and the German carping came from other rooms. Also, I failed to mention that only a few lines were sung, and in a baritone rather than a tenor voice, making the effort seem much easier than the Pavarotti clip. Nevertheless, the inside joke could be that here we have the Germans making these complaints without realizing that the music is actually coming from one of their own (i.e., Strauss). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Back at ya, Lafitte! I guess to me it just points out the difficult job of the continuity person in the crew. I bet they use Google, and it makes the job a little easier. I love research, and I think your observations are very astute! Thanks for sharing. Any other music strike your fancy today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 >Any other music strike your fancy today? How about this! My favorite version of this song. Sadly, this one is not available on ITunes...or anywhere for that matter. Unless I'm not looking hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Lafitte: Where have you been? I've been looking for you to tell you I saw "Eroica." A very interesting film. THe premise is really interesting. I really enjoyed it. Glad you suggested it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I rented Eroica when it was mentioned too. I thought it very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Hi Chris, how are you! Glad you liked Eroica. And you too, Casablanca. Here are three versions (on the same youtube clip) of that same sequence from the second movement that so did in that stuffy old Count. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RFG5rGVL1s laffite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Monsieur Lafitte????? Is that YOU? How ARE you? How the heck have you been?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Hi! Ah, leave it to the Good Cinemaven to offer such a greeting! Thanks! At the moment I am fine and I hope to continue that way (who was it who said that life is too short to be mysterious, hmm). Hope all is well with you too? I must catch up with some of your more recent musings around here. laffite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Well, my latest musing is in the Western thread: "MANN'S BEST FRIEND...IS HIS MOVIES." I needed suggestions about which Anthony Mann films are must-sees at an upcoming festival here in NYC. ( http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=153951&start=15&tstart=0 ) Perhaps you have a suggestion you might offer. But if you do...make a good case for it. WELCOME BACK!! Here's hoping you stay a while. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Back to the music: Jeff Beck: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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