The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[litfan10]

You have to bear in mind that not only was I a major nerd as a teen, I was a music nerd, too. My LP collection consisted of "B music" - Bach, Buxtehude, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Bizet, Bruckner, Bartok, and so on. In rebellious moods I'd hit the Tchaikovsky, Ravel or, heaven forbid... OMG... Stravinsky! Parents would be "What is that noise???!" with Rite of Spring. Good thing Dad was a Berlioz devotee.

I grew up with parents who loved Big Band/Swing. Classical for me was self discovered especially once I hit college.
First album I ever owned? A gift from my Uncle, Magical Mystery Tour by the Beatles which by sheer coincidence included "Fool on a Hill."
For my son's bedtime growing up I often sang Beatles tunes. Fool was on constant rotation.

 

[Duleigh]

You have to bear in mind that not only was I a major nerd as a teen, I was a music nerd, too. My LP collection consisted of "B music" - Bach, Buxtehude, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Bizet, Bruckner, Bartok, and so on. In rebellious moods I'd hit the Tchaikovsky, Ravel or, heaven forbid... OMG... Stravinsky! Parents would be "What is that noise???!" with Rite of Spring. Good thing Dad was a Berlioz devotee.

My folks were hep cats from the 40s and early 50s so I was raised on Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and (primarily) Artie Shaw.
I always wonder why clarinets have gone away.

 

[MrPixel]

Okay. Fool on a Hill melody is definitely something I recall, but I was all about the music and nothing about the lyrics. About the only tune where I can easily recall lyrics is the last movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the Ode to Joy, and in German, at that:

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!

...und so wieder.

 

[litfan10]

My folks were hep cats from the 40s and early 50s so I was raised on Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and (primarily) Artie Shaw.
I always wonder why clarinets have gone away.

Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Slash played in both Guns and Roses and Dire Straits. Dire Straits had the song Money for Nothing, which is also called the MTV theme. Izzy Guns was only in the band that bears his name for a few months. My dad's a Rock & Roll aficionado. It was all just a play on words, music lyrics, and legends of Rock & Roll.

EDIT: my father urged me to correct my statement; Slash did play with Dire Straits in one concert only. He wasn't a member of the band but a guest performer.

Okay. You guys have lost me. I vaguely get the Guns & Roses references, but I'm not at all a follower of rock bands (or pop, or C&W, or hip-hop - anything "popular") nor the celebrity nonsense that goes along with the genres, but...

...what are you guys talking about?

 

[ishtat]

I always wonder why clarinets have gone away.

My mothers all time favourite was Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore a clarinet piece which was Number one in both UK and USA in 1962. I think it connected with some important memories/emotions for her

 

[ElectricBlue]

Slash played in both Guns and Roses and Dire Straits.

I... don't think Slash ever played in Dire Straits.

Mark Knopfler did arrange 54 guitarists for a charity play along, so I suspect that's where your confusion comes from. Slash was part of that.

 

[Duleigh]

My mothers all time favourite was Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore

Thank you for that memory, but was that the clarinet's last hurrah?

I... don't think Slash ever played in Dire Straits.

I can't find any evidence that he did. He played with Guns n' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver then back to Guns n' Roses. Somewhere in there he recorded an Alman Brothers tune which became the theme for Top Gear

 

[ElectricBlue]

I can't find any evidence that he did. He played with Guns n' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver then back to Guns n' Roses. Somewhere in there he recorded an Alman Brothers tune which became the theme for Top Gear

I know for sure that he didn't. The "I... " was sorta kinda an eye roll.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

The rain has stopped and when it dries up a little, I'm going out to fight my daily battle against the weeds ....

 

[MrPixel]

Thank you for that memory, but was that the clarinet's last hurrah?

You guys are making me think about the relative disappearance of clarinets in big-band arrangements. A jazz band in the big-band style is a subset of our symphonic winds, and I can think of only once or twice in my 18 years with the group did we have anything that featured clarinet. I might bring that up with the director; we're overdue for a chat about the business side of the ensemble.

 

[WrongFrog]

I need something more than coffee but not quite meth - I need to vacuum the rugs, not the driveway. Any suggestions?

 

[MrPixel]

I need to vacuum the rugs, not the driveway.

Seriously, you remind me I need to power-wash the driveway. With the several oaks we have around us, surfaces tend to darken. Our metal roof could stand a scrub, too. I'll have to hire that.

 

[jaF0]

My driveway needs to be sealcoated. (No, not those!)


Guy with truck and crew wants $700.

Store with buckets and brushes wants $30 per bucket and I figure 7 buckets at least, maybe more. So, $250 or more plus a lot of labor that I don't really have much left of, or $700 and let somebody else sweat.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

Thank you for that memory, but was that the clarinet's last hurrah?

In terms of radio airplay popularity, maybe so. I have vague memories of Pete Fountain getting attention, but can't recall a specific tune. Of course, all of my memories are, to some degree, vague.

 

[jaF0]

I was thinking Stan Getz, but that wasn't his gig.

There was Benny Goodman though who gave us Sing, Sing, Sing, eight and a half minutes of downright kick ass jazz.

 

[WrongFrog]

The birds are slacking off today. Another inmate acquired, nice Barred Rock roo to complement my five grow out babies that all appear to be hens (now watch, four will start crowing). Supposed to be getting another hen today, a Buff Orpington.

It looks like it's going to rain again, so I've just been piddling around. Going to make myself a soup, salad, and sandwich combo and maybe watch a movie.

 

[jaF0]

Have you ever typed a story in Eminence Font?


Was it a put on?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Have you ever typed a story in Eminence Font?

Was it a put on?

That, my man, was brilliant. Now let's see how many get it. Don't reveal who it was!

 

[litfan10]

That, my man, was brilliant. Now let's see how many get it. Don't reveal who it was!

I don't know which joke was worse.....

*dashes off to air guitar

 

[Rustyoznail]

The last "rock" song I can recall that had a prominent clarinet solo was Supertramp's Breakfast in America (1979).

 

[MrPixel]

Also has a tuba. Not something you hear a lot in pop music.

How about: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/oboe/oboe-solos-in-pop-music/

 

[Rustyoznail]

"Tusk" had a full marching band...

 

[orangecurious]

need more singing saw in songs... although it's tricky to say

 

[jaF0]

The only singers I ever saw using a saw in songs weren't singing, but made their saws sing.


(Some sort of hillbilly bluegrass stuff.)