The Music Box

[Vince Evert]

RIP Marie. You fought a long and brave battle Loved the song 'The Look' when it came out.

 

[Hoergren]

One of the crazy x-mas songs - batteries not included - text below



Sitting at home on Christmas Eve, me and the mrs. Kids were fast asleep in bed when she said "Let's do the dishes" Now I'm not fond of housework boys, and I dread doing dishes So I thought, it occurred to me, so I says to the mrs "The tree's not dressed, the toys not out, so I'd best get at it" She says me there, sure they're upstairs, hidden in the attic So up the stair, I'd 'de creep, as quietly as I could boys Opened up the attic hatch, and look they're all the kids toys I set them down upon the floor, put 'em all around the fire Then I saw, printed on the box, "Assembly Required" Then the wife, she said to me, do ya reckon you can do it? Handing me another box that read "Batteries Not Included" She said "oh dear" as she fixed her hair, and pulled on her stocking "I'll have to run, to the store, for the batteries I've forgotten" She headed out, to the store, while I went to the toolshed I cursed upon those dreaded words. "Batteries Not Included" So I fixed me self, had a little drink, and laid out all me riches Opened up, the bloody box, and out feel all the pieces Well the time went by as I assembled it guys, and oh, was I tired I swore upon that cursed phrase. "Assembly Required" Oh the wife, she finally got back home, with the blastin' batteries And I pinny-stuffed the christmas tree as she slipped into her nightie Then off to bed, we did go, hung a stocking by the fire And all I could see in my sleep was "Assembly Required"

And another grusome story


Have a nice Yule and yuletide

 

[Chris Koziarz]

Those who like accordion and East Eu music would find this Polonaise in a-minor by Oginski interesting

I don't want to spoil it but this is not the best rendition of this piece (I've heard better ones) but UT sucks for me ATM and cannot find anything that sounds perfect. The guy makes couple mistakes (one very visible) that spoiled his performance. Yet I like couple of embellishing notes he added to the original score and his instrument sounds mostly fluid and interesting and strikes right emotions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michał_Kleofas_Ogiński

 

[Horsa]

Those who like accordion and East Eu music would find this Polonaise in a-minor by Oginski interesting

I don't want to spoil it but this is not the best rendition of this piece (I've heard better ones) but UT sucks for me ATM and cannot find anything that sounds perfect. The guy makes couple mistakes (one very visible) that spoiled his performance. Yet I like couple of embellishing notes he added to the original score and his instrument sounds mostly fluid and interesting and strikes right emotions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michał_Kleofas_Ogiński

I love the sound of the accordion. Thank you very much for sharing. It sounds very nice.

 

[Horsa]

One of the crazy x-mas songs - batteries not included - text below



Sitting at home on Christmas Eve, me and the mrs. Kids were fast asleep in bed when she said "Let's do the dishes" Now I'm not fond of housework boys, and I dread doing dishes So I thought, it occurred to me, so I says to the mrs "The tree's not dressed, the toys not out, so I'd best get at it" She says me there, sure they're upstairs, hidden in the attic So up the stair, I'd 'de creep, as quietly as I could boys Opened up the attic hatch, and look they're all the kids toys I set them down upon the floor, put 'em all around the fire Then I saw, printed on the box, "Assembly Required" Then the wife, she said to me, do ya reckon you can do it? Handing me another box that read "Batteries Not Included" She said "oh dear" as she fixed her hair, and pulled on her stocking "I'll have to run, to the store, for the batteries I've forgotten" She headed out, to the store, while I went to the toolshed I cursed upon those dreaded words. "Batteries Not Included" So I fixed me self, had a little drink, and laid out all me riches Opened up, the bloody box, and out feel all the pieces Well the time went by as I assembled it guys, and oh, was I tired I swore upon that cursed phrase. "Assembly Required" Oh the wife, she finally got back home, with the blastin' batteries And I pinny-stuffed the christmas tree as she slipped into her nightie Then off to bed, we did go, hung a stocking by the fire And all I could see in my sleep was "Assembly Required"

And another grusome story


Have a nice Yule and yuletide

Happy Yule!

 

[Vince Evert]

Thank you Horsa, all of the above christmas songs are great and are among my faves. Now I want to take this opportunity and wish all the members, even the non-ones who may be looking in, a very merry christmas and happy and heathy holidays.

See you in 2020 !

Cheers, Vince...

 

[Vince Evert]

 

[Horsa]

Thank you Horsa, all of the above christmas songs are great and are among my faves. Now I want to take this opportunity and wish all the members, even the non-ones who may be looking in, a very merry christmas and happy and heathy holidays.

See you in 2020 !

Cheers, Vince...

You're welcome, Vince. The following is my favourite:-



Merry Xmas & Happy New Year!

Cheers!

See you next year!

 

[Hoergren]

 

[Horsa]

Happy New Year! It's too early to share a certain song which is normally sung at New Year (& on 25/1 to celebrate the birth of the poet who wrote it so I'll leave it for now. I'm not going to go into detail about this certain poet/song-writer either because this is a music thread & not a poetry thread though a lot of songs are both songs & poems & quite a few of his were both songs & poems.)

 

[Hoergren]

We're nearing the end of - another - decade. Again I want to say something about the biggest girlgroup in the decade - Little Mix. They've made a lot of things among these a lot of hits. In the following video there will be 17 top 20 hits in Great Britain and a lot of countries - except USA because they had a crappy record label - SYCo - after they won X-Factor back in 2011. 2010s has been a really exciting decade for Little Mix - here a couple of things they did:
⇝ 6 SOLD OUT tours ⇝ $65 MILLION net worth ⇝ 135 worldwide certifications ⇝ 50 MILLION worldwide sales ⇝ 12 BILLION worldwide streams ⇝ 2x BRIT award: winning girl group and best video ⇝ Best-selling girl group of the decade .@LittleMix’s Jesy Nelson breaks the BBC Three viewing record as her powerful documentary #OddOneOut has been requested over 2.73 MILLION times on iPlayer to date! Her documentary has sparked national debate about cyber-bullying and social media abuse. @LittleMix’s “Glory Days” and “Get Weird” are among the best-selling albums of the decade in the UK at #39 and #70 respectively. They are the only girl group to make it on the list.



In 2020 - so far - So far, @LittleMix will be headlining two of the biggest festivals in the UK (BST Hyde Park and Lytham Festival) and one of the biggest festivals in Brazil (Festival GRLS 2020) next year! The filming for @LittleMix’s #LittleMixTheSearch will begin in January 2020 and they promise an authentic talent show with no gimmicks whatsoever. They will be ruthless to find the best band. The show will premiere on BBC One in January! The winning group will go tour with Little Mix during their summer tour (two of the places mentioned above). They will issue their sixt studio album in 2020. Well enough - listen to the mix of their hits and watch their mix of videoes.

Happy Newyear everyone - may the force be with you

PS. If you're a Starwars fan I hope you're following The Mandatorian a great Starwars serie.

 

[tented]

Happy Newyear everyone - may the force be with you

And also with you.

 

[Hoergren]

If you like acapella here is one of the most difficult ways to sing that - well Little Mix of couse singing Boy. As a choir singer back in time I know how difficult this is

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

One of my heroes, inspiration to many drummers and other musicians, the reason I am doing what I am doing right now, Mr Neil Peart of Canadian rock band Rush

just succumbed to brain cancer. May he rest in peace...

 

[tented]

One of my heroes, inspiration to many drummers and other musicians, the reason I am doing what I am doing right now, Mr Neil Peart of Canadian rock band Rush View attachment 2969 just succumbed to brain cancer. May he rest in peace...

One of the greatest drummers ever, IMO.

 

[tented]

A tribute to Neil Peart, with a small sampling of his incredible drumming:

 

[mrzz]

I didn't watch "Brassed off" but "Concierto de Aranjuez" has nothing to do with Mozart. It's a 1939 piece for guitar by a blind Spanish guy Joaquin Rodrigo. The most famous part is adagio:

But the whole concert consist of 3 parts. The two surrounding allegros are also worth listening to.
I came upon this piece by listening to Miles Davis cool jazz interpretation (not surprisingly) Miles' version is also phenomenal. But the performance with guitar sounds better than with trumpet (or with any other instrument)n because the piece was written for a guitar.
No need to mention, that this piece is one of my all time favourites. A masterpiece among masterpieces. A beauty among beauties.

Boy, I knew that piece already but after you posted this time and again I catch myself listening to it (or some other version). It is an absurd masterpiece.

 

[Chris Koziarz]

I was impressed by KD performance here. This is not her first performance of this song. I read on Wikipedia that she performed it for Olympics in CAN. I haven't heard those performances from 10 y ago but this one is fresh and good

 

[Hoergren]

Almost 55 years ago (May 1965) This original tune by Rolling Stones was recorded. Here is a version by Brian Jones grandson and Sina - quite good me thinks



In 1967 this tune took us all by pure delight - Sina a couple of days ago

 

[Chris Koziarz]

Almost 55 years ago (May 1965) This original tune by Rolling Stones was recorded. Here is a version by Brian Jones grandson and Sina - quite good me thinks



In 1967 this tune took us all by pure delight - Sina a couple of days ago

I relay enjoyed this version of Satisfaction. No less explosive and technically as accurate as Mick Jagger's original.