Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread.. (Read 286510 times)

citoyen · « **Reply #925 on:** 22 February, 2017, 01:42:57 am »

Caught this on 6music tonight - absolutely fantastic vintage radio documentary (from 1985!) about the Stones' early career, focusing on their live performances for the BBC, interspersed with some lovely interviews:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kky3g

They really were a great blues band back in those days.

Legs · « **Reply #926 on:** 22 February, 2017, 03:24:21 pm »

Am I the only person who sings "BANANA!" directly after the "Meet you all the way" line (i.e. not in place of the "Rosa-a-a-anna") in Toto's Rosanna?

Once you've heard it, you really can't unhear it. You're quite welcome.

Torslanda · « **Reply #927 on:** 26 February, 2017, 12:57:34 pm »

That should have come with a spoiler warning.

Ear worm.#

BASTARD!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #928 on:** 26 February, 2017, 05:35:27 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 22 February, 2017, 01:42:57 am

Caught this on 6music tonight - absolutely fantastic vintage radio documentary (from 1985!) about the Stones' early career, focusing on their live performances for the BBC, interspersed with some lovely interviews:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kky3g

They really were a great blues band back in those days.

I learned the other day that they did a jingle for a Rice Krispies ad in the early 60s.

ElyDave · « **Reply #929 on:** 26 February, 2017, 06:02:16 pm »

Quote from: Torslanda on 26 February, 2017, 12:57:34 pm

That should have come with a spoiler warning.

Ear worm.#

BASTARD!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

As should Hello, Goodbye on R2 SOTS on Saturday.

Brain, please stop

TheLurker · « **Reply #930 on:** 03 March, 2017, 03:16:01 pm »

On Radio Three this morning, "London Transport Suite" by Sidney Torch (great name!) full of themes evoking/mimicking steam locomotives. Made me wonder; how the blazes would you represent a diesel, or electric, loco in a musical piece without recourse to recordings of the real thing?

Carrying on with the thought I also wondered about jet propelled aeroplanes. A multi-engine propeller aircraft, even a turbine engined one, has a beat frequency that could be used though even that's not so marked in modern aeroplanes as older ones, but a jet?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #931 on:** 03 March, 2017, 03:26:21 pm »

Have you heard this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svFA-m62iks

TheLurker · « **Reply #932 on:** 03 March, 2017, 04:44:27 pm »

I hadn't, but it illustrates the point about steam locos and musical representation thereof very nicely. Thank you.

Legs · « **Reply #933 on:** 03 March, 2017, 04:58:26 pm »

Lurker, you gotta love The Boxcar (particularly 4:25 in).

T42 · « **Reply #934 on:** 03 March, 2017, 05:02:08 pm »

Wish they wouldn't stick black tape over manufacturer's names on SLRs in films. Obvious why they do it, but it looks phoney and spoils the illusion.

citoyen · « **Reply #935 on:** 03 March, 2017, 05:03:25 pm »

Lurker - here's my favourite musical representation of trains:
https://youtu.be/1E4Bjt_zVJc

LEE · « **Reply #936 on:** 03 March, 2017, 05:30:04 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 03 March, 2017, 05:02:08 pm

Wish they wouldn't stick black tape over manufacturer's names on SLRs in films. Obvious why they do it, but it looks phoney and spoils the illusion.

Nobody has ever discussed football in the Rovers Return. A bit odd.

TheLurker · « **Reply #937 on:** 03 March, 2017, 07:20:27 pm »

Legs, Citoyen - Ta.

Legs · « **Reply #938 on:** 08 March, 2017, 11:27:55 am »

Whenever I hear the Charlie Daniels Band's The Devil Went Down To Georgia, I can't help but think that I prefer the Devil's music to Johnny's, and that the Devil is a bit soft in conceding defeat so willingly.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #939 on:** 08 March, 2017, 11:51:26 am »

Quote from: TheLurker on 03 March, 2017, 03:16:01 pm

On Radio Three this morning, "London Transport Suite" by Sidney Torch (great name!) full of themes evoking/mimicking steam locomotives. Made me wonder; how the blazes would you represent a diesel, or electric, loco in a musical piece without recourse to recordings of the real thing?

Like this:

https://youtu.be/DWSceMtAjPw

Surprised you haven't heard this.

TheLurker · « **Reply #940 on:** 08 March, 2017, 06:46:28 pm »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 08 March, 2017, 11:51:26 am

Quote from: TheLurker on 03 March, 2017, 03:16:01 pm
On Radio Three this morning, "London Transport Suite" by Sidney Torch (great name!) full of themes evoking/mimicking steam locomotives. Made me wonder; how the blazes would you represent a diesel, or electric, loco in a musical piece without recourse to recordings of the real thing?

Like this:

https://youtu.be/DWSceMtAjPw

Surprised you haven't heard this.

In 1977 I was listening to rather less *ahem* sophisticated musicians. Interesting, but without the video there's nothing about the track that says, to me, locomotive. Electric, diesel or otherwise.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #941 on:** 08 March, 2017, 07:45:23 pm »

It's not really about the locomotive or even the train, it's about the experience of high-speed travel. I think.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #942 on:** 09 March, 2017, 04:52:56 pm »

Her Majesty's BBC radio iplayer thing has a repeat of the marvelous Ian McMillan's programme about when his 'ouse becomes his arse. Isogloss innit.

This has been a public service announcement.

Linky

TheLurker · « **Reply #943 on:** 11 March, 2017, 07:36:08 pm »

BBC4 9pm Wednesday next (15th of March). A documentary about Raleigh.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #944 on:** 14 March, 2017, 04:45:24 pm »

Having been a member of YACF since its inception, I am rather surprised to have been unaware of this rather delicious little website.

Uke Hunt

T42 · « **Reply #945 on:** 14 March, 2017, 04:57:26 pm »

How delightful.

indeed.

Basil · « **Reply #946 on:** 14 March, 2017, 05:20:09 pm »

. Is that real?

Torslanda · « **Reply #947 on:** 21 March, 2017, 01:27:11 am »

#2 son spied his first episode of The Prisoner tonight. 10 years old (going on 45), normally can't keep still for more than 30 seconds, sat transfixed throughout.

Was fascinated to discover 'The Village' is real.

Ladles and Jellyspoons , I think we have a convert...

Kim · « **Reply #948 on:** 21 March, 2017, 01:29:07 pm »

I was about the same age, and well past my bedtime, when the very same appeared on the anbaric distascope, and my dad said "No wait, watch this - it's a bit odd."

It was.

citoyen · « **Reply #949 on:** 21 March, 2017, 02:26:26 pm »

I first discovered The Prisoner when it was shown on the recently launched Channel 4 in 1983, which means I would have been the same age. It remains one of my all-time favourites.

I've made several pilgrimages to Portmeirion over the years. When I was a student in Leeds in the early 90s, my housemates and I hired a video camera and made a road movie of a weekend trip to Portmeirion, which includes a shot of me running along the beach with one of my mates kicking a beach ball along behind me. Wish I still had a copy of that.