Friday, January 3, 2014
Funky Friday, if it ain't Baroque, don't fix it edition
A bit late getting thawed out and onto blogger today -- if you're somewhere where the temps are above freezing, I don't want to hear it. It might get up into the double digits here before sundown . . . .
That video may not be to everyone's liking, but it reminds me a bit of good ol' Emerson, Lake, and Palmer doing their thing to the classics. If you need to wash your ears out with a more traditional version, I direct you here:
Oops, my bad. But since I missed doing any postings for Octubafest this past year, I couldn't resist. Fun fact: tuba player Øystein Baadsvik hails from Trondheim, Norway, the town where my father & uncles grew up.
I'll leave you with what I believe is a more authentic version. Oh, and fun fact #2 -- Vivaldi was a redhead! You just can't tell because all the cool kids wore powdered wigs back in the day.
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I tried and tried and tried to work in a Baroque Obama pun, but the small quantity of java in my system at this point isn't sufficient for the job.
ReplyDeleteSo all I have to say is...I love me some Baroque!
I think just being able to come up with "Baroque Obama" is pretty darn good - well played! You can come Bach if you think of something more...
DeleteSome Broke What?
DeleteI'm broke . . . .
DeleteNo, No Intelli, you are not broke.
DeleteYou just don't have any m.o.n.e.y.
You have a more Baroque nature,
Yeah that's the ticket, ah. Officer I saw her just as she broke for the sit in.
Dagonit, Intelli, I just got it.
DeleteLove me some Baroque.
Shut my mouth.
That makes one of us.
DeleteAs Emerson sat on the edge of Lake Palmer
ReplyDeleteCleaning his ears that winter evening
He thought he heard a chill of a broke guitar.
He recalled the Mississippi Hill Blues of Stoker.
He felt a tingle from the season.
For no reason.
Punch, you're waxing quite poetical this early in the year -- nice!
DeleteIt comes and goes.
Deleteloved this post.... and everything about it: the title, the pithy prose ( as is your usual) and the visuals. I am a big Vivaldi fan.... very nice.
ReplyDeletebtw, it is also freezing where I am (double digits) and freezing drizzle.... icky poo.
Glad you enjoyed the post, harlequin. I'm trying to be a better blogger, if I can remember how :-)
DeleteDon't worry intell...you're getting a Handel on it.
DeleteSheesh, Telemann a pun and he just won't quit!
DeleteYou sound like my wife. She said to me, "you are Sonota funny with the puns, big boy." Mehbe it's time to quit.
DeleteWhat the fugue you sayin'?
DeletePlease...let us maintain our composure. If you must use the "Ef" word, let me refer you to Johann Fux (have fun with it): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Fux
ReplyDeleteI cantata take anymore!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Me? I'm going to bundle up and have a warm cup of Rococo. Chao ;-)
DeleteI can't think of a comment, but I won't fret over it.
ReplyDeleteJust keep stringin' us along, Doug!
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