tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post7852061504846416222..comments2023-10-31T08:22:51.995-07:00Comments on Gadjo Dilo: Classical Music is for Ponces #1Gadjo Dilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-45847992537976409672010-01-31T23:32:11.556-08:002010-01-31T23:32:11.556-08:00Boyo, excellent, and oh so Hungarian.Boyo, excellent, and <b>oh so</b> Hungarian.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-40351978664988842002010-01-31T07:36:37.234-08:002010-01-31T07:36:37.234-08:00I like it, but it's not the one. Here it is:
...I like it, but it's not the one. Here it is:<br /><br />http://www.cimbalom.nl/mp3/erdo-erdo-de-magas-a-teteje.mp3<br /><br />It's also Mikrokosmos 127.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-82897094484813048752010-01-30T23:04:15.276-08:002010-01-30T23:04:15.276-08:00Boyo, sounds great, I couldn't find a tune wit...Boyo, sounds great, I couldn't find a tune with exactly that name on YouTube, but is it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcD4N0_eRRA" rel="nofollow">this one</a>? Mikrokosmos is a work I haven't got yet, a situation soon to be rectified.<br /><br />Madame, he missed a trick by not using chickens! (Are we talking about Camper Van Beethoven?)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-76522795415249854722010-01-30T13:04:28.875-08:002010-01-30T13:04:28.875-08:00I'm not familiar with Bartok, as I am resolute...I'm not familiar with Bartok, as I am resolutely urban. No chickens in Beethoven. Plenty of bin lorries though.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-84756780173985717102010-01-30T10:25:19.399-08:002010-01-30T10:25:19.399-08:00My party trick is to sing "Erdő, erdő de mago...My party trick is to sing "Erdő, erdő de magos a teteje", and all thanks to Mikrokosmos.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-38387918326639127872010-01-29T23:21:45.728-08:002010-01-29T23:21:45.728-08:00Kev, I'll make a copy on a CD for you right aw...Kev, I'll make a copy on a CD for you right away!<br /><br />Mary Ellen, thanks, and thanks for dropping by. "Ponce" is a surname of Basque origin" sez Wikipedia, a pimp, a male homosexual, or (the meaning I intended) "An individual who attempts to fake having intelligence, class, or culture".Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-87704549656949210782010-01-29T17:47:20.665-08:002010-01-29T17:47:20.665-08:00Maybe it's just me, but I had no idea what a &...Maybe it's just me, but I had no idea what a "ponce" is (and I'm still not entirely sure, after some help from WordNik, exactly what you meant) BUT that all being said, this was hilarious. And the ice skating one too.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476814211173076515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-83381121217833908662010-01-29T12:16:26.989-08:002010-01-29T12:16:26.989-08:00now you're talking!now you're talking!Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-68274485268135087162010-01-29T00:42:40.455-08:002010-01-29T00:42:40.455-08:00Inky, just you wait until I get onto those finger-...Inky, just you wait until I get onto those finger-in-the-ear folk musicians ;-)<br /><br />Alice, sweetheart, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is a bishop of the Lithuanian Autocephalous Staroobryadtsyist Church and Bronius Kutavičius is a type of dinosaur. But please introduce me to Seasick Steve, I like him already!<br /><br />Kevin, he once wrote a quartet for Wurtitzer organ and three banjoleles - interested?<br /><br />Bananas, quite, about as piss-easy as a cuckoo, which some composers still think is an amusing musical device.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-62274076597827888702010-01-28T15:14:25.818-08:002010-01-28T15:14:25.818-08:00Duck noises in classical music is a brilliant inno...Duck noises in classical music is a brilliant innovation, if you ask me. Much more radical than owl hoots, which are too easy to imitate.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-66851214990190571982010-01-28T15:11:26.993-08:002010-01-28T15:11:26.993-08:00Sadly, I could never cotton to Bartok, try as I ma...Sadly, I could never cotton to Bartok, try as I may.<br /><br />You do do a good line in blather, though.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-15790678722648460792010-01-28T12:45:00.757-08:002010-01-28T12:45:00.757-08:00Bronius Kutavičius and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiur...Bronius Kutavičius and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis are good Lithuanian composers. But really I like Bob Brozman because he is brilliant on steel guitar, and one day I try to make one. Maybe like Seasick Steve's Morris Minor guitar.Alice Scradczahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09391983361101986126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-7164297070003561382010-01-28T12:00:30.780-08:002010-01-28T12:00:30.780-08:00So jazz is constipated and classical divides itsel...So jazz is constipated and classical divides itself into movements. What is it with musicians?xerxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787696262480033808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-4172743776091909372010-01-28T05:43:31.379-08:002010-01-28T05:43:31.379-08:00Look man, I will visit your blog, and I will serio...Look man, I will visit your blog, and I will seriously contemplate the possibility of following you.<br /><br />Sir Dotterel, <i>au contraire</i>, I've worn my fancy classical music <i>afficionadoism</i> on my sleeve before now! I always thought it was Stockhausen he was talking about; and Beecham's gravestone reads "Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven, no pyramids set off his memories but the eternal substance of his greatness" - hmmm.<br /><br />Scarley, well done you, those OU courses are excellent! I'm sure you can make your own such silly farmyard noises when next you're listening to something :-)<br /><br />Lulu, you're definitely not a ponce, you're a very very lovely person (why am I sounding so patronising today?? It wasn't my intention).<br /><br />Gaw, ahh, good for you, I guess that might be the excellent Polish label Naxos or Czech Supraphon or Hungarian Hungaroton... there's maybe worse ways to spend your hard currency :-)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-34511078091779178332010-01-28T05:13:11.256-08:002010-01-28T05:13:11.256-08:00I owe a lot to Eastern European classical music. T...I owe a lot to Eastern European classical music. The pieces I know and love were made familiar through listening to ridiculously cheap CDs by obscure (to me) symphony orchestras from the former Eastern bloc. I assume they were forced to flog their wares in the West to make ends meet in the financially straitened '90s. It's an ill wind...Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-20269619590324783132010-01-28T04:57:31.751-08:002010-01-28T04:57:31.751-08:00I only get to hear classical music if I turn on th...I only get to hear classical music if I turn on the telly and catch an airline ad - so I'm not a ponce, but I might be other Bad Things ooeer!Lulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-2558770247583679402010-01-28T03:35:56.680-08:002010-01-28T03:35:56.680-08:00I did a short [and very easy] music appreciation c...I did a short [and very easy] music appreciation course with the OU. I wish I'd had your descriptions handy when I wrote my essay...<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-81610211114267428862010-01-28T03:25:34.166-08:002010-01-28T03:25:34.166-08:00Well, well Dr Gadjo - you kept that particular fet...Well, well Dr Gadjo - you kept that particular fetish well hidden behind yonder bushel... Wasn't it Bartok of whom Sir Thomas Beecham memorably said when asked if he'd ever conducted any: 'No, but I rather think I once trod in some.' No, your right, it wasn't. Just a pathetic excuse to get my favourite Beecham anecdote outTim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-83389953712265007402010-01-28T02:29:02.184-08:002010-01-28T02:29:02.184-08:00blog walking, friends greetings...
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