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    • George K
      George K last edited by

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      Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
      For the land of the tall palm tree
      Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
      I just stepped down from the airplane
      When I heard her say,
      "Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka
      Would you like a lei? Eh?"

      [Chorus]

      Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
      Whisper in my ear
      Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
      Are the words I long to hear
      Lay your coconut on my tiki
      What the hecka mooka mooka dear
      Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
      Say the words I long to hear

      t's a ukulele Honolulu sunset
      Listen to the grass skirts sway
      Drinking rum from a pineapple
      Out on Honolulu Bay
      The steel guitars all playing
      While she's talking with her hands
      Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
      Words I understand Hey!

      [Chorus]

      Well, I boughta lota junka with my moolah
      And sent it to the folks back home
      I never had the chance to dance the hula
      Well, I guess I should have known
      When you start talking to the sweet wahini
      Walking in the pale moonlight
      Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas
      Hope I said it right Oh!

      [Chorus]

      Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
      Say the words I long to hear
      Aloha

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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      • bachophile
        bachophile last edited by

        American beauty. By the dead. What a great album.

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        • George K
          George K last edited by

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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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          • Aqua Letifer
            Aqua Letifer @George K last edited by

            @George-K said in What are you listening to now?:

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            I play that in the background in each of my team meetings. No shit.

            Please love yourself.

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            • George K
              George K @Aqua Letifer last edited by

              @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you listening to now?:

              I play that in the background in each of my team meetings. No shit.

              Next time, try this:

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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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              • taiwan_girl
                taiwan_girl last edited by

                For other Democratic Socialist music, the Ponchobo Electonic Ensemble can be listened to.

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                • George K
                  George K last edited by

                  If you're a Sting fan, take a listen to this. Many re-recorded songs ("Desert Rose" is quite different).

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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                  • Copper
                    Copper last edited by

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                    • George K
                      George K last edited by

                      This is...unusual:

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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                      • Klaus
                        Klaus @George K last edited by

                        @George-K interesting!

                        I found this excerpt on YT:

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                        It's interesting to compare it with the Liszt transcription:

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                        I think I prefer the Liszt variant slightly. Overall, I must say, though, that, at least in the finale of the 9th, they fail to convince me relative to the orchestral version.

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                        • George K
                          George K @Klaus last edited by

                          @Klaus I've listened to that recording countless times. However, I never followed the score.

                          Gives me a new appreciation for all thing things that are going on.

                          And how freakishly difficult it must be to play. All. Those. Octaves.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                          • George K
                            George K last edited by George K

                            Speaking of transcriptions...

                            As I mentioned, I'm reading "2312," and in it there's a description of a concert in which one of the pieces performed was a four-hand version of the Beethoven Grosse Fuge. They even mentioned the opus number: 134.

                            I had no idea this thing existed, but, there you have it. Beethoven himself transcribed it for four hands:

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                            Oh, and speaking of speaking of transcriptions, my first encounter with Peter Serkin was a recording I purchased in 1972 (?) of him playing Beethoven's Op. 61(a) - the piano version of the violin concerto.

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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                            • Doctor Phibes
                              Doctor Phibes last edited by

                              Since we're doing piano, I recently rediscovered this album on Amazon music - it accompanies my dog walks. I just love this guy's playing.

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                              Doctor Phibes. Now with real cheese product!

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                              • George K
                                George K @Doctor Phibes last edited by

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you listening to now?:

                                I recently rediscovered this album on Amazon music

                                Thanks for that. I just added it to my library. He's got quite the discography!

                                This is a bit more than half...

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                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                                • Doctor Phibes
                                  Doctor Phibes last edited by Doctor Phibes

                                  Early Bud Powell is amazing. As he got older, it was less good - he suffered a lot from mental illness, back when the treatment was rather unsophisticated. A very sad life - he died in 1966 at the age of 41 from a combination of TB and alcoholism.

                                  Doctor Phibes. Now with real cheese product!

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                                  • George K
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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                                    • George K
                                      George K last edited by

                                      The Beethoven "Triple" Concerto - arranged for piano trio.

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                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                                      • bachophile
                                        bachophile last edited by

                                        Dave Mason alone together

                                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Together_(Dave_Mason_album)

                                        Really fine subtly good rock and roll

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                                          Loki last edited by

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                                          • George K
                                            George K last edited by

                                            Wow.

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                                            If you didn't know it was Joni Mitchell, you'd never guess.

                                            I always preferred her version to the saccharine Judy Collins version. I also prefer this recording to Collins'.

                                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                            I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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