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What are you listening to now?

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Link to video

    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

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • bachophileB Offline
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      bachophile
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      American beauty. By the dead. What a great album.

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #4

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

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

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          Aqua LetiferA Offline
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          Aqua Letifer
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          #5

          @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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          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

            @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.

            George KG Offline
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            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @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

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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

              Link to video

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #8

                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

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • CopperC Offline
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                  Copper
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  Link to video

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    This is...unusual:

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

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • George KG George K

                      This is...unusual:

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                      KlausK Offline
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                      Klaus
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                      #11

                      @George-K interesting!

                      I found this excerpt on YT:

                      Link to video

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

                      Link to video

                      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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                      • KlausK Klaus

                        @George-K interesting!

                        I found this excerpt on YT:

                        Link to video

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

                        Link to video

                        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.

                        George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        @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

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          George K
                          wrote on last edited by George K
                          #13

                          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:

                          Link to video

                          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.

                          Link to video

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

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            Doctor Phibes
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                            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.

                            Link to video

                            I was only joking

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              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.

                              Link to video

                              George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #15

                              @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

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Doctor Phibes
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                                #16

                                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.

                                I was only joking

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

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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

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

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      bachophile
                                      wrote on last edited by
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                                      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
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                                        Link to video

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                                        • George KG Offline
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                                          George K
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                                          Wow.

                                          Link to video

                                          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

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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