Originally posted by antongould
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Neil Sedaka is presenting this afternoon - He was the American 1966 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition entrant - disqualified by the Russians because of his pop music background - at the time pop music was frowned upon by the Russian establishment!Comment
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Originally posted by cloughie View Post
That is the single most surprising and bizarre fact I've learnt this year!!!"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The downside is that he gave it all up for pop music ...Originally posted by Caliban View Post
That is the single most surprising and bizarre fact I've learnt this year!!!
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Yeah, didn't really work out for him, that one...........Originally posted by french frank View PostThe downside is that he gave it all up for pop music ...
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostYeah, didn't really work out for him, that one...........
OTOH It depends what you're after ...It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I totally agree. I had to go out and do an errand. 2 minutes was enough to go straight to the on button for the CD player.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
The Soviet Union wasn't all bad then.Comment
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I respect and admire Sedaka as a singer/songwriter, but when he can't even pronounce the names of composers and artists he is featuring, it just sounds so amateurish.Comment
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Oh, c'mon - he won't have been brought up on Radio 3Originally posted by pilamenon View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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He gave Villa Lobos credit for the riff in Oh Carol........Comment
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After the Lunchtime Concert today I crashed into Saturday Classics, and was about to turn it off. However Trevor Cox has some interesting insights into acoustics, so I've stuck with it up to now.
One complaint is "why is his voice is so loud compared with the music?" In a way that's nobody's fault, as this is often a matter for personal preference, but surely with digital technology it would be possible to send out a steering signal which could adjust the relative level of speech to music at the receiver. If digital processing is so good, then why are broadcasters so slow to adopt such sensible ideas? Even car manufacturers are slightly ahead of the game, with variable levels for engine speed which are user selectable. Broadcasters clearly don't think end users are capable of selecting options on digital equipment!
PS: Actually steering signals could be made to work with analogue equipment too.Comment
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The BBC is really putting Salford on the map.
Bit ironic that he's a professor of acoustic engineeringOne complaint is why is his voice is so loud compared with the music
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Did anyone hear the return of the Best of British Heffer? I heard the first half hour and am now catching up.....a fine Bliss selection I thought. Did St Mary's Boy Child get a mention by any chance?Comment
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