God Only Knows

[teamsaint]

Instead of being supercilious and sneering about C in N and the many people who give their services free. why not be a proper person, abstain from buying CDs for 3 months and donate the money saved. Both you and the beneficiaries will feel better.

Is that aimed at me, as it followed my post?

because if it is, if its ok with you, I'll actually hold my own opinions, and keep the personal stuff off the board.

It is actually just fine not to follow the establishment line, IMO.

Oh, and I support charities as I see fit.

Like you do, I would think.

[Sir Velo]

Instead of being supercilious and sneering about C in N and the many people who give their services free. why not be a proper person, abstain from buying CDs for 3 months and donate the money saved. Both you and the beneficiaries will feel better.

To show what a proper person you are no doubt you will be the first to upload a copy of the receipt for your donation? Moreover, have you ever stopped to ask yourself how many charities we may all already donate time/services/goods etc to already?

By the way, any reason why Children in Need is a more worthy charity than any of the thousands of others? Researching a bit further, I find there have been several controversies that a sizeable chunk of donations do not get used for funding projects and that those projects which are funded frequently either fail to meet their objectives or do little to alleviate the root cause of the issues.

Now go away and stop wasting our time.

[teamsaint]

However, Zuckers does have a point - how about, for every post we make on this Thread pointing out how naff and irritating this arrangement of a perfectly decent song and, especially, the video that accompanies it are we donate a fiver to a charity of our choice?

Ferney, are you saying (as I think you are) that endlessly talking about the quality of the arrangement is rather boring (and thus worthy of the suggested £5), which is fair enough? its not the first bad arrangement of a song, and it won't be the last....quality isn't really an issue here?

or are you suggesting that we should pay for discussing the merits of these mega charity celeb spectaculars, which I guess FF might want to see in the dungeon anyway ?

[amateur51]

those projects which are funded frequently either fail to meet their objectives or do little to alleviate the root cause of the issues.

Could be said about many BBC projects surely? - bad show

Selecting grant applications and monitoring their progress is rarely an exact science - and committees do like to be seen to take risks and be innovative

[Richard Tarleton]

Instead of being supercilious and sneering about C in N and the many people who give their services free. why not be a proper person, abstain from buying CDs for 3 months and donate the money saved. Both you and the beneficiaries will feel better.

And scanning posts 1-8 I'm not clear who was being supercilious and sneering. In my case, merely mystified. I now understand it's a charity CD.

[kernelbogey]

The CD went out simultaneously on every BBC radio and tv channel at 2000 on Tuesday night (7/10) - which meant, for Radio Three, in the middle of a Brahms concert . Dr Service duly went into superlatives mode, as did P Trelawney and R Cowan on Wednesday morning: clearly everyone had been issued with their instructions. I was surprised that my text to Mr Trelawney, somewhat critical of the previous night's intrusion into the concert, was not read out on Breakfast....

[P. G. Tipps]

... and someone who looked a bit like Brahms conducting the BBCCO.

the young, fresh-faced one who looks like a girl or the old bearded curmudgeonly one ...?

[Padraig]

scotty, would you ever give over Brahms-bashing. I thought you had seen the grievous error of your ways.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Dr Service duly went into superlatives mode, as did P Trelawney and R Cowan on Wednesday morning: clearly everyone had been issued with their instructions.

You know I bet they really hate having to toe the line in this way, (just as I have to pretend to think Wider Opportunities is great ). They are victims too.

[VodkaDilc]

I have not heard this performance and hope it has success in its charitable aims. I do have reservations though in turning one of the sublime peaks of the Beach Boys' output into a singalong free-for-all. Perhaps I am just being curmudgeonly.

[VodkaDilc]

You know I bet they really hate having to toe the line in this way, (just as I have to pretend to think Wider Opportunities is great ). They are victims too.

Just wait for the freedom of being retired. You can think - AND say - what you like.

[teamsaint]

Just wait for the freedom of being retired. You can think - AND say - what you like.

well that is a lovely thought, Vodders, but .....well...I expect you have read Catch 22.......

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ferney, are you saying (as I think you are) that endlessly talking about the quality of the arrangement is rather boring (and thus worthy of the suggested £5), which is fair enough? its not the first bad arrangement of a song, and it won't be the last....quality isn't really an issue here?

or are you suggesting that we should pay for discussing the merits of these mega charity celeb spectaculars, which I guess FF might want to see in the dungeon anyway ?

Not really either, ts - I was suggesting that, as we're not going to buy the CD/download of the naff arrangement, we might all show appreciation for the sentiments for making said naff arrangement by just shifting a bit of cash in the direction of our favourite charity[/ies] (perhaps especially if we feel that it might be overlooked during the CinN promotion) every time we make a posting on this Thread. Whatever we decide to talk about, there will be the usual interesting and witty comments that we have come to expect on the Forum.

And you do realize that this has cost me another fiver!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Just wait for the freedom of being retired. You can think - AND say - what you like.

You can never really say what you like. Even the truth can be libellous.

[teamsaint]

Not really either, ts - I was suggesting that, as we're not going to buy the CD/download of the naff arrangement, we might all show appreciation for the sentiments for making said naff arrangement by just shifting a bit of cash in the direction of our favourite charity[/ies] (perhaps especially if we feel that it might be overlooked during the CinN promotion) every time we make a posting on this Thread. Whatever we decide to talk about, there will be the usual interesting and witty comments that we have come to expect on the Forum.

And you do realize that this has cost me another fiver!

i see. thanks for clarifying.
Naff arrangement swear box ....oops........