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  • cloughie
    Full Member
    • Dec 2011
    • 22120

    Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
    Two down, two to go.....
    Spanish Harlem (written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector, recorded by Ben E King among others)
    Spanish Flea (written by Julius and Cissy Wechter, recorded most notably by Herb Albert)
    I'll accept the change of mood either in the original language or in the widely-used English translation.
    a sudden change of mood; Connected with Flamenco dancing
    and the windows to the soul Spanish proverb, windows of the soul being eyes.

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    • Norfolk Born

      Spanish Eyes (written by Bert Kaempfert and originally entitled 'Moon Over Naples', name changed when lyrics added later by Eddie Snyder and Charles Singleton, most famous recording probably by Al Martino)
      Can you please explain the reference to flamenco?

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26536

        Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
        , most famous recording probably by Al Martino)
        q.v. #20220
        "...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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        • Norfolk Born

          Sorry - hadn't spotted that! Who's going to tidy up so that somebody - probably Cloughie - can serve T?

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22120

            Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
            Sorry - hadn't spotted that! Who's going to tidy up so that somebody - probably Cloughie - can serve T?
            Not me guv, got to go out.

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            • Norfolk Born

              Unless I've not being paying attention (always a possibility ) we haven't had the answer to the final part of the question, have we?

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              • cloughie
                Full Member
                • Dec 2011
                • 22120

                Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                Unless I've not being paying attention (always a possibility ) we haven't had the answer to the final part of the question, have we?
                Settle for that rarely-heard on R3 piece by R-K Capriccio Espagnole.
                and I still need to pass on T as I will be out.

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26536

                  Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                  Unless I've not being paying attention (always a possibility ) we haven't had the answer to the final part of the question, have we?
                  Apologies, been tuning in and out and didn't see the answer but I guess Cloughie's got it: capricious... mood changes... etc etc.

                  I buy into the sarcasm of "rarely-heard on R3": I think I've opined before on the banality and regularity of that darned piece

                  I might be able to rustle up a T as Mr C is off singing... I got 1/4 of the elements, so have a toe-hold...
                  "...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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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26536

                    So a T then...

                    Gerald wrote singly about this T, Antoine and Jean-Joseph plurally, but all with Latin flair
                    Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 21-05-12, 19:43. Reason: Deleting an otiose, nay incorrect, accent
                    "...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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                    • vinteuil
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 12823

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Jean-Joseph plurally
                      ... aha! both J-J M and J-J M

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26536

                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                        ... aha! both J-J M and J-J M
                        Non monsieur... 'Tis the T that is plural. Only one J-J I'm afraid.

                        That is to say, one J-J M
                        "...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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                        • vinteuil
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12823

                          ... what a relief! So it's not Theseus, as writ by both Mondonville and Mouret...

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26536

                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            ... what a relief! So it's not Theseus, as writ by both Mondonville and Mouret...
                            Indeed it is not. The first of those Ms is the one to focus on to get to the T.
                            "...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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                            • Don Petter

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              The first of those Ms is the one to focus on to get to the T.
                              Monocle ... Mon Oncle ... Tati!

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26536

                                Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
                                Monocle ... Mon Oncle ... Tati!
                                Nice associating, Don... mais non, désolé!

                                Retiring here. Let's see if the morning shift can bring us back down to earth.

                                Night folks.
                                "...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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