Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Hills

Neat, Cloughie... Very neat. Spot of the old Collines d'Anacapri are alive and far away etc etc. Nice thinking

[Northender]

Hills

Yes - would you care to elaborate? (Caliban has already spotted the Debussy).

[cloughie]

R&H Hills alive to the Sound of Music
Delius Over the Hills / Song of the High Hills
Marc Wilkinson score for TV Play for Today Blue Remembered Hills

[Northender]

Well done Cloughie - no further explanation needed, except perhaps to note that 'The Hills of Anacapri' is the English title of one of Debussy's wonderful Preludes, and that it was Dennis Potter's 'Blue Remembered Hills' for which Marc Wilkinson wrote the score. I had the second of your Delius pieces in mind. We now await an I from U!

[cloughie]

Well done Cloughie - no further explanation needed, except perhaps to note that 'The Hills of Anacapri' is the English title of one of Debussy's wonderful Preludes, and that it was Dennis Potter's 'Blue Remembered Hills' for which Marc Wilkinson wrote the score. I had the second of your Delius pieces in mind. We now await an I from U!

Off out I'm afraid - so no can do this evening - I'll happily step in with a J tomorrow.

[mercia]

Come along then, reveal all mercs!

sorry, had to dash off at 1pm to see someone in hospital
just back

[Nick Armstrong]

(Caliban has already spotted the Debussy).

Actually the "alive" and "far away" were a nod to the R&H and Delius parts... though the wrong Delius piece it turns out. And only because of the nudge from Mr C.

Shall I cobble an I for the evening? I'll donate a letter to Cloughie at some point subsequently if desired

[Nick Armstrong]

A load of cobblers, this... but the brain can't make this rambling puzzle more concise!

Three "I"s for the price of one here. The main one you're after is the daddy - the other two (his son and, eventually, daughter-in-law) take over his throne, in a place notable for Ariadne, Theseus and Nana Mouskouri.

[cloughie]

Mozart K366 and K367

Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy

Idomeneo (Idomeneus), King of Crete

Idamante (Idamantes), son of Idomeneo

From Crete

[Nick Armstrong]

Mozart K366 and K367

Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy

Idomeneo (Idomeneus), King of Crete

Idamante (Idamantes), son of Idomeneo

From Crete

You are unstoppable. Perfect, Cloughie

A J is yours, sir.

[cloughie]

You are unstoppable. Perfect, Cloughie

A J is yours, sir.

Au matin, M Caliban!

[cloughie]

a J to link horns together,lol and there's a point.

[Flay]

Playing the French horn is a lot like throwing a javelin blindfolded - you don't have to be very good at it to get people's attention.

[Nick Armstrong]

Playing the French horn is a lot like throwing a javelin blindfolded - you don't have to be very good at it to get people's attention.

[Flay]

Researching ideas found me looking at corny brass jokes. I found this one:

A girl went out on a date with a trumpet player, and when she came back her room mate asked, "Well, how was it? Did his embouchure make him a great kisser?" "Nah", the first girl replied. "That dry, tight, tiny little pucker; it was no fun at all."
The next night she went out with a tuba player, and on her return the room mate asked the same question. "Ugh!", the girl exclaimed, "Those huge, rubbery, blubbery, slobbering slabs of meat; oh it was just gross!".
The next night she went out with a French Horn player. "How was this one?" asked the room mate. "Well", the girl replied, "his kissing was just so-so; but I loved the way he held me!"