Alphabet associations - I

[hedgehog]

Hmmm ... so not Peter Zinovieff, either.

The Three Tales are "Bikini", "Dolly" and "Hindenburg" ... no immediate z comes to mind ... ?

I said the titles within the tale....the Hindenburg is a ??????? Oh Oh Oh plumbeting to the depths of this Z

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

<doh>, <doh> and thrice <doh>

I feel as if I've been Led astray!

[amateur51]

<doh>, <doh> and thrice <doh>

I feel as if I've been Led astray!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Well ... I can live in hope!

Steve Reich: Three Tales, "Hindenburg" (video opera based on the airship/Zeppelin
Tangerine, a track from the album Led Zeppelin III (1973)


... but lovely Rita, her plucky instrument and their connection to a Zeppelin is proving elusive ...

[mercia]

Rita Dove / Thomas and Beulah / Mandolin / The Zeppelin Factory


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[Beef Oven!]

Well ... I can live in hope!

Steve Reich: Three Tales, "Hindenburg" (video opera based on the airship/Zeppelin
Tangerine, a track from the album Led Zeppelin III (1973)


... but lovely Rita, her plucky instrument and their connection to a Zeppelin is proving elusive ...

Led Zep III was 1970, not '73.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Led Zep III was 1970, not '73.

Blimey! So it was - doesn't tempus fugit when you're not looking!

[hedgehog]

Well done fhg, got there in the end & mercia absolutley correct with Rita Dove / Thomas and Beulah / Mandolin / The Zeppelin Factory.

The compose Amnon Wolman set a number of these poems, including The Zeppelin Factory in his Thomas and Beulah

So up, up and Away fgh!

[subcontrabass]

Well ... I can live in hope!

Steve Reich: Three Tales, "Hindenburg" (video opera based on the airship/Zeppelin

The second section of Hindenburg is entitled "Nibelung Zeppelin"

[hedgehog]

The second section of Hindenburg is entitled "Nibelung Zeppelin"

Yes, thank you that was the mayo in the coleslaw, I should have added that. It's a totally cringeworthy piece.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So up, up and Away fgh!

I shall sleep on this and sort something out in the morning.

'night, all

[Flay]

Wow, I am stunned by this round!

I stumbled on another Z while trying to solve this in lurk mode. Glad I kept mum about it, it will do another time.

[antongould]

I shall sleep on this and sort something out in the morning.

'night, all

In Spennymoor the morning has ended.....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

In Spennymoor the morning has ended.....

There are some very tall hills in the Pennines: the sun has its work cut out for it at this time of year.

Anyway, answer me this if you will:

Firsts for Ferrier and a foxy buffoon. Which A?


By the way ... whatever happened to "Classical Connections"?

[vinteuil]

By the way ... whatever happened to "Classical Connections"?

... if the Opening Post of this thread is to believed it was "too difficult" - and so was born AA, its "easier" younger brother...