"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

We live back in the sticks, and every day the dogs take us for our daily walk back the road that runs past our place. We're never in a hurry, and it usually takes us about two hours. If three vehicles pass us during our walk, that's a busy day. Anyhow......every Christmas Season we'll pick some poor, scraggly looking tree along the road, and hang a few ornaments on it. There's no shortage of good trees, but we just like to do the Charlie Brown thing. Here's a pic of my wife & Gunny in front of the lucky tree. (Yes, there is a tree there, and it does have a few pine needles on it.:))
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I was thinking more of Tennessee Ernie Ford's Shotgun Boogie.
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That's a good one, Jer! :thumbsup:🤓:thumbsup:
I'll bet I haven't heard that in about 65 years.
My Dad had a bunch of 45rpm records when we were young kids. They were mostly country, many were sort of novelty songs, and I suspect he bought most of them before he got married. My brothers and I used to listen to them occasionally when we got old enough to run the record player. Some of my favorites included Dinah Shore singing "Sweet Violets" (I thought that song was SO clever), and at least a couple of songs from Spike Jones and His City Slickers: "In Der Fuerher's Face" and "The William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum)", which I just thought was a horserace song. Little did I realize its later role in "The Lone Ranger" on TV, or that it would become an all-time favorite of mine after studying it in music appreciation class in high school (and also hearing the PDQ Bach version presenting the piece as a contest between director conductor and orchestra, announced like a football broadcast).
 
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5K Qs said:
That's a good one, Jer! :thumbsup:🤓:thumbsup:
I'll bet I haven't heard that in about 65 years.
My Dad had a bunch of 45rpm records when we were young kids. They were mostly country, many were sort of novelty songs, and I suspect he bought most of them before he got married. My brothers and I used to listen to them occasionally when we got old enough to run the record player. Some of my favorites included Dinah Shore singing "Sweet Violets" (I thought that song was SO clever), and at least a couple of songs from Spike Jones and His City Slickers: "In Der Fuerher's Face" and "The William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum)", which I just thought was a horserace song. Little did I realize its later role in "The Lone Ranger" on TV, or that it would become an all-time favorite of mine after studying it in music appreciation class in high school (and also hearing the PDQ Bach version presenting the piece as a contest between director and orchestra, announced like a football broadcast).
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I'd forgotten PDQ Bach!
 
Headwinds said:
How could anyone ever forget PDQ Bach??
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I didn't forget PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele), but I think I did misremember the orchestra/conductor contest. I'll bet it was Beethoven's 5th Symphony that I'm thinking of, NOT The William Tell Overture (although both pieces feature endings in which it's difficult to get the orchestra to actually quit playing 😁).
 
5K Qs said:
I didn't forget PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele), but I think I did misremember the orchestra/conductor contest. I'll bet it was Beethoven's 5th Symphony that I'm thinking of, NOT The William Tell Overture (although both pieces feature endings in which it's difficult to get the orchestra to actually quit playing 😁).
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Yes, it was Beethoven's 5th. The only problem I have with Schickele's take-offs is that once I've heard them, his versions keeps popping into my head when I'm listening to the real thing.
 
5K Qs said:
I didn't forget PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele), but I think I did misremember the orchestra/conductor contest. I'll bet it was Beethoven's 5th Symphony that I'm thinking of, NOT The William Tell Overture (although both pieces feature endings in which it's difficult to get the orchestra to actually quit playing 😁).
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The orchestra vs conductor bit reminded me of a very succinct review of a piano concert I once read. I can't remember the reviewer or the pianist, but the review simply said: "Last night at Such and Such Hall Pianist X played Beethoven. Beethoven lost."
 
Headwinds said:
The orchestra vs conductor bit reminded me of a very succinct review of a piano concert I once read. I can't remember the reviewer or the pianist, but the review simply said: "Last night at Such and Such Hall Pianist X played Beethoven. Beethoven lost."
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Ouch! That's a cold shot.
 
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