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krc
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response 75 of 141:
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Aug 6 21:43 UTC 1996 |
I just don't like Wagner. I find the music depressing.
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srw
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response 76 of 141:
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Aug 9 05:22 UTC 1996 |
Actually a great deal of Wagner's music is depressing, but I still like
some of that and most of the rest.
For example, from the Ring cycle, Entrance of the gods, forest murmurs, magic
fire music, and ride of the Valkyries are not depressing.
Now Siegfried's Funeral Music is depressing, but I think I like it better than
the other four.
And that's just the Ring. I'm not wild about Wagnerian singing, but I love
most of the symphonic music from the operas for the color.
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void
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response 77 of 141:
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Aug 9 07:58 UTC 1996 |
i'm no terrific wagner fan, but i do occasionally call wqrs and request
the soundtrack of "what's opera, doc?"...and they *play* it! ;)
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srw
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response 78 of 141:
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Aug 10 05:40 UTC 1996 |
Kill da wabbit!
(yeah, I like it too, but rarely admit it publicly)
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davel
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response 79 of 141:
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Aug 10 16:59 UTC 1996 |
I'm kind of partial to _Die_Meistersinger_, other bits & pieces here & there.
Anna Russel's analysis of the Ring cycle is *wonderful* ... of course you
wouldn't want to hear it over and over (but then, who'd want to hear the Ring
cycle over & over, either?).
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srw
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response 80 of 141:
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Aug 11 02:37 UTC 1996 |
Yes I first heard Ann Russell's explanation when I was a teenager, it is that
old. It is timeless and hysterically funny, and it got me interested in
Wagner, too.
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kerouac
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response 81 of 141:
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Aug 12 00:20 UTC 1996 |
Actually one of the things Wagner is most famous for is the wedding march
(from Lohengrin I think, but not sure)...many of you haveprobably gotten
married to Wagner and not evenknown it.
Another famous theme from an opera. When I wAs younger, I was taken to a
met opera performance of
"Hansel and Gretel" by Englebert Humperdkink, which they do every
christmas. The opera, which
is famous, is much more faithful to the dark brothers grimm fairy
tale. The most famous part is the end of the first act, when Hansel and
Gretel are totaly lost in the forest and sing a duet before going to sleep
in the woods. The duet is in german but you'd recognize it, because
everyone has heard the words if not the music. "Now I lay me down to
sleep, I pray the lord my soul to keep"....etc When I saw this, half the
audience was in tears when the duet finished.
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bruin
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response 82 of 141:
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Aug 12 12:29 UTC 1996 |
BTW, the composer of "Hansel and Gretel" is not the Engelbert Humperdinck you
think it is (i.e. the pop singer).
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jerryr
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response 83 of 141:
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Aug 12 19:15 UTC 1996 |
his name is actually gerry dorsey, but he chose engleberts name to make him
stand out of the crowd of pop singers. sorta like the english version of
ferlun huskey.
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krc
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response 84 of 141:
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Aug 12 20:13 UTC 1996 |
Well, I got married to the theme from "Starman". And left the church to the
tune of the "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". (The best part of that movie
was the music.) And in between Julia Ecklar sang her song "Ladyhawke" and
some others. I'm not what you might call a traditionalist in that department.
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orinoco
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response 85 of 141:
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Aug 21 14:03 UTC 1996 |
May I ask why this is linked to Greatring?
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rcurl
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response 86 of 141:
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Aug 21 17:24 UTC 1996 |
I took a look - and clearly Opera is Theatre - and it doesn't violate
any of your "rules".
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bjorn
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response 87 of 141:
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Aug 22 04:23 UTC 1996 |
Exactly.
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orinoco
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response 88 of 141:
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Aug 23 15:10 UTC 1996 |
okay....makes sense...
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orinoco
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response 89 of 141:
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Sep 1 18:55 UTC 1996 |
<sigh> just when I figure out what's going on, the conversation dies.
I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of most opera, although the marriage
of figaro would probably be the one exception to that.
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headdoc
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response 90 of 141:
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Sep 1 22:57 UTC 1996 |
What about "Carmen" orinoco?
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tpryan
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response 91 of 141:
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Sep 2 14:44 UTC 1996 |
The Marriage of Figaro with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd was fun!
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sspeirs
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response 92 of 141:
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Sep 4 10:24 UTC 1996 |
Guess I'm in the wrong item. Ido not enjoy opera, I was looking for a broader
music topic. I enjoy African jazz, blues, sixties, Eric Clapton etc. But nice
making your aquaintance. Cheers, Shell.
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bdh
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response 93 of 141:
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Sep 5 08:06 UTC 1996 |
I discovered a new use for 'opera'. I was stripping the wood on my
door and frame on my 1893 house and some gang-bangers parked outside and
were playing crap (aka 'rap') on the cars stereos. I faced the speakers
of my stereo out the window and played opera and they left. Urban renewal.
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wolfg676
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response 94 of 141:
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Sep 5 11:56 UTC 1996 |
Heh, I usually pull out the "big guns", Myron Floren, Lawrence Welk, The Red
Army Ensemble, Harry Chapin, or if I happen to be in an extremely twisted
mood... YANNI! I also frequently had that same problem when I worked the
midnight shift at a gas staion. My solution, pump WQRS through the PA system
outside the station. Nothing clears a group of annoying thumpers like
classical music (and some opera) screaming out of really crappy, tinny PA
horns at 110+ decibels. >:)
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kerouac
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response 95 of 141:
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Sep 5 19:48 UTC 1996 |
Opera is cool. My father is an opera fanatic who owns a huge vinyl opera
collection. But getting too involved in opera can be dangerous. A
couple of years ago, he totaled his new BMW when he ran a red light and
hit a truck. Seems it was Saturday afternoon and he was listening to
the weekly Texaco metropolitcan opera broadcast with the speakers
full blast. The insurance company (which had to buy him another new BMW)
asked why he wasnt paying attention to the road. "Well, see...it was
final act of Don Giovanni and I wasdoing alittle conducting see and..."
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popcorn
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response 96 of 141:
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Sep 5 20:28 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
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omni
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response 97 of 141:
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Sep 5 20:55 UTC 1996 |
Would I be considered weird if I confessed that I actually *like* Yanni?
I find his music relaxing, and calming. I don't understand why everyone hates
him so much.
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tpryan
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response 98 of 141:
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Sep 5 22:19 UTC 1996 |
"Chewy Chewy" by the Ohio Express played 19 times in a row has proven
to drive poeple insane in university testing.
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scott
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response 99 of 141:
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Sep 5 22:39 UTC 1996 |
I've got my "Here's Velma" polka record for crowd control. I even like the
music on it! :)
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