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Sobaditsgood

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bracken, good point about the spelling of 'eine kleine' and yep you got the translation exactly right. I too figured Roddy made his selection based on its 'intellectual' connotation to many people, not unlike how he pointed out he was reading Kafka in the hotel room. It wouldn't seem so poseur-ish if he were somehow not so backhandedly arrogant or something, can't quite put my finger on it. All I know is he seems to be kind of like Tonya in a way: whereas she was always talking about designer labels and pricetags, he seems to drop 'I'm an intellectual so you probably won't get this' cliched references right and left. I'd like to think in the real world it doesn't seem so deliberate, maybe it's only the context that makes it seem that way - as you pointed out, in this group it doesn't take a lot to stand out as exceptional in this way.

Weinermr

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
perhaps he really likes Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Sobaditsgood

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregonfire I love your idea! Print this stuff out and send it to our lovely HG's as a parting gift when they leave the house, or at least when the show's over. My name ain't Cletis and personally I'd be glad to give our boy Roddy a run for his money any day of the week in the topic of his choice. Okay, except maybe hockey or cigars. Otherwise, bring it awwwwn, baby. :)

Maris

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great Idea, going to go blow the dust off my kafka.

Sobaditsgood

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gosh Weiner, let's hope so for his sake. Otherwise he might become very, very cranky before his HOH stint is over. Assuming he actually listens to the thing, that is...

Ryn

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ty for the complment sobad - the other mods work just as hard, if not harder than me at making this site so great :)

I have thought about this more and I dunno - it might be a good choice, not necessarily that particular composer (and I am not up on my classical but I was in band in high school so we played a lot).

The one thing you gotta admit is that you can listen to classical stuff over and over and pick out the individual parts making the whole - whereas in a lot (not ALL) modern 'pop/rock' there is often one main theme coming through overwhelming the rest.

Here is my lack of knowledge showing - would that symphony take up one whole CD?

Or could you maybe ask for a selection of several works - varied composers - a 'best of' the classics?

Or maybe... just some PDQ Bach (hehe - saw him live - he was great).

Weinermr

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryn - Beethoven's 9th Symphony when performed takes well over an hour, and easily fills one conventional music CD.

Ryn

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
TY Wein, I figgured that after I thought about it :)

Needmylifeback

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Beethoven's 9th is one of my favorites from music appreciation oh so many years ago ('70's) and this year when my son began taking barritone, Ode to Joy was one of the pieces he learned...the sad part is he only plays a small part of it ....over and over and over and over....! LOL! I can't wait until next year when they give him some more of it!

Bracken

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 09:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris, I missed reading your post the first time I opened this thread. I, too, love the Brandenburg Concertos. I copy mine and give to people who ask me for a good starting point to become acquainted with classical music. Had Roddy asked for these, at least he would have received two CD's, or are they so stingy at BB that he would have had to narrow the selection down to only three of the six? Just wondering?