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From: Howard Brazee on 26 Apr 2010 11:33 On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +1200, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >I spent a couple of years in Madrid and lived within half a mile of the >Plaza de Toros. I spent a couple of years in Mexico City and lived within half a mile of the Plaza de Toros. (Early 1960s) >I play with a local band here sometimes, and occasionally participate in >Folk fests and concerts for charity. I find that "Goodnight Irene" is a firm >favourite across most age groups. Most people don't know it was written by >Ledbetter. I have three copies on my iTunes, one sung by Ledbetter. I have the composer listed as Gussie Lord Davis & Huddie William Ledbetter. Checking Wikipedia, I see the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Irene -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Anonymous on 26 Apr 2010 11:42 In article <dtbbt59tkrsoii2k4c6tjcf7k1b8rklj72(a)4ax.com>, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: >On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:12:28 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: > >>In 1966 the treacly 'Born Free' received an Acadamey Award for Best >>Original Song and endless, *endless* airplay. > >Which bothered lots of people who apparently didn't have tuners on >their radios. (Don't Worry, Be Happy is still a decent song). The endless, *endless* airplay might also have been noticed, Mr Brazee, by lots of people who walked into a place where someone else had a radio playing, such as stores, restaurants, bars, elevators, dentist-office waiting rooms and the like; one's own radio is not always the only radio one might hear. DD
From: Howard Brazee on 26 Apr 2010 12:01 On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:25:21 -0700 (PDT), Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I guess that you are older than me and were brought up in the racist >post-war era in GB. I'm 5-(cough) years old and about 20 years ago (in >Doc's golden haze) I heard a radio programme where the commentator >said that any one older than 30 years had to be racist because of the >influences they were exposed to. Methinks he was right and the gray- >hairs (or silver-backs if you prefer) are sub-consciously racist even >where they are not overtly so. It seems to be a very difficult learned >pattern to overthrow. Which brings us neatly to WW2. Racism is a subset of classism. And all societies have that disease. (Maybe all people have it in one form or another). -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 26 Apr 2010 12:04 On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:58:14 -0700 (PDT), Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >And we Highlanders still do. Why is it that in the U.S., I hear lots of people identifying themselves as or with Highlanders, but hardly anybody self-identifying as Lowlanders? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: SkippyPB on 26 Apr 2010 12:44
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:24:47 -0600, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: >On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:12:28 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: > >>In 1966 the treacly 'Born Free' received an Acadamey Award for Best >>Original Song and endless, *endless* airplay. > >Which bothered lots of people who apparently didn't have tuners on >their radios. (Don't Worry, Be Happy is still a decent song). > >>In 1967 Jimi Hendrix released 'Purple Haze', which struck me on first >>hearing as 'This is nigh Stravinsky'. (Stravinsky's music does not please >>all ears alike but few deny his place as Someone Who Changed The Way The >>World Hears Music.) > >I never rated Jimi Hendrix as highly as some do, and rate his >influence as not as desirable. That said, I have a couple of his >albums on my iTunes. You can never go wrong with Electric Ladyland :) Regards, -- //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- "There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more." -- Woody Allen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve |