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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jan 11, 2007 19:56:50 GMT -6
Check out this great video of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy — my favorite song by the Andrews Sisters!
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Post by Midge on Jan 11, 2007 21:17:39 GMT -6
Larry, that was great! Thanks. (Notice how in some scenes, the camera seems to bob up and down in time with the beat?)
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jan 12, 2007 4:53:00 GMT -6
I didn't notice that, Midge. I noticed how "jumpy" the film was, but was it bobbing with the rhythm? ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png)
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Post by Midge on Jan 12, 2007 5:04:37 GMT -6
Well, Larry, if you watch the white circle on the wall behind them, it appears to be bobbing up and down (though not exactly in time with the music). I noticed this in the second half of the video, when they were showing the sisters more close up. It could be worn sprocket holes, though, which would create a similar effect.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jan 12, 2007 5:11:43 GMT -6
I just watched it again to see if I could notice this for myself. It is pretty neat that it almost keeps time with the music, isn't it?! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I don't know what it could be, other than what you mentioned. The person who posted this at YouTube initially stated that it was a pretty poor video, but I think it's quite great! :nana:
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Post by rmichaelpyle on Jan 12, 2007 6:06:08 GMT -6
The fact that they just don't make 'em like that anymore is too, too bad... I hated that stuff when I was a kid. My father was a veteran of WW II and always represented that era to me in spades. Unfortunately he died when he was only 50 and I suddenly (and since) had and have had a nostalgic turn towards that era. The Andrews Sisters represent it well. Thanks, Larry.
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Post by tclion on Jan 12, 2007 13:20:24 GMT -6
My fav song by them is "Don't Set Under The Apple Tree"
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jan 12, 2007 13:36:28 GMT -6
TC, that song was available on YouTube also! ![](http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c307/lwsroute66/smileys/nana.gif) RMichael, I'm glad you enjoyed! I have always, always enjoyed the Andrews Sisters!
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Post by liz on Jan 12, 2007 19:16:38 GMT -6
What great music from those talented ladies. They're a favorite of mine. ![:-X](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/lipssealed.png)
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Post by tclion on Jan 13, 2007 11:37:13 GMT -6
Yes that during a time when people actually had to sound good in order to get a record deal.. Now days people can scream into a mike and call it singing.....
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Post by Midge on Jan 13, 2007 15:57:36 GMT -6
TC, don't get me started on what passes for singing today. I really appreciate what the Andrews Sisters, the Boswells and others did with well-trained voices singing in close harmony. The human voice is like a musical instrument, and at its best, it can create the most amazing sounds. It is sad to see the art of singing reduced to what you hear on pop records today -- shouting, grunting, chanting, moaning and yodeling. Dogs can sing better than some of these people. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Kimmer on Jan 13, 2007 16:09:37 GMT -6
You said it, Midge. I remember when I was younger, I knew the names of every singer/group (from the past and my era) and people who were older than I was would have no idea of the names of any perfomer(s) I was listening to....I always said I wasn't going to be like that. But, I am....I just cannot get into the majority of current music. The current performers I do like tend to be someone like Michael Buble who performs classic songs such as those that were originally performed by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, etc.
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Post by tclion on Jan 13, 2007 16:10:34 GMT -6
HERE HERE STAND UP AND CHEER ONE AND ALL!!!!!!!!!!Anyone care to second that motion? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ?
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Post by Kimmer on Jan 13, 2007 16:20:19 GMT -6
Should I take a bow, TC?! ![:-X](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/lipssealed.png)
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Post by harlowbaby on Jan 13, 2007 20:09:13 GMT -6
I simply adore the Andrews Sisters! My favorite song of theirs is Bei Mir Bist Du Schon ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Midge on Jan 13, 2007 20:17:36 GMT -6
I love that one, too, harlowbaby! For years, I thought they were saying, "My dear Mr. Shane, Please let me explain, My dear Mr. Shane Means that you're grand . . ." ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) (Original Yiddish song by Sholom Secunda and Jacob Jacobs. Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin wrote the English lyrics especially for the Andrews Sisters recording.)
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Post by liz on Jan 13, 2007 22:47:25 GMT -6
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Jan 14, 2007 4:48:26 GMT -6
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Post by Midge on Jan 14, 2007 5:09:11 GMT -6
That's very funny Midge ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) , it reminds me of my cousin Joy, when she was a child she thought that this line in Good King Wenceslas - "Hither page and stand by me, if thy knows be telling" was "Hither page and stand by me, if thy nose be swelling" ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) I always thought that the lyrics of "Sleigh Ride" went: "Let's take that rosy forest And sing a chorus or two, Come on, it's lovely weather For a sleigh ride together With you."It took many years for the thought to occur to me that a "rosy forest" is one that's on fire! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) (The real lyric is "road before us.") "Sleigh Ride's" lyrics were by Mitchell Parish. The melody was written by Leroy Anderson.
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Jan 14, 2007 5:19:11 GMT -6
Midge, that's also very funny, actually I didn't know what that line was. ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) Once I relate this story I will probably go down in everyone's estimation but here goes. Back in 1959, when I was thirteen, I bought the Elvis single I Got Stung, I suppose that Elvis's diction wasn't all that it might have been so I was under the impression that one of the lines was "Lunar my heart, lovers come dead" I know, I know, it makes no sense at all but that's all that I could make of it. I remember having quite a heated debate about it with my mother, she said "But Jeffrey, it makes no sense, it must be something else" to which I remember replying rather stridently "Well, it sounds like that to me" ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) PS I just looked up the lyrics and apparently the line is "Flew to my heart, Till I was stung dead" at last I know that after almost 48 years. ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by Midge on Jan 14, 2007 5:32:45 GMT -6
Jeff, here are the real lyrics to "I Got Stung," courtesy of lyricsfreak.com. (Words and music by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill)
Holy smoke A land sakes alive! I never thought this could happen to me
Mm, yeah! mm, yeah!
I got stung by a sweet honey bee Oh, what a feeling come over me It started in my eyes Crept up to my head Flew to my heart Till I was stung dead Im done, uh-uh I got stung!
Mm, yeah! mm, yeah!
She had all that I wanted and more And Ive seen honey bees before Started buzzin in my ear Buzzin in my brain Got stung all over But I feel no pain Im done, uh-uh I got stung!
Now, dont think Im complainin Im might pleased we met cause you gimme just one little peck On the back of my neck And I break out in a cold cold sweat If I live to a hundred and two I wont let nobody sting me but you Ill be buzzin round your hive Evry day at five And Im never gonna leave once I arrive cause Im done Uh-uh, I got stung!
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Jan 14, 2007 5:51:14 GMT -6
Thanks Midge, I suppose that I have to reluctantly acknowledge that my mother's observation was correct. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) But my mother didn't offer any alternative, so there, all she said was "I don't know what the words are but they can't be the ones that you are singing" This was said in that famous parental tone that suggests "I'm not going to bother arguing about it" ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jan 14, 2007 5:56:06 GMT -6
That's all too funny, Guys! I've done the same thing before too! Sometimes the lyrics are so darned hard to understand, depending whether a singer sings them too fast or too slurred; or whether the instrumental track is louder at certain points than the singer's voice, or whatever! It's funny when you later learn what the lyrics actually are (rather than your own interpretation of them); then you're thinking, "Where the hell did I come up with that?" ;D ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by rmichaelpyle on Jan 14, 2007 12:58:13 GMT -6
Just think, Aaron Shroeder and David Hill actually got paid for writing those words! The only people who got stung were the record buyers! Oh, and, yes, I got stung!
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Post by Midge on Jan 14, 2007 15:57:18 GMT -6
R. Michael, do you remember that Steve Allen bit in the 1950's (when he was host of "The Tonight Show")? He picked up a sheet of paper, and with a deadpan expression, slowly, deliberately recited the lyrics to an Elvis song, pausing between every line as if he were reading Shakespeare. It was hilarious. It was also his way of getting across the point that rock 'n' roll was mindless junk compared to the classic tunes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and the like.
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Post by rmichaelpyle on Jan 15, 2007 5:44:50 GMT -6
I'm old enough to remember, but, no, I don't. However, I was a huge fan of the talented Steve Allen, and I can just see him in my mind'seye doing such a scene. I would love to see it!
Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Noel Coward wrote some of the finest lyrics for music of all time. Can you imagine Elvis singing "I get no kick from Champagne"!!!!!!!
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Post by gina1975 on Jan 15, 2007 11:30:16 GMT -6
I can't really see Elvis doing anything like that. He was far to over rated for my taste and couldn't properly do a GOOD well written song.
There is something about listening to older music that most younger people aren't getting today because they aren't exposed to it. When I was in day care, I played a variety of music and the 3 to 5 year olds preferred the music of the 50's over the stuff that they ere listening to at home. They even liked it over the children's music that was offered to them first.
I heard a variety of music growing up from classical, opera, acid rock, folk music and AM rock at one Grandparents home to Gospel, classic country and blue grass at the others.
I heard Grandma C singing songs from the WW II era and before and loved it. I gave her a 3 cassette set of the Andrews Sisters for Christmas one year. I can't pick one song of theirs that is my favorite. I like all of their songs.
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Post by tclion on Jan 15, 2007 11:47:56 GMT -6
Well all I can say Jeff is now you know.......................
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Post by harlowbaby on Jan 15, 2007 12:54:47 GMT -6
Those are some very funny stories! There are so many songs where I have done that and then found out later what the real lyrics were...lol
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jan 15, 2007 14:32:17 GMT -6
I heard Grandma C singing songs from the WW II era and before and loved it. I gave her a 3 cassette set of the Andrews Sisters for Christmas one year. I can't pick one song of theirs that is my favorite. I like all of their songs. I seem to remember that cassette set, Gina! I want to get their Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy on a 78rpm record for my phonograph player! I keep scanning eBay for it, but I never see anyone selling it! I constantly see Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree and others, but not this one! ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) If anyone happens to catch one, please call my attention to it! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) Larry
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