What are you listening to right now?

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^^^ Thanks KUAN
Loved it ....had to hear more!

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[Allegro]

^ Raise It High

[Allegro]

The first line of lyrics caught me by surprise...


^ Cloud Dancing

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[Hammer of Los]

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Nice one Allegro.

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[justdrew]

[Hammer of Los]

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Spinal Tap were surely inspired in large part by Uriah Heep (amongst others, I know.)

Time to dance!

To the Pipes!

Of Pan!

Initiates' in-joke!

Walk-in joke!

Ha ha ha!





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[Allegro]

If information at the web site is presumed admissible, the composer and arranger, Carl Sigman, whose son, Michael, tells a variation on a theme for the rewriting of a piece that was eventually titled It’s All In The Game. Here’s an excerpt of an interview with Michael from the web site Major Songs dot com.

Q. One of his songs was a direct descendent from a classical piece. Tell us about it.

A. It’s All In The Game came from a tune that was a classical piece composed in 1912 entitled A Melody in A Major. It was written for the flute by Charles Dawes before he became vice president of the United States under President Calvin Coolidge. The piece had a classical melody with a wide range that was difficult to sing. Dad rearranged the melody and then wrote the lyric. It became a hit for singer Tommy Edwards in 1958.

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^ It’s All In The Game & Did Ye Get Healed? | Van Morrison

I didn’t want to interrupt the discussion in this thread by imposing this post of questionable relevance.

[justdrew]

and just because...

[KUAN]

I loved the Tommy Edwards version as a child.

[justdrew]

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[KUAN]

[Allegro]

^ That's Fritz Kreisler, and how you found that video is beyond me! Thank You .

While we're listening to the classics for a moment, how about listening to Perlman play a piece by Kreisler.


^ Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani | Fritz Kreisler, composer