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On Aug 8, 4:16*pm, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!

Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

*Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

*Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

*La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

*Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

*Lohengrin: Wedding March

*La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

*Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

*Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

*La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)

By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.

STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".

Eisboch

Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.

--

Ha, ha, ha..... what a bunch of ****....perv.. I have to know if
there is one person here reading these fantasies, who thinks wafa is
"not" full of ****.. Go ahead, post up guys, who is falling for this
crap...?? Anyone? Anyone at all??? I won't hold my breath...;)

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"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:

STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch




Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel, I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful vocal
music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:

STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch




Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even
today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston
just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch


Couple of catchy "tunes" in Phantom of the Opera. Eh?

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Anybody over 45 remember...
 

On Aug 8, 4:14*pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!

Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

*Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

*Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

*La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

*Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

*Lohengrin: Wedding March

*La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

*Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

*Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

*La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)

By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.

STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".

Eisboch

I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. *We didn't have a
* "choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. ;-)

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JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lohengrin: Wedding March
La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. We didn't have a
"choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. ;-)

Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. Now you know
the rest of the story. ;)

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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:30:26 -0400, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:10:58 -0400, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:59:18 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint, the
put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These days, I
mostly have opera tunes.
Opera "tunes"?

Eisboch


Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it came
out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well, both of
them, Anna and Beyoncé!


Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

Lohengrin: Wedding March

La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
Harry - please stop. You're making an ass of yourself.
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

I know more about opera as a music form than you do.

And I know squat.

Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th
Grade, when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme
at the Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera
performances in the last year.

You have not.

I do agree with your comment about what you know. After all, you bought
an ETEC.

Oh...I get it...you are disputing the list of tunes I reprinted here as
being popular. That must be it. Right?

No - it's pretentious bull feathers.

Sorry dude - I ain't buying it.

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On Aug 8, 4:45*pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
om...
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
*Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
*Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
*La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
*Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
*Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
*Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
*Lohengrin: Wedding March
*La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
*Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
*Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
*La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. *We didn't have a
* "choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. *;-)

Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. *Now you know
the rest of the story. *;)

Did you know that elementary and middle school choirs are/were not
uncommon in most school districts?

I sang in school choir from 4th through 8th grade.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch



Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel, I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful vocal
music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch




A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or
any of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA


The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.


--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

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JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:45 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lohengrin: Wedding March
La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. We didn't have a
"choir club" in the 7th grade.
Did you play the banjo back then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo
I think so. ;-)
Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. Now you know
the rest of the story. ;)

Did you know that elementary and middle school choirs are/were not
uncommon in most school districts?

I sang in school choir from 4th through 8th grade.

I am sure you did.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

D.Duck wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch


Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.


No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even
today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston
just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch


Couple of catchy "tunes" in Phantom of the Opera. Eh?



The only one I ever saw starred Lon Chaney, Sr., and it was a silent movie.


--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:27:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...

Eisboch wrote:

STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch




Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel, I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful vocal
music ever.

No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Classical music I can buy into - I was introduced to classical music
by one of my mother's step-brothers who was a classical musician with
the Chicago Symphony.

Opera - sorry, I can't buy into that for a variety of reasons.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:30:26 -0400, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:10:58 -0400, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:59:18 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint, the
put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These days, I
mostly have opera tunes.
Opera "tunes"?

Eisboch


Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it came
out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well, both of
them, Anna and Beyoncé!


Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

Lohengrin: Wedding March

La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
Harry - please stop. You're making an ass of yourself.
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
I know more about opera as a music form than you do.

And I know squat.
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th
Grade, when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme
at the Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera
performances in the last year.

You have not.

I do agree with your comment about what you know. After all, you bought
an ETEC.

Oh...I get it...you are disputing the list of tunes I reprinted here as
being popular. That must be it. Right?

No - it's pretentious bull feathers.

Sorry dude - I ain't buying it.



There's nothing pretentious about opera.

--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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"hk" wrote in message
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I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint, the
put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These days,
I mostly have opera tunes.


See how long you can go without using the word "I". Narcissists have a
terrible time leaving that word out of every other sentence.

I this, narcissist boy!

I wish you could write sentences that made sense, Wafas boy.

Anyone with half a brain 'got it'........ ask Kruger.

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JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:45 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lohengrin: Wedding March
La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. We didn't have a
"choir club" in the 7th grade.
Did you play the banjo back then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo
I think so. ;-)
Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. Now you know
the rest of the story. ;)

Did you know that elementary and middle school choirs are/were not
uncommon in most school districts?

I sang in school choir from 4th through 8th grade.


Reggie spent his youth picking up soap in the school showers. Oh,
wait...his school didn't have showers.




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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:27:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch


Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel, I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful vocal
music ever.
No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Classical music I can buy into - I was introduced to classical music
by one of my mother's step-brothers who was a classical musician with
the Chicago Symphony.

Opera - sorry, I can't buy into that for a variety of reasons.


That's your issue, not mine.


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hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch



Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back
in junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to
gravel, I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably
the second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely
spectacular cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see
"West Side Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole
trip, including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in
the days schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect
of it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head.
Even today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into
Boston just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch



A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or
any of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA


The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.



Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

On Aug 8, 4:58*pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch

Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back
in junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to
gravel, I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably
the second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely
spectacular cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see
"West Side Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole
trip, including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in
the days schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect
of it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.

No thanks. *Opera does absolutely nothing for me. * *However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. *
Even today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into
Boston just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch

A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or
any of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA

The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer..
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.

Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

How do you *watch* opera with your eyes closed (and monitor off)?

That's our Reggie...............

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:58 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".
Eisboch
Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back
in junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to
gravel, I could sing. A little.
At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably
the second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely
spectacular cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see
"West Side Story" on Broadway.
I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole
trip, including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in
the days schools had a little money.
Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect
of it is way, way, way over the top.
BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.
No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head.
Even today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into
Boston just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.
But .... NOT opera!
Eisboch
A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or
any of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.
I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.
Try these two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA
The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.
Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

How do you *watch* opera with your eyes closed (and monitor off)?

That's our Reggie...............

You watch it in "your minds eye". In my humble opinion, the only way to
watch it.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

"JimH" wrote in message
...
On Aug 8, 4:58 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch

Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back
in junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to
gravel, I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably
the second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely
spectacular cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see
"West Side Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole
trip, including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in
the days schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect
of it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta"
CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.

No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head.
Even today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into
Boston just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch

A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or
any of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA

The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.

Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

How do you *watch* opera with your eyes closed (and monitor off)?

That's our Reggie...............

=====================================

Read like "play" on words to me.

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"hk" wrote in message
...

wrote:

Ha, ha, ha..... what a bunch of ****....perv.. I have to know if
there is one person here reading these fantasies, who thinks wafa is
"not" full of ****.. Go ahead, post up guys, who is falling for this
crap...?? Anyone? Anyone at all??? I won't hold my breath...;)



Stop projecting. I'm not the uneducated failure. You are.


Seems to me that some people, particularly professional academics, place a
misguided emphasis on the value of a formal "education", as if anyone
without one is a second class citizen.

In my working experience, I found just the opposite to be true. Some of the
smartest, most talented people I knew graduated from "oh-hum" colleges or
universities .... if they attended or graduated at all. Their professional
accomplishments were due and motivated by a sincere desire to succeed, hard
work and dedication, rather than an expectation of success due to their
superior "education".

I've also witnessed highly educated, egotistical blowhards that, when laid
off, can't grasp the concept of how they possibly could not be needed. Most
of the time the company was better off without them.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:14:03 -0400, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade,
Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq. LLC"
wrote:

On the other hand, I was a war hero during the big one, and was
excellent at impersonating the academy's music professor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-M1F8hVfjM

Did I ever show you my fireboat welcome home?

No? Well - take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QxLaG7YGQ&NR=1

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:14:03 -0400, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade,
Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq. LLC"
wrote:

On the other hand, I was a war hero during the big one, and was
excellent at impersonating the academy's music professor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-M1F8hVfjM

Did I ever show you my fireboat welcome home?

No? Well - take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QxLaG7YGQ&NR=1

Big Jim says "don't pee into the wind".

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:14:03 -0400, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade,
Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq. LLC"
wrote:

On the other hand, I was a war hero during the big one, and was
excellent at impersonating the academy's music professor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-M1F8hVfjM

Did I ever show you my fireboat welcome home?

No? Well - take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QxLaG7YGQ&NR=1

Well, mine was better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIvN...eature=related

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

wrote:
Ha, ha, ha..... what a bunch of ****....perv.. I have to know if
there is one person here reading these fantasies, who thinks wafa is
"not" full of ****.. Go ahead, post up guys, who is falling for this
crap...?? Anyone? Anyone at all??? I won't hold my breath...;)


Stop projecting. I'm not the uneducated failure. You are.


Seems to me that some people, particularly professional academics, place a
misguided emphasis on the value of a formal "education", as if anyone
without one is a second class citizen.

In my working experience, I found just the opposite to be true. Some of the
smartest, most talented people I knew graduated from "oh-hum" colleges or
universities .... if they attended or graduated at all. Their professional
accomplishments were due and motivated by a sincere desire to succeed, hard
work and dedication, rather than an expectation of success due to their
superior "education".

I've also witnessed highly educated, egotistical blowhards that, when laid
off, can't grasp the concept of how they possibly could not be needed. Most
of the time the company was better off without them.

Eisboch




Your mistake was in assuming I was referring to formal education.
You didn't ask...you assumed.

Abraham Lincoln, after all, had very little formal education, and no one
would refer to him as uneducated. My Russian grandfather had no formal
education, yet he could speak, read and write six different languages
fluently.

My comment about JustWait was based upon the absolutely idiotic nonsense
he posts here, the stuff that reads as if it were first spit up by Rush
Limbaugh, and then heated up and served up again by Fox News.



--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch



Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even
today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston
just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch


A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or any
of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA


The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.




Ballet?

Ballet???????

Sorry. You just tip toed over the line.

No thanks.

Eisboch

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:27:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
m...

Eisboch wrote:

STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch




Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal
music ever.

No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even
today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Classical music I can buy into - I was introduced to classical music
by one of my mother's step-brothers who was a classical musician with
the Chicago Symphony.

Opera - sorry, I can't buy into that for a variety of reasons.

I agree. When I was in elementary school/Jr. High, those of us that seemed
to have an interest in music were herded onto the school bus occasionally
for a trip to Boston to hear classical music performed by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra ... or an evening event with the Boston Pops.

Nobody ..... and I mean nobody .... was dragged into Boston to listen to an
opera. Even the music teachers weren't that cruel.

Eisboch

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch


Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.


No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even
today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston
just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch

A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or any
of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA


The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.




Ballet?

Ballet???????

Sorry. You just tip toed over the line.

No thanks.

Eisboch



For a guy like you, who went to Amity Regional, the "artsy-craftsy"
public high school in New Haven County, you seem to have a closed mind
on many of the performing arts. Amity had great theater and music shows,
Broadway musical comedies, folk music festivals, all sorts of good
stuff. Didn't you go to any of them?

Hell, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe were married by Rabbi Robert
Goldberg at a synagogue in Woodbridge!* Just by osmosis you should be
more artsy-craftsy! :)



* Bet you didn't know that.






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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:07:37 -0400, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade,
Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq. LLC"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:14:03 -0400, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade,
Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq. LLC"
wrote:

On the other hand, I was a war hero during the big one, and was
excellent at impersonating the academy's music professor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-M1F8hVfjM

Did I ever show you my fireboat welcome home?

No? Well - take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QxLaG7YGQ&NR=1

Well, mine was better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIvN...eature=related

Larger perhaps - not better.

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On Aug 8, 5:08*pm, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

wrote:
Ha, ha, ha..... what a bunch of ****....perv.. * * * I have to know if
there is one person here reading these fantasies, who thinks wafa is
"not" full of ****.. Go ahead, post up guys, who is falling for this
crap...?? * Anyone? Anyone at all??? * I won't hold my breath...;)

Stop projecting. I'm not the uneducated failure. You are.

Seems to me that some people, particularly professional academics, place a
misguided emphasis on the value of a formal "education", as if anyone
without one is a second class citizen.

In my working experience, I found just the opposite to be true. *Some of the
smartest, most talented people I knew graduated from "oh-hum" colleges or
universities .... if they attended or graduated at all. * Their professional
accomplishments were due and motivated by a sincere desire to succeed, hard
work and dedication, rather than an expectation of success due to their
superior "education".

I've also witnessed highly educated, egotistical blowhards that, when laid
off, can't grasp the concept of how they possibly could not be needed. *Most
of the time the company was better off without them.

Eisboch

Your mistake was in assuming I was referring to formal education.
You didn't ask...you assumed.

Abraham Lincoln, after all, had very little formal education, and no one
would refer to him as uneducated. My Russian grandfather had no formal
education, yet he could speak, read and write six different languages
fluently.

My comment about JustWait was based upon the absolutely idiotic nonsense
he posts here, the stuff that reads as if it were first spit up by Rush
Limbaugh, and then heated up and served up again by Fox News.

--

Well, of course you are lying again. I would rather be known as an
illeterate man, than a dishonorable man, any day. You are trash, no
matter how you package it...

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

"hk" wrote in message
. ..


For a guy like you, who went to Amity Regional, the "artsy-craftsy" public
high school in New Haven County, you seem to have a closed mind on many of
the performing arts. Amity had great theater and music shows, Broadway
musical comedies, folk music festivals, all sorts of good stuff. Didn't
you go to any of them?

Hell, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe were married by Rabbi Robert
Goldberg at a synagogue in Woodbridge!* Just by osmosis you should be more
artsy-craftsy! :)



* Bet you didn't know that.

Nope. I was too busy working at a Mobil station after school, playing
soccer and stealing my parent's car for joyrides before I had my license.
Amity's "artsy-craftsy" culture did nothing for me.

But .... we grow. This weekend we are entertaining some guests from
Israel. My younger son's wife's brother, wife and three teenaged
daughters. Two of the daughters attend a music conservatory in Israel, one
for piano, the other vocals. They have performed at concerts throughout
Isrial and are in the States to perform later this month in Chicago.

Knowing they were coming, we had the baby grand tuned and ready. They
played and sang for us last night, doing some classical stuff and then a
bunch of contemporary American tunes. It was fun to listen to Frank
Sinatra ballads sung in Hebrew.

After their performance, we went upstairs to *my* junk laden music room.
I have a Roland keyboard hooked up to a Leslie speaker system, plus my
collection (still growing ) of guitars. We started jamming a bit, the
pianist on the keys, me on the g'tar and the rest singing. Old fashioned,
American rock and roll is a favorite in Israel I learned, and their family
knew every song and all the words. Quite a blast.

Eisboch

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

For a guy like you, who went to Amity Regional, the "artsy-craftsy" public
high school in New Haven County, you seem to have a closed mind on many of
the performing arts. Amity had great theater and music shows, Broadway
musical comedies, folk music festivals, all sorts of good stuff. Didn't
you go to any of them?

Hell, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe were married by Rabbi Robert
Goldberg at a synagogue in Woodbridge!* Just by osmosis you should be more
artsy-craftsy! :)



* Bet you didn't know that.

Nope. I was too busy working at a Mobil station after school, playing
soccer and stealing my parent's car for joyrides before I had my license.
Amity's "artsy-craftsy" culture did nothing for me.

But .... we grow. This weekend we are entertaining some guests from
Israel. My younger son's wife's brother, wife and three teenaged
daughters. Two of the daughters attend a music conservatory in Israel, one
for piano, the other vocals. They have performed at concerts throughout
Isrial and are in the States to perform later this month in Chicago.

Knowing they were coming, we had the baby grand tuned and ready. They
played and sang for us last night, doing some classical stuff and then a
bunch of contemporary American tunes. It was fun to listen to Frank
Sinatra ballads sung in Hebrew.

After their performance, we went upstairs to *my* junk laden music room.
I have a Roland keyboard hooked up to a Leslie speaker system, plus my
collection (still growing ) of guitars. We started jamming a bit, the
pianist on the keys, me on the g'tar and the rest singing. Old fashioned,
American rock and roll is a favorite in Israel I learned, and their family
knew every song and all the words. Quite a blast.

Eisboch





Nothing better than home-made music. Read Mozart's bio... :)

--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

"hk" wrote in message
. ..


Nothing better than home-made music. Read Mozart's bio... :)


I am far from a hi-brow, but my now deceased German friend turned me onto
Bach.

Eisboch

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Nothing better than home-made music. Read Mozart's bio... :)


I am far from a hi-brow, but my now deceased German friend turned me onto
Bach.

Eisboch




A very musical family.

--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:02:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I've also witnessed highly educated, egotistical blowhards that, when laid
off, can't grasp the concept of how they possibly could not be needed. Most
of the time the company was better off without them.

Bet you never hired a highly qualified, PhD research scientist whose
idea of 45 hours/wk for salaried employees was 45 hours straight and
the rest of the time off.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:10:58 -0400, hk wrote:


By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

I really believe opera didn't catch on here because of language.
Aside from excellent voices, opera tells a story on the stage.
If you don't understand the words, you don't hear the story.
Of course you can read along with a translation, or learn the
language.
Musicals in English did well here, and wasn't HMS Pinafore an opera?
West Side Story, Seven Brides..... were moneymakers.
Even that said, who here hasn't enjoyed the Three Tenors even when not
understanding the words?

--Vic

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Jim wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
. ..
I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint,
the put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These
days, I mostly have opera tunes.


See how long you can go without using the word "I". Narcissists have a
terrible time leaving that word out of every other sentence.

His affliction is well established here. While he is likely incapable
of acknowledging his own disease, it is painfully obvious to everyone
who doesn't have his/her head up his fat ass.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq.
LLC wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..


I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint, the
put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These
days, I mostly have opera tunes.


Opera "tunes"?

Eisboch


Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!


Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

Lohengrin: Wedding March

La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)




grin, he is cute when he wants to be. Can you imagine being at the
marina dock when his cell phone rings?


He doesn't have Google to help him in a situation like that.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers III The Great, Esq.
LLC wrote:
Don White wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint,
the put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These
days, I mostly have opera tunes.

See how long you can go without using the word "I". Narcissists have
a terrible time leaving that word out of every other sentence.

I this, narcissist boy!


I wish you would stop using my "insults". I have the copyright on
"__fill in blank___ this" insult.

Dumb Don shows his true colors once again. This time we have a classic
one-liner in defense of his a-hole buddy WAFA!