When Boomers Teach Music...

vodka gimli · 30th May 2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWhV...ch=yes%20music

theblue1 · 30th May 2006

What they lack in singing finesse [and, after all, it's a live on stage performance!] they certainly make up for in sass. I like the fact that they were unafraid of putting an amply figured -- but very spirited -- gal up front.

It took me, geez, maybe 45 seconds to figure out what they were singing... but then I was transfixed by their... uh... moves.

I'd say it almost goes back to the pre-boomer gen who gave us then-youthful boomers shows like Hullabaloo and [shudder] Up with People!

Pretty amusing.

I wonder what the kids made of it, though... they probably thought it was, like, classical music, dawg.

guid0 · 30th May 2006

ACK!

Someone should send the link to Steve Howe or Jon Anderson.

I'd like to see what else they have on the repertoire. Something from Relayer perhaps?

vodka gimli · 31st May 2006

I find the "classical diction" too bizarre. Too many accented '"t"'s make the lyric sound even more stilted than it already is.

There are credits for the choreographer and director, but I wonder if this was an off-the-shelf arrangement and whether they ever listened to the record...?

30th May 2006	#1
vodka gimli Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 593 Thread Starter	When Boomers Teach Music... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWhV...ch=yes%20music

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theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,099	What they lack in singing finesse [and, after all, it's a live on stage performance!] they certainly make up for in sass. I like the fact that they were unafraid of putting an amply figured -- but very spirited -- gal up front. It took me, geez, maybe 45 seconds to figure out what they were singing... but then I was transfixed by their... uh... moves. I'd say it almost goes back to the pre-boomer gen who gave us then-youthful boomers shows like Hullabaloo and [shudder] Up with People! Pretty amusing. I wonder what the kids made of it, though... they probably thought it was, like, classical music, dawg. __________________ day job \| A Year of Songs \| music and social stuff \| mutant pop on facebook \| roots acoustic on facebook

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guid0 Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 291	ACK! Someone should send the link to Steve Howe or Jon Anderson. I'd like to see what else they have on the repertoire. Something from Relayer perhaps? __________________ When in doubt, yodel.

31st May 2006	#4
vodka gimli Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 593 Thread Starter	I find the "classical diction" too bizarre. Too many accented '"t"'s make the lyric sound even more stilted than it already is. There are credits for the choreographer and director, but I wonder if this was an off-the-shelf arrangement and whether they ever listened to the record...? __________________ "Directly or indirectly, all questions connected with this subject must come for decision to the ear, as the organ of hearing; and from it there can be no appeal." — Lord Rayleigh

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