tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7810131534982565572..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Tallis, Hill, Astaire and the Glory of the Right BrainBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48495898937696585342009-11-30T10:40:49.784+00:002009-11-30T10:40:49.784+00:00Thanks Billiamo. It was indeed Powell. The other E...Thanks Billiamo. It was indeed Powell. The other Eleanor certainly had her charms but I bet she couldn't tap dance like Powell. But who could ? When I watch that sequence from 'Broadway Melody of 1940' I am mesmerised by Powell, to the extent that Fred seems superfluous. Fred, superfluous ? Ridiculous !John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67718107764154591622009-11-30T02:35:00.450+00:002009-11-30T02:35:00.450+00:00That was Eleanor Powell, JohntyH, not Eleanor Park...That was Eleanor Powell, JohntyH, not Eleanor Parker.<br /><br />Not that Miss Parker didn't have her charms!Billiamonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-44853846742467548232009-11-29T21:21:14.400+00:002009-11-29T21:21:14.400+00:00How on earth did Fred get the Evo Stik out of his ...How on earth did Fred get the Evo Stik out of his hair. <br /><br />I always thought Tallis was the first known Dyslexic, and Spem in Alium was him doing weird things with the lilies.<br />The sort of piece you would expect Fassbinder to use in a vampire movie set in Holland.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-16488978543070565632009-11-29T17:22:51.632+00:002009-11-29T17:22:51.632+00:00Thanks for that, JohntyH, but I'm even struggl...Thanks for that, JohntyH, but I'm even struggling with that one now. I thought I could dismiss country & western with a peremptory wave of my critical facilities, but I've just remembered something. Ten or so years ago, in a fit of absent mindedness, having inadvertently tuned to, I think, radio 2, I heard Dolly Parton's "Bargain Store" followed by "Jolene". trahernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554983022190670978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-60227141120526417592009-11-29T15:53:07.385+00:002009-11-29T15:53:07.385+00:00Hmmm.. A punch of ponces, good collective noun tha...Hmmm.. A punch of ponces, good collective noun that.<br /><br />On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a punch of ponces poncing...Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75709650890735432792009-11-29T15:51:03.730+00:002009-11-29T15:51:03.730+00:00Frank Key has here hooted some useful tips about p...Frank Key <a href="http://hootingyard.org/archives/3445" rel="nofollow">has here hooted</a> some useful tips about performing impromptu Spem in Alium gigs.<br /><br />Never understood the appeal of dancey movies. Punch of ponces poncing about waving their arms n shi'.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-58324755314065864792009-11-29T15:23:26.748+00:002009-11-29T15:23:26.748+00:00Bryan, to help traherne, post that Emmylou's &...Bryan, to help traherne, post that Emmylou's 'Lost Unto This World' has all the profundity of 'I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat'. That should get him going.<br /><br />On Tallis, I remember a statement attributed to Alfred Brendel that the only great English composer was Purcell. Perhaps he never listened to Tallis, nor Vaughan Williams for that matter.John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43862871725324159962009-11-29T13:56:23.859+00:002009-11-29T13:56:23.859+00:00This is all getting a bit weird. You reflect my ow...This is all getting a bit weird. You reflect my own feelings so closely I'm beginning to doubt my own existence ....<br /><br />Quick! Quick! Post something about country & western music so I can disagree with you!trahernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554983022190670978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69041673415974319652009-11-29T13:55:16.856+00:002009-11-29T13:55:16.856+00:00An even better reason to live is Fred (almost) bei...An even better reason to live is Fred (almost) being out-tapped by Eleanor Parker in the 'Begin the Beguine' sequence from 'Broadway Melody of 1940'. Glorious !John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72062114268941725892009-11-29T13:00:52.414+00:002009-11-29T13:00:52.414+00:00Top Hat is one of those (few) reasons for continui...Top Hat is one of those (few) reasons for continuing to live, in spite of cats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com