Off Topic The Arts Thread (Paintings, Music etc)

Just watched Episode 3 of 'State of Happiness', will watch Episode 4 tomorrow from recording I made. It was good to hear that old Roger Whittaker favourite 'New World In The Morning' at the end of Episode 3.

Certainly has a fine baritone voice does Roger, good guitarist and no mean whistler too! On checking, he was born in Nairobi, Kenya, of British parents, and came to the UK in 1959. Still around and is 84 now, and has lived in France since 2012.

 

Well there's us

 

There's certainly a place on this thread for people such as Little Richard Smoke, he was one of the greats. I think the Arts Forum has a place for just about everything. Dessie deserves a mention here, Oddy thought the horse's performances brought feelings of poetry in motion to viewers, I agree. He instilled in us emotions that were uplifting. It sounds a bit over the top, but he elevated our sense of enjoyment to a higher level.

 

Amazing how good that sounded and how well it fitted with the story. Noticed he wrote it too.

 

Definitely an audience. One of the absolute greats.

 

Just one more, a bit of pure nostalgia from 1984: "Roger Whittaker joins Val Doonican":

 

Mack Speed - Lee Mack's Quick Wit on "Would I Lie to You?":

Heck, did not realise this clip is well over 2-hours duration. It's on YouTube, of course, but I should not have stuck it on here, far too long. My apologies.

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/watc...ring-2008-wembley-stadium-gig-in-full-2669988

It's the full gig at 2 hours long so not just a clip I'm posting but was one of the best gigs I've ever been to and I've been to a lot. It was also one of the best weekends I've ever had in my life. I just don't know where the last 12 years have gone. Time really does fly.

 

Storm At Sea: Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.

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I can't believe I'm posting this clip. Pretty embarrassing stuff, but I actually loved the song in the late 60s.

 

Final two episodes of the Norwegian series 'State of Happiness' ended a few hours ago. Story based on how the previously small bible-punching fishing and canning town of Stavanger became the oil and gas capital of Norway. Diving sequences from the drilling rig very well done. Music well-chosen too. Liked the gospel singing at the end of part 7 of the 8 episodes 'Put Your Hand In The Hand'. Here it is, in this instance sung by a gospel choir in Soweto, South Africa. Enjoyed the series, onyer Norway!

(Did not mention the final piece of music to end the series 'The Windmills Of Your Mind', as there are much better renderings of it than the Dusty Springfield one which was played. Just my opinion, of course!)

 

Ok, time for an oldie or two. Anyone brave enough to say they liked some of these when they were first released?

 

Loved this woman.

 

Was I into flower power or what? Kaftans, hair half way down my back, full beard, weed, and a heart filled with hope for the future of man kind. What a naive young fool. But the women were brilliant.

 

A Michael Nesmith song.

 

Fine series, even better than Twin which preceded it.
Must admit I can’t listen to windmills without a huge grin on my face as my mind switches to the far superior Canyons of Your Mind by the Bonzos.
‘ in the wardrobe of my soul
In the section labelled shirts ‘

Where is Bayerkenny by the way?
I miss him

 

Originally a Monkees song, this is a stripped down version from Nesmith on guitar accompanied by just his trusty steel guitarist Red Rhodes. Easily the best version portraying the lyrics in a more stark form.

I just wish Americans would understand the expression 'Wood from the trees', Why they feel they have to change it to what appears a meaningless phrase I'll never know.

 

Don't know where he got to, not seen around München lately! Think he mentioned once that he used Facebook a lot? Not me, never have subscribed to social media. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et al, are just too damn irresponsible, IMHO. Any irresponsible comments I make are mostly restricted to this tiny section of the not606 Forum, for which I do apologise to all contributors for this unsatisfactory behaviour on my part.

Oh yes, nearly forgot! That audio clip you put-up on here, many moons ago, by Michael Nesmith when in 1992 he did the best performance of the Cole Porter classic "Begin The Beguine" I had ever heard. Perfect rendering, backed-up by excellent guitar and rhythm accompaniment.

 

Michael Nesmith's mum had a good head for business. The lady worked in a bank as a secretary in the 50s. While there, Bette Nesmith used to paint holiday windows on the office to supplement her wage. Mrs Nesmith quickly realised that she could cover typing mistakes with her painting supplies. She started a company called Mistake Out in 1956 which at a later date was changed to Liquid Paper, which she on sold to Gillette in 1979 for $47.5 million. A very tidy sum in those days.

Bette Nesmith Graham, aged 56, passed away the following year from stroke complications.