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Thank you jbaent! It's great to hear Chris saying what a nice person MK is. I have heard him described as "a true gentleman" by many people who have been involved musically with him. Thanks also for getting us back on track btw!
Thanks also for getting us back on track btw! Wink
That's the guy - "Iz" for short (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole for long). When was that? I just remember him looking a bit like a Sumo wrestler. Was it a hit or something? I can't even recall why I can remember anything about him or the song. Thanks for finding that.Perhaps, for those who don't know, I should explain the "I Haven't A Clue" reference. This BBC Radio 4 programme is a long-running comedy quiz that is actually called, "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue". It describes itself as "an antidote to panel games" and consists of two teams, each of two comedians, given a series of tasks described as "silly things to do". One of the "silly things" that crops up from time to time is to sing "one song to the the tune of another". There are a couple of other musical "games". One is called "pick-up tune". A disc is played and the panellist has to start to sing along with it; then the record is faded out entirely but the panellist has to continue singing; after a period of time, the recording on the disc is faded back up again; the "winner" is the panellist who comes closest to keeping up with the recording. Nothing in the show is serious, as you can gather.Perhaps the most bizarre (and thus the most popular) "game" is one called "Mornington Crescent", taken from the name of a station on the London Tube system. Quite simply, the game has no rules whatsoever, other than each panellist in turn calling out the name of a London landmark (quite often the name of a street or a Tube station) until one says "Mornington Crescent". The first to say "Mornington Crescent" is the winner - except nobody really cares. As there are no rules, there is disputation over whether a contribution is within the "rules", with obscure and strange-sounding "rules" being cited. Similarly, without rules, there are no real tactics, so, naturally, there is a fair amount of discussion about what particular strategems or tactics are being used in any particular instance. The whole point is that nobody understands the game but everyone pretends that they do - indeed, that they are experts in playing it. By now, anyone reading this posting who is not British will have arrived at the conclusion that we are indeed quite mad over here. To compound this, the programme must have been going for something like 40 years, has become something of an insitution and has won radio awards on quite a few occasions. You can even buy recordings of some of the programmes commercially.For years and years, the chairman was Humphrey Lytlleton, best known as a jazz trumpter with his own jazz band. He adopted a very dry delivery of the script, which usually included puns, double entendre, sarcasm and (as mentioned in another thread) paraprosdokians. The most frequent chairman since his sad death has been Jack Dee, a comedian who also has a very deadpan delivery.What a weird and wonderful world it is! Is that where "www" comes from?
I just ordered it via amazon.com from a seller called -importcds. 9.99 USD plus shipping. Gift for dad, though (I bought Cooder's Chavez' Ravine for myself. Just to let you know.)
Quote from: Jackal on April 23, 2012, 08:10:27 AMI just ordered it via amazon.com from a seller called -importcds. 9.99 USD plus shipping. Gift for dad, though (I bought Cooder's Chavez' Ravine for myself. Just to let you know.)Chavez Ravine...Cool. Anyway I,flathead is much better
