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"Brianversion" |
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21 Dec 2006 05:06:37 PM |
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(ot)if you had only one song |
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
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| User: "Nirvana" |
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| Title: Re: if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 02:18:29 AM |
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Brianversion wrote:
Nirvana wrote:
Njosnavelin - Sigur Ros
Not familiar with the artist. There's a lot of great music out there
to share. I found this guy from Senegal, Yousou N'Dour (probably
misspelled.) Fantastic band (he sings on a Peter Gabriel song too.)
Love to blast it.
Your selection, is it great? What kind of music is it?
brian
Sigur ros is from iceland, in icelandic, many songs also in a made up
language called Hopelandic... just long soothing beautiful songs,
inventive use of instruments, you don't need to understand the words. I
learned of them because Thom Yorke of Radiohead is a fan. There's some
amazing videos of them on Youtube.
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| User: "Nirvana" |
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22 Dec 2006 02:21:08 AM |
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Sigur ros is from iceland, in icelandic, many songs also in a made up
language called Hopelandic... just long soothing beautiful songs,
inventive use of instruments, you don't need to understand the words. I
learned of them because Thom Yorke of Radiohead is a fan. There's some
amazing videos of them on Youtube.
This is probably the song i'd choose, and I love this particular
performance of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MasDkV7_XeU
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar ("Sleepwalker")
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| User: "Gayle" |
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22 Dec 2006 07:06:34 AM |
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Nirvana wrote:
This is probably the song i'd choose, and I love this particular
performance of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MasDkV7_XeU
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar ("Sleepwalker")
Sweet! Thanks for the link.
Gayle
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: (ot)if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 11:13:01 AM |
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:35:55 -0800, BoredToTears wrote:
Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
"Whole Lotta Rosie" by AC/DC.
He-he... you should just move to Wisconsin... I've never heard so much
AC/DC.
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| User: "Kirby Cook" |
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| Title: Re: (ot)if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 01:53:31 PM |
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Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
Tony Bennett's recording of The Good Life. At thirteen or so, a
neighbor played that over and over day after day until I faced, in my
thirteen year old mind, going mad. But I didn't go mad... unless...
never mind.
Kirby
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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| Title: Re: (ot)if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 02:07:20 PM |
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Kirby Cook wrote:
Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
Tony Bennett's recording of The Good Life. At thirteen or so, a
neighbor played that over and over day after day until I faced, in my
thirteen year old mind, going mad. But I didn't go mad... unless...
never mind.
Oh, the good life.....
Yeah, that could drive me mad. What a voice on him though, eh? And
the best toupee in the biz. Besides Tony Curtis. And Charleton
Heston.
brian
p.s. one of my neighbors played and sang to Cindy Lauper, 'time after
time'. that was only for an hour 20 years ago, but I still feel the
effects.
Kirby
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| User: "Kirby Cook" |
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| Title: Re: (ot)if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 06:35:50 PM |
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Brianversion wrote:
Kirby Cook wrote:
Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
Tony Bennett's recording of The Good Life. At thirteen or so, a
neighbor played that over and over day after day until I faced, in my
thirteen year old mind, going mad. But I didn't go mad... unless...
never mind.
Oh, the good life.....
Yeah, that could drive me mad. What a voice on him though, eh? And
the best toupee in the biz. Besides Tony Curtis. And Charleton
Heston.
brian
p.s. one of my neighbors played and sang to Cindy Lauper, 'time after
time'. that was only for an hour 20 years ago, but I still feel the
effects.
<laughing> I feel for you. As I thought about your original post, I
thought, "What he's asking, literally, is what song would you choose to
have your mind slowly and excruciatingly annihilated by?"
But as to songs that last, that, after years, still have the power to
take you in and move or exhilarate or exalt me (as, for instance, the
one you mentioned), there are some. Cannonball Adderly's Mercy, Mercy,
Mercy; Boston's More Than A Feeling, Jascha Heifez's recording of
Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Beethoven's Third conducted by Toscanini,
the Hi-Los doing Small Fry, Brubeck's whole Time Out album, Glenn
Miller's Moonlight Serenade (still my favorite dance number-- it sends
me)... What a delightful, delightful list (that goes on) and exercise.
Thanks, Brian.
Kirby
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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| Title: Re: (ot)if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 07:34:40 PM |
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Kirby Cook wrote:
Brianversion wrote:
Kirby Cook wrote:
Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
Tony Bennett's recording of The Good Life. At thirteen or so, a
neighbor played that over and over day after day until I faced, in my
thirteen year old mind, going mad. But I didn't go mad... unless...
never mind.
Oh, the good life.....
Yeah, that could drive me mad. What a voice on him though, eh? And
the best toupee in the biz. Besides Tony Curtis. And Charleton
Heston.
brian
p.s. one of my neighbors played and sang to Cindy Lauper, 'time after
time'. that was only for an hour 20 years ago, but I still feel the
effects.
<laughing> I feel for you. As I thought about your original post, I
thought, "What he's asking, literally, is what song would you choose to
have your mind slowly and excruciatingly annihilated by?"
But as to songs that last, that, after years, still have the power to
take you in and move or exhilarate or exalt me (as, for instance, the
one you mentioned), there are some. Cannonball Adderly's Mercy, Mercy,
Mercy; Boston's More Than A Feeling, Jascha Heifez's recording of
Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Beethoven's Third conducted by Toscanini,
the Hi-Los doing Small Fry, Brubeck's whole Time Out album, Glenn
Miller's Moonlight Serenade (still my favorite dance number-- it sends
me)... What a delightful, delightful list (that goes on) and exercise.
Thanks, Brian.
My pleasure, Kirby. That's quite an eclectic selection you have there.
You could contact Spielberg and pick the music for one of his movies.
I'd go see it.
Kirby
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: (ot)if you had only one song |
22 Dec 2006 04:08:09 PM |
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On 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
My moods change too fast for anything to be a favorite. But for $1000 I'd
go for Kansas's Icarus.
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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22 Dec 2006 07:30:39 PM |
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CyberDroog wrote:
On 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
My moods change too fast for anything to be a favorite. But for $1000 I'd
go for Kansas's Icarus.
Yeah, but if it was "carry on my wayward son, " I'd go mad after a
day. Or 'dust in the wind'.
I am not sure what Icarus sounds like, but they have at least one good
song, kind of a suite, lotta organ melody.
At least no one said 'Mr. Roboto" by Styx. What was up wit dat?
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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22 Dec 2006 09:46:52 PM |
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On 22 Dec 2006 17:30:39 -0800, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:
CyberDroog wrote:
My moods change too fast for anything to be a favorite. But for $1000 I'd
go for Kansas's Icarus.
Yeah, but if it was "carry on my wayward son, " I'd go mad after a
day. Or 'dust in the wind'.
I am not sure what Icarus sounds like, but they have at least one good
song, kind of a suite, lotta organ melody.
Lamplight Symphony?
At least no one said 'Mr. Roboto" by Styx. What was up wit dat?
If they did that to the detainees in Guantanamo, they'd be up on charges of
human rights violations. The detainees themselves would probably be
screaming "Please stop! I'd rather have the water-boarding again!"
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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22 Dec 2006 10:01:32 PM |
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CyberDroog wrote:
On 22 Dec 2006 17:30:39 -0800, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:
CyberDroog wrote:
My moods change too fast for anything to be a favorite. But for $1000 I'd
go for Kansas's Icarus.
Yeah, but if it was "carry on my wayward son, " I'd go mad after a
day. Or 'dust in the wind'.
I am not sure what Icarus sounds like, but they have at least one good
song, kind of a suite, lotta organ melody.
Lamplight Symphony?
At least no one said 'Mr. Roboto" by Styx. What was up wit dat?
If they did that to the detainees in Guantanamo, they'd be up on charges of
human rights violations. The detainees themselves would probably be
screaming "Please stop! I'd rather have the water-boarding again!"
(chuckle) "Domo Erigato, Mr. Roboto...."
I saw another docum. on TV showing Styx in concert, doing the 'acting'
part of the Mr. Roboto show....Oh, the audience was booing like mad, as
the little blonde guitarist sat on a speaker, trying to emote to the
lead singer guy about something, way over the top...like, "But music
CAN come back to help us, we just need everyone to wish REALLY
hard...." or something dreadful like that. It was like a Mr. Rogers
episode. It was like Spinal Tap's, "Stonehenge" without the humor.
Then they showed a kid who met the little blonde guitarist in the
elevator of a hotel and the kid told him Styx used to be good, but they
sucked now. It was like "Thanks!"...."Oh."
Domo Erigato, Mr Roboto....catchy!
HAHA...Bring back the waterboarding, Please!! The Archies, anything,
Please!
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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21 Dec 2006 05:27:39 PM |
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand bucks)
and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou' brian
Nearly any song off of any one of Dave Brubeck's ~180 albums.
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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21 Dec 2006 07:39:53 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand bucks)
and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou' brian
Nearly any song off of any one of Dave Brubeck's ~180 albums.
Brubeck...another of my neighbors, from westport. I like that one very
popular song of his, I don't know the title. Great piano phrase.
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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22 Dec 2006 11:11:51 AM |
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:39:53 -0800, Brianversion wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, Brianversion wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the
same song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a
thousand bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou' brian
Nearly any song off of any one of Dave Brubeck's ~180 albums.
Brubeck...another of my neighbors, from westport. I like that one very
popular song of his, I don't know the title. Great piano phrase.
I'm assuming Take Five. It's in 5/4 time I believe.
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| User: "slunky" |
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21 Dec 2006 05:42:31 PM |
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_/ Brianversion wrote \_
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
"When the Music's Over" by The Doors
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-slunky
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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21 Dec 2006 07:10:35 PM |
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slunky wrote:
_/ Brianversion wrote \_
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
"When the Music's Over" by The Doors
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-slunky
<<<"When the Music's Over" by The Doors >>>
(you might have something there.)
The face in the window won't stop, the girl in the mirror won't drop, a
feast of friends, a lie, she cried, waiting for me...out...side!!!
come back baby, back into my arms....
with your ear down, to the ground....
We want the world and we want it.....(Now?)
(Noowwwww!!!)
shoot, if I still had a file transfer thing, I'd download that.
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| User: "slunky" |
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21 Dec 2006 07:17:49 PM |
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_/ Brianversion wrote \_
shoot, if I still had a file transfer thing, I'd download that.
If the cd that's on wasn't in my car right now, I'd send the song to
you.
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| User: "elegy" |
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21 Dec 2006 07:44:25 PM |
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long ago and far away, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com> did say:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
if it can be classical, chaminade's concertino for flute and piano
(james galway's version is lovely).
if not, godsmack "serenity"
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"you don't have to eat the entire turd
to know that it's not a crab cake." (orson scott card)
http://shattering.org
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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21 Dec 2006 08:05:27 PM |
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elegy wrote:
long ago and far away, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com> did say:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
if it can be classical, chaminade's concertino for flute and piano
(james galway's version is lovely).
Yup, it can be classical. Not familiar with your selection, bet it's
great.
if not, godsmack "serenity"
Heard of them, never heard them.
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"you don't have to eat the entire turd
to know that it's not a crab cake." (orson scott card)
http://shattering.org
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| User: "Thomas Dehn" |
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22 Dec 2006 12:15:29 AM |
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"Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Obviously it would be a song which lasts at least 20 minutes.
How about "Tubular Bells I"? (45 minutes)
Thomas
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| User: "Contrarian" |
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22 Dec 2006 01:04:32 AM |
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Thomas Dehn <thomas-usenet@arcor.de> wrote:
"Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
It would have to be more than $1000 USD. For one thing,
one would be owed overtime and then more after a certain
point.
Obviously it would be a song which lasts at least 20 minutes.
There's a few classical pieces heard once a day for
a year or so each. I *think* I could live with hearing
them once a day again for a week, but not more.
How about "Tubular Bells I"? (45 minutes)
I hope the earphones shut it out for everyone else.
--
Good to see: http://lazerbrody.typepad.com July 24/25
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| User: "yuluwirri" |
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21 Dec 2006 06:37:44 PM |
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On 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
Clair de Lune - Debussy
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yuluwirri
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Fish know.
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yuluwirri@hotmail.com
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| User: "Brianversion" |
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21 Dec 2006 07:21:27 PM |
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yuluwirri wrote:
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On 21 Dec 2006 15:06:37 -0800, "Brianversion" <brianguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:
If you had headphones duct taped to your head for a week, and the same
song played over and over for that period (Ok, you win a thousand
bucks) and you could choose the song, what would it be?
Me: "The Association" playing 'Everything That TouchesYou'
brian
Clair de Lune - Debussy
ahh, Claude...(I think)...I can balance the checkbook to classical
music, it helps. I bet after a week, you'd come out of it, listening
to that,with more brain cells than I would listening to a 1966 Pop
song, no matter how good it is.
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yuluwirri
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Fish know.
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yuluwirri@hotmail.com
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