Midweeks

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,10:48)]when the latter on to Schoenberg, I tend to get a bit lost...

I wouldn't worry about him- you either love him or hate him. I can't stand it.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,10:54)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,10:48)]when the latter on to Schoenberg, I tend to get a bit lost...

I wouldn't worry about him- you either love him or hate him. I can't stand it.

I'm no fan either, Naps... it's when the classical bores talk in raptures about his music progressing from his early atonalism to the starker, almost cubist tone-row phase, that I feel that I somehow haven't quite connected with young Arnold.

And let's not even get on to his pupil, Webern...

 

[Leeboy]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:03)]And let's not even get on to his pupil, Webern...

yeah, he's really rubbish.........

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:03)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,10:54)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,10:48)]when the latter on to Schoenberg, I tend to get a bit lost...

I wouldn't worry about him- you either love him or hate him. I can't stand it.

I'm no fan either, Naps... it's when the classical bores talk in raptures about his music progressing from his early atonalism to the starker, almost cubist tone-row phase, that I feel that I somehow haven't quite connected with young Arnold.

I think because he's a naturalised American he's overhyped.

 

[Ron Manager]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ Feb. 10 2005,11:07)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:03)]And let's not even get on to his pupil, Webern...

yeah, he's really rubbish.........

I agree, and his image - Oxfam chic with glasses - is so mid 90's Jarvis Cocker rip off!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:14)]I think because he's a naturalised American he's overhyped.

Sorry, can't agree there.  The other naturalised American composers of the time (e.g. Dvorak, Bartók) were (a) class; and (b) very underrated...

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,10:48)]Jings!

You can tell your other half is from north of the border MtS!

A term I never had encountered until I moved up here.
Does she prounounce the letter "J" as jai and not jay too?

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:25)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:14)]I think because he's a naturalised American he's overhyped.

Sorry, can't agree there.  The other naturalised American composers of the time (e.g. Dvorak, Bartók) were (a) class; and (b) very underrated...

You may think Dvorak's class, I only know him from the Hovis ads

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (glasgowsufc @ Feb. 10 2005,11:28)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,10:48)]Jings!

You can tell your other half is from north of the border MtS!

A term I never had encountered until I moved up here.
Does she prounounce the letter "J" as jai and not jay too?

Yup, not a word I'd heard until we started going out - but it's a great word, I think!

J is still "jay", I think...

However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:29)]You may think Dvorak's class, I only know him from the Hovis ads

 

Ah, but the way he pushed that bike up the hill, you could see the lad had talent...

(The Hovis music - the second movement - is a great part of a great symphony, IMHO - if you are unfamiliar with the rest of his 9th, it's well worth checking out).

 

[Davros]

Quote[/b] (Ron Manager @ Feb. 10 2005,10:40)]'Whatever's in the charts' - in other words people who don't like music. I cannot understand or even trust people who are not moved in some way by music, any knd of music, as that is just not human.

I hate that attitude, it ****es me off.

I had the Promo for Eric Prydz - 'Call on me' some time ago, and played it at a party i was Dj'in at, and the dancefloor pretty much emptied. Play it now and i bet id get a totally different reaction. Many other dance tunes which are somewhat better (altho of course all that is opinions) than Prydz never made such an impact on the chart, and only real dance fans would dance to them, where as the forementioned people by Ron Manager will say ...
"Whats that sh*t your playing, play summit everyone knows". How do these people think Dance songs start out??

 

[Ron Manager]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

We have similair discussions in our house when my missus talks about having sausage and 'iggs' for breakfast.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Ron Manager @ Feb. 10 2005,11:35)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

We have similair discussions in our house when my missus talks about having sausage and 'iggs' for breakfast.

I take it that "fush 'n' chups" is a bit passé round at yours...

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

Juice i can understand. Apricot i can't

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]J is still "jay", I think...

However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

Aaar yes, that old favourite. For the uninitiated the term "juice" in Scotland is everything non-alcoholic and fluid with the exception of Irn-Bru which goes by the name of "ginger". Weird but slightly endearing!

The number of times I've had to keep myself in check at work & not unleash a rant at the use of "JAI".

 

[Ron Manager]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:37)]

Quote[/b] (Ron Manager @ Feb. 10 2005,11:35)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

We have similair discussions in our house when my missus talks about having sausage and 'iggs' for breakfast.

I take it that "fush 'n' chups" is a bit passé round at yours...

One of my wife's friends told me a great story about when she was teaching a class full of 5 year old kids in London and telling them all about her home country. She was talking about rugby and was telling them how rugby balls are 'igg' shaped. However this was greeted by puzzled looks untill one brave little kid stuck his hand up and said 'Miss, don't you mean e-gg shaped?'

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:37)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

Juice i can understand. Apricot i can't

The debate is: does the "a" in apricot sound like:

1. the "a" in "hay"; or
2. the "a" in "hat"?

I say 1, the missus says 2.

Matt

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:41)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:37)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:31)]However, debates about the definition of "juice" or the correct pronunciation of "apricot" continue to rumble along in our house...

Juice i can understand. Apricot i can't

The debate is: does the "a" in apricot sound like:

1. the "a" in "hay"; or
2. the "a" in "hat"?

I say 1, the missus says 2.

Matt

aaaahhhhh

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Ron Manager @ Feb. 10 2005,11:41)]She was telling them how rugby balls are 'igg' shaped. However this was greeted by puzzled looks untill one brave little kid stuck his hand up and said 'Miss, don't you mean e-gg shaped?'

I shall save my other NZ vowel anecdote for City Shrimpers -at least we'll have something to talk about then...

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:43)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Feb. 10 2005,11:41)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Feb. 10 2005,11:37)]Juice i can understand. Apricot i can't

The debate is: does the "a" in apricot sound like:

1. the "a" in "hay"; or
2. the "a" in "hat"?

I say 1, the missus says 2.

Matt

aaaahhhhh

aaahhh-pricot?

Blimey, that's a new one on me...