MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Hi Jung,
while we’re on the subject of the Caribbean: I found a cover version of a Beach Boys song that you may not know yet…
PS: I like the part “…Bodies in the Sand…” the best ????
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An interesting coincidence David. A little bit scary. By the way: Somehow the musicians of grunge rock don’t seem to get very old. If I calculated correctly, Kurt Cobain never left the Club 27 either.
Janitor Joe is also the name of a jump & run game from 1984 (better known as Jump Joe). Object of the game is to collect all the keys in every level while avoiding robots and climb ladders, ride elevators and fall down slides.
So is “Jump Joe” the real “Janitor Joe” from the Mona and Lisa’s song? That would explain why one day there was a hole in the roof and he was nowhere to be found. ????
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Hi Jung,
the canada geese ( „Branta canadensis“ as the ornithologist likes to say ????) are actually not all that in need of help. At the moment they feel very comfortable in our big cities such as Cologne and Düsseldorf (not always to the delight of everyone).
“Tour de Goose 2017” in Düsseldorf:
Every morning and every evening, an amazing spectacle is repeated at the southern end of Königsallee in Düsseldorf: a flock of geese wanders across a huge, busy intersection for breakfast. And Düsseldorf holds its breath for a moment.
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Another nice calypso inspired song: „Rum and Coca-Cola“ is a calypso-style pop song that originated in Trinidad. In early 1945, the song gave the Andrews Sisters a number one hit on the charts and was a US million seller (two lawsuits of plagiarism were an unexpected encore, as the lyrics were by a certain Lord Invader and the music by Lionel Belasco).
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Holy cow („Heiliger Strohsack“) David once again a very nice transition to the next topic: the steel drum. Thanks also for the two entertaining island impressions (Kermit / Kermit & Harry Belafonte). And of course thanks?,! for the short introduction to punctuation., Finally I know how this works properly?,!.
Yes life is full of rhythm, even if you are banging your head against the wall, because your students are once again not doing what they are supposed to do…
Not only the calypso sound has made Trinidad musically famous, but also the steel drum, also called steel pan in Trinidad. The instrument was invented in Trinidad in the 1930s and is the national instrument there. The British colonial rulers forbade the natives from drumming on African percussion instruments. Therefore, the lower class looked for new ways of musical expression. In this island nation, oil production played an important role and contributed significantly to the industrialization of Trinidad. Thus, the first steel pans were made from discarded oil drums, which were abundant in Trinidad due to the oil industry.
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Trinidad and Tobago are a Caribbean island nation, located off the coast of Venezuela. The main island is Trinidad. There is also the capital of the island kingdom: Port of Spain. Unlike most other islands in the region, Trinidad and Tobago are not of volcanic origin, but were once part of the South American mainland.
“The purpose of travel is to balance imagination with reality, and instead of thinking how things could be, see them as they are.”
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Calypso in its present form originated in Trinidad at the beginning of the 20th century and is still an important part of the music of Trinidad and Tobago. The origins go back to African slaves. The word calypso derives from the Yoruba term kaiso; Kaiso is still used as a synonym for calypso in Trinidad today.
“Calypso Rose” is a Trinidadian calypso musician who was the first woman to break into the male-dominated genre:
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The Banana Boat Song is an old Jamaican folk song, the most famous version of which was sung by calypso singer Harry Belafonte. The song goes back to an old Jamaican folk song called „Day dah light“, about stevedores (dock workers for loading and unloading) who loaded bananas in night shifts and sang about their work. They experienced daybreak and the end of the shift that came with it: Daylight come and me wanna go home. This refrain, like the melody, is common to all early, traditional versions of the song. The verses varied, however, and were often probably made up on the fly.
The term tallyman (Come Mister Tally Man, tally me banana) appearing in the song lyrics refers to the load inspector who counted the number of “hands” on a “banana bunch” (fruit stand), as workers were paid according to the quantity of bananas delivered: Six hand, seven hand, eight hand, bunch! A “bunch” was a “bundle” with more than eight “hands”.
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Talking about Jamaica: This guy couldn’t be missing. Bob Marley and his band “The Wailers” became known for their reggae music in the 70s. The early pieces of the band were influenced by the popular, fast and danceable ska. However, that all changed when Bob Marley met musician and producer Lee Perry. He had a significant influence on the music of Bob Marley and his band: the beat of the songs was slowed down and reggae was born.
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Paul McCartney wrote “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” in a Jamaican ska style. „Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da“ tells the story of Desmond and his sweetheart Molly. With this song, Paul McCartney supposedly paid tribute to the Cuban ska musician and composer Desmond Dekker, with whom he was also friends (so say some sources, Paul McCartney says something else…) True or not true, in any case a nice story.
„I had a friend called Jimmy Scott who was a Nigerian conga player, who I used to meet in the clubs in London. He had a few expressions, one of which was, ‘Ob la di ob la da, life goes on, bra’. I used to love this expression… He sounded like a philosopher to me. He was a great guy anyway and I said to him, ‘I really like that expression and I’m thinking of using it,’ and I sent him a cheque in recognition of that fact later because even though I had written the whole song and he didn’t help me, it was his expression. It’s a very me song, in as much as it’s a fantasy about a couple of people who don’t really exist, Desmond and Molly. I’m keen on names too. Desmond is a very Caribbean name.“
Paul McCartney
Anthology
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Desmond Dekker (so the Desmond from the song „Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da“, or even not…) celebrated one of his greatest international successes with the song “Isrealites”.
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Hallo Juergen,
yeah rum and coca cola is kinda pretty cool because it sounds so antiquated. Regarding your questions: Yes, the M&L homepage has been building up very slowly for some time. Wasn’t always like that. If it bothers you: tell the Wagner team under “Support & Suggestions”. They take feedback like this seriously. I don’t understand the second question correctly, since I only see special characters here (html codes): Do you mean how do you get the points on the “u” ? Simply hold down the letter key a little longer and a selection of different „u“ variants will appear: ü,û,ù,ú etc. This should actually work regardless of your keyboard version (yes, I have a German keyboard incl. umlauts). Your word processing software should be able to do that.
Grüße
Jürgen
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So Jung,
now it’s time we got serious about the subject:????
Canada Goose
The Canada goose is a species of bird in the duck family and is considered the most common goose in the world. Its original range is North America. There it is a characteristic bird of the lowlands and breeds on inland lakes of the prairies and farmlands. Its characteristic V-shaped migration to wintering grounds and its return to breeding grounds in spring are symbols of the changing seasons in North America. In Europe, the Canada goose has been deliberately introduced to some extent. A large part of the populations existing today, especially in Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Netherlands, are due to captive escapees. Since the 1970s, it has also been a breeding bird in Germany. The Canada goose grows slightly larger than the greylag goose, making it the largest goose species seen in the wild in Europe. (Wikipedia)
Many people think corvids are the smartest bird species. Not true, here’s the proof: Gerry the Goose
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Hi David,
when I saw the video for the first time, I was also very surprised how much “high tech” is used in the production of such a steel drum. Years ago I saw a documentary on TV about the manufacturing of steel drums. There, the traditional way of steel drum construction was still presented. Indeed: a single person, equipped with a multitude of hammers needed hours and hours to form the individual sound fields. Constant hammering was done, then again the sound was controlled and so on. And all with nothing but their own hearing. Very impressive. I find it very fascinating what we humans can accomplish with the help of our senses.
By the way, I was looking for a nice steel drum band presentation and unfortunately didn’t find much. Either the picture and sound quality is very poor or they are white musicians who play technically well but seem passionate like a refrigerator.(The Marimba Band guys are kind of impossible to top). I think the following band does a pretty good job:
PS: I have now ordered “Police Squad” as Bluray (all six episodes) at a bargain price. Doesn’t seem to have been a blockbuster here either…
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Hi David,
„Police Squad“ doesn’t ring a bell. Was that a TV series or a movie? (I think also produced by the Zucker brothers and Abrahams). Maybe that wasn’t broadcast on our television, maybe I just overlooked it until now. Too bad. Was this a prequel to „The naked gun“?
Thank you for “Sleep Little Tiny King”. Did you play in the school orchestra performance? Which instrument? As I wrote before: My music career during school time ended with the triangle. ????
And once again a nice transition, this time to the music style Calypso.
