WA2K Radio is now on the air, Part 3

@edgarblythe,

Mark, I loved that one by Rod. The first one that I heard by him was:

Listen to the Warm.

Here's another one by the birthday gal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cyVNH7jZV0

What a shock to find out that Marlon Brando was the man.

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I read Desiree when it was a Book of the Month Club selection. Never did see the movie, although I knew about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j7uAimpx3k
Here is Jerry Rafferty

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@edgarblythe,

Mark, I never read the book or saw the movie either. I just chose it because it was Jean Simmons birthday.

Love Baker Street by Jerry. Can't believe that I found "..and Mimi..." by Al after all these years. It has warmed up in our Florida radio station now.

Inspired by Latin George, another James Taylor. Bert Lee told me that Carole King had written it for him.

Saying good afternoon, with James now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkIou3WFnM

Incidentally, edgar,

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is known for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases.

From Letty with love to everyone here.

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I have a record album of Al's greatest songs and Mimi is on it.

Sherlock Holmes - always thwarted by Moriarty - Here is a Wikipedia article in part on the character

Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character in some of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind whom Holmes describes as the "Napoleon of crime". Doyle lifted the phrase from a Scotland Yard inspector who was referring to Adam Worth, a real-life criminal mastermind and one of the individuals upon whom the character of Moriarty was based. The character was introduced primarily as a narrative device to enable Conan Doyle to kill off Sherlock Holmes, and only featured directly in two of the Sherlock Holmes stories. However, in more recent derivative work he has been given a greater prominence and treated as Holmes' archenemy.

Moriarty's first and final appearance occurred in The Adventure of the Final Problem, in which Holmes, on the verge of delivering a fatal blow to Moriarty's criminal ring, is forced to flee to continental Europe to escape Moriarty's retribution. The criminal mastermind follows, and the pursuit ends on top of the Reichenbach Falls, an encounter that apparently ends with both Holmes and Moriarty falling to their deaths. In this story, Moriarty is introduced as a crime lord who protects nearly all of the criminals of England in exchange for their obedience and a share in their profits. Holmes, by his own account, was originally led to Moriarty by his perception that many of the crimes he investigated were not isolated incidents, but instead the machinations of a vast and subtle criminal ring.
Moriarty plays a direct role in only one other Holmes story, The Valley of Fear, set before "The Final Problem"

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Katy Perry, Firework.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPM7zzElj-Q
Here's Roy Rogers. Didn't know he did this.

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Now a G&S theatre review, about a new musical.

Quote:

"HERE WE ARE AGAIN!"

The new eccentric burlesque opera Ruddygore - an idiotic but appropriate title, - by Messrs. GILBERT and SULLIVAN, was produced last Saturday night. Nothing that excellent scenery, exquisite costumes, pretty faces, thorough drilling, good singing, and plenty of dancing, and a gushingly enthusiastic audience, could do to achieve a first night's success was omitted, and yet, somehow, Ruddygore wasn't happy. There were three distinct hits, firstly Mr. LELY's song and hornpipe, secondly Mr. BARRINGTON and Miss BOND in their serious duett and dance, - reminding us of "The Quakers," once so popular at the Music Halls and in a Gaity burlesque, - and thirdly, the surprise (which is the essence of wit) caused by Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN, who, when the scene was in total darkness, conducted his orchestra with what at first sight appeared to be the familiar red hot poker of pantomime, but which was in reality a baton illuminated by electric light. The idea of the burlesque is funny to start with, but not to go on with. The development of the scene from Mr. GILBERT's Ages Ago at the GERMAN REEDS' is not as effective as it might and ought to have been. The first Act is bright, the second isn't. At any other Theatre the same piece, with different names attached to its production, would have had a bad time of it, but who would venture to say this of the Great Twin Brethren of the Savoy, who are always treated on the "most favoured Theatre" terms by the critics? We speak only of it as we found it on the first night; perhaps, after some excision, it may be considerably improved; but, "taking one consideration with another," Ruddygore is not even up to the mark of The Princess or Iolanthe, and not within measurable distance of The Mikado, which, by the way, might be successfully revived.

I think that can be called a stinker, See what you think.

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Ah, it's February the first here and leap year as well.

It's a rather chilly day here in our Florida radio station.

Hurry back Latin George and Morgan. Loved that Fire Works song.

edgar/Mark, Thanks for the info on Holmes and Roy doing The Yellow Rose
of Texas was great. That means mulato, of course.

Pullman. Great introduction to that group and as Frank Sinatra would say:

Ask the local gentry, and they will say it's elementary.

First, to match edgar's Holmes:

The Hound of the Baskerville

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4p5yJVbnvQ

Agreeing to take the case, Holmes and Watson quickly discover that Sir Henry Baskerville is being trailed in London by a mysterious bearded stranger, and they speculate as to whether the ghost be friend or foe. Holmes, however, announces that he is too busy in London to accompany Mortimer and Sir Henry to Devonshire to get to the bottom of the case, and he sends Dr. Watson to be his eyes and ears, insisting that he report back regularly.

Now, a birthday man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z9wBQb0wNs

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I have long enjoyed Langston's writing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QQI6lb_Hg
Stonewall Jackson

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Come on, y'all, let's make someone happy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuqaZ0DQtk

Another surprise: Al Jolson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJJcixSfjo

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I checked out the meaning behind Blood Sweat and tears and found this:

The expression 'blood, sweat and tears' is usually said to have been coined by Sir Winston Churchill in his famous "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech in 1940, when he warned the British people of the hardships to come in fighting WWII. Each country seems to have a shortlist of people to whom they attribute colourful quotations that lack an accredited author. In the USA the sage of choice is Mark Twain; in Ireland, Oscar Wilde and in England, Winston Churchill. However, it wasn't Churchill who coined 'blood, sweat and tears' - ultimately it is has a biblical source.

Now, two versions of our hymn for today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvw9KJUPW8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ1EM5ujedo

Ah, edgtar/Mark I missed Stonewall doing Waterloo. Love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ1EM5ujedo

Bach:

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@Letty,

Only one of them beat Hitler.

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Oop, sorry that I played the last one twice. Hope it was worth it. Laughing

Pullman, are you talking about Jesu or Blood Sweat and Tears?

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While we await Pullman's answer, here is another man's birthday.

Dear Bruce and Brandon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXiH6gisMxc

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@Letty,

I never talk about Jesus or stains.

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Well, Pullman, you like Hoagy and Johnny, right?

Had no idea that they did Skylark, buddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv33cjD5uHQ

and, the lyrics:

Skylark
Song by Hoagy Carmichael lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Skylark
Have you anything to say to me?
Won't you tell me where my love can be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's waiting to be kissed?
Skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane
And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music, faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy serenading the moon
Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there?
Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there

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Once again calling all musicians, music lovers, poets, and painters.

Well, we've had our poem for today by Langston.

How about another river?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRWHK-bMkA

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Saying good afternoon now as my daughter is taking me out for dinner(supper)

First, for out Irish friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXPqCv9dV6g

Now, a history lesson. (Napoleon died of stomach cancer while in exile)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li1PNYYhuKg

From Letty with love to the world

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I have another song about a river
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w86XBQKmR7U
Marilyn Monroe

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Some excerpts are baffling. The Evening Standard is a London newspaper, although what that has to do with the rest of the piece is beyond me. Maybe it's a quotation from said organ.

Quote:

"UP THE STANDARD"

"Give a lad a pair of skates and fill his pockets with a hunch of plum cake, or spice loaf, a couple of oranges, a dozen pies, and an indefinite quantity of nuts, and you have got rid of him for the day." - Standard.

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