tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post9040158090429085291..comments2024-03-08T08:54:57.980-05:00Comments on Ernie (Not Bert): Christmas In July 2017 Day 33Erniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589056878160272070noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-37927496661144641042017-08-04T09:51:27.113-04:002017-08-04T09:51:27.113-04:00:-):-)barbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614152954364501680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-74425981722715416662017-08-04T09:45:27.439-04:002017-08-04T09:45:27.439-04:00No.
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Please...
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No.<br />No.<br /><br />Please...<br /><br />No.<br />Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589056878160272070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-90495526332449520732017-08-04T09:43:21.717-04:002017-08-04T09:43:21.717-04:00say, if you liked the story about frank loesser...say, if you liked the story about frank loesser's kids, i know another one about them. but it's not very christmasy. it's a much darker story. in fact, it's about the evil of two loessers.barbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614152954364501680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-78599122091522269132017-08-03T10:49:27.021-04:002017-08-03T10:49:27.021-04:00Never thought about piano keys being racist. Best ...Never thought about piano keys being racist. Best comment of the season. LOL!<br />Thank you as always for the selection, one of which I knew before outside of the Weavers. This is turning out to be the best Christmas in July I think, and I don't care how many days July ultimately ends up having this year. Though jumping on late, I'm here now for the ride.<br />Oh, also looking forward to hearing how the Waltz of the Flowers sounds as a march.Kworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04665698658120936970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-11193372475075838552017-08-03T07:39:56.839-04:002017-08-03T07:39:56.839-04:00the berlin piano story reminds me of one about fra...the berlin piano story reminds me of one about frank loesser , who composed “baby, it’s cold outside” and a couple of other things. anyway, two of his kids, when they were about 8-10 years old, went to a birthday party. and as kids were apt to do back then, a group of them eventually got around to banging on the piano. and what did they play? what all kids back then played: first, ‘chopsticks’; then a bumpy duet of ‘heart and soul’. one of the loesser kids turns to the group and says “my dad wrote that”. this was met with howls of incredulous derision. “oh yeah, sure he did. sure he did. did he write ‘chopsticks’, too? is he chinese? “ and they started running around the room pulling back their eyebrows and making buck-teeth faces. after that, they learned to keep their father’s compositions to themselves. barbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614152954364501680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-884895074242957552017-08-02T22:10:45.778-04:002017-08-02T22:10:45.778-04:00I do like that ricky-tick, honky-tonk piano style....I do like that ricky-tick, honky-tonk piano style.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383364686596305009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-74853037471181769372017-08-02T21:38:11.796-04:002017-08-02T21:38:11.796-04:00If I'm not mistaken, Berlin could only play in...If I'm not mistaken, Berlin could only play in the key of C. The piano allowed him to transpose to other keys.<br /><br />I distinctly remember my father taking me along to buy one of those battleship-sized console stereos when they came out at the end of the 50s. It was a GE, so there was no demo record that came along with it, but I recall being very impressed by the record they played in the department store - it was Perverted Percussion or one of those other Command issues, I think.Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-83991822660612231092017-08-02T21:26:22.809-04:002017-08-02T21:26:22.809-04:00Forgot to add: my folks bought a new Admiral stere...Forgot to add: my folks bought a new Admiral stereophonic hi-fi in 1965 and I have a vague recollection of a stereo demonstration album having come with it. Sadly, that album is long gone, but I have the stereo here and I still use it to play my small collection of vinyl, over half of which is Christmas music.JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-70527625034482848002017-08-02T21:12:59.136-04:002017-08-02T21:12:59.136-04:00I haven't listened to any of these yet but I w...I haven't listened to any of these yet but I wanted to highlight the mention of Irving Berlin's piano gift to Donald O'Connor. There is a book called "White Christmas: The Story Of An American Song" by Jody Rosen in which the key-changing-clutch-piano is referred to by Berlin as his "Buick". Irving Berlin himself, one of the most prolific songwriters ever, apparently was only able to play the black keys too. Rosen didn't mention the piano gift to O'Connor.JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.com