Category: music
Not surprising
“These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.”
– Alfred Hitchcock
So long, Marianne
The good ol’ days…
To paraphrase an old country tune…
Occupational hazard
“Everybody knows” that noise-induced hearing loss is a problem for rock musicians. This has been reported by standard media like in this article and this press release from AC/DC, and in more “scientific” journals like in this article. However, what seems to be less-widely considered is that classical musicians have exactly the same problems…
Q: How many record producers…
… does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Ummmm…. what do YOU think?
Muscle Shoals
There’s one verse of “Sweet Home Alabama” that says
“Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they’ve been known to pick a song or two”.
If you watch this movie to the end, you’ll find out what that means.
Morty gets some mainstream credit
What do Hendrix and Handel have in common?
Jimi Hendrix lived at #23 (the white house) and Handel lived at #25 (next door).
Apart from that, nothing…
Actually, according to this article, Hendrix chose the apartment (at least partly) due to the fact that Handle lived next-door… Note that the article also mentions the expensive bit of kit in the flat…