Trooper York: Well it ani't chickie the sailor man!

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Well it ani't chickie the sailor man!

Be careful you maroon. We need you around hers!

42 comments:

The Dude said...: I used to watch those when I was a yute. I still think Olive Oyl was a major babe. Sure, she was no Betty Boop, but Betty got around a bit too much, if you take my drift.

Speaking of drifting, we are lucky that there is not a 14' sloop drifting towards Hawaii, from the sound of it. What was the name of the boat?

Dude, the more I think about that story the more concerned I become - what the hey? Don't make me come out there and sign you up for a boating safety class!

First scolding, now neurosis. I better get back to work.; July 18, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: To El Pollo: when you get yourself back on dry ground.

Thank goodness you and yours are safe.; July 18, 2013 at 12:14 PM
The Dude said...: I'm Pollo the sailor man,
I am a Californian,
The Minnow it was tossed,
My cell phone is now lost,
I'm Pollo the sailor man.

And what DBQ said, for sure. We need you, as who else could make a cell phone out of a freakin' coconut - only Professor E. P. Raylan.; July 18, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Chip S. said...: chickie, glad you're all safe and dry now.

Next time, don't try to live-blog while sailing.; July 18, 2013 at 1:00 PM
chickelit said...: Holy transvestite alert at the 42s mark in that cartoon!; July 18, 2013 at 2:38 PM
chickelit said...: What was the name of the boat?

Sloopy Seconds; July 18, 2013 at 2:38 PM
chickelit said...: Thanks, Chip and DBQ!; July 18, 2013 at 2:40 PM
Darcy said...: Hugs, Raylan!; July 18, 2013 at 5:06 PM
Darcy said...: I've determined that I cannot behave.; July 18, 2013 at 5:06 PM
The Dude said...: I can behave. Bad behavior is behavior.; July 18, 2013 at 5:11 PM
Trooper York said...: That's why all the guys love Darcy.

She is not afraid to mix it up.

Good show!; July 18, 2013 at 5:15 PM
The Dude said...: fionamcfiddlefaddle indeed.

You go girl!

So, E. P., who is that mystery commenter? I got nuttin.; July 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM
chickelit said...: So, E. P., who is that mystery commenter? I got nuttin.

I've got hunches, but they're unprofessional.

Don't we have a real PI around these parts?; July 18, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Am I the only one here who thinks that the Robin Williams Popeye movie was actually pretty funny.

My husband and I love this part where Olive Oyle is trying to sign the praises of Blutto and she's having a hard time coming up with good qualities.....but......He's LARGE.. When we can't think of anything good to say about someone we ay together..... but..."He's large"; July 18, 2013 at 5:48 PM
The Dude said...: Popeye is one of my favorite Altman movies.

All kidding aside, I saw that movie something like 30 years ago and enjoyed it immensely. But as a lifelong fan of Popeye cartoons I guess I was conditioned to accept the universe that Segar created, even if it was set in Malta.

I wonder if I would like it if I saw it now. Perhaps someday I shall find out.; July 18, 2013 at 5:56 PM
The Dude said...: From the sound of it Harry Nilsson borrowed Philip Glass' arpeggiator.; July 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM
TTBurnett said...: Sixty: Ha!

El Pollo: Glad you and yours are safe! I've only capsized in a kayak, but that's part of the action. The difference between a kayak and a sailboat is the separation of annoyance from terror.

A friend keeps asking me to go sailing with him. But his stories of running close-hauled into a gale off Nantucket, meant to be bracing and impressive, are enough to remind me how I plan to keep my dinner in my stomach and my head above water by never accepting.; July 18, 2013 at 6:36 PM
The Dude said...: That was for you Tim, glad you appreciated it.; July 18, 2013 at 6:50 PM
Chip S. said...: How about an explanation for us dumbshits?; July 18, 2013 at 7:03 PM
ndspinelli said...: Sixty, I read an article about that flick. EVERYONE was coked up during the filming.; July 18, 2013 at 7:23 PM
The Dude said...: I never considered that, but in retrospect, I think it shows.

RW was on the front lines of the war on drugs. With a straw.; July 18, 2013 at 7:41 PM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Scary boat incident, but glad to hear all are okay! As for the rest of you guys-great comments!; July 18, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Darcy said...: Thanks, Troop and Sixty. I was laughing out loud when I wrote that last one. I was just having fun with it.; July 18, 2013 at 9:19 PM
Darcy said...: Chip - what are you looking to catch up on? Raylan's sailing mishap? Or Lem's place?; July 18, 2013 at 9:19 PM
The Dude said...: Chip S - listen to DBQ's link - if you can take your eyes off that major babe Shelley Duvall, listen to the synthesizer accompanying Shelley's bravura singing. The musical figure might be described as a series of fragmented chords with each note of the chord played one after the other rather than all at once.

Bach's prelude number 1 in C major from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier might be a familiar example of what I am trying to describe in words.

Each chord in the musical progression of Bach's piece is broken up, arpeggiated, if you will, and that's it. Simple, elegant, beautiful, IMO.

While I have no idea if Philip Glass automated the playing of arpeggios in his music, some of it sounds as if it could have been automated. Some suggest that it was written by a computer. I am in no position to judge - I like some of his work and he has had great success.

Anyway, Harry Nilsson seems to be using that style, if not the philosophy of minimalism, in his Popeye soundtrack. Maybe he was just using coke. One never knows...

Hope that poor explanation helps - I am not a teacher, not much of a student, just a listener and appreciator of music.; July 18, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Darcy said...: Oh! I have had a few beers. :); July 18, 2013 at 9:27 PM
Chip S. said...: Thanks, Sixty.

Ahhh, Bach.; July 18, 2013 at 10:19 PM
windbag said...: Harry Nilsson--How About You?; July 18, 2013 at 10:22 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Doctor, doctor, I feel so bad
This is the worst day, I ever had
Have you this misery a very long time?
Well if you if, I'll lay it on the line

You've got to put on your sailin shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes

Sailing Shoes ~ Little Feat; July 18, 2013 at 11:09 PM
MamaM said...: @windbag...A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night accompanied me through my first year of college.

Gone is the romance that was so divine.
'Tis broken and cannot be mended.
You must go your way,
And I must go mine.
But now that our love dreams have ended...

What'll I do
When you are far away
And I am blue
What'll I do?; July 19, 2013 at 3:50 AM
windbag said...: @MamaM, the guy had a golden voice. Who would have guessed how much of a dope head he was? The cover photo on Nilsson Schmilsson shows him with a has pipe in his hand. I guess that was his breakfast. It's easy to get lost in his songs, channel-surfing the emotions they evoke.; July 19, 2013 at 11:24 AM
MamaM said...: It's easy to get lost in his songs, channel-surfing the emotions they evoke.

Yes! That was the draw, and that's what his music allowed me to do, but I wouldn't have been able to identify that without your words. Thank you, windbag. Looking back, that's how I spent that first year, emotionally lost while picking up and channel-surfing the feelings of others.; July 19, 2013 at 3:49 PM
windbag said...: If you get a chance to watch "Who Is Harry Nilsson and Why Is Everybody Talkin' about Him?" it's worth the time. Netflix used to have it.; July 19, 2013 at 10:04 PM
MamaM said...: They did. It's in the queue! thanks again.; July 19, 2013 at 11:55 PM
blake said...: On Saturday morning
There was Popeye the sailor man
He gets it on
When he gets into that spinach can

He beats the hell out of Bluto
And he always gets dat goyl
Skinny but sexy, sleazy, easy
Olive Oyl; July 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM
blake said...: Sixty,

Bach presaged the entire history of music in his life, with chord progressions and melodies that would ultimately come into fashion after his death.

In at least one piece, he goes through all twelve-tones without repeating. (Take that Schoenberg!)

My guitar teacher would talk about such things while I was learning this Bach piece. At about 37 seconds, you can hear a very Glass-ian section that is both arpeggiated and minimalistic.

And I thought Popeye just wasn't funny enough but I should rewatch. That Duvall clip is cute.; July 20, 2013 at 5:30 PM
The Dude said...: Thanks for posting that, Blake. I have always liked that piece. It was played at my wedding 44 years ago yesterday.

And despite that, I still enjoy that piece immensely. ;^)

Was this the piece you were referring to?; July 20, 2013 at 6:08 PM
blake said...: Love that interpretation. And the hysterics from the YouTube commenters. Heh. (Where would we be without YouTube commenters.)

But, no, this is the one I know of, where the tone-row is part of the theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i6U2HnIbj8; July 20, 2013 at 8:54 PM
blake said...: Er, a proper link.; July 20, 2013 at 8:54 PM
blake said...: And here's Bach on the banjo because it's pretty close tonally to a harpsichord anyway.; July 20, 2013 at 8:55 PM
The Dude said...: Good one.

But banjo? If I say I like it Troop will go all stereotype on me.

I went looking for the Chromatic piece played on harpsichord - found a lot of different versions, very different skill levels of execution, even found a version played on an amplified clavichord! I used to have a clavichord and I get the need to amplify that sucker, but kids these days, am I right?

I think it takes a lot of restraint to play Bach on a piano - it's very easy to slide in to classical or even romantic playing styles. Yeah - just hit the sustain pedal - you're good!

Here's a non-link to a harpsichord version that I could listen to all the way through:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cspAQJkEM_8; July 20, 2013 at 9:46 PM
blake said...: I've been working on banjo, though I had to put it on hold with the new job. I guess it's okay, since I'm an L.A. boy? Or it's okay 'cause fuck Trooper in the ear.

Listening to that Chromatic one now and I don't think I hear any 12-tone in there, though. I can't always pick it out, even Schoenberg's stuff--but that's at least partly 'cause he cheated (a lot).

I've been tweeting different variations on Bach since you brought it up: Bach for banjo, for koto, for steel drums...was looking for some good electric guitar versions but found them all pretty cheesy.; July 20, 2013 at 10:56 PM

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