Mekel, thank you so much. Crash and Burn has always been my favorite Bangles song since I heard it. Vicky is always been the brilliant Lyricist of the band, as well as my favorite singer. What drew me in to the first album she sings chorus on All About You. Same with Angels, Different Light, etc. that's not a knock at anyone else. Everyone says they're an underrated band and they're not. They have a huge fan base and they sell out most places they play if not all. Debbie is not an underrated drummer not among drummers anyway she's fantastic and she plays so great for the band and anyone else who plays for. She's also The Bangles secret weapon for harmonies they all sing great but Debbie does the harmonies in and around everybody else in the band as well as singing leads. I wish they would give her more leads on records. But Suzanne brings in a different tone that is so perfectly matched with them it's almost surreal. Unlike a lot of critics I like her slow songs. Eternal flame is an absolutely beautiful song you try writing that. Same thing with I Will Take Care Of You. She kills it on Hero Takes A Fall,. And I really miss Michael so much she's a stunning bass player just a beast peerless and amazing, as well as a fantastic singer. And of course she wrote Glitter Years,, which is a really important song them.Crash and Burn must have had something to do with the implosion of the band because when he got back together they did not perform it again. That made me sad. I love them and I hope they do some dates again someday. Great interview and I was so thrilled that you put crash and burn his number one. Your 1 million percent correct. Cheers
It's just exquisite, where to begin? I love the first and fourth movements and I adore the second & third. Really dig the agitated and chaotic minor themes but I love the andante first, it's just magical and it reaches for Heaven. Third movement revisits the minor theme with even more chaos and drama, then suddenly and seamlessly morphs into something that reminds me of Mozart's chamber music. I love the second half of the menuetto, it has that longing quality that Salieri described in Amadeus (this is also true of the andante). Mozart's 40th symphony is colorful, evocative, diverse, bewilderingly complex and technical yet filled to the brim with a pathos akin to a kaleidoscope of the human experience. It speaks to the inner child and it reaches for Heaven, I love to get stoned and listen to it. Edit: the AmadeusMozart channel has by far the best version of No. 40, I believe it's Neville Marriner with Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields.
Debbi and Michael were, literally, the backbone of this group. I always liked Debbi's voice the best of all of them. She sang lead vocals on a lot of their tracks and albums, so it's difficult for me to pick my favorite.
When I look at Susanna Hoffs, I first immerse myself in her endlessly beautiful eyes... And when I hear her sing, the voice of an angel also drives me crazy!
Due particelle da brave “sorelle” … mentre cercavano di pescare la furia scatenata di Gamadza ! Dopo che il faro d’Alessandria era stato divelto da un sisma maremoto … Alcuni secoli Orso ne !!
What a moving homage to those who have suffered and to the humanity that supersedes our greatest differences. I cry watching this, and knowing that Shostakovich lived through that siege. It’s almost too much.
They aren't actually weak. The conductor Sir Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra used an orchestra similar in size to the one that premiered the symphony, and which Brahms himself preferred.
Playing G bugles was one of the highlights of my musical career. They set drum corps apart from marching band. We were the cool kids, and the marching bands were “band kids”. Plain and simple, we were better musicians because we could play and excel in both drum corps and marching band. Now drum corps is just super expensive marching band and I wish they would rename themselves to Marching Bands of America because I don’t think there’s an “international” element any longer, and they most certainly are NOT drum corps any longer.
A few things to say here. As a musician it is wonderful to see his entire schtick is around the absurd parts of being a professional musician. And the musicians love him for it. You can see it in their faces. Secondly there are moments like when he peers under the music stand so he can actually see the orchestra thru all those sheets you can see on his face a truly kind and loving human being. And finally, he obviously loves a pretty lady. One of humanity's finest.
@16:18 . . . could they still get away with that ? I was thrilled with the act, of course I don't recall seeing one since then. And as a band director (showing this to band classes) I remember fast forwarding that section. Kids asked, "why did you do that?' I replied, "it was a boring section, you wouldn't like it"
