music

Last line of Nel cor più non mi sento

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I go back to this video now and again. It’s interesting to hear talented musicians like Brett and Eddy talk about the talent of Ziyu, as if he’s on another level. The video shows the sheet music as Eddy plays (obligatory “Look at all those little black dots“) but at the end of the video, the last sheet music updates seem to stall and the two meaures seem to be missing (around 27:02).

But there’s another Youtube channel that has it. It’s interesting to hear the differences between the two.

Composers Conduct Their Music

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Aaron Copland again. But wanted to highlight “Simple Gifts” and the use of the song in the Bluey episode called “Relax“. You’re probably looking for 18:35 with the first introduction of the recognizable line.

Composers Conduct Their Music

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Igor Stravinsky, with an intro from Leonard Bernstein. You’re probably looking for 9:54 in the vid for the French horn solo.

Temptations vs Smokey

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I ended up going down a rabbit hole of Temptation songs and ended up at https://www.smoothradio.com/features/top-songs/temptations-songs-best-ranked/. I didn’t recognize You’re My Everything and when 0:44 hit, I KNEW I heard this triplet before:

And it was Tracks of My Tears from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles I was thinking of:

I’d like to think that both the Temptations and Smokey shared musical ideas during this time in the mid-60s and influenced one another. Or maybe this is a generic phrase. Anyway, Motown during that time – what a time to be alive.

Just My Imagination

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There’s always been a few lines in that song that I could never quite figure out what the exact lyrics were. Using the video above was quite a revelation. I do not pretend to know why I thought what I heard made any sense.

What I heardActual LyricsDifference Rating
cozy little home on the countrycozy little home out in the country😐
can be your love birds lostcan visualize it all😂
or too real in your scenesfar too real it all seems😂
and love isher love is😐
when her arms unfold mewhen her arms enfold me😐
I hear her tenderness so deepI hear a tender rhapsody😮🤣