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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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In the garden of eden.

The original name for the song was “In the Garden of Eden,” but Ingle garbled the title when telling it to drummer Ron Bushy—and it stuck.

Though it was not recorded until their second album, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was written during Iron Butterfly's early days. According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist-vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".[11][12

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The original name for the song was “In the Garden of Eden,” but Ingle garbled the title when telling it to drummer Ron Bushy—and it stuck.

Though it was not recorded until their second album, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was written during Iron Butterfly's early days. According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist-vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".[11][12

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Seen Iron Butterfly in '74 I think
 
Wasn’t it the Barber of Seville by Rossini?
You'll never know the full depth and breadth of the above truth! Many a person I've met that doesn't know "Ride of the Valkyries," but they know "KILL-DA-WABBIT... KILL-DA-WABBIT... KILL-DA-WABBIT: etc. etc. They believe that the "William Tell Overture" is just the "Lone Ranger" part, but it is actually part 3 of a 3 part overture and all of the parts have been featured in the shorts. You just have to find them.

Trivia Quiz: From what Wagnerian Opera did they make the "Return my Love" aria (from the above cartoon)? What is its name in the original opera?
 
Wasn’t it the Barber of Seville by Rossini?

'Fraid not. This is the Barber of Seville Overture. See this post for the answer to the original question.




Of course, it was made into a WB cartoon called "Rabbit of Seville" with Bugs as the barber and Elmer as his customer. Sorry it's in Black & White but it's the full episode.



Another Trivia Quiz - Which real life conductor is carricatured by the conductor at the beginning of this short?

Hint: He figures more prominently in another operatic short in which Bugs portrays him.
 
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'Fraid not. This is the Barber of Seville Overture. See this post for the answer to the original question.




Of course, it was made into a WB cartoon called "Rabbit of Seville" with Bugs as the barber and Elmer as his patient. Sorry it's in Black & White but it's the full episode.



Another Trivia Quiz - Which real life conductor is carricatured by the conductor at the beginning of this short?

Hint: He figures more prominently in another operatic short in which Bugs portrays him.


Leopold Stokowski!
 
BTW, best rendition of the 9th I ever saw was c. 1992 in Duke Chapel. Was the NC Symphony with full choral.

First come first seated, so we arrived hours early and sat in the front row. Unreal experience with the acoustics in Duke Chapel.

The other great one (also at Duke Chapel) was a movie rendition of The Battleship Potemkin c. the same timeframe. With full Prokofiev score performed by the NC Symphony. The movie was created to be accompanied by a full orchestra. If you 'ever' get the chance to see Eisenstein's masterpiece with orchestra... do it!

Sirhr

PS. I am more of a Southern Rock fan than a classical fan... but there are some pieces that noone can discount as genius... the 9th is one of them. And Beethoven was mostly deaf when he wrote it. And never 'heard' it performed. Amazing.
 
You'll never know the full depth and breadth of the above truth! Many a person I've met that doesn't know "Ride of the Valkyries," but they know "KILL-DA-WABBIT... KILL-DA-WABBIT... KILL-DA-WABBIT: etc. etc. They believe that the "William Tell Overture" is just the "Lone Ranger" part, but it is actually part 3 of a 3 part overture and all of the parts have been featured in the shorts. You just have to find them.

Trivia Quiz: From what Wagnerian Opera did they make the "Return my Love" aria (from the above cartoon)? What is its name in the original opera?

And, to complete this sub-thread. here is the full 12 min. version of the "William Tell Overture." You'll recognize each of the parts as being played many times in the WB Shorts, once you hear them. The first movement starts a little slow but will spool up quickly in about 3-4 minutes. I don't recall, off hand, where it's featured but trust me, it is. The 2nd movement (the "quiet morning" one) I know is featured in the Bugs short "Foxy by Proxy," where the "Lennyesque big hound is going to "catch me a fox, and cut his tail off."

As Bugs said at the end of that short, "Ehhhh, OK, just call me 'Stubby'." :D

AND NO, NOT "STABBY" BTW! "STUBBY!" :ROFLMAO:

 
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