John williams

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 12:59 am

Oh well, it does sound like a funny song. I always love that gag where one presents a problem which is plaguing one's "friend" - comedy gold!

hey Fable, isn't it 3 AM where you are!?!?!?!

ladies and gentlemen.......MR> PAUL WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 1:28 am

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
ladies and gentlemen.......MR> PAUL WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!

Excuse my ignorance, but who is Paul Williams?

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 10:36 am

Ah, just the question I was waiting for!

Paul Williams is a weird little gnome piano playing singer who had a brief moment of fame in the seventies. He was a friend of Richard and Karen Carpenter's and cowrote some Carpenter's songs including "we've only just begun". He also wrote a lot of songs for the movies (songs that would play over the ending credits kind of like Randy Newman in Toy Story), and he made a couple musicals - "Bugsy Malone" was a mobster musical set in the depression with a cast of children (and Paul Williams, who is child sized), "The Phantom of the Paradise" is a combination of Phantom of the Opera and Faust reset as a disco/rock opera with Paul Williams as the devil (!).

Paul Williams also appeared as the midget sidekick of the man who hires The Bandit to illegally bring liquor across state lines for a party in "Smokey and the Bandit".

Paul Williams is a very talented singer and piano player who was able to overcome his bizarre and disturbing appearance and win the admiration of America for a short time, only to fade away again 15 minutes later. His is a sad tale, yet it contains many lessons we can all learn from.

I have a link to a Paul Williams page [url="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/4961/home.html"]here.[/url]

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 11:10 am

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
Oh well, it does sound like a funny song. I always love that gag where one presents a problem which is plaguing one's "friend" - comedy gold!

hey Fable, isn't it 3 AM where you are!?!?!?!

Well, not anymore. And I hope you're someday surrounded by all the punctuation you've abused and forced to read the collected works of Thomas Mann.

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 11:59 am

Originally posted by fable:
I hope you're someday surrounded by all the punctuation you've abused and forced to read the collected works of Thomas Mann.

I'm just trying to find my voice!!!!!! (

)
(mutter mutter mutter critics mutter mutter)

Actually that's a vivid image - reminds me of a dream VoodooDali had once. I wish I had time to read the collected works of Thomas Mann. Actually I have read Dr. Faustus and Death in Venice, but not The Magic Mountain. What other ones are there? I really liked Dr. Faustus - interesting challenge to write about music that does not really exist. Of course I read them in translation, what would be REALLY nightmarish would be to read them in German while surrounded by a horde of malignant exclamation points and question marks.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 12:18 pm

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
I wish I had time to read the collected works of Thomas Mann. Actually I have read Dr. Faustus and Death in Venice, but not The Magic Mountain. What other ones are there? I really liked Dr. Faustus - interesting challenge to write about music that does not really exist. Of course I read them in translation, what would be REALLY nightmarish would be to read them in German while surrounded by a horde of malignant exclamation points and question marks.

Heh. The one I most recall of Mann's is Joseph and his Brethren, which I recall was published in several volumes.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 2:05 am

Originally posted by Kayless:

P.S. Oh, and it's K-A-Y-L-E-S-S not K-E-Y-L-E-S-S. I don't call you Moolock do I?

(I just saw your edit today)

Sorry, But in my thread advertisments work? My name was misspelled a little more offensivley.

[ 11-22-2001: Message edited by: Morlock ]

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:54 am

I know this is a little late, but I've just seen "The great escape"-great movie with a tremendeous(SP?) score!(by Elmer Bernstein)

[ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: Morlock ]

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 6:02 pm

Originally posted by Morlock:
I know this is a little late, but I've just seen "The great escape"-great movie with a tremendeous(SP?) score!(by Elmer Bernstein)

*cough*toldyouso*cough*

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 7:36 pm

Hey, I just found out there was a Disco version of the Cantina song from Star Wars released in the 70's. That combines the best of both worlds: Disco and John Williams. Too funky!

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 12:04 am

Originally posted by Georgi:
*cough*toldyouso*cough*

I'm sorry about your ego-enhancing cold.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 12:13 am

Originally posted by Kayless:
Hey, I just found out there was a Disco version of the Cantina song from Star Wars released in the 70's. That combines the best of both worlds: Disco and John Williams. Too funky!

I think your mixing up two things:
1.Weird Al Yankovick(SP)has a song "Star Wars Cantina" which uses the tune of Barrie Manilow's "Copacabana".Instead of "Her name was Lola..." it goes "his name was Yoda..."

2.There is a tune out there - might also be Weird Al's, that is a disco version of the Star Wars theme- its realy funny.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 1:01 am

Originally posted by Morlock:
 I think your mixing up two things:
1.Weird Al Yankovick(SP)has a song "Star Wars Cantina" which uses the tune of Barrie Manilow's "Copacabana".Instead of "Her name was Lola..." it goes "his name was Yoda..."

2.There is a tune out there - might also be Weird Al's, that is a disco version of the Star Wars theme- its realy funny.

As long as we're on the topic of Weird Al(

), I'll comment that I like his American Pie(?)-based song about Episode 1 called "The Saga Begins."

Also, I don't generally specifically notice the music in a movie/show. Because I've always got music going, whether I'm sitting in my room at my computer or going somewhere in my car or some other thing, I'm a lot more likely to notice when there isn't any music playing than when there is music playing.

To me, the "music playing in background during movie/show" is nothing special as it is common everyday life for me. I remember watching some comedy-type show in which the chars kept going "Hey, where's that music coming from" when the BGM would start playing. I'm happily the opposite. I go "Hey, where's the music?" when I don't hear any music playing.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 1:32 am

1.On Weird Al- one of the funniest clips I've ever seen "Amish paradise"-its hillarius.

(based on the tune Gangsta's paradise)

2.That just goes to show that your not a great movie music lover

- I pay paticular notice the music all the time.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 5:32 am

Originally posted by Morlock:
1.On Weird Al- one of the funniest clips I've ever seen "Amish paradise"-its hillarius. (based on the tune Gangsta's paradise)

What about "It's all about the pentiums"

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 6:53 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
What about "It's all about the pentiums"

I never saw a clip of it, but the song is sorta weird, I thought.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 6:59 am

Originally posted by Morlock:
 I never saw a clip of it, but the song is sorta weird, I thought.

I thought it was weird also, but then this is Weird Al i suppose

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 12:46 pm

Originally posted by Morlock:
 I think your mixing up two things:
1.Weird Al Yankovick(SP)has a song "Star Wars Cantina" which uses the tune of Barrie Manilow's "Copacabana".Instead of "Her name was Lola..." it goes "his name was Yoda..."

2.There is a tune out there - might also be Weird Al's, that is a disco version of the Star Wars theme- its realy funny.

Nope, there was an actual Disco version of the song that was played on Juke Boxes (I downloaded it via Swapnut). No Wierd Al just the good old cantina song with a disco beat.