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Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 1:07 pm
by KayW
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:10 pm
Earworms, earworms. For those suffering, I offer what a friend sent me:
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Earworm remedy.jpg
I am definitely stealing this one.
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:43 pm
by KayW
It may be almost too late to post this, but I just finished watching the National Theatre at home production of Amadeus. If I'm doing the time zone math properly (always a big if for me), I think it's streaming only until about noon on 7/23. It's a wonderful production and includes a tiny bit of this week's earworm late in the second act...
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/show ... me-amadeus
...The fragment is at roughly 2:28:40 if you don't have time to watch the entire play. But if you have a few hours to spend I recommend it highly.
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:19 pm
by SusieG
SewYoung wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:58 am
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:47 am
For a while there, I was wondering if this was April Fools Day and the correct answer was NONSENSE - because that's all I was finding, and it certainly describes some lyrics.
While scouring the grid, I did spot this shoutout to our hosts
WSJ in WSJ.jpg
I was going to submit NONSENSE at the last minute if I never figured it out. I didn't figure it out, but I forgot to submit.
That one occurred to me, as did ASSININE (I realize I included an extra S).
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:35 pm
by DrTom
Wow, be careful what you wish for. I said I needed to get rid of "Twinkle, Twinkle - ABC - BAH BAH - etc." and Joe Ross sent me "It's a Small World After All"!!! In the words of Daffy Duck, "You're deshpicable". I have pushed BirdLives's Q-Tip entirely through to the other side and I can still hear the little people sing (and it is not the song of angry men, nor the music of a people who will not be slaves to a META again!)
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:17 pm
by Al Sisti
DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:35 pm
Wow, be careful what you wish for. I said I needed to get rid of "Twinkle, Twinkle - ABC - BAH BAH - etc." and Joe Ross sent me "It's a Small World After All"!!! In the words of Daffy Duck,
"You're deshpicable". I have pushed BirdLives's Q-Tip entirely through to the other side and I can still hear the little people sing (and it is not the song of angry men, nor the music of a people who will not be slaves to a META again!)
Ah, my favorite all time musical (Les Mis)... don't mind that earworm, although it's gonna require a lot more Q-tips to push Hamilton out of my head.
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:49 am
by DrTom
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:17 pm
DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:35 pm
Wow, be careful what you wish for. I said I needed to get rid of "Twinkle, Twinkle - ABC - BAH BAH - etc." and Joe Ross sent me "It's a Small World After All"!!! In the words of Daffy Duck,
"You're deshpicable". I have pushed BirdLives's Q-Tip entirely through to the other side and I can still hear the little people sing (and it is not the song of angry men, nor the music of a people who will not be slaves to a META again!)
Ah, my favorite all time musical (Les Mis)... don't mind that earworm, although it's gonna require a lot more Q-tips to push Hamilton out of my head.
Well then you'll recognize this
slightly modified prelude to our own "Les Miserables":
Look down, look down
Look down and then across
The clue is there
I think that I’m just lost…
I dreamed a dream of weeks gone by
When I had solved the META problem
No taking hints upon the sly
My friends; did not involve them....
Master of the grid, keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em of a soul or two
Toughening up the clues, making up the weight
Pickin' on their brain cells til they can't see straight
Everybody loves a crossword
Everybody's secret drug
I do whatever pleases
Jesus! They won’t ever get a mug!...
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:54 am
by Al Sisti
DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:49 am
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:17 pm
DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:35 pm
Wow, be careful what you wish for. I said I needed to get rid of "Twinkle, Twinkle - ABC - BAH BAH - etc." and Joe Ross sent me "It's a Small World After All"!!! In the words of Daffy Duck,
"You're deshpicable". I have pushed BirdLives's Q-Tip entirely through to the other side and I can still hear the little people sing (and it is not the song of angry men, nor the music of a people who will not be slaves to a META again!)
Ah, my favorite all time musical (Les Mis)... don't mind that earworm, although it's gonna require a lot more Q-tips to push Hamilton out of my head.
Well then you'll recognize this
slightly modified prelude to our own "Les Miserables":
Look down, look down
Look down and then across
The clue is there
I think that I’m just lost…
I dreamed a dream of weeks gone by
When I had solved the META problem
No taking hints upon the sly
My friends; did not involve them....
Master of the grid, keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em of a soul or two
Toughening up the clues, making up the weight
Pickin' on their brain cells til they can't see straight
Everybody loves a crossword
Everybody's secret drug
I do whatever pleases
Jesus! They won’t ever get a mug!...
Really clever, and you definitely had me singing it/them in my head... nice job!
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:16 am
by BarbaraK
DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:49 am
Well then you'll recognize this
slightly modified prelude to our own "Les Miserables":
Look down, look down
Look down and then across
The clue is there
I think that I’m just lost…
I dreamed a dream of weeks gone by
When I had solved the META problem
No taking hints upon the sly
My friends; did not involve them....
Master of the grid, keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em of a soul or two
Toughening up the clues, making up the weight
Pickin' on their brain cells til they can't see straight
Everybody loves a crossword
Everybody's secret drug
I do whatever pleases
Jesus! They won’t ever get a mug!...
This is awesome! I love it!!
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:38 pm
by DrTom
I think Sir Andrew would forgive me, and at least the lyrics are not puzzling!
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:44 pm
by Al Sisti
DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:38 pm
I think Sir Andrew would forgive me, and at least the lyrics are not puzzling!
Sir Andrew probably couldn't care less. This one is by Schönberg and Boublil, who also did "Miss Saigon;" my second favorite musical. They also wrote one called "Martin Guerre," which -- except for Kismet -- might be the worst musical ever. Wel-l-l, maybe "Cannibal: The Musical," by the creators of South Park.
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:43 pm
by DrTom
Well I'll be darned, I (apparently like many people) associate Les Mis with SALW and was surprised when I looked that he was not. But, I'm sure he would care and I am expecting his call any minute now to tell me he would like to do a musical called Le Meta with the tunes I adapted. It will star Matt Gaffney as Jabber, Mike Schenk as Jester of the House and Al Sisti as Job Well Done....can't wait for the rehearsals.
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:59 pm
by DrTom
Oh and of course Joe would play Merry Ross.....
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:38 pm
by KayW
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:44 pm
DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:38 pm
I think Sir Andrew would forgive me, and at least the lyrics are not puzzling!
Sir Andrew probably couldn't care less. This one is by Schönberg and Boublil, who also did "Miss Saigon;" my second favorite musical. They also wrote one called "Martin Guerre," which -- except for Kismet -- might be the worst musical ever. Wel-l-l, maybe "Cannibal: The Musical," by the creators of South Park.
How did I ever miss Cannibal: the Musical?! I am definitely checking that out...
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:40 pm
by Joe Ross
DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:59 pm
Oh and of course Joe would play Merry Ross.....
I have a sister, Mary, but she can't carry a tune in a bucket.
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:51 am
by DrTom
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:40 pm
DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:59 pm
Oh and of course Joe would play Merry Ross.....
I have a sister, Mary, but she can't carry a tune in a bucket.
I love to break into song, but several have pointed out that if I had the right key I wouldn't have to break in.....
Re: "Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:40 pm
by MajordomoTom
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.