6Foot2 Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 Baker Street - They're playing Baker Street on the radio now. 4 minutes 20 seconds of bliss. 1
DavR Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 Baker Street - They're playing Baker Street on the radio now. 4 minutes 20 seconds of bliss. Every now and then, when I'm going through Baker Street on the tube, I can't help but run the sax solo through in my head. Immense tune!
mikeprice Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 Every now and then, when I'm going through Baker Street on the tube, I can't help but run the sax solo through in my head. Immense tune! Apparently the bloke who played it hates it - says it is all wrong musically err - I have no clue about this - any musical people know what I am on about?? @witch may know?? - she is musical (among other talents)
6Foot2 Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) Apparently the bloke who played it hates it - says it is all wrong musically err - I have no clue about this - any musical people know what I am on about??... Raphael Ravenscroft Link 1: Raphael got £27 for sax solo - and the cheque bounced [The News] ...Raphael Ravenscroft was a session player who received £27 for playing the sax on Gerry Rafferty’s 1978 hit Baker Street. Apparently the cheque bounced! Rafferty would go on to earn £80,000 a year from that song. Ravenscroft’s contribution can only be matched by Steve Lukather, a session guitarist who came up with the main guitar work on Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Ironically Ravenscroft thought his playing on Baker Street was a bit flat, so hated hearing it played on the radio. A roumour that was popular (and believed by many) for quite a while: Bob Holness was the Baker Street saxophonist Link 2: Why do we think Bob Holness was the Baker Street saxophonist? [bBC News] ...It's not true, of course. The real saxophonist was a Scottish musician named Raphael Ravenscroft. So firmly is this untruth embedded in people's minds that in Twitter discussions following Rafferty's death, it was Holness's name that came up time and again, although sometimes in a very knowing way. It is thought the myth first appeared as a blatant spoof in the Believe It Or Not column in NME's Thrills page, in 1990. Music writer Stuart Maconie, who was once NME's assistant editor, has claimed responsibility. "My personal and silly part in a sad story is that as an NME writer I invented the urban myth claiming that Bob played the sax solo on Gerry's 1978 hit Baker Street," he said, writing this week. "That's not true. What is, is that Gerry's enigmatic, wry songcraft and his way with a nagging melody made him a reluctant star in successive eras of 70s pop. "But most famously his single Baker Street was a worldwide hit - helped by his melancholic delivery and that unforgettable sax line, played not by Blockbusters host Bob but Raphael Ravenscroft." But Maconie may not provide the whole story. Tommy Boyd has also said he was the first to make the connection, years before Maconie, while a DJ on London's LBC, looking for false stories for a quiz. "The idea of someone as neat and tidy as Bob being able to swing out a raunchy sax came easily, and I ran 'True or false: Bob Holness played sax on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street?' for one night." And Ravenscroft himself also says he came up with the idea. He told the Magazine: "I made that up because I used to be asked 20 or 30 times if I was the person who did it, so to a foreign journalist I said it was Bob Holness, because I had been working with him on a Robinson's advert. It was just a bit of fun." Whatever the exact genesis, the story gained momentum and Holness was often questioned about it... OK back on topic... Edited June 25, 2019 by 6Foot2 I missed out an 'n'
witch Posted June 25, 2019 Author Posted June 25, 2019 Apparently the bloke who played it hates it - says it is all wrong musically err - I have no clue about this - any musical people know what I am on about?? @witch may know?? - she is musical (among other talents) I don't think it is all wrong, musically, but it is very flat in places - I think that is what he meant 1
HarryMonkey Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 Heard this on the radio this morning and it made me chuckle (Might be the wrong thread but it made me happy).
LeMarchand Posted December 8, 2019 Posted December 8, 2019 People who know me (and people here I've appalled with my thoughts on the matter) know that I don't tend to find that small children are inherently cute. However, even I saw something that threatened to introduce some warmth to the frozen lump of ice in my chest today. Had been lumbered with the Bonus GS for most of the day, and Mme LeMarchand was supervising him in the soft play area in the mall whilst his mother was interminably looking at clothes shops. "Santa" was just finishing his shift and stopped by to wave at the kiddies. Two little girls, rather than demanding presents decided to give Santa presents of the cubes in the area that could be picked up. 2
6Foot2 Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 That feeling when, after trying to understand an idea for a long time, suddenly 'a light goes on' and the whole thing falls into place. It has happened to me a few times, but not recently. The easiest occasion to relate is when I was trying to get my head around how Avogadro's number (Chemistry) was supposed to work. Even though it was a LONG time ago I can still recall it. Something happened that I looked at it differently. At that moment I felt that I might be able to understand anything at all. It was quite exhilarating. 1
mikeprice Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 That feeling when, after trying to understand an idea for a long time, suddenly 'a light goes on' and the whole thing falls into place. It has happened to me a few times, but not recently. The easiest occasion to relate is when I was trying to get my head around how Avogadro's number (Chemistry) was supposed to work. Even though it was a LONG time ago I can still recall it. Something happened that I looked at it differently. At that moment I felt that I might be able to understand anything at all. It was quite exhilarating. I remember that happening quite a few times when I was working in IT support for a big company - I would be working on a problem all day and feel that I was banging my head against a brick wall I would give up and go home then I would solve the whole thing in a blinding flash of certainty while walking the dog on Moreton Shore if only I could have had your Chemistry insight when I was at university doing a degree in the damn subject - main thing I learnt over 3 years was not do do any more Chemistry!!
hardtailstar Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 Random people saying nice things. A student said today 'Good luck on your marathon sir'. It also added confusion as I've only mentioned it to staff so they must have been talking about it in front of this student! 2
mdrabble Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 Yesterday both my older daughters (23 & 20) got to hold their little sister for the first time (little one is now 3 months old) - had a little tear in my eye as it was also my eldest birthday yesterday and she said it was the best birthday present she could have asked for. 4
witch Posted August 16, 2020 Author Posted August 16, 2020 My lovely grandson's smile Can't show you a pic as parents don't want him anywhere on social media, but little Evan has a gorgeous smile - like his daddy did 3
mikeprice Posted August 16, 2020 Posted August 16, 2020 My lovely grandson's smile Can't show you a pic as parents don't want him anywhere on social media, but little Evan has a gorgeous smile - like his daddy did Our Grandson's smile, - and kinda everything kid may be 4 and is only just starting to get the hang of some words but $deity the kid is cute and has had the hang on communicating for ages - just tend to be physical - like grab pops's (me) hand and drag towards the biscuit box and the little b****r hardy shuts up - just talks his own words and worked out hugs ages ago dunno how well he will develop academically over the years - but he will break some hearts when he gets older 1
elsiegee40 Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 Other peoples cats on video calls Other people’s pets have given me some good laughs 2
sb44 Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 Noticing the seasons changing - spotted some snowdrops on a walk today!
witch Posted January 28, 2021 Author Posted January 28, 2021 Noticing the seasons changing - spotted some snowdrops on a walk today! Being in the balmy (barmy!) south we have lots of snowdrops and MrwITch and I visited the local NT house famed for them last weekend. It had snowed - well you could just about call it that - and we went fairly early. It was absolutely magical - frosty snow, misty vistas and lots of snowdrops Really something to remember 1
Danp Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 I'm working from home today, set myself up in the kitchen. My wife plays Radio 4 through the Echo in the mornings and I normally turn it off when the news has finished around 9, but this morning I left it on and enjoyed listening to Tim Peake's Desert Island Discs
elsiegee40 Posted March 7, 2021 Posted March 7, 2021 I bought a little box to store my sewing machine bobbins and the needles fit too [emoji4] 1
witch Posted March 9, 2021 Author Posted March 9, 2021 Enjoyed watching a HUGE bumblebee on the gorse on the heath. Somehow I felt the bee was really enjoying itself 1
mikeprice Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 The clocks changing and knowing I am one of the few people in the UK that will change ALL the clocks - and be able to do so with no great problems to be clear In the UK - it does not apply to most people on this forum - I presume most people on here can change the clocks without the use of a hammer! Oh - and I will have to do the 6 monthly sneak into the sister-in-law's kitchen to change her clock while no-one is looking - honestly - 2 women and 2 men in the house plus a son who has moved out - and no-one can change the cooker clock!!!!!
6Foot2 Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 The clocks changing and knowing I am one of the few people in the UK that will change ALL the clocks - and be able to do so with no great problems... As long as I can recall and until a couple of years ago it was my enduring "duty" to change the clocks and dad's watch twice a year at my parent's house. With this in mind, I bought a LARGE radio-controlled clock. Large because it would be easy for them to see on the day of the change before I arrived: The difference in the time shown on one clock compared with another was intended to remind them that the clocks had changed and that they should rely on the radio-controlled (BIG) clock for the right time. Dad was having none of it. He wasn't happy until I had been to change the clocks, including Henry. *Henry is an eight-day Napoleon hat, Westminster chimes clock mum bought 50+ years ago. It was also (solely) my duty to wind Henry. Henry now resides with my sister.
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