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Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113462 08/23/06 03:46 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,047 United States Frank_W 1000 Post Club Member
Frank_W 1000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,047 United States	Quote Originally posted by Frycek: "Feliz Navidad" - All the Spanish I know. I once used it to tell a Mexican friend "Happy Birthday." He looked at me strangely. Jeez... What's the matter with him? Maybe he just doesn't speak proper Spanish. Harumph!! :p Compassion, Love, Strength, Peace, Dignity, Balance, Order

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113463 08/23/06 04:11 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 924 North Carolina O Opus45 500 Post Club Member
Opus45 500 Post Club Member O Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 924 North Carolina	I have a theory why we hate it so much. If you happen to hear it in a place where you can't shut if off, change the station, or plug your ears, etc.., then it's difficult to get it out of your head. It's one of those songs that activates neural synapses & resonates in that weird part of our brain & results in a pathological condition where the brain repeats it unmercilously until we are able to flood that area of the brain with some other stimulus (other thoughts, alcohol, etc..). Feliz Navidad is particularly virulent when it gets into the brain. Jeff

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113464 08/23/06 04:18 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,368 mr_super-hunky 4000 Post Club Member
mr_super-hunky 4000 Post Club Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,368	I think Feliz Navidad sung by "Charro" is what what the true meaning of christmas is all about!; isn't it?? You know, that Hoochie Coochie chick with the big Bazooka's!!

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113465 08/23/06 05:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,714 Illinois L loveschopintoomuch 4000 Post Club Member
loveschopintoomuch 4000 Post Club Member L Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,714 Illinois	I see Charro on TV advertising some car fix-it place. She looks pretty good for a woman her age (what...about 60)? I should look so good. :rolleyes: Kathleen Chopin’s music is all I need to look into my soul.

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113466 08/23/06 05:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,614 New Hampshire, USA IrishMak 1000 Post Club Member
IrishMak 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,614 New Hampshire, USA	Quote Originally posted by Opus45: If you happen to hear it in a place where you can't shut if off, change the station, or plug your ears, etc.., then it's difficult to get it out of your head. It's one of those songs that activates neural synapses & resonates in that weird part of our brain & results in a pathological condition where the brain repeats it mercilously until we are able to flood that area of the brain with some other stimulus (other thoughts, alcohol, etc..). Otherwise know as an "earworm." -Mak 1889 Mason & Hamlin screwstringer upright Kawai MP-4 digital --------------------------- When life hands you lemons, throw them back and add some of your own. Stupid life.

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113467 08/23/06 07:41 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,091 Virginia Copper 1000 Post Club Member
Copper 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,091 Virginia	Quote Originally posted by AdagioM: so it has six words! :p Come on now be fair. Here are the actual lyrics. Everyone sing along with Charro! Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart. We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of our heart. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of our heart. We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of our heart. From the bottom of my heart. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of our heart. We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of our heart. From the bottom of my heart. From the bottom of my heart. We wanna wish you From our hearts.

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113468 08/23/06 07:53 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,653 Lakewood, WA, USA Bob Muir OP 2000 Post Club Member
OP Bob Muir 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,653 Lakewood, WA, USA	Quote Otherwise know as an "earworm." Didn't they have one of those in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan? Really Copper, you have a cruel streak!

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113469 08/23/06 08:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,614 New Hampshire, USA IrishMak 1000 Post Club Member
IrishMak 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,614 New Hampshire, USA	Quote Originally posted by Bob Muir: Quote Otherwise know as an "earworm." Didn't they have one of those in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan? That was more like an ear.... bug??? LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm -Mak 1889 Mason & Hamlin screwstringer upright Kawai MP-4 digital --------------------------- When life hands you lemons, throw them back and add some of your own. Stupid life.

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113470 08/23/06 09:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	19 repetitions of "I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas" is about 17 too many. Copper, a pox on you for posting those lyrics and getting that frigging song stuck on my brain. http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113471 08/24/06 09:04 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,982 Netherlands mahlzeit 1000 Post Club Member
mahlzeit 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,982 Netherlands	Heh, I don't think I ever heard Feliz Navidad before. I'm strongly considering it for the recital now. presses Play again

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113472 08/24/06 10:20 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,288 L LiszThalberg 3000 Post Club Member
LiszThalberg 3000 Post Club Member L Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,288	Quote Originally posted by Bob Muir: Quote Otherwise know as an "earworm." Didn't they have one of those in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan? AHhhhhhhh! A treky! Get the laser blasters from eposoid 45b. Just Kiding

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113473 08/24/06 11:31 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,714 Illinois L loveschopintoomuch 4000 Post Club Member
loveschopintoomuch 4000 Post Club Member L Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,714 Illinois	Copper defintely needs to get a REAL job. He has much too much time on his hands. :p Kathleen Chopin’s music is all I need to look into my soul.

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113474 08/24/06 08:59 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,871 dannylux 1000 Post Club Member
dannylux 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,871	I wonder if playing Mr. Garrison's Christmas Song from South Park would get me banned. Hmmm... Probably. Mel "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only what you are expecting to give, which is everything. You give because you love and cannot help giving." Katharine Hepburn

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113475 09/20/06 10:39 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	Since Scott was asking about the recital in the other thread, I thought it was probably worth bumping this up to see if anybody else wanted to put their dibs on a piece. I realized only belatedly that bumping this unfortunately also runs the real risk of The Song That Must Not Be Named of getting stuck in everybody's head again... http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113476 09/21/06 08:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,941 Florida LisztAddict 2000 Post Club Member
LisztAddict 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,941 Florida	Another BUMP Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/4001TD/videos

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113477 09/21/06 08:44 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,982 Netherlands mahlzeit 1000 Post Club Member
mahlzeit 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,982 Netherlands	Hmm, maybe it's about time to start practicing my piece... only about 8 weeks left.

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113478 09/21/06 08:46 AM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,674 Spokane WA G gmm1 1000 Post Club Member
gmm1 1000 Post Club Member G Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,674 Spokane WA	Eight Weeks???? How the heck did that happen?? I had three months just yesterday.... "There is nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." Johann Sebastian Bach/Gyro

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113479 09/21/06 09:08 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	I'm feeling more than slightly panicky myself. I signed up to play a song that I attempted to learn last Christmas and made reasonable progress on it then. I figured that a year later with all my improved piano skills (ha!), that it would be a piece of cake. That has turned out to be an overly optimistic assumption on my part. When I was learning it last year, it was before I owned a metronome. So when I said to myself, "hey, self, you'd better check your playing of this piece against the metronome before pressing that Red Dot," I had the rude realization that I have serious timing issues with this piece... and in essence I have to un-learn everything I had done last year and start from scratch. Only 8 weeks? Yikes! http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113480 09/21/06 09:41 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,034 Canada SAMoore 2000 Post Club Member
SAMoore 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,034 Canada	I'm playing a Melody Bober arrangement of "What Child is This." It's that or send in my "Oh Holy Night" from 2 years ago...that would need to be relearned if I wanted to record it again. That's my current Christmas repertoire!! It's the journey not the destination..

Re: Holiday Recital Selections #1113481 09/23/06 03:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,447 SouthWest Michigan R Roger Ransom 1000 Post Club Member
Roger Ransom 1000 Post Club Member R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,447 SouthWest Michigan	OK, I'm going to really try to fake a version the only Christmas song I really like and it's NOT Feliz Navidad. I'm working on Oh, Holy Night, the ransom version. We'll see. Laugh More Yamaha G7 - Roland FP7 - Roland FP80