No 20 ....From My Favourite All Time 90's Dance Classics

So how about reigniting my Top 20 Favourite All Time 90's Dance Classics. A project

that never quite reached it's fruition, having closed down my previous blog. In fact I'm often

tempted to reopen it as all the posts on it still exist as kept draft posts. So we'll just have to wait

and see.

So to kick of my newly revised Top 20 Dance Classics is the very uplifting 'Danger' by Rochelle

Fleming.  A 1994 tune that reeks of fun and optimisim. Something I first heard played by DJ 

Danny Rampling while spinning the discs at Kiss FM.

Many have said that 1994 was a standout year in the history of Dance and House Music,

 and I can testify to that, as many of my favourite tracks came from that very year.

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The Who Show How It's Done

In May of 1978 British Rock Band The Who took to Shepperton Studios London for a short live

show in front of a small audience. The event was filmed as part of a documentary called

'The Kids Are Alright.'

The brief performance brought out the best of The Who who went on to perform possibly

their best ever version of 'Wont Get Fooled Again.' And it's this very performance that has

attracted a lot of attention among many Youtube Reactors.

And at the climax of this performance lead singer Roger Daltrey lets out an almighty scream

while guitarist Pete Townsend literally flies across the stage.

And if anything Townsend seemed somewhat over animated which was probably a backlash

towards the Punk movement that around 1977 and 1978 accused many of our Rock legends

including The Rolling Stones as being washed up has beens.

This event also became drummer Keith Moon's final ever Live performance.

And so reacting to this stand out performance is Hip Hop fan Molly Boy who was clearly

blown away by this having never even heard of The Who.

The above reaction video by Molly Boy shows the climax, but you can always wind it back to

the beginning if you wish.

IT'S MOLLY BOY YOUTUBE

The Closing Moments From Puccini's Turandot

Puccini's popular three act Opera Turandot was something the composer never actually

got to see completed as he died in in 1924 while his work was incomplete. Thankfully Franco Alfano

stepped in and completed the opera which was eventually premiered in 1926.

Set in ancient China it is a tale of love and sacrifice. And wherever it is performed you can

be sure of big stage sets as well as spectacular costumes.

And if the closing music is familiar to many that's because it closes out with a choral and

orchestral rendition of Nessun Dorma, a popular and much loved Aria by Luciano Pavarotti.

Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires (2024).

Kindly uploaded to Youtube by Marcelo Monzani 

A Nostalgic Look back at Some Home Videos

 

Music background track - Circular Beginning

by Jeremy Black

So after a nostalgic rummage around in my home video tape draw, I thought I'd share

some edited clips and run them through my video editor, while also having some fun with

some of the special added effects. Of course they were filmed around and just after the

Millennium, before I had even started blogging and before social media really took off.  And now

of course, many are actually making a living by posting their images and videos online. 

But back then we did it just for fun and to have something to look back on in future years.

I did want to post up these videos as one but was forced to split them as Blogger couldn't

handle three minute videos.

 

The Brilliant Benny Hill....Just Saw Your Dumplings.

Benny Hill was a true comedic wordsmith. And the joy he used to bring back in the

golden age of tv comedy is surely missed.

Here he is in a comical kitchen cooking sketch as one of his most popular characters

mimicking that 70's tv Chef Fanny Cradock. And of course the comedy lies in the hilarious

mispronunciations. 

The sketch also includes that immortal line 'Just saw your dumplings'  in which Henry

McGee was really trying to say Soya Dumplings.

And watching on in a Youtube Reaction video is Lee

from LEE TV

That Trip to Margate Kent

So here's the video I made during my recent visit to Margate in Kent. Seems like my Panasonic

stills camera is giving me better results. And by using my light camera tripod it allows

me to get some long zoom shots.

They're predicting a final burst of Summer for next week for the South and South Coast.

Could there yet be another Coastal visit? But then you can never rely on our weather predictions.

Raimondi Returns as Scarpia in Tosca

I can never get enough of Italian bass-baritone Opera performer Ruggero Raimondi,

especially when he's cast in the role of the evil Scarpia in Puccini's three act opera Tosca.

This performance above is from 1992 when it was beamed live around the world in a

special television event that was performed at the time and location prescribed by the composer

Puccini. It also featured Placido Domingo.

In the closing moments Raimondi as Scarpia can be seen kissing the cloak of the passing Pope

as if wanting forgiveness after practically denouncing his love of God, for his love of  Tosca

played by Katherine Malfitano.

And in that final closing moment, The Pope holds up high the golden starlike Monstrance, which

according to Catholics represents the very presence of Christ.

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