... and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The BBQ Pit
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Elton John and a symphony orchestra? Sure, fine. Type of schmaltzy crap he’s been churning out lately, he needs it. Queen and a symphony orchestra? Definitely. Suits the type of overblown stuff they produce so well. Eric and a symphony orchestra? Mmmm, OK. Doesn’t need it when he can produce tear inducing blues armed with a microphone and a six string, but Clapton is God, whatever he wants is fine by me, one talented musician is joined on stage by 80 others but…

KISS and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra?

WHAT. THE FUCK. IS THAT ALL ABOUT. HUH?

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Ahh, the MSO are just sluts. Geez Prinny, I thought EVERYONE knew that?

:smiley:

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Let’s face the harsh realities…all of the old fogies who bought ‘subsciptions’ to the MSO concerts are either senile or dead. So they have to try to woo the ‘Youngsters’ into the orchestral throng. If they can do it via KISS, then good luck to them…bwahahahahahhaa
I still prefer them doing Handle and Bark me’self…but then again, I’m an old fogie.

:smiley:

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They were on Rove a while back (February?), doing an orchestral version. Weren’t too bad, surprisingly.

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Wasn’t it their London equivalent that did “I Have A Ferret Crawling Up My Nose” decades ago?

'tis a fine tradition.

And as a proud Sydneysider, I reckon KISS can do better. :slight_smile:

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Wot? Sidney have an orchestra? Yer pullin’ my leg arntcha Loaded? Do youse philistines even know the difference between a violin and a cello?
:smiley:

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Orchestra? ORCHESTRA?

Naah, I was talkin’ about the bloke outside the cinemas on George St with the ice cream containers and bits o’ wood. :smiley:

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And a fine tune he plays too…(if he is anything like the Bottle Basher who belts out Beethoven and Bach on beer bottles on the steps on Flinders Street Station).

I like my music rough. And cheap.

:smiley:

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I can play Ludwig’s Ode to Joy on the harmonica. Would you kindly arrange a travel grant so that I can visit Melborne and play with it’s orchestra? I have never visited AU, but I would like to.

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It’s Schiller’s Ode to Joy. The thing you play on your harmonica is the 4th movement of Ludwig’s 9th.

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Well I dunno Muffin. I once read an interview with KISS in which they said that they started the group basically to gain money and bonk groupies. I’d be pretty sure that the MSO agreed to play with KISS with a view to attaining one or other of those goals.

Can you promise them the same?

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Uh…They hit them on the head? Or did you mean boink? Of course, with KISS the former is possible, I guess.:smiley:

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It’s Beethoven’s Ode to Joy based on Friedrich Schiller’s poem of the same name.

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I think this may be going over your head a bit, Gest.

It’s

Symphony no. 9, op. 125: with final chorus on Schiller’s Ode An die Freude, by Ludwig van Beethoven.

or

Symphonie no. 9, d Moll, mit Schlusschor uber Schillers Ode an die Freude. Op. 125.

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And I left out the “D minor” from the English translation. :smack:

Symphony no. 9, D minor, op. 125: with final chorus on Schiller’s Ode An die Freude

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My humblest apologies. I misunderstood what you originally wrote and took it to mean that the piece was by Schiller rather than Beethoven. Your superiority remains unquestioned.

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No worries. Now let’s all gather round for a chorus of I Was Made for Lovin’ You.

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Sorry, but I can’t do I Was Made for Lovin’ You on the harmonica. In fact, the ony thing I can play on the harmonica is that Ludwig thing, which I do quite nicely.

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I’d be pretty sure he meant bonk. bonk = have sex with Ierland and england. I’m certain it means the same down under.

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That last post should have read

bonk - have sex with in Ireland and England.