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Soundtrack Of My Life

by Dave Ryan

Rated: 13+ · Book · Activity · #2313407

Soundtrack Of Your Life blog, February 2024

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Dave Ryan

Feb 29, 2024 at 3:10am
In response to ""Lacrimosa" (Mozart's Requiem Mass)"

tracker

- It's been a long time since I've seen that one. F Murray Abraham deserved every award he got for that, but I also liked Jeffrey Jones at the emperor. It's not the most obvious piece of casting, as he's so associated with comedy, but it worked.

tracker

Feb 28, 2024 at 11:38pm
In response to ""Lacrimosa" (Mozart's Requiem Mass)"

"Amadeus" is in my top 10 best movie list. I used to play the CD, including a bit of the Requiem all the time. I looked at streaming services. It has always been a rental. I am checking now to see if it is streaming on Prime Video, as the article says.

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Jayne

Feb 26, 2024 at 11:37pm
In response to ""Dream A Little Dream Of Me" - Cass Elliot"

Spectacular song choice.

I vote for NQBMTBIWWTYFITR to be recognized as official canon shorthand for Soundtrackers.

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Beholden

Feb 19, 2024 at 6:48pm
In response to ""A Hard Day's Night" - Peter Sellers"

I haven't heard those for more than fifty years. Thanks for trip through memory lane.

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Dave Ryan

Feb 16, 2024 at 7:14pm
In response to ""Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" - K T Tunstall"

Amethyst Angel🌸📝🪽

I've found a later recording. Not quite so good, but gives an idea of what she did.

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Dave Ryan

Feb 16, 2024 at 6:59pm
In response to ""Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" - K T Tunstall"

Amethyst Angel🌸📝🪽

Thanks for letting me know. I'll try to find an alternative version.

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Amethyst Angel🌸📝🪽

Feb 16, 2024 at 6:54pm
In response to ""Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" - K T Tunstall"

Video isn’t available in the US…

KingsSideCastle

Feb 16, 2024 at 9:50am
In response to ""Timewarp / Sweet Transvestite" - Rocky Horror Picture Show"

Rocky Horror Picture Show rocks!!!

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Dave Ryan

Feb 9, 2024 at 7:20pm
In response to ""Where E'er You Walk" (Handel's Semele) - Andreas Scholl"

Kåre Enga in Montana

It was touch and go as to whether I posted this or Ombra Mai Fu, though that might well make an appearance later in the month. There's a biennial opera contest in the UK - Cardiff Singer Of The World - and I recall from way back in the late eighties a performance of Ombra Mai Fu by the then relatively unknown baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. That was the first time I'd ever heard the piece, and it was quite the shock to later hear it sung by a countertenor and to find out it was written for a castrato!

I have a set of CDs that get regular playtime, one of which is a recording of the Music For Royal Fireworks and all the Water Music suites performed by The Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields under Neville Marriner. If I need something relaxing, it's either that, a CD of piano works by Schubert or a CD of Spanish guitar music played by John Williams. It's just as well CDs don't wear out or these three would have had to be replaced several times over.

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Kåre Enga in Montana

Feb 9, 2024 at 6:50pm
In response to ""Where E'er You Walk" (Handel's Semele) - Andreas Scholl"

One of the melodies of my childhood. My mother loved Handel's Water Music and I loved "Ombra Mai Fu" since age 3.

#29. "Money, Money, Money" - ABBA
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#28. "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations
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#27. "Mein Herr" (Cabaret) - Liza Minnelli
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#26. "Get Happy" (Summer Stock) - Judy Garland
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#25. "The Finnish Whistler" - Roger Whittaker
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#24. "Need Your Love So Bad" - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era)
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#23. "Mortal Flesh" - Christian Forshaw
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#22. "Whatever's Written In Your Heart" - Gerry Rafferty
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#21. "Sloop John B" - Beach Boys
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#20. "Where E'er You Walk" (Handel's Semele) - Andreas Scholl
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#19. "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?" - Jimmy Ruffin
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#18. "Adiemus" - Miriam Stockley & Mary Carewe
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#17. "Cool For Cats" - Squeeze
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#16. "Right Down The Line" - Gerry Rafferty
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#15. "Ständchen" (Schwanengesang) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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#14. "Timewarp / Sweet Transvestite" - Rocky Horror Picture Show
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#13. "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" - K T Tunstall
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#12. "Agnus Dei / Lux Aeterna" (Fauré's Requiem) - The Sixteen
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#11. "Tracks Of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
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#10. "A Hard Day's Night" - Peter Sellers
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#9. "Dark End Of The Street" - The Commitments
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#8. "Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera" (Vivaldi) - Marie Lys
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#7. "Oh Well" - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era)
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#6. "The Mexican Whistler" - Roger Whittaker
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#5. "In Trutina" (Orff's Carmina Burana) - Barbara Bonney
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#4. "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" - Cass Elliot
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#3. "Son Of A Preacher Man" - Dusty Springfield
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#2. "Lacrimosa" (Mozart's Requiem Mass)
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#1. "In Dulci Jubilo" & "Portsmouth" - Mike Oldfield
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