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Post by Lori on Jul 30, 2003 18:20:13 GMT
Ooh, he's a moody old man Song of summer in his hand Ooh, he's a moody old man ...in...in...in his hand ...in his hand
"Hmm."
Ooh, ah, ooh, ah Delius Delius amat Syphilus Deus Genius, ooh
To be sung of a summer night on the water Ooh, on the water
"Ta, ta-ta Hmm Ta, ta-ta In B, Fenby!"
To be sung of a summer night on the water Ooh, on the water On the water
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Post by Lori on Jul 31, 2003 23:15:40 GMT
I always liked this song but didn't have a clue what it was about or what Delius meant until about a month or two ago when I watched a great interview with Kate and Fenby all about Delius and it great. Did anyone else see this?
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Post by Sto on Aug 1, 2003 9:17:55 GMT
Nope, I haven't I expect a few of the others will have done. My favourite Kate quote about this song is: " Interviewer: What is sung during "Delius", after the bit where Delius is dictating to Fenby? Kate: Can't you tell?" That's definitely Kate
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Post by Al Truest on Aug 1, 2003 22:36:00 GMT
I have not seen the interview either. What I would like to see is the documentary film about the life of Fredrick Delius, that was the inspiration for the song. Short of that I have listened to several pieces by Delius. "Night on the River"and "Song of Summer" These two should sound familiar, but only the spirit is evident in Kate's tribute. A third selection that also fits the theme is my favorite. It is titled "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring" you can hear it at: www.comcast.net/qry/sfsearch?cmd=qry&deliusandsearchChoice=singingfish&goy=6Does anyone else get the same vibe. This is performed by the "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Bend it like Beecham. Sto' it's heavy on strings but hang with it. It too is a grower.
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Post by Lori on Aug 1, 2003 22:43:26 GMT
What I would like to see is the documentary film about the life of Fredrick Delius, that was the inspiration for the song. Yeah Al, that's what the interview is all about. It's really interesting, I learnt loads from it 'cos I didn't know what Delius meant at all
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Post by Al Truest on Aug 1, 2003 23:01:23 GMT
Listen to some of his work. Although I may have messed up the link that I posted. You can still find it on your own though.
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Post by strabley on Aug 6, 2003 5:57:05 GMT
The documentary was directed by one of my fave directors--Ken Russell. I would love to see it! I always thought Kate meant this song to be funny. Does anyone else think this song is funny?
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Post by Lori on Aug 6, 2003 18:20:11 GMT
I always thought Kate meant this song to be funny. Does anyone else think this song is funny? I think the video is ;D
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Post by strabley on Aug 8, 2003 14:20:31 GMT
I saw the video once 15 years ago and never saw it again
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Post by Sto on Aug 8, 2003 20:24:53 GMT
Does the video begin with the fade in glass breaking sound which fades "Babooshka" into "Delius"? Or does it just start with the beat?
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Post by Adey on Jan 15, 2005 2:09:26 GMT
I've given NFE quite an ear bashing today - haven't listened to it for many months. I'm developing the oddest feeling about Delius. I'm starting to think that it's not finished.. that the time available or budget ran out and the song had to be shut down, or that KB couldn't finish it and just went with what she had. Listen to the empty piano arpeggios after the bridge and repeated elsewhere. I may be completely wrong but I think these were intended to underpin a verse, maybe two. Anyone else have a thought on this?
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Post by Al Truest on Jan 15, 2005 2:50:15 GMT
Interesting. I would have never even considered such a thing. Delius is one of my very favorite pieces - having listened two or three times consecutively on occasion. I can't imagine Kate letting go of it unless she was satisfied with trimming it down for another kind of impact. I can get the sense that we can finish this one in our head. It does have that ''give me more'' quality. Is this what you mean?
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Post by Adey on Jan 15, 2005 15:03:02 GMT
I don't really know, it's probably just me thinking "why didn't Kate do what I would have done here?"
It may be that Kate had different intentions for the piece but rejected these in favour of what she already had. On the parts I've tried to identify, the piano vamps along with a basic chord pattern in an accompaniment style, but accompanying nothing other than the Delius grunt samples. The piano parts are not solo sections in their own right, if you catch my drift.
File under "if I should ever meet her again, question 97.."
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Post by matanchik on Jan 15, 2005 16:07:41 GMT
File under "if I should ever meet her again, question 97.." When did you met her?
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Post by Adey on Jan 15, 2005 16:18:56 GMT
1st time very briefly at the Albany Hotel in Birmingham on the 1st day of her 2 night Tour of Life concerts at the Hippodrome Theatre. I met her again at a record signing session at HMV Music in Birmingham City Centre. She handed me my copy of The Dreaming (the album she was promoting at the time) and signed it with a birthday message as it was my 21st.. Then she signed the other ones I'd bought with me. Very pleasant memories. But I was lucky, living here in the UK and at a time when access to Kate through her promotional efforts was not the impossibility it seems to be now.Thanks for your interest Mat
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