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RockitRon
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:14 am Post subject: |
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It's playing just now on Ken Bruce............
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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becky sharp
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Five Oscars is no mean feat ...he composed some lovely music that will be played forever ...
This has always been a favourite of mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf8C_fkEXqQ&feature=related
The haunting theme from Midnight Cowboy was the one chosen by Huey Morgan as a tribute to JB
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undiscovered
Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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a real loss, in his heyday he was unbeatable
Beat me to posting the midnight cowboy song. Goldfinger ignoring the vocals which isn't bad but the arrangement is outstanding, I won't post it because you're bound to hear it over the next few days _________________ You will hear gospel and rhythm and blues and jazz, all those are just labels, we know that music is music. |
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aviddiva
Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 1135 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject: John Barry |
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I bet Stuart Maconie or Jarvis Cocker will play his theme to The Persuaders on 6 Music this coming Sunday!
Brian Matthew's played a lot of Adam Faith stuff John Barry arranged too. _________________ We are loonies and we are proud!
- Campbell Bain in 'Takin' Over The Asylum' |
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Schizoidman
Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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I love the theme tune to The Persuaders (great series as well). So evocative of winter Sunday afternoons in the early 70s watching The Persuaders preceded by The Big Match on ITV. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: John Barry |
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aviddiva wrote: | I bet Stuart Maconie or Jarvis Cocker will play his theme to The Persuaders on 6 Music this coming Sunday! |
It's being played on tonight's Radcliffe & Maconie show as I write this. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3609 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: Re: John Barry |
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Sad loss. Some of his later music was a bit samey but good stuff - pity he'd not done a film since 2001 but it seems he was a bit of a cantankerous bugger and kept walking out.
"We Have All The Time In The World" is one of my all-time favourite songs, and sometimes I prefer his Bond theme from the same film (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) to the proper Bond theme.
About 20 years ago there was a lengthy conversation between Barry and Sheridan Morley on Radio 2 that was just wonderful. Really went deep into his life and work.
And now, a rant...
So, the first I knew of his passing was when I got up at 7am and saw it on Twitter from fellow Bond composer David Arnold. No idea when it was announced on the radio, but it was in the News bulletin at 8am. I expected Evans to play some Barry as tribute, but no... about 8.20 he announced they would play some Barry as the "Gobstoppers" after the 8.30 news.
He did, and played a good selection (including Juke Box Jury and The Pretenders) that must have gone on about 15 minutes. All very good, excellent work. However, he then felt the need to bang on about what a good job he'd done mixing it all and encouraged Johnny and Lynne to tell him what a good job he'd done. He read out texts from people telling him what a good job he'd done. So, that's lovely - a man dies to boost Chris Evans' ego.
The worst thing was that the only record played between Moira Stuart saying "Composer John Barry has died" and the medley was Evans' "70s Classic" of the day: Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper!" How tasteless can you get? |
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aviddiva
Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 1135 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject: John Barry |
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Oh, that was in really bad taste! _________________ We are loonies and we are proud!
- Campbell Bain in 'Takin' Over The Asylum' |
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