Fat's Domino passed away at 89

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

  2. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

  3. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Ain't That a Shame. One of my first assignments, when I was the reviewer for a small weekly paper, was one of his concerts. Wrote it with great musical seriousness (deserved) referring to him only as Antoine Domino. Actually got a very brief thank you note from one of the entourage. My article pointed out that "Blueberry Hill" was a cover for the Glenn Miller version that had reached #10 on the Billboard list sixteen years earlier.
     
  4. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    Dr. Bear, Blueberry Hill is a classic from Fats Domino. For Stanislav's benefit, here is Putin playing Blueberry Hill on the piano:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo
     
  5. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    That was back when the performers had little fear of the fans. I remember a beaming Tony Orlando surrounded by teenyboppers on the sidewalk outside of the Brooklyn Fox or Paramount.
     
  6. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Indeed it was. But Fats did NOT compose it. It's a 1940 tune - music written by Vincent Rose, lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. Dr. Bear is AS ALWAYS correct - about the Glenn Miller recording. Also Sammy Kaye and others...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry_Hill_(song)

    Another great Louisiana musician gone. We're gonna miss you, Fats! I first heard and saw Fats Domino on the Ed Sullivan show, back in 1956. I was 13 and just starting to realize what a diverse and amazing Wonderland of music America was. 61 years later, I'm still amazed ... constantly. As some say in Louisiana - "Laissez les bons temps rouler." :smile:

    J.
     
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  7. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Thanks for this. It's really quite charming, in a bizarre way. Reminds me of the LP I have of the Red Army Choir singing "Eets a long vay to Teep-a-rairy" in English. Here it is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QkXvDeDdlQ

    Now, where's that video of Josef Stalin on the banjo, singing "On Top of Old Smokey"?
     
  8. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Couldn't find a video, but here's a still I purloined from CHEKA archives. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4zElY3uEfs/UFmu2auM6JI/AAAAAAAASdI/AxkhFXxsSX4/s640/1.jpg

    CHEKA was the first precursor of KGB - before OGPU, NKVD and MGB (not the car). Stanislav can fill you in, I'm sure. My thanks to the Felix Dzerzhinsky estate for the pic. :smile:

    You can find "Stalin: The Banjo Years" here. The Poor Mouth: Stalin: Royal Engineer and banjo player. Oh yes, his mother, Mrs. Djugashvili, taught Josef to play. Here's a pic of her, with banjo.

    https://i.pinimg.com/736x/98/ef/28/98ef28473dc3c64597491d43193c81c7--banjos-humor.jpg

    J.

    PS. I remember the Red Army's Teep-a-Rairy well. My early high school years, IIRC.
     
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  9. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

  10. Stanislav

    Stanislav Well-Known Member

    FSB officers still call themselves "chekisty", from CheKa (Chrezvychajnaja Komissija, "emergency commission", short for All-Russian Emergency Commission for Combatting Counter-Revolution and Sabotage; charming Soviet way of making the Red Terror goons sound defensive. Hitler copied that from the Soviets). It's a term of great pride. There's a f#$%$ing anthem to "chekisty" written by composer Illya Reznik and performed by his children's choir . Shameless.

    Of course, the best among them are trained to work the piano and be charming, when the Motherland requires of it. Even such naturally charmless creeps as Putin.
     
  11. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Or this wonderful guy - different Motherland. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4vjrAQUkAAN8mG.jpg

    J.
     
  12. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    How many Poles does it take to play CHEKAs?
     
  13. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Searched some old mugshots stored in the basement of Lubyanka Prison. Would you really want to play CHEKAs with Felix? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B2_%D1%82%D1%8E%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85.jpg

    J.

    To those new to the subject of Russian Secret police: Felix Dzerzhinsky was a member of several revolutionary committees - both in Poland and Russia. He founded and directed the CHEKA - the first of several secret police organizations. The Cheka quickly became notorious for mass summary executions and many other evils. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky
     
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  14. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    About as much as I'd want to give Kim a wedgie.
     
  15. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    It looks as if he's playing the guitar with gloves on. Can this be?
     
  16. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I asked him about that, on my last trip to Pyongyang. Kim Jong-Un's reply: "Just because you can't - don't mean I can't!"
    Here's a picture of him trying out a bass - without gloves. http://40.media.tumblr.com/379af39263206817a28a43a3510f0e4c/tumblr_mkssfzBhTZ1r13d75o1_1280.jpg?.jpg
    Note the nouveau-rockabilly haircut and the "psychobilly" patch on his jacket! Man, is this cat, like, serious? For real? :smile:

    J.
     
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  17. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Looks like Kim Jong-Un probably thinks of himself as the Asian Carl Perkins. Sooo wrong, dude! Unlike you, Carl was a great guy. Aside from the never-failing excitement of his music, he contributed much time and money to good works, mainly the prevention of child abuse. I miss him and Fats Domino, both.

    J.
     
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