Het grote V500 push topic

Chevy schreef:Het nummer duurt opeens minder dan de helft zo lang, Kaj.

Cessna bandlid Kimmo schreef:> > I am happy to hear you like My Blue Anglia so much; as an individual
> > recording it is probably my favourite too. Your comments and references
> > were quite accurate as well! For me the overall mood of the song
> > suggests perhaps something that is a combination of the scenes you
> > described. Definitely it is a nostalgic one and a celebration of happy
> > and carefree summer day driving around in the countryside. I am not
> > sure if you already know, but Ford Anglia was a popular car in the
> > sixties and early seventies, and I saw a bunch of them around Northern
> > Finland as a child. hence the name already suggests something nostalgic.
> >
> > Even though the song was recorded in 1998 (I think), I started working
> > on it back in 1994. I had just discovered Astrud Gilberto and some other
> > Brazilian bossanova artists. In case you are not familiar, have a  listen
> > to eg. Berimbau by Asturd Gilberto. Another inspiration for this song
> > must have been my all time favourite ban, since I later discovered that
> > My Blue Anglia has some similarities to the Stereolab track "Ping Pong".
> >
> > There is indeed a French connection in the song and you are probably the
> > first person to spot the musical reference to the Francis lai
> > soundtrack! If you listen closely to the instrumental part after the
> > second chorus of My Blue Anglia, you will surely hear something
> > reminiscent of the Francis lai composition. This similarity is done on
> > purpose, as a tribute so to speak.
> >
> > Also, the "Ready, Let's start!" bit in the beginning is a sample from a
> > jacques Tati film, but I cannot any longer remember which one. Finally,
> > the arrangement of the song was to some extent inspired by the song "Mon
> > coeur balance" by the French singer/songwriter Katerine. I recommend his
> > album Mes mauvaises frequentations, if you are not familiar with his music.
> >
> > The keyboards used on that particular recoding are an analogue
> > synthesiszer which is the whistling sound and a Hammond organ. Analogue
> > synths were quite popular especially in the turn of the 70's and the
> > 80's, not only with electronic bands like Kraftwerk but also used by
> > many New Wave bands. They came back in style in the early 90's thanks to
> > bands like Stereolab.

Carpi schreef:> > > *My Blue Anglia...*
> > > Still my favourite Cessna track. Happy, breezy, sunshiny, and good for
> > > dancing around to. I also love the 'whistling' organ used during the
> > > bridge, and the 'dance hall' organ sound at the very end - very
> > > nostalgic. What instruments are they?
> > > Reminds me of various things including 1960s/70s French music and films.
> > > Theres a particular piece of music that the sha-la-la's remind me of,
> > > and I've literally just found it - after years of wondering - by
> > > googling "sha la la old song":
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bYBn5VJ-ko - Un Homme Et Une Femme
> > > (Chant) - Francis Lai. As I suspected, it's film music, and French.
> > > Anyway, the song conjures up two strong images:
> > > 1. Hollywood-type couple driving along the Cote d'Azur in the
> > > 1960s/70s in an old-timer convertible car, the woman wearing huge
> > > sunglasses and a scarf tied over her hair to stop it blowing about.
> > > Kind of like James Bond films when he's killed all the baddies and has
> > > time to go off with his current Bond-girl. The 'Ready? Lets start'
> > > voice at the beginning helps conjure up the 60s image.
> > > 2. Is probably more the intended image: Four young people who've got a
> > > car for the day and are driving about their local countryside on a
> > > sunny day, perhaps taking a picnic with them. Celebrating freedom -
> > > the freedom from work or study that day and being able to spend time
> > > with friends, the freedom that a car gives you to go where you like,
> > > freedom from mobile phones and having to check facebook every few
> > > minutes (who had a mobile phone in the 1990s?)
> > > I hear a few elements that sound like 'End of the season' by The Kinks
> > > (my favourite Kinks song) - female backing vocals, bird song.

forzautregivo schreef:Misschien terecht dat de Count erin staat, maar staat toch wel hoog genoeg lijkt me zo.
Dat geldt bepaald niet voor deze: staat er niet eens in!!! Schande mensen