tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post230444402627758577..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49406134290415560952013-05-30T15:38:56.201-04:002013-05-30T15:38:56.201-04:00True about the Große Fuge.
It was the Beethoven q...True about the Große Fuge.<br /><br />It was the Beethoven quartets that really started this drive to get up to speed with the classical canon.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-5745039291713085512013-05-30T08:18:17.366-04:002013-05-30T08:18:17.366-04:00A lot of conservatives I know do see Christie for ...A lot of conservatives I know do see Christie for the political sycophant that he is. He's doing himself no favors by buddying up to Obama.<br /><br />So, maybe the caption should be "Sycophant Chris Christie."Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-48758865132965624422013-05-30T07:25:13.499-04:002013-05-30T07:25:13.499-04:00Fear not, Christie won't even make it out of t...<br />Fear not, Christie won't even make it out of the primaries, and if he does be prepared for the funniest take down ever!!! Christie would make a great commercial for Weight Watchers.<br />In the First place, Christie will not win a presidential nomination as a republican.<br /><br />In the Second place, if a miracle like that ever occurred and he did become the republican nominee, Hillary would trounce him!koyak23noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-47518062873437938502013-05-30T07:12:14.730-04:002013-05-30T07:12:14.730-04:00"The fact is, we had four dead Americans. Was...<b>"The fact is, we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or a Video? Or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference does it make?." ~~Hillary Clinton<br /><br /><br />Chris Christy, who had spent days delivering bear hugs to Obama You may be making a joke out of it,, but it was really in poor taste!<br /><br />The image of the Governor hugging a “Socialist” is something that the GOP can’t and won’t work with. If he thinks that's going to help his political career, He's delusional! And seeing the two of them together like that in your blog picture was enough to make a lot of us puke!<br /></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-8563524933197099722013-05-30T06:49:37.620-04:002013-05-30T06:49:37.620-04:00NO, No, NO, As they say, “I’m Sick and Tired of Al...NO, No, NO, As they say, “I’m Sick and Tired of All this Crap and I’m Not Going to Take it Any More”<br />Look, FT, this is your blog and of course you can do whatever you want to... but please don’t piss down my leg and tell me that it’s raining!!<br /><br />Why did you delete MY comment aimed at Dave Miller and Shaw when they both made remarks aimed directly to me? Shaw’s comment was HER typical Liberal Propaganda post comparing and blaming Republicans for the same crap that Obama is doing right now. And of course Dave Millers was quick to follow and defend her, like the little Lap Dog he is!<br />How many of the comment above have NOTHING to do with your subject and yet they were not deleted? Hum?<br />Yet you let their comments STAY and DELETED my comment in rebuttal. Sorry FT you can delete all you want too, BUT I’m not going to let Team Obama protect this Guy!<br />They deny the Benghazi LIE, the IRS scandal the AP scandal and now they are all over this Chris Christie thing like flies on Horse Manure. Party loyalty is one thing, lying to the country, yourself, or to us bloggers about it is another.<br /><br />Hurricane Sandy gave Obama the chance to Pat Himself On the Back. “I told you I was going to help and “I” did”.<br />Chris Christie may have kissed up to him, but I’m not going to get on that parade. And all of a sudden the Liberals are in love with Christy. Don’t that tell you something? And like me, many other Republicans were and are Disappointed And Disgusted!The Debonair Dudes Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193177091847804125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85237249468260385352013-05-29T23:47:44.465-04:002013-05-29T23:47:44.465-04:00I would like to see Christie run as an independent...I would like to see Christie run as an independent in 2016 and stick it to all of y'all Ds and Rs.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-38735018411028405852013-05-29T23:43:43.203-04:002013-05-29T23:43:43.203-04:00True, Ms Shaw, but please do remember our Ducky di...True, Ms Shaw, but please do remember our Ducky did ask specifically about Brahms.<br /><br />Bis Morgen.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17673427341531134482013-05-29T23:19:28.054-04:002013-05-29T23:19:28.054-04:00Ducky,
You asked about chamber work.
You can'...Ducky,<br /><br />You asked about chamber work.<br /><br />You can't go wrong with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhzytsPZ8uM" rel="nofollow">Beethoven's Große Fuge Op 133</a>Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-37175404205910261452013-05-29T23:08:56.330-04:002013-05-29T23:08:56.330-04:00BARACK: "Hey, bro, ain't we the worst pai...BARACK: "Hey, bro, ain't we the worst pair of shameless exhibitionists the world has ever seen, and ain't it a gas? The girls know this is all a big put-on, right?<br /><br />CHRIS: "Jeeze, I hope so!" <br /><br /><br />________ Walter DingleberryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-79614213048444449312013-05-29T22:51:15.832-04:002013-05-29T22:51:15.832-04:00Wow! The trolls came out today. Sheesh.
I honestl...Wow! The trolls came out today. Sheesh.<br /><br />I honestly cannot say anything nice about this picture, so I, regretfully, plead the 5thTrekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-29835387142328228612013-05-29T22:02:30.590-04:002013-05-29T22:02:30.590-04:00Ducky,
I find your stated reason for wanting to ...Ducky, <br /><br />I find your stated reason for wanting to know more about Brahms amusing -- there's nothing OBLIGATORY about the appreciation of classical music -- or any other kind.<br /><br />However, let me tell you one or two things, which I hope may benefit you:<br /><br />In my opinion his most sublime large-scale work would have to be the piano concerto in D-Minor. There is a superb live performance of the D-Minor concerto with Emmanuel Ax as the soloist available very near the link Thersites provided. There are many excellent recordings of the work, but I doubt you'll find one better than that.<br /><br />ALso, for an understanding of the more intimate, confiding side of Brahms search for the three Intermezzi for piano solo that comprise Opus 117.<br /><br />Many of the lieder are equally revealing of this noble, tenderhearted man. <i>Von Ewiger Liebe</i>, <i>Meine Liebe is grün</i>, <i>Botschaft</i> <i>O wüsst ich kennt das Weg zurück,</i> and <i>Am Sonntag Morgen</i> are but a few of the songs anyone interested in Brahms should know.<br /><br />Brahms as an incredibly brilliant, adventurous daredevil at the piano is found in the two books of Variations on a Theme of Paganini. One must be a super-virtuoso with the courage of lion and the soul of a poet to perform these well. Few pianists are up to the task.<br /><br />The Paganini these should be very familiar. He wrote his own set of variations on it for himself. Franz Liszt did the same. Brahms made more of it than either of his predecessors, and later Rachmaninoff wrote Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini -- another set of variations on the by-then well-worn theme, which I believe is Rachmaninoff's most beautiful, most cohesive, most amusing and completely successful work for piano and orchestra.<br /><br />More than enough for now, I'm sure.<br /><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-61110033395111811302013-05-29T21:58:04.522-04:002013-05-29T21:58:04.522-04:00Hmmm, that makes a statement. The linkage with the...Hmmm, that makes a statement. The linkage with the Romantics is also there.<br />The Abbado recording is available on iTunes and it is pretty well reviewed.<br />Think I'll pick it up. Thanks guys.<br /><br />Recommendation for a chamber work, FT?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59378325270600361442013-05-29T21:33:33.730-04:002013-05-29T21:33:33.730-04:00Thersites, your link (too well disguised, I fear) ...Thersites, your link (too well disguised, I fear) to the Allegretto from Brahms' Third Symphony contains very fine biographical commentary and a beautiful series of photos. It speaks VOLUMES in six and a half minutes.<br /><br />Thank you.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34413930834130129922013-05-29T21:19:43.472-04:002013-05-29T21:19:43.472-04:00Gawd, Chris, I'm impressed! That's the onl...Gawd, Chris, I'm impressed! That's the only part of you that DOESN'T need to lose weight.<br /><br /><br />Dick WildeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-43503606589679142302013-05-29T21:19:14.923-04:002013-05-29T21:19:14.923-04:00:P<a href="http://youtu.be/Ju7jb1rkyK0" rel="nofollow">:P</a>Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-29133074624943289932013-05-29T21:11:47.079-04:002013-05-29T21:11:47.079-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-78092595480828367202013-05-29T20:29:02.117-04:002013-05-29T20:29:02.117-04:00Looking for a bridge, duckman? You should have co...Looking for a bridge, duckman? You should have consulted your traditional<a href="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_GENupTkYHY" rel="nofollow">Looney <br />tunes</a> approach...Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-3843457859468293572013-05-29T20:07:54.542-04:002013-05-29T20:07:54.542-04:00Well Rational, you can compare it to the shenaniga...Well Rational, you can compare it to the shenanigans going on in Oklahoma.<br /><br />The Oklahoma legislature decided their most pressing issue after the tornado was to pass a bill defunding Planned Parenthood.<br /><br />Christie is refreshing.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-26666649295262180442013-05-29T19:52:46.489-04:002013-05-29T19:52:46.489-04:00"What a novel concept, a republican and a Dem..."What a novel concept, a republican and a Democrat trying to work together to accomplish something. Leave it to conservatives to trash the idea. Way to go."<br /><br />Jerry, I hear what you're saying and sometimes I just gotta agree...Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-91752077693252687332013-05-29T19:23:19.106-04:002013-05-29T19:23:19.106-04:00"I've never been on love before, now sudd..."I've never been on love before, now suddenly it's you. It's you forevermore."<br /><br />Sky MastersonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-32122616999317012572013-05-29T19:21:46.904-04:002013-05-29T19:21:46.904-04:00Freethinker, when you put up a loaded post you sho...Freethinker, when you put up a loaded post you shouldn't be surprised when it gets a little testy.<br /><br />On a lighter note, I am assembling a basic classical library and I have no Brahms. In fact I don't much care for Brahms but this is an obvious hole that has to be filled.<br />I understand that he is a bridge between the classical and romantic periods but don't really get it.<br />Can you suggest some chamber works which might give me some insight into his stature? Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64723033685347858432013-05-29T18:56:44.553-04:002013-05-29T18:56:44.553-04:00Well here's MY 'Soapbox"
Just as Bill...Well here's MY 'Soapbox"<br />Just as Bill Clinton’śs legacy is Monica and the BJ. Obama's legacy will be of the Crapping all over the Constitution ....and the DOJ and IRS and EPA and the Press, and Benghazi.....associating himself with people on the wrong side of the law or ethics, and. <br />his associations with radicals, scandal-plagued people, too many Vacations & Hip Hop Parties, and a First Lady who enjoyed to many lavish vacations.Spideyhttp://meetthespider.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-45983610367316800152013-05-29T18:52:58.218-04:002013-05-29T18:52:58.218-04:00Donnie, I should delete you too, but at least you ...Donnie, I should delete you too, but at least you didn't say pointedly rude and unkind things about other participants here, but DAMN IT, all <b>I want is for people to respond to the POST.</b><br /><br /><b>Is that SUCH a difficult concept to comprehend?</b><br /><br />If you want to get up on a soapbox and preach to the multitudes, please create a blog of your own and do it THERE.<br /><br />Come back anytime. We try very hard to post on a wide variety of topics. Some may interest you, some may not. It's a matter of chance.<br /><br />One thing I have learned is this: <b>NO ONE can be ALL THINGS to ALL PEOPLE, and if you TRY, you'll only succeed in making a either a fool or a hypocrite of yourself.</b> FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-25261135601342484332013-05-29T18:42:57.195-04:002013-05-29T18:42:57.195-04:00DDW, I've made myself abundantly clear on this...DDW, I've made myself abundantly clear on this point many times. <br /><br /><b>This blog is NOT to be used a DUMPING GROUND for personal insults, or purely spiteful, hate-driven remarks.</b> <br /><br />I was trying to lighten the tone a little by taking what-I-thought-was a very curious picture and using it to set up a little game trying to write captions that might go with it. I made a point of asking participants not to be too mean or too vulgar. I was hoping to inspire some goodnatured wit and humor. <b>It was intended to be an opportunity to have some FUN.</b><br /><br />A few have gone along with the gag, but unfortunately most have not.<br /><br />I happened to have had a tooth extracted earlier today, and was under full anesthetic for several hours. I had hoped to return here and find some wryly amusing comments.<br /><br />As usual, I've been largely disappointed. This tedious, dreary, formulaic, largely mindless partisan rhetoric is STULTIFYING.<br /><br />I don't care whether it comes from the Left OR the RIght. There are BETTER ways to communicate than using a well worn stockpile of dull-witted frontal assaults on other people and their beliefs.<br /><br />When you ask a question around here, you're apt to get a straight answer.<br /><br />You've said other things at other times that resonate well with me, but PLEASE in future try to STICK to the TOPIC.<br /><br />Thanks.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-69479925598365865102013-05-29T18:29:39.894-04:002013-05-29T18:29:39.894-04:00Ever since day one when Obama was elected and Rush...Ever since day one when Obama was elected and Rush Limbaugh stated that he wanted Obama’s policies to fail he has been attacked by the mainstream press, leftist bloggers, and other entities such as MoveOn.org – for saying that the famous “I want Obama to fail” . It has been portrayed as an un-American sentiment by those great patriots on the Left.<br />I actually agree with Limbaugh wholeheartedly. I also want Obama to fail – abjectly, miserably, completely – and visibly. I may even pray for it.<br />Anyone on the Left who takes issue with this is either ignorant or a liar – and probably a hypocrite as well. I will explain.<br />To say it’s always unpatriotic to hope for the failure of your leader is illogical. It presupposes that a leader’s success is synonymous with his nation’s success, but this simply cannot be true in all cases. After all, different leaders have different ideologies, and ideologies run the spectrum from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the ethereal to the evil. Thus, in the cases of leaders with fatally flawed ideologies, their nations’ success may rest on their failure am an American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com