I've just read Lang Lang's autobiography. Unbelievable, utterly shocking in what his father put him through in the drive to be China's Number One, but also his own determination to perfect his massive talent. Just read it, and be glad you weren't born in China with a gift for playing keyboards.
"Light My Fire" - The Doors "Green Onions" - Booker T & The MG's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum "Baba O'Riley" - The Who "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder "Final Countdown" - Europe "Imagine" - John Lennon "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" - Kate Bush "Dancing Queen" - Abba "She's A Rainbow" - The Rolling Stones
Prediction - part 2 "Cornflake Girl" - Tori Amos "Your Song" - Elton John "Walk Of Life" - Dire Straits "Let It Be" - The Beatles "Go Now" - The Moody Blues "America" - The Nice "Clocks" - Coldplay "Misty Mountain Hop" - Led Zeppelin "Jump" - Van Halen "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Dave Greenfield... "see you in the sewer baby"
ReplyDelete"Darling" it pays to check. "TIT"s ~ The Stranglers
DeleteI've just read Lang Lang's autobiography. Unbelievable, utterly shocking in what his father put him through in the drive to be China's Number One, but also his own determination to perfect his massive talent. Just read it, and be glad you weren't born in China with a gift for playing keyboards.
ReplyDeleteI am just glad not to have been born in China.
DeleteWas he forced to play Chopsticks?
DeleteI saw him in Berlin. He was all right.
DeleteThat good.
DeleteEighty eight keys and three pedals - it's not nuclear physics.
DeletePrediction - part 1
ReplyDelete"Light My Fire" - The Doors
"Green Onions" - Booker T & The MG's
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum
"Baba O'Riley" - The Who
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"Final Countdown" - Europe
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"The Man With The Child In His Eyes" - Kate Bush
"Dancing Queen" - Abba
"She's A Rainbow" - The Rolling Stones
Prediction - part 2
ReplyDelete"Cornflake Girl" - Tori Amos
"Your Song" - Elton John
"Walk Of Life" - Dire Straits
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
"Go Now" - The Moody Blues
"America" - The Nice
"Clocks" - Coldplay
"Misty Mountain Hop" - Led Zeppelin
"Jump" - Van Halen
"The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
“Funky Town” – Lipps Inc
Delete“Take On Me” – A-ha
“Landed” - Ben Folds Five
“The Only One I Know” – The Charlatans
Place your bets now!
ReplyDeleteBeing Boiled ~ Human League
DeleteBenny & The Jets - Elton & The Muppets
Steve Nieve transforms this Gram Parsons song.
ReplyDeleteListen to the great Nicky Hopkins
I failed to recognise the "instantly recognisable piano introduction" to the Don Henley song.
Indeed, I salute its unrecognisability!
They meant it was instantly recognisable as a piano.
DeleteNow you see why I've never won the lottery!
ReplyDeleteDunno why, but having a problem commenting on the most recent thread.
So, I shall leave next week's themes here in the hope that sumb'dy'll funnem.