--- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "Margaret L. Harrison" <peggyh@i...> wrote:
<snip> >So I missed the ladies as chickens number. And I tuned in too late to hear that marvelous train number, which I think may be the most innovative thing that composer ever did -
Ah, yes! They did that train scene very well, especially with the camera angles on MB playing cards while the piece is going on... you do not get to see his whole face until the end.
I think of it as a travelling salesman's version of a pre-Vanilla-Ice rap. (Lawrence Welk voice:And-a-1, and-a-2, and-a-3, Get down, funky white boys....)
All the best,
Steven Fraser
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