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Boyfriend meets Elton John

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Christina Websell - 02 Mar 2007 18:11 GMT
Well, sort of!
I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.  Years,
maybe.  For some reason I stopped listening to music, probably linked to
when I had depression but I never started up again.

Last Saturday, I got up and felt good.  So good that I was motivated to do
so many things in house and garden that I'd been neglecting and I wanted to
put some music on too!
I thought it might be nice to play some vinyl, so I put on a double EJ album
that I've never got round to playing before.
To say Boyfie was surprised would be an understatement.  He was in the
kitchen, next room to where the music system is, with door open between.  He
was sitting there hoping for "just a little bit more breakfast" and sort of
pointing to his empty bowl.  Meowmie had already said no.
Well, he almost catapulted from his spot when the music came on. "Wha',
wha'?  wots this "noise?"  When he returned to earth his ears were
swivelling every which way.  When "My Song" came on, his eyes got wide and
when Elton sang "how wonderful life is, when you're in the world.."  his
eyes got wider and wider.  Then he had to go outside to collect himself :-P
Aww.
And no, it wasn't too loud.
It's not as if he's never heard me play a CD on my computer, either.

Tweed
Kreisleriana - 02 Mar 2007 18:39 GMT
>Well, sort of!
>I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.  Years,
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>
>Tweed

Awww.  Boyfie, you are a fascinating fellow. ;)

Theresa
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Christina Websell - 02 Mar 2007 23:21 GMT
>>Well, sort of!
>>I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.  Years,
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>
> Theresa

I don't know quite what to make of him.  He's beyond my experience of cats.
He is so..somehow.. different from an ordinary, normal cat.

Tweed

Tw
Sherry - 02 Mar 2007 19:29 GMT
On Mar 2, 12:11�pm, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Well, sort of!
> I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system. Years,
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>
> Tweed

Oh, tell Boyfie he has excellent taste in music. EJ is my long-time
fave, and I bet I have the same albums that you have. I've listened to
"Madman Across the Water" for what? 30 years? Am not tired of it yet.

Sherry
Christina Websell - 03 Mar 2007 21:42 GMT
On Mar 2, 12:11?pm, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:

Oh, tell Boyfie he has excellent taste in music. EJ is my long-time
fave, and I bet I have the same albums that you have. I've listened to
"Madman Across the Water" for what? 30 years? Am not tired of it yet.

I like EJ a lot, he is very talented.  I find some of his songs very moving.

Tweed
Helen Miles - 03 Mar 2007 11:50 GMT
> Well, he almost catapulted from his spot when the music came on. "Wha',
> wha'?  wots this "noise?"  When he returned to earth his ears were
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Aww.
> And no, it wasn't too loud.///

I'll never forget the reaction of Thomasina to Abba on the radio.
(Thomasina is my cat who lives permanently with my gran) when she was a
kitten. We were driving back to Cardiff from London and Thomas was fast
asleep in her carrier. Abba's song "Dancing Queen" came on the radio,
and Thomas woke up and started howling & meowing. I switched the radio
off, and she settled back down to sleep. I switched the radio back on,
Abba was still on, Thomas woke up and started yelling. So I switched the
radio off, and you guessed it, she went back to sleep. I left the radio
off and continued to Cardiff. When I got to my grans, I told her what
had happened and we decided to see whether it was infact Abba causing
Thomas to yell, or something else. So we put an Abba CD on the stereo.
Sure enough, Thomas started yelling, then she left the room in disgust.
Fair to say, I don't think my cat likes Abbas music! ;)

Helen M
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 04 Mar 2007 00:20 GMT
> Well, he almost catapulted from his spot when the music came on. "Wha',
> wha'?  wots this "noise?"  When he returned to earth his ears were
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> And no, it wasn't too loud.
> It's not as if he's never heard me play a CD on my computer, either.

Yes, but noise was coming from a place where no noise had come before.
And it probably sounded different, in terms of resonance and maybe other
things, from how it sounds coming from your computer - even if it wasn't
any louder. Cats can hear all sorts of sounds we humans miss. Or who
knows, maybe he just doesn't like Elton John.

Poor Boyfie! Maybe he'll get used to it. I love the image of his ears
swiveling all over the place.

Joyce
jmcquown - 04 Mar 2007 12:17 GMT
> Well, sort of!
> I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.  Years,
> maybe.  For some reason I stopped listening to music, probably linked
> to when I had depression but I never started up again.
>
> Last Saturday, I got up and felt good.

That's a good thing!

 So good that I was motivated
> to do so many things in house and garden that I'd been neglecting and
> I wanted to put some music on too!

My vinyl player (turntable) doesn't work quite right but I've managed to get
some of my old stuff on CD's including EJ.  Persia pays no attention to it.
Funny story!  But yeah, I don't care much about music these days.  I like
the old stuff and some of the new stuff.  And I like blues and jazz.  But
forget about rap and things like that.  Not interested in that. (comments
are not welcome)

Jill
Sherry - 04 Mar 2007 15:11 GMT
> > Well, sort of!
> > I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system. Years,
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>
> Jill

I don't think rap & hip-hop is geared toward an audience of middle-
aged white women. They probably don't care that we don't like it. :-)
But I love most other music. I couldn't live without music. Some type
of music plays in this house about 24/7.

Sherry
Sherry - 04 Mar 2007 15:48 GMT
> > Well, sort of!
> > I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system. Years,
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>
> Jill

Jill, a friend  just sent me some funny quotes this morning & I had to
share one with you:
"Rap is to music as Etch-A-Sketch is to art."
(Keep in mind I love everyting from Pavarotti to Polka Joe. No offense
intended!)

Sherry
Kreisleriana - 05 Mar 2007 13:58 GMT
>> > Well, sort of!
>> > I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system. ears,
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>> some of my old stuff on CD's including EJ. ersia pays no attention to it.
>> Funny story!
ut yeah, I don't care much about music these days.     like
>> the old stuff and some of the new stuff.
nd I like blues and jazz.
ut
>> forget about rap and things like that. ot interested in that. (comments
>> are not welcome)
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
>Sherry

For some reason that reminded me of the classic Far Side cartoon:"
Welcome to Heaven.  Here's your harp."  "Welcome to Hell.  Here's your
accordion."  ;)

Theresa (who really likes some hip hop-- and Cajun music and tango--
which absolutely requires accordions ;))

Theresa
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Sherry - 05 Mar 2007 14:12 GMT
> >> > Well, sort of!
> >> > I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system. ears,
[quoted text clipped - 41 lines]
> Theresa
> Stinky Pictures:http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

Haha!! Touche'! I've heard about every accordion joke under the sun
but not that one! (I love accordion music, I even tried desperately to
learn the instrument but never really got very good at it). Here's my
other favorite, it's a Garfield cartoon:
Jon:  The accordion is my life, Garfield. You know why? Because I have
SOUL.
Garfield: No, Jon. You have an accordion.
What a weird coincidence you brought this subject up. Just this week
I've had one of those tiresome my-excesse-stuff-is-oppressing-me
episodes and decided to have a digital garage sale, and listed the
accordion on e-bay. Biskit will be sad to see it go. She loves that
thing, even when I played it. It always made me wonder if she was
deaf. When I was taking the photos of it, she was all over it purring
& rubbing. I kept having to push her away, and even so, her ears are
visible in one of the pics. I guess Biskit has soul. ha.

Sherry
jmcquown - 05 Mar 2007 20:56 GMT
>>>>> Well, sort of!
>>>>> I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.
[quoted text clipped - 52 lines]
> SOUL.
> Garfield: No, Jon. You have an accordion.

LOL!  When John was here we were joking about the Lawrence Welk show and
boom!  It showed up on TV!  Accordians and all!  And all those youngsters in
1950's dresses.  LOL  I have some dresses like that... back when I had money
I collected vintage stuff like that.

Jill
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 06 Mar 2007 01:02 GMT
> For some reason that reminded me of the classic Far Side cartoon:"
> Welcome to Heaven.  Here's your harp."  "Welcome to Hell.  Here's your
> accordion."  ;)

Hee hee... which reminds me of a popular bumper sticker:

"Play an accordion, go to jail. That's the law."  :)

> Theresa (who really likes some hip hop-- and Cajun music and tango--
> which absolutely requires accordions ;))

I definitely like some hip-hop. It's not all sexist and violen - there
are some great songs. And I disagree that there's no talent involved, as
many people seem to believe. Just because the performers don't *sing*,
that doesn't mean they're not doing anything creative. The ones who are
really good at it are performing poetry. Of course, there are some bad
hip-hop artists, and lots and lots of mediocre ones who are just copying
each other. But that's true for every form of art on the planet.

I never could get into zydeco, though, don't know why. It is very
happy-sounding music with a lot of spirit, but it just doesn't grab me
for some reason. I don't like most Cajun food, either - probably
because I don't like shellfish. Which reminds me - why was Mardi Gras
so early this year?

Joyce
Marina - 06 Mar 2007 04:10 GMT
> I definitely like some hip-hop. It's not all sexist and violen - there
> are some great songs. And I disagree that there's no talent involved, as
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> hip-hop artists, and lots and lots of mediocre ones who are just copying
> each other. But that's true for every form of art on the planet.

I agree with you completely on hip-hop, and I'm a middle-aged white
woman, too. :)

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jmcquown - 05 Mar 2007 20:54 GMT
>>> Well, sort of!
>>> I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.
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>
> Sherry

John would appreciate that comment, being a freelance oil painter :)

Jill
polonca12000 - 04 Mar 2007 17:43 GMT
> Well, sort of!
> I cannot tell you how long it is since I used my music system.  Years,
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>
> Tweed

Great story! Thanks.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek
Lesley - 05 Mar 2007 14:25 GMT
,
When "My Song" came on, his eyes got wide and
>when Elton sang "how wonderful life is, when you're in the world.."  his
>eyes got wider and wider.  Then he had to go outside to collect himself :-P

Awww..he's an EJ fan!

Could be worse- Sarrasine loves Motorhead! And the Sex Pistols! One of the
little songs I've made up for her (Own up we all do it) is "Sarsi is a punk
rocker" to the tune of the Ramones "Sheena is a punk rocker". One of her
(Politer) nicknames is "Punk Kitten"

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs
Kreisleriana - 05 Mar 2007 14:52 GMT
>,
>When "My Song" came on, his eyes got wide and
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>rocker" to the tune of the Ramones "Sheena is a punk rocker". One of her
>(Politer) nicknames is "Punk Kitten"

Stinky's a punk rocker, too!!  I've sang exactly the same song to him
for years. ;)  Also "Stinky Bop" and "The KKK Took my Kitty Away." ;)

He loves *all* music-- even my singing, the silly boy.  It;s very
gratifying, though, when he jumps into my lap when I sing. He's not
critical at all. ;)  Or maybe he's just trying to get me to stop, and
I'm nisinterpreting it. ;)

Theresa
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