Instrumental Music

[mary1947 2,107]

One of the Classic I like best

Dueling Banjos

 

 

Just loved a lot of the old 50s (war songs) not music but good to listen to.

[philmayfield 6,287]

I’ve always liked ‘Dueling Banjos’ from the film ‘Deliverance’. I’d just about mastered playing it at the time I lost half a finger on my left hand. I can only play it very slowly now which somewhat spoils the impact!

[Cliff Ton 10,555]

Here's another which falls into the category of '......reminds me of the Light Programme when I was young.'

 

 

 

[Jill Sparrow 10,413]

Yes, that piece of music brings back memories to me, too. It was played every evening at a certain time, just before I was packed off to bed. I used to insist on waiting until they played it so that I could dance to it by spinning round and round until I fell over!  My grandfather used to sit in his chair, helpless with laughter at the sight of me.  After it had finished, I'd run up the stairs to bed.

 

Leroy Anderson also wrote Forgotten Dreams which brings back memories of childhood, too. It was a very popular piece around that time.

[IAN FINN 834]

Yes i remember that instrumental to i had forgot about it even the name did not ring a bell.

[Jill Sparrow 10,413]

Also remember fooling about, dancing the tango with my older sister...to this

 

https://youtu.be/ddCowdMce7c?si=JQN6bMS9TPKGEfZj

[Cliff Ton 10,555]

It demonstrates that if you go to Youtube and Search your way through the works of Leroy Anderson, you can relive any childhood from the 50s and 60s.

 

I know because I've tried it.

[Jill Sparrow 10,413]

That's very true. His "The Typewriter" was also used in a BBC radio programme but I can't just remember which one.

[The Engineer 618]

11 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:

That's very true. His "The Typewriter" was also used in a BBC radio programme but I can't just remember which one.

Mr Google says BBC Radio 4 - The News Quiz

 

The opening title music is an arrangement of The Typewriter, by Leroy Anderson, played by The James Shepherd Versatile Brass. For the programme, the original recording (on Decca records SB 314) has been increased in speed and pitch by about 33%.

[Jill Sparrow 10,413]

Thanks @The Engineer I remember it being a quiz programme of some sort and the participants being given something like 15 seconds to answer a question, during which interval a few bars from The Typewriter were played.

[denshaw 2,880]

The Typewriter was also used by Dennis McCarthey on radio Nottinghams afternoon show.

[Jill Sparrow 10,413]

That's it. @denshaw that is the programme I was thinking of!

[philmayfield 6,287]

Dennis McCarthy’s old house, Buggins’s Cottage, on the Old Fosse at Bingham, is looking a bit neglected. It’s surrounded by an estate of new builds and I did see an application for redevelopment but nothing’s happened for some time.