Liebesträume (Dreams of Love), No. 3
“O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” is an 1829 poem by the 19th-century German writer Ferdinand Freiligrath. Hungarian composer Franz Liszt set the first four stanzas in 1843 as a lied for soprano voice and piano, S. 298, and later adapted it into the third of his Liebesträume (Dreams of Love)
I really enjoyed the music. I’m not certain about the poem, Not your typical Valentine love poem.
Enjoy, Jack
jack, thanks for another great choice. it’s too often only remembered as a background score for silent movie’s piano players all the way to looney tunes and merrie melodies cartoons. one forgets how really beautiful the music is.
BTW, this verse in the poem kinda gives a hint as to the poet’s reason behind the rest:
And guard your words with care,
Lest harm flow from your lips!
Dear God, I meant no harm,
But the loved one recoils and mourns.
that sentiment could also be a warning to dems to take care about loudly voicing over and over their worries about joe’s flaws rather than his talents. too soon the time may come they could regret inadvertently trashing him and turning off voter participation.
from last thread, I totally agree with
Bink at 10:14
Sturge at 3:29 this morning
where is the gnashing of teeth about the loser’s obvious intent to violate not only the constitution, civil and criminal laws of this country but blatantly promises to violate international treaties to boot?
at least the cartoonists have been trying, e.g.:
and
and david horsey does his bit in these concluding paragraphs from his Comrade Carlson goes to Moscow | The Seattle Times opinion this week:
oh well, back to our musical selection of the day
more on the ‘tooning of classical music
How a whole generation learned classical music from watching old cartoons – Classic FM
Movie of the Week:
”Lisztomania”,
somehow something to do with “The Who” and as I remember it not a particularly good movie, but it’s about Liszt so all the judges voted to include it.
Sometimes ya gotta roll with the judges.
Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances. This frenzy first occurred in Berlin in 1841 and the term was later coined by Heinrich Heine in a feuilleton he wrote on April 25, 1844, discussing the 1844 Parisian concert season. Lisztomania was characterized by intense levels of hysteria demonstrated by fans, akin to the treatment of celebrity musicians today – but in a time not known for such musical excitement.
Lisztomania is a 1975 British surreal biographical musical comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell about the 19th-century composer Franz Liszt. The screenplay is derived, in part, from the book Nélida by Marie d’Agoult (1848), about her affair with Liszt.
Maybe he was kind of like the first Beatle.
seriously tho’ to continue Jack’s valentine sunday serendipity, here are others of that intoxicating ilk.
Best Classical Romantic Music: Top 20 Pieces For Valentine’s Day (udiscovermusic.com)
[in particular the 14th on the list which is cleverly but poignantly animated]
[warning: odd sounds for 1st 41 seconds. the piece begins when the drawing starts]
Trump has been lying about NATO funding ever since 2015. A few factoids from the Washington Post’s many efforts to fact check this particular pack of lies:
This is like all the photos I’ve seen from yesterday’s rally. Turns out everyone in South Carolina is white.
I remember Bugs Bunny tying his fingers in knots playing classical piano pieces in his cutaway tux. That and the introductory music to the Saturday Night Movies on WBRC were my introduction to classical music as a kid, and I absolutely loved it. And in high school the 1812 Overture was on the Corn Pops commercials, then in college a friend introduced me to Bach, Beethoven and Mozart and really, I was hooked. Jack, I appreciate your Sunday offerings, many of which I’ve not heard before or have simply forgotten- which is unfortunately all too common and becoming more so. Jennifer Rubin’s piece in WaPo this morning is a poignant statement of the decline of ethics in the federal judiciary. Think Fat Clarence and Aileen Cannon here. The mere presence of Justice Clarence Thomas — never mind his chutzpah in asking the first question — at the oral argument in four-times indicted former president Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling disqualifying him from the ballot represented a new low for the Supreme Court. It constituted one more assault on the rule of law and the credibility of the court, already at low ebb in public support. After all, Thomas’s wife (sending multiple messages to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, egging on fake electors, using her relationships with former Thomas clerks). Thomas declined to recuse himself in the matter involving release of relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt. He was the sole dissent in the ruling ordering that the messages be released. At the time, constitutional scholar Leah Litman told me, “The court protects its reputation in large part through good will, and by acting like a respectable institution. Ginni Thomas is burning through that good will at a rapid pace — making the court and its justices appear corrupt, as if they are or could be casting votes in cases based on the interest or possible involvement of their spouse.” Calling Thomas’s refusal to recuse “appalling,” Litman joined others, including Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, in castigating… Read more »
WaPo continued, please, let this be true…
from Joyce Vance’s substack.
One bad apple can spoil the bunch. A few million bad apples can fuck up a great nation.
Ugh
This should count for something…
“I’ve had more than a dozen extended phone conversations with President Biden. He also came on a visit to Israel during wartime, which is a historic first, and I found him very clear and very focused,” Netanyahu told Karl on ABC’s “This Week.”
pogo, same with me. keep forgetting but discovering anew those songs that haunt whether they’re from the18th, 19th or 20th centuries. they keep popping up like this one heard in the original “love affair” as a classical piece, in “the heiress” and other movies or by elvis as a hit love song:
from wiki
good valentine ditty thru the ages
omg if Biden is too old so is trump wtf
New polls for old, new polls for old
today’s meme…
james carville is too old to be a pundit
kindly old man vs dangerously deranged dotard
i don’t watch tv news, but i see what y’all are saying about ABC, what a manipulative poll to take and report on
once again, network news never leaves an image on screen more than 3 seconds to hypnotize you, basic manipulation tactics
all that zooming and swishing and those fade-transitions are designed to shut off your brain, you’ll see the same techniques in the football game tonight
ok enjoy it, imma make a pundit dartboard and play that instead 😡
Yay Biden’s campaign man fighting back on K Welker’s bullshit framing.
i like Carville but if he’s out there saying stupid shit again, F him and the Begala he rode in on.
craig and those two should just go be old and wring their hands somewhere
Biden is the candidate because that’s who Democrat voters picked, from among a field of candidates that were all of a lesser numerical age, simple as that
Like, why wouldn’t ABC ask “Is a guy who spouts Taylor Swift Super Bowl conspiracy theories too batshit crazy to be President?”
ok deep breaths… ✌️
“It’s the Nazis, stupid”.
To paraphrase Brother Carville’s rhetorical construct.
Had to look up the rest of that poll which didn’t get as much coverage:
ABC/Ipsos finds voters think both too old, w/86% Biden & 62% Trump. W/indies its 91% worried about Biden & 71% Trump. For both, that’s a lot!
Sturg, that was former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu you saw on Meet. Was pleased to see they moved him from White House to campaign co-chair as a full-time TV surrogate. He is top notch, hopefully gets a cabinet job in the second term.
Carville’s gripe of the day is turning down the Super Bowl interview, thinks it’s a “signal” they’re afraid he couldn’t handle it
Trump dismisses Biden’s stuttering condition, says it’s because his “brain’s not working too well”
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1756409231295590806?s=01
Beautiful Jack thank you.
Then there was the Song who sang opera is Disney’s Make Mine Music
If Carville had a suggestion for President Biden, perhaps he should have phoned in to the White House and suggested it—or told it on television—you know, before it’s too late to do the interview, instead of flappin’ his yap on TV about something which is a done deal, as figured out by President Biden and his closest advisors—people who might actually know what they’re doing.
What POSSIBLE good was accomplished by his yakking it up on television about President Biden shoulda, he coulda, shuta mutta
Memory issues in the elderly does not mean loss of ability.
As Biden’s memory issues draw attention, neurologists weigh in (nbcnews.com)
I’m hoping for the day we can all forget Donald Trump ever existed.
Playing around with one of the speech generators I am working on creating plausible, yet completely phony, things I could laugh at. This is one that was incomplete so I filled in the missing parts. Will AI write posts for you? Of course. We have had speech generators for decades. Now, they come with better garbage.
Carville is booked to play a role, if he doesn’t play the role then he isn’t booked and he becomes irrelevant.
Old age and irrelevance, that is Carville’s fear and hell.
Jack
jack – I have this song on one of my dad’s old 78s, and I think it was a Liberace recording.
Sturg – The Who’s Tommy is coming back to Broadway. I think it’s in previews in Chicago right now.
Which leads to this thought, think about the power that certain producers/ editors have to drive a story. Also, in todays concentrated media there are only a handful of behind the scenes individuals. My little local paper relies on USA Today for all their national coverage. Catch enough of this small group with their pants down? Now there is a conspiracy for you.
Jack
Jamie
I’m beginning to hate nouns because I can never remember the one I need. I can describe it, if I was an artist I could draw it, but I can’t come up with the word.
btw,
Trumps inability to stand there and listen to a judge is more of a sign of age related mental problems.
Jack
The choice is actually, would you rather have someone who will be 86 at the end of the next term and governs well despite a lifelong speech impediment, or do you prefer Hitler?
Craig – Bibi making a peep, good or bad, about Biden right now is NOT helpful.
President Biden came to Nikki’s defense with regard to her husband’s military service, and tRUMPsky continually disrespecting the military.
I’m with Jamie. POTUS Joe is absolutely capable of another term.
Looking at that pic of the christo-fascists in SC, I’m embarrassed to be white. (If you look closely, there are a couple of people there who are white-adjacent, and they will find they are just being used and are not actually welcome in that hate-filled tent.)
Watching Puppy Bowl. What a set!!! And all the camera angles
I never did “get” the blind pinball player bit and the guitar smashing, but they did a pretty good set at Woodstock.
He just had to get involved. Takes credit for her fortune…
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will. There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money. Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!
Feb 11, 2024, 12:19 PM
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/11/trump-taylor-swift-endorse-00140864
“Trump to Taylor Swift: Please don’t endorse someone else”
“Endorsing Joe Biden would “be disloyal to the man who made her so much money,” Trump posted.”
I hope she wears a Dark Brandon 2024 tee!
“Trump claimed credit for Swift’s financial success, calling a possible endorsement of Biden “disloyal to the man who made her so much money.”
“I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referencing legislation he signed in 2018 meant to modernize copyright laws.”
He’s also jealous because she’s an actual billionaire, not a grifter living on lines of credit.
“There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money. Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!”
Adolf, You are the orangest, most un-self aware POS on the face of the Earth.
Odds are that next he says that Taylor Swift has totally endorsed him.
Cause he’s a liar.
Uncle Joe takes on Shrinkflation.
https://youtu.be/GcVTzgZyGrosi=kSWF2pdRXW2SU1po
So what’s he attribute his memory fog – mixing up people, places and even eras to? He reminds me of Belushi’s Bluto’s inspirational speech in Animal House
What Tim Matheson’s Otter said in response fits:
We’re in Animal House territory now.
BTW, on Dumbass’ claim about the Music Modernization Act and his role in Taylor Swift’s success and wealth, from Variety:
Imagine that. Dumbass lied. Taylor called him out.
Can you imagine if SFB was given a pop quiz on the specifics of the act he signed…or anything not on the McDonald’s menu board?
Bid I think “without a clue” or WAG would apply. Take your pick.
Townshend’s “Tommy” character becomes non-communicative as a trauma response to abuse
on a lighter Who note:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/us/joel-osteens-lakewood-church-shooting/index.html
“2 injured, including child, after shooting at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, Houston police say. Shooter is also down”
“In a statement Sunday afternoon, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, “Our hearts are with those impacted by today’s tragic shooting and the entire Lakewood Church community in Houston. Places of worship are sacred.”
Yeah, sacred. Like children in schools. How are those thoughts and prayers working for you?
I wonder if the fire marshal knew about Keith’s exploding drum kit? Roger Daltry’s hairdo is a hoot and a half.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/politics/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-hospital/index.html
“Defense Secretary Austin transfers duties to deputy as he is hospitalized, Pentagon says”
Biden campaign has joined the kids on The Tik Tok. I hope they have a good socials person in charge.
Shriver has been a sort of spokesman for family against RFK jr
I hear so many thinking he’s the answer because “Kennedy,” but they know nothing about him.
And then there are the folks who have forgotten the horrors of 2020, and misremembered the vaccine rollout; folks we’re lying about their age and circumstances to get it, and it was never mandated for everyone. But Bobby Jr. says…
By the way, if RFK Junior has such a problem with vaccines, why does he look like he’s ‘roided up?
Chiefs!!!!
Congrats to Kansas City!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12275891/Antivaxxer-RFK-Jnr-admits-using-TRT-dubbed-legal-steroids.html
“Robert F. Kennedy Jnr has admitted for the first time that he uses testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) — which some doctors describe as ‘legal steroids’.”
“…TRT, a hormone treatment that can cause an increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes…”
***
“Many people report that they are frustrated, angry, and irritable for no reason. Depending on the dose of T you are receiving, it can also create feelings of depression and wild mood swings. In severe cases, the mental side effects of testosterone include the destabilization of bipolar or schizoaffective disorder.”
Nah, RFK Jr. shouldn’t have access to the nuclear codes, either.
The Chiefs’ parade is Wednesday & schools in the area will be closed.
Oh, Biden’s socials are on it! In response to the Chief’s win: Just like we drew it up! and an image of Dark Brandon and his glowing eyes!
The Biden campaign does need to do some more artist collabs with their merch, like they did last time.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/molson-coors-fort-worth-strike-looming/287-8cf0cb55-f4f7-4d26-b7fa-74a8041c10ba
Breaking news! There’s a union in Texas.
“Fort Worth’s Molson Coors brewery workers threatening strike amid contract dispute – Among the products produced at the Fort Worth site include: Miller Lite, Coors Light, Yuengling, PBR and Topo Chico.”
My internist told me about 4-5 years ago that until he saw commercials he had never heard the word Low-T. He also said that testosterone replacement therapy use after 50 will result in increased incidence of prostate cancer among men who take the stuff. Not sure he’s right, but I don’t see the need.
And fun fact. The Mythbusters episode on right now is checking out cold feet and shit hitting the fan. Cold feet was busted. We’ll see about shit hitting the fan.
Yes, it’s drug pushing/marketing. Firing wide for something that’s an actual problem very few, so folks will ask their doctor about it, or they’ll be aware of it if their doctor gets a kickback from pushing it.
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