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To: JenB
I love them but you can't find any videos other than Pirates of Penzance, it's very frustrating.

Is that the Linda Rondstadt version?

8,323 posted on 06/09/2002 4:36:34 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Um... yeah, I think so. It's quite funny, but I've got it down almost by heart now. All except the Major General song!
8,324 posted on 06/09/2002 4:40:00 PM PDT by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands;JenB;Sam Cree
Is that the Linda Rondstadt version?

The Ronstadt version is funny, but it is not the way to do Gilbert and Sullivan. All G & S characters take themselves very seriously. You would never see them laughing or grinning on stage. I am sure that there are videos available of some of these productions by the D'Oyly Carte (sp?) company, which is the company that did the original performances when Gilbert and Sullivan wrote them. Their versions are considered the most reliable, although they are sometimes a little stiffer than they need to be, IMO.

I never bother with the tinfoil types. What is the point? If someone is as far out as most of those folks, they simply aren't living in the world of logic and evidence in which I reside. For some reason there were several rather weird posters on the French election thread today. One of them posted to me, but I didn't reply.

8,327 posted on 06/09/2002 6:51:38 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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