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Posted on 08/12/2015 1:22:10 AM PDT by re_nortex
In another thread, I came across Donald Trump doing a passable job of the Green Acres theme. Here in the Dallas area, the Ticket sports station has their own variation of the theme.
My question to the vast collection of musicologists out there in FReeperland is about the instrumentation deployed on that familiar theme. What in the heck are those instruments that gave it such a distinct, rustic flavor? Was it Moog synthesizers or traditional string and woodwinds? I'll admit to being pretty much of an idiot when it comes to the "behind the scenes" stuff involved in creation of music as those who've encountered me on such threads can attest! :) It's all pretty much voodoo and magic to me.
Oh, so I’m younglegs. I hate that. Now I have to go buy beer and smokes, when I should be heading for bed. I have to be back at work at 5pm (2nd shift).
LOL, getting older is spooky.
No Moogs/synths. The Moog was still a couple years off from any real use.65 was around the year of it’s creation roughly and it was all college music lab territory until Wendy/Walter Carlos did the Hooked on Bach stuff that gained it acceptance.
Well some acceptance. To this day half of the musicians dont consider a synth a legit ‘instrument’.
My Integra 7 would dispute that greatly ;)
When I drove a cab part time, I often got calls to a large sprawling “Green Acres Trailer Court”...I always drove with the windows down, and enroute my very carrying baritone voice in full song would make kids on bicycles and pedestrians turn their heads as I flew by ;) /Noob post
But have you ever heard the Green Acres theme done to the tune of: "Purple Haze"?
If you can find it, it's worth a listen (better even than William Shatner doing Beatles covers....)
I’m no expert, but I could swear I hear Alice pecking the piano.
Its got electric guitar playing melody. It has a cross section of woodwinds. Oboe, bassoon, piccolo, flute etc. Nice arrangement for those. All of the backing music is symphony with an electric guitar playing melody on top of it.
Found it! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLxrMZLSbCw
It’s been rumored that Arnold the Pig retired from television and bought himself a condo in NE Syria.
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It should be mentioned that not only was Eddie Albert a successful actor, he was also a charter member of the Greatest Generation.
He participated in the Pacific War and took part in the Invasion of Tarawa, which was a hairy-chested and horrendous affair.
In 1943 Eddie was rescuing 47 Marines on Tarawa and earning medals. He joined the Navy in his late 30 as an established actor already.
That would be my guess. The Beach Boys even used one on Pet Sounds around the same time (1967).
Arnold Ziffel. Has to be the most famous pig to be on TV. (That wasn’t in a bacon dish)
Wilbur doesn’t count. He was in the movie.and book.
Thanks for posting his picture.
I’m just going to put this up right here:
Green Haze (green acres sung to purple haze style, first heard this in the 80s).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HHcp0OIA2g
I could not disagree more strongly. This is one of the great things about FR, that you don’t need to wade through acres if Internet garbage to find what you need...there are so many good minds on here who have specific knowledge that will give far more context than some of those idiotic Google returns!
I found this:
“Mizzy composed the title song for Green Acres, the 1965-71 comedy starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor. For the Green Acres theme, Mizzy used the unique combination of a bass harmonica and a little fuzz laden guitar and an electric bass clarinet to create the loopy hoedown vibe.”
Sounds like also a clarinet and bari/tenor sax. Maybe also bass clarinet in there.
Some of the same session artists recorded both Green Acres and the Beach Boys.
Netflix has a really interesting documentary called “The Wrecking Crew.”
Brian Wilson was such a perfectionist that all the instrumentation on most of their albums was done by the Wrecking Crew, not the Beach Boys.
I really would not know the answer to that, as I get allergic smelling hay!
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