Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I was down in DC on the 1st - all this stuff was being set up even then. Podiums, bleachers and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ABC commentators seem to be dead silent..good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 And not a peep on C-SPAN.Aretha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 where is the Williams piece???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Here it comes!It's right after Biden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU Lou 1 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 where is the Williams piece????Here it comes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ahaha..here it ispleeease shut up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU Lou 1 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Nice Introduction by Fienstien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,672 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 BBC have talked over the first minute of it! Assholes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashinyobject 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 WowIt sounds so clearAnd beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That was freaking awesome. Wow.C-SPAN had good sound and was completely silent. If someone captured that one we're set!The piece was great, I hope we get a signature edition released. Way to go Williams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ABC had it clear too .We'll have to compare recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU Lou 1 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I recorded it from C-SPAN... we'll see what it sounds like when I got home from work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That was beautiful. The MSNBC broadcast was clear of talk, and the blips I was getting from the online stream all suppressed themselves during the music. It just seemed too quiet at the beginning, so I hope I didn't boost the volume by too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I listened to it on the ABC stream... great quality, and the music is really beautifully written and arranged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 They interrupted the otherwise clean transmission right in the middle on CNN to tell the bloody time! Crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Great piece, not exempt from virtuosity.It had dialogue all over the place on the TV channel I was recording from I hope someone got a clean recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeagol 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Dammit! I missed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I recorded from TV on ABC HD channel .I'll transfer it to my PC soon.could there be more Williams music after the speech? there was supposed to be something else than Simple gifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Fabulous! I hope the sound is good, I have recorded it from several radio stations (some dialogue on them too) and it didn't seem to be direct sound from the musicians but instead taken from the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Beautiful and moving. I am aching to listen to it again. I am happy to read that there are clear recordings. I was watching CNN and that idiot had to start talking in the middle of the piece... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 NBC had nothing but the music, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 How do you get ABC HD in Canada, mark? Does that mean you can watch LOST live in HD as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 yes,I have all FOX,ABC,NBC and CBS in HD and watch Lost in HD .I'm recording a bit more now just in case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Well, the man certainly knows how to give a speech! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 indeed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 How do you get ABC HD in Canada, mark?Cable.Same way we can get CBC or Telemundo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Very beautiful piece, almost moving. Good job, John T.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro 147 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That was "simply" gorgeous. If only the Maestro himself had been present!Isn't it surreal to hear John Williams, having scored so many fictional moments and dramatizations of historical moments, scoring an actual moment in history in real time? Any president blessed, as it were, by the Maestro is one blessed indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Uhm....is the band playing Liberty Fanfare? It sounds similar. Or at least something Williams-ish.Nope. Guess it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm hearing Unfinished Journey in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Meh. It was alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That was "simply" gorgeous. If only the Maestro himself had been present!Isn't it surreal to hear John Williams, having scored so many fictional moments and dramatizations of historical moments, scoring an actual moment in history in real time? Any president blessed, as it were, by the Maestro is one blessed indeed.It really is surreal - days like today make me proud to be a JWFan!Really it's such an honor for him. American Journey! Or something, I'm hearing definite Williams fanfares here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,037 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I am SO pissed that I had to miss it. =/ Congratulations to President Obama, though, and I'm sure the Williams piece was wonderful. Well, I'd imagine it probably was. Anything's possible, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Damn, i just arrive home and my sister says they have just played the piece and John Williams was mentioned even in the spanish news. I always miss every mention of him in the TV...EDIT: it seems to be a great piece. Damn. Is it streaming somewhere???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It was okay, I guess, but not really anything all that special. I was expecting to actually hear a new piece, not just an arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekUYoda 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 We were streaming it here at work and it only came through intermittently - a couple bars at a time. It didn't stream smoothly until 2/3 of the way through the speech. Dang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 PM me for a FLAC of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 PM me for a FLAC of ityay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeagol 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Woooohooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It was okay, I guess, but not really anything all that special. I was expecting to actually hear a new piece, not just an arrangement.There was a new piece. Lots of it was based on a new theme by Williams.The commentator spoke where I was listening. Can't wait for a recording to surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie 45 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Delivered exactly what it promised. Airy, and simple, with the Simple Gifts theme intertwined. Too bad Williams' new solemn theme was repeated like 2-3 times and won't be remembered by a single person leaving the Mall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeagol 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Many thanks KM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 So...was I the only person playing the Farewell Scene from Nixon as Bush got into the helicopter and flew away? Thanks for the recording Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Decent recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDUTM3NViHcIt's amusing to watch the media elites make fools of themselves as they snidely needle Williams for supposedly cribbing Copland, when, of course, Copland didn't write a single note of the piece we heard today. The musical bookends by Williams may have been unremarkable, but his work was lovely, as usual, and it dovetailed nicely with the composition's intended centerpiece, "Simple Gifts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 yeesh.mine is much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST-321 4 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 A beautiful arrangement of Copland's Appalachian Spring. Wonderful. I can't wait to hear it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 yeesh.mine is much betterYou take what you can get, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Even the Chinese are more respectful towards JW's music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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