CYPHER 1 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Check out what I found in an old National Geographic magazine! It was on the backcover of Vol. 160, No. 4, dated October 1981. It's got a cover article about the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Columbia in April of that year . I thought many of you would get a kick out of seeing this advertisement. It made me pause to think about the perceptions of John Williams at various stages in his career. At this point people had still yet to hear his score for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial let alone Schindler's List or Jurassic Park etc etc. Maybe he's working on E.T. in this very picture? My apologies for the battered quality of the image - it is from a second/fourth-hand copy of the magazine after all. Also I had to reduce the size of the image to upload it, so the writing at the bottom may be a little unclear. If anyone wants any words or sentences clarified, just let me know and I'll post a 'translation' .CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 This is great! An excellent find!Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eplicon 23 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Heh! I remember that ad. I also remember seeing it run in Newsweek on occassion around 1980-81. I probably have a back issue somewhere.I wonder what score he's writing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 2,924 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I wonder what score he's writing?Heartbeeps?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 480 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 That's great! I didn't know John did "schnabbels" like that. As long as he doesn't appear on the Home Shopping Channel."This revolutionary limited edition baton makes me conduct music like never before!"- Marc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I have only one JVC product, and it does not inspire me to get more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Was he trying to make ends meat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Hey look, John is left handed!Neil - who knows that lefties have rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I think you need to write left-handed if you write a score while playing piano at the same time.----------------Alex Cremers - who's genuinely lefthanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 John's bi-handed then, i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 5,520 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I have only one JVC product, and it does not inspire me to get more.Isn't Denon JVC too?Marian - who had a Denon system, but it probably was their cheapest one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Isn't Denon JVC too?No.Neil - who has a JVC Super VHS VCR and a JVC head unit and 12 disc CD changer in his car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Awalt 0 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 That ad's awesome! It's almost as cool as the Löwenbräu ad he did back in the late '70s. Seriously though, what a find this is. Thanks for posting it for us, Cypher. As far as perception of Williams at the time of his ad, he was already a god amongst gods. If E.T. or Schindler's List had never happened, his legacy would have already been sealed. If I had come across this ad (and I wish I had, since we had a shedload of Nat. Geos in our house) I would have had this framed next to my bed when I was a young punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,759 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 John's bi 8O 8O 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Now now, Joe, we knew from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 5,520 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Löwenbräu? Did he do beer ads, or what???Isn't Denon JVC too?No.I know they're in some way associated with one of those three-letter companies. I thought it was JVC.Marian - who now wonders who it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIEfighter 0 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 "This revolutionary limited edition baton makes me conduct music like never before!""And if you call NOW you´ll get the revolutionary CD set >How to become a film composer< for free. Acclaimed composers like James Horner used this product to learn how to score a film brillantly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 5,520 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 You mean there's bits of pieces of famous classical works on it which you just have to put together to get a new film score?Marian - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIEfighter 0 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Awalt 0 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 No beer ads, of course. That's what the " 8O " was for We'll know the Apocalypse is near when film composers starting shilling brew. My guess is the Media Ventures boys would be Schiltz spokesmen (quality endorsing quality) 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 ambidexterous is the name folks. . .Ren, who writes left handed and plays the piano with her right while writing stuff down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 159 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Hm... why can't he be lefthanded and then just play with his right hand? I'm certainly righthanded and justplay things with my left if I feel the urge of playing and writing at the same time... or is there evidence that John is also righthanded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted March 15, 2004 Author Share Posted March 15, 2004 "This revolutionary limited edition baton makes me conduct music like never before!""And if you call NOW you´ll get the revolutionary CD set >How to become a film composer< for free. Acclaimed composers like James Horner used this product to learn how to score a film brillantly" 8O 8O Well, I'm glad so many of you have liked this ad. It sure is a blast from the past - John's even got colour in his hair! 8O. I just love the way that JVC product is conveniently, and ever so strategically placed in the background .CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 That would be neat if he is left-handed. However, this was a photo-shoot and they may have asked him to pose this way. I don't recall what hand he used to sign my Accidental Tourist CD with last summer...I was in too much awe that I got a chance to meet him and speak with him for albeit a few moments.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 In which hand does he holds his baton, you know, his famous Opus 2000 model? Know this and you'll have your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Actually Alex, when I studied conducting in university, we were taught the proper form is to always conduct with the baton in the right hand. Obviously it took some adjusting for me as I'm left-handed. Also, when conducting a choir, one may use both hands and eschew a baton altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 159 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Howard shore does this also when conducting the orchestra (without baton) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Actually Alex, when I studied conducting in university, we were taught the proper form is to always conduct with the baton in the right hand. Â Obviously it took some adjusting for me as I'm left-handed. Â Also, when conducting a choir, one may use both hands and eschew a baton altogether.Thanks. Being a die-hard lefthanded person myself, I would find it very hard to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 7 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 JVC, didn't they invent VHS? :? Quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesk 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 That's a hauntingly big scoresheet. It seems to catapult up to infinitum. It is even scarier when you realize that you have to fill many of these pages completely only to represent a few seconds of music each (some of which the director will cut with lousy edits). I play piano and for small things like notes I can write with my left hand. I was playing a romantic piano piece the other day and a person pointed out that my left hand, which plays accompaniment, had much more work to do than my right hand, which plays melody. And I realized that piano playing is like that most of the times, your left hand is being trained a lot and trained to work without looking at it and demanded to be more agile than the right hand. However, I just thing Williams was asked to pose like that in that photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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