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75th Anniversary of Raymond Scott's Powerhouse

Started by Ed, Ego and Superego, February 21, 2012, 04:08:31 PM

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Ed, Ego and Superego

75 Years ago todaym what may be the most known bit of music to anyone of the Looney Tunes generation was composed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FLN0iQ9SQ&feature=player_embedded

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

Rev. Powell

Most people (at least people our age) won't have any idea what this is---but they still immediately recognize it when they hear it.  According to Wikipedia the song was used in more than 40 classic Warner Brother cartoons.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Sleepyskull

Quote from: Rev. Powell on February 21, 2012, 07:16:37 PM
Most people (at least people our age) won't have any idea what this is---but they still immediately recognize it when they hear it.  According to Wikipedia the song was used in more than 40 classic Warner Brother cartoons.

I found a CD in Goodwill about a year ago with classic TV theme songs. Powerhouse was on there and now I know what it's from!  :teddyr:

http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Lounge-TV-Town-Volume-Thirteen/dp/B000TERFNM
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world`s original sin. - Oscar Wilde

Allhallowsday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxkwRpUvc8k

I know embedding is disabled, but it's still great, so click and watch it on YouTube - you'll hear THAT tune.  Again and again... My name is Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht... again... My name is Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht....
If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!

Ed, Ego and Superego

I still watch a complicated mechanical process (our packaging machines at work for example)and the song goes through my head.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

Flangepart

THE Cartoon music! :cheers:
Heard an album of Scott's music, and this was still my fav. Though 'Dinner music for a pack of hungry cannibels' is still s good one.
Oh, and find the 'Animaniacs in the toy store' version. It lives up to the classic.
"Aggressivlly eccentric, and proud of it!"