No. He never appeared on ‘Hullabaloo’. But at least I got your attention. Above is an extraordinary short film about genius classical pianist Glenn Gould called ‘Glenn Gould–On The Record’. Shot in 1959 at Columbia Records legendary 30th Street Studios, it shows the then 27 year old Gould in the
Let’s kick off this terrifying year with a kickass episode of the great dance show ‘Hullabaloo’. This particular show dates from 1966 and features the young Simon & Garfunkel, a thin Lainie Kazan and the awful George Hamilton (skip his opening vocal number unless for some reason you’re jonesing for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32U0mjGz6g It turns out that Lenny B., after dismissing 95 % of rock and roll as ‘trash’, had a genuine affection for–and admiration of–The Beatles. Above is a seven minute clip of him in 1967 dissecting various aspects of the Fab Four’s music, at one point likening the melody of
Apropos of yesterday’s post featuring the short-lived Bobby Fuller singing ‘I Fought The Law’, above is more Bobby and his band. This time it’s from a pop & dance TV show called ‘Shivaree’ and features two of his other big tunes, ‘Let Her Dance’ and ‘Another Sad and Lonely Night’.
The above question is asked by Lou Reed in ‘Dirt’. If the answer is no then the above video–a mashup of two separate performances of Fuller’s hit ‘I Fought The Law’ will provide the answer. Featuring some excellent Go-Go-Girl action, the vids supply a look at Fuller just a year
This one’s a bit difficult to take. Unlike the previous few posts of Bradley Cooper–er, Leonard Bernstein–tussling with his orchestra, this is a recording of Arturo Toscanini berating his orchestra in such foul, angry, loud and insulting ways that I can’t believe they didn’t just get up and abandon the
Welcome to another clip of Leonard Bernstein in conflict with his orchestral players. This time, during a rehearsal of Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’, he rubs one of the three trumpet players the wrong way when imitating they’re playing in order to describe what he doesn’t like. His imitation is a bit
Last Friday I posted a short clip of Leonard Bernstein calling out a student conductor. This of course led YouTube to generate a number of Lenny B. arguments with orchestra personnel all of which are quite delightful (and short). Here’s Lenny tussling with alto Krista Ludwig during a rehearsal for
Here’s a short but pungent one minute clip of Leonard Bernstein teaching/supervising an orchestra master class with a student conductor who tries to put one over on the band. Lenny’s having none of it and calls the guy out. Rather than hanging his head in shame the poor student conductor
Let’s not be coy. I didn’t have dinner with Stephen. (Lunch once, yes, but that’s a story for another time). (And there were eight of us at the table, though I was seated next to him). But last night while eating leftovers I watched the terrific video posted above which