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Author: themessage
Posted: Oct 15 2015 - 09:04 PM
Subject: re: re: A 70s instrumental (for a comedy?)
Ha ha! Thanks for the compliment (of sorts!) on my single note guitar rendition!
Fairplay to your friend for including that in that compilation. I did check it out and that image on the CD brings back memories as well, as a little kid in the 70s watching TV!
My family use to listen to a lot of radio so it's quite possible that it WAS from the Charlie Chester show that the tune stuck in my head, particularly if it was on a Sunday, as that's when we used to religiously listen to the latest top 40 singles charts (in the days when AM would switch to FM for the charts!)
I've listened to that tune so many times today and I'm delighted to say it's every bit as good as I remembered it. Just a great feel good tune. I also came across Joe Loss's version which is also really good (and slightly faster) but I think the version you highlighted just edges it.
Anyway, thanks again for identifying it but also the other interesting and highly informative snippets you provided. You should probably have YOUR own radio show! :)
Author: themessage
Posted: Oct 15 2015 - 08:59 PM
Subject: re: re: A 70s instrumental (for a comedy?)
Ha ha! Thanks for the compliment (of sorts!) on my single note guitar rendition!
Fairplay to your friend for including that in that compilation. I did check it out and that image on the CD brings back memories as well, as a little kid in the 70s watching TV!
My family use to listen to a lot of radio so it's quite possible that it WAS from the Charlie Chester show that the tune stuck in my head, particularly if it was on a Sunday, as that's when we used to religiously listen to the latest top 40 singles charts (in the days when AM would switch to FM for the charts!)
I've listened to that tune so many times today and I'm delighted to say it's every bit as good as I remembered it. Just a great feel good tune. I also came across Joe Loss's version which is also really good (and slightly faster) but I think the version you highlighted just edges it.
Anyway, thanks again for identifying it but also the other interesting and highly informative snippets you provided. You should probably have YOUR own radio show! :)
Author: stuart20
Posted: Oct 15 2015 - 01:20 PM
Subject: re: A 70s instrumental (for a comedy?)
You're very welcome!
You actually managed to pick out the melody on your guitar quite well!
A friend of mine was the first person to release this Oscar Brandenburg library recording of "Music to Drive By" on a commercial CD album (called "Girl in a Suitcase") some years ago.
See here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-in-a-Suitcase-Upgraded/dp/B002ASVRBQ/
Coupled with the fact that I remember the Charlie Chester show on the radio at around 5pm weekdays when coming home from school in the mid-1970s, this piece is very familiar to me! (I think the Charlie Chester show changed to Sundays at some point before or after that.)
Anyway, pleased to have helped.
Martin.
Author: themessage
Posted: Oct 15 2015 - 01:10 AM
Subject: re: re: A 70s instrumental (for a comedy?)
Hi Martin,
I'm absolutely astounded...that's exactly the tune I was after! Thanks a lot! I'm amazed you got it from my guitar 'playing' as well?!!
I wouldn't be surprised if that bar was playing that CD (British TV Themes) as well (although I'd probably had a few by then so wouldn't have taken that much in!)
And I do remember 'Man About the House' and you're probably right in terms of that clouding my memory (re it being linked to a comedy). Strange how a few of my friends initially thought of 'Music to watch girls by' and all the while, the title of the tune wasn't THAT dissimilar!
Either way Martin, thanks so much again for putting me out of my misery AND for working it out from that sound file I posted...very impressive...and if you're ever in London, I'll buy you a pint! I love that tune! :)
Cheers!
Author: stuart20
Posted: Oct 14 2015 - 10:10 PM
Subject: re: A 70s instrumental (for a comedy?)
Hi there,
It's "Music to Drive By", by the Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra.
It was the theme to "The Charlie Chester Show" on BBC Radio 2 in the 1970s (not a comedy show, but a music programme).
It was a radio show, even though the theme was issued on a CD called "British TV Themes, Volume 5".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpoxxZQ-To
The TV comedy show you might be confusing it with is maybe "Man About The House"?
See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuWb0D5PM_k
Cheers,
Martin
Author: themessage
Posted: Oct 14 2015 - 08:56 PM
Subject: A 70s instrumental (for a comedy?)
Hi All!
I’d greatly appreciate you helping me to identify this tune. I first heard this in the 70s as a kid. I think it may have been used for a British comedy show, but may be wrong. The main melody is played by a trumpet and it’s quite an upbeat tune. I’ve heard it since many years later in a bar and on Soccer AM (!!) and wish I’d asked the owner of the bar at the time.
When I’ve hummed the song to friends, a couple observed that it sounded like “Music to Watch Girls Go By”, and I can see the resemblance. Sadly, it isn’t that though.
I’ve pasted a link to an mp3 file of me playing the main melody line (as I believe was played on the original by a trumpet) but be warned, I’m no guitar virtuoso!
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/d9rntdlbmhcp0br/Tune%28121015%29.mp3 (copy and paste it in another browser)
So if someone can put me out of my misery and identify what it is, I’d be really grateful. Thanks in advance!
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How to insert music:
Add a bit of sheet music, along with a MIDI file, simply by entering note names in Lilypond syntax between the [L] and [/L] tags.
For example, you can try what happens if you enter: [l]g'4 g'4 d''4 d''4 e''4 e''4 d''2[/l] (use the Preview function if you don't actually want to post this).
You can create these lists of note names by clicking on piano keys here.
How to post an audio recording:
If you just want to sing, whistle, or play a melody so that other forum visitors can hear it, follow these steps:
- Record your audio here.
- You should notice a 32-character hash code, something like: 2a40281c5001c5a7d8c9f57fcdeccfaf
- copy this hash code and paste it into a forum post, enclosed in the audio tags, for example: [audio]2a40281c5001c5a7d8c9f57fcdeccfaf[/audio]
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If the original question in a thread is solved, please mark it as solved using the "solved" icon (or by just typing [solved] into your post). This makes life easier for people who are willing to identify melodies, since unsolved problems are easier to spot that way. If a problem turns out to not be solved after all, just write [/solved] in a new post, and the thread will be labeled accordingly.
