tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post9201279488457496201..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-18759941669393627192011-05-24T22:47:01.560-04:002011-05-24T22:47:01.560-04:00Awesome video clips, Kathleen! I love the comparis...Awesome video clips, Kathleen! I love the comparisons with "real" opera.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80634463863001090482011-05-24T20:17:55.425-04:002011-05-24T20:17:55.425-04:00Will Blogger let me post this time?
Fulani - yeah...Will Blogger let me post this time?<br /><br />Fulani - yeah, I'm not fond of that line about lady novelists. Gilbert really hated women of a certain age, which makes the circumstances of his death fitting.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-11600770609902539102011-05-24T06:04:37.785-04:002011-05-24T06:04:37.785-04:00You have to be a bit careful about The Mikado, tho...You have to be a bit careful about The Mikado, though. The Lord High Executioner has a sing that starts out:<br /><br />As some day it may happen that a victim must be found / I’ve got a little list – I’ve got a little list / Of society offenders who might well be underground / And who never would be missed – who never would be missed!<br /><br />And the song lists these 'offenders', ending with:<br /><br />And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist – / I don’t think she’d be missed – I’m sure she’d not be missed!<br /><br />Not an opinion I agree with, obviously!Fulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959628434559905605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-28714678950647624282011-05-23T23:20:04.867-04:002011-05-23T23:20:04.867-04:00Hi, Kathleen,
I remember the first time I heard M...Hi, Kathleen,<br /><br />I remember the first time I heard Mozart's "Don Gionvanni". I thought, "Gee, that sounds a lot like the witches' Sabbath song from 'Ruddigore'!"<br /><br />The more I listen to G&S, the more I appreciate it. I'd never really thought about how many of their songs poke fun at Victorian public morality until I became an erotica author!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com