Comments on: Eumir Deodato e Orquestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra read the fucking article Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:13:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: rtfa.net » rtfa.net » Eumir Deodato e Orquestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra#comment-1043 rtfa.net » rtfa.net » Eumir Deodato e Orquestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:06:19 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra/#comment-1043 [...] http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orq… UPDATE 2008-11-29 Seems like there’s a lot of demand for this video right now. I found a new [...] [...] http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orq…; UPDATE 2008-11-29 Seems like there’s a lot of demand for this video right now. I found a new [...]

]]> By: RS http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra#comment-1042 RS Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:38:09 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra/#comment-1042 In case you're wondering why the sudden interest -- it's a clue in the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle (which is actually delivered on Saturday).<br><br>R In case you're wondering why the sudden interest — it's a clue in the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle (which is actually delivered on Saturday).

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]]> By: fumf http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra#comment-37 fumf Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:24:22 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra/#comment-37 this video no longer works because it was taken down from youtube for copyright violation :( this video no longer works because it was taken down from youtube for copyright violation :(

]]> By: fumf http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra#comment-16 fumf Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:18:51 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra/#comment-16 Never heard of "Being There" but if it has Peter Sellers & Eumir its gotta be good! Never heard of “Being There” but if it has Peter Sellers & Eumir its gotta be good!

]]> By: farkinga http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra#comment-15 farkinga Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:28:59 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra/#comment-15 Yep - you're right - it was decades before Phish, according to wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumir_Deodato" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumir_Deodato</a> <blockquote> His first album in the USA, Prelude, released in 1972, was of a big band Latin jazz style that immediately attracted a wide audience. His funky version of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and went No. 2 in the pop charts in the US and No. 7 in the UK. It was subsequently used to great effect in the 1979 film Being There, starring Peter Sellers and Shirley Maclaine. It was also covered extensively by the rock band Phish in their live performances and included in several of their live releases. </blockquote> Yep - you’re right - it was decades before Phish, according to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumir_Deodato

His first album in the USA, Prelude, released in 1972, was of a big band Latin jazz style that immediately attracted a wide audience. His funky version of Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and went No. 2 in the pop charts in the US and No. 7 in the UK. It was subsequently used to great effect in the 1979 film Being There, starring Peter Sellers and Shirley Maclaine. It was also covered extensively by the rock band Phish in their live performances and included in several of their live releases.

]]> By: fumf http://www.rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra#comment-14 fumf Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:03:22 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2007/09/18/eumir-deodato-e-orquestra-also-sprach-zarathustra/#comment-14 I'm pretty sure the piano player, Eumir Deodato, composed this song in the 1960s or at the very latest 1970s... way before phish. I’m pretty sure the piano player, Eumir Deodato, composed this song in the 1960s or at the very latest 1970s… way before phish.

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