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Topic: Who's This Closet Player? |
Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 11:35 pm |
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Check out this video of "The Moon of Manakoora".
I think that's Danny Stewart on the steel? (last 20 seconds or so)
I had no idea chicks were trippin on acid this early. |
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 12:41 am
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| Cool video Jeff, that's a great song. |
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Kevin Brown
From:
England
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 12:42 am
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| Reminds me of the last time I went to Glastonbury ! |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 3:37 am
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| I love the jaw line. she looks very familiar. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 3:38 am
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Know as a "Soundie" this is Betty Bradley vocals with Aggie Auld (a dancer famous for her long hair), and Paul Page's orchestra with probably Bernie Kaii.
Although the steel player and guitarist LOOK to be left handed, it's probably shot back-to-front.
29th October 1945.
Soundies were made for jukeboxes.
I think !!
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 5:17 am
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Is it just my imagination or were the girls of the past much nicer looking than the present day crop of crumpets?
Mr Peabody, fire up the wayback machine!
Bas, are you sure everyone in this video isn't just naturally left-handed? |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 5:23 am
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| What's with the Barney Rubble drum solo in the middle? Then a bump and grind rhythm takes the tune out? Who arranged this thing? |
I wondered the same thing. Looks like just about everyone (except the musicians, ironically enough) on the set must have been smoking something. Also, doesn't look to be a pahu, but a conga!? And what's with sticking the musicians behind that screen where we can't see them? 
Also amazing how they thought they could just assemble a few pretty girls in scanty outfits, tell them to dance like they're on acid, and expect it to look like real hula dancing. Oy...
TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 5:28 am
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Rick Alexander writes:
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| Is it just my imagination or were the girls of the past much nicer looking than the present day crop of crumpets? |
There was more individuality back then. Honestly, I can't tell the present day movie and TV star women apart. They all look the same to me. It's like the standardization of McDonald's cheeseburgers has taken over beauty.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 6:44 am
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| Bas, are you sure everyone in this video isn't just naturally left-handed? |
I have been told that it was a normal practice to shoot this way, way back then, for this type of project. |
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Gary Lynch
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Creston, California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 7:07 am
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"Honestly, I can't tell the present day movie and TV star women apart. They all look the same to me. It's like the standardization of McDonald's cheeseburgers has taken over beauty."
In the future it will all be virtual. The characters will look very real yet be created via computer. The credits will go to the writer and the special effects technicians. Enjoy real time while we still have real time. |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 8:59 am
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| Wow. I have nothing snide to say about this at all. I loved it. Best video I can remember having seen posted. |
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 9:00 am
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'Sure they're not singing the "shroom" of Manakoora? 
Aloha,
DT~ |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 9:19 am
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I just loved those "authentic" hula motions, especially the hands and fingers! And those hips....wow !
I often wonder what kumu hula and Hawaiians in general think when they see this Hollywood nonsense. The music and vocalist were fine, although as with Gerald, I too wonder why the arranger felt it necessary to throw a "Hawaiian War Chant" feeling into that beautiful song ?
Where in that closet did they hide the big band ? |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 10:44 am
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| Gilda Radner |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 11:57 am
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| Well, I was close. I meant Judy Garland. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 4:12 pm
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Well, they all looked quite nice to me 
"the dirty old man"!! |
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Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 5:40 pm
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| Gerald Ross wrote: |
| It's like the standardization of McDonald's cheeseburgers has taken over beauty. |
Mmmmmmm... a beautiful woman, a cheeseburger... what more could a man want? OK -- maybe a nice, frothy beer to wash it all down!
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1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 5:42 pm
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| That was alot of fun to watch! I love those tropical theme numbers in old movies. I notice that the dancers in movies referred to here lately have sort of the same moves--especially the "wobbly knock knee" move (is only how I describe it.) Eleanor Powell did that I think in her number, Betty Boop, and this lady. There seem to be certain established dance moves for these sorts of scenes from that era. I think they have their own beauty about them. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 18 Apr 2007 8:11 am
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| Andy, I don't know if you're still looking for B11 material but "The Moon of Manakoora" lays out very nicely in that tuning. |
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