An Absolute Classic
THE GUESTLIST NETWORK | JULY 2010
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These days when most young people hear the mention of Classical music they might think it’s boring, they might think it’s only listened to by old people - how wrong they are!
3 June Rick, Kaiser Chiefs, 10.05am: ‘I have started writing ‘sent via iPad’ at the bottom of emails. It makes people think you have an iPad. We are talking prank of the century.’ Genius.
12 June Calvin Harris, 3.48pm: ‘Is it possible that cutlery could shrink in the dishwasher? The forks just seem small- er. My hands couldn’t have gotten big- ger in the last 2 hours?’ 3.49pm: ‘The plates seem smaller too.’ 4.10pm: ‘Is golden cutlery still considered an invest- ment?’ What a forking joker. Rob da Bank, 5.58pm: ‘Can you barbeque fro- zen sweetcorn?!’ Annie Mac, 6.02pm: ‘Pre-dj set post-hangover consumption = Snickers, cup of tea, nurofen - double strength express - berocca.’ And therein lies the secret of her eternal youth. Riton, 7.44pm: ‘Spolier alert! England don’t win the world cup.’ This guy should jack in DJing and get a crystal ball.
13 June Riton, 10.17am: ‘I just attacked a baby fox while it was sleeping.’ That’s just mean. Fake Blood, 2.01pm: ‘You- Tube is 99% cunts. I hope that isn’t representative of the world in general.’ Aeroplane, 5.17pm: ‘I love how even in the worst hotels they still fold the first sheet of your toilet paper…who are they trying to fool?!’ Jaymo, 8.30pm: ‘U know u should rethink ur choice of restaurant when the waitress proclaims ‘this is ei- ther the duck or the tuna, I always get
7 with Celia Garforth
Who’s been saying what online this month? Celia names, shames and fames DJ’s mouthing off in cyberspace. You are what you tweet.
them mixed up’. Especially when you’ve ordered the chicken.
14 June DJ Yoda, 9.43am: ‘Never mess with a man wearing tracksuit bot- toms and shoes.’ Cross-dressing at it’s worst.
15 June Shy FX, 9.45am: ‘Eating food 15 mins before going to the gym yester- day wasn’t a smart
move..and the vomit wasn’t a good look. Proper newbie.’ Let’s just hope he didn’t vom on the treadmill.
5 July Breakage, 1.10am: ‘I just burped and a little bit of puke came up.’ These DJ’s are lightweights. Deadmau5, 4.12am: ‘If you see me at a show tonight, just punch me in the face, don’t be shy...’ 4.14am: ‘I’m probably going to regret that tweet.’ 4.18am: ‘Okay, scratch that… If you see me at a show tonight, then tell me my jeans don’t make me fat, then give me a cupcake.’ ??? Put the Mau5 back in his cage.
6 July Calvin Harris, 12.19am: ‘I saw a guy on channel 4 reporting on a murder story and at the end he plugged his twit- ter page. That’s not really on is it?!’
A-Trak, 1.35am: ‘A lot of humans look like owls.’ What a hoot.
Lets go Lego Clockwise from the top: Beethoven, Gorrilaz, Nas, and N-Dubz.
What many people - young and old - don’t realise is that pop music has been influenced by Classical music for years - fact!
You may not believe it, but even N-Dubz have used classical music in their hit “We Dance On” - the introduction is taken from Pachalbel’s Canon. One of Nas’s biggest hits “I Know I Can” samples Beethoven’s well known piano piece “Fur Elise”; and on their new album “Plastic Beach”, Gorillaz included The National Orchestra of Arabic Music in their track “White Flag” - an example of Arabic classical music. So there you were thinking you hated classical music when it’s been in some of your favourite
tunes all along! Classical music has strict forms such as the fugue, sonata form and the more broad forms of symphonies and concer- tos. These names might not mean much to some, but pop music too has forms which are followed - admittedly mostly by the generic pop song - but the verse- chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus structure is one that most people are all too familiar with.
Lots of pop music, jazz being the most obvious, is improvised. This takes us back to the roots of classi- cal music when scores were not written, and music such as folk songs were varied from family to family and village to
village. This compares with pop music today where songs are written, but a score is never made; covers are made endlessly, and a song can be varied so much so that it’s almost unrecognisable from the original.
There are endless links between clas- sical music and the pop music of today, from sampling to structure, there should be no prejudice against either style by either listener.
Stereotypes are made about both genres of music, but seeing as they are so closely linked, shouldn’t people be a bit more open minded about music in the 21st century?
Celebrities: What does that even mean anymore? Well, whether they sing, dance, act, or have been in the Big Brother house, for some reason, we love em’! Its a fascination of some sort of distant figure, people we know all about, who wouldn’t look twice at us if we beckoned their name on the streets, infact, they would run a mile. So, what on earth can we do to cure our obsession? I have the answer.... REPLICATE THEIR LOOKS WITH LEGO! Whilst stalking Lily Allen on Twitter, i came across a picture that she had uploaded, of a jokes lego piece made to resemble her. It came from the website, ‘Friends of Celebri- ties’, who specialise in designing miniature figures of your favourite stars. Not just another fan site though, these miniature menaces will be sure to make you smile. Be sure to check out the website to brighten up your day, whether you see Heather Mills with a stump leg being assisted by a policeman, Michael Jackson with a white glove and a monkey, or Beyonce with her trusty background dancers, these childrens toys hold humerous adult content.
http://www.friendsofcelebrities.com/
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