Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (Mary Poppins, 1964) ... played on the accordion! скачать в хорошем качестве

Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (Mary Poppins, 1964) ... played on the accordion!

First off, happy centenary to Dick Van Dyke! The man has had an incredible life, an incredible career, and I wish him nothing but joys in what time he has left... how long that is, who can guess, but he definitely gives the impression of having discovered the secret to eternal life. I've only managed to make two recordings, around Remembrance Day, since September, and it's been very difficult for me to hit my stride again since then. (There is seasonal music ahead, fear not!) I almost got back in the saddle for Jimmy Cliff, but though I believe accordion is a great option for reggae interpretations, I couldn't find a mode that clicked for me. This occasion however is much more rare than the memorials I extend over the course of any given calendar year -- I don't think I've ever recorded a tribute in honour of anyone's hundredth birthday, because while everyone hits that former milestone, it's rather rare for show-business types to reach a century. (I guess Mel Brooks is next up in that chair for sometime in the next twelve months! There are songs from The Producers that, alas, have never seemed timelier.) Anyway, even restricting the focus of my tribute to Sherman Brothers songs from Mary Poppins (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was not their best work), there are still an embarrassment of riches on offer here. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" won the Best Song Oscar, but I need to challenge my instinctive gravitation toward downbeat dirges (and if I was going to go in that direction, "Feed the Birds" would be my pick!)... conversely, I could never muster the enthusiasm demanded by "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and there's no point in giving that one less than 100%. "I Like To Laugh" is just sadly saddled with attachment to a frankly terrifying scene, and "Step In Time" is pointless without a company of dancing chimneysweeps to sell it. There are still further great songs in that soundtrack, but I can't celebrate Van Dyke's birthday with a Julie Andrews song! This one, fortunately, is great, bizarre and absurd in its premise -- and executed with perfection! I never dreamed that I'd be arranging and recording it someday, but I did once air it on the weekly "Sound Resistance" broadcast of political music at the local community radio station. There is really nothing like it, it is entirely unique... just like I am. And, I suppose, like Van Dyke. So hats off to him and I hope he makes it to 200!