I never really got into Beck. And I don’t know why.
I have made a point to try to listen to his music, and some of it was okay. But, it did answer the first question I had when I first heard about an artist named “Beck.”
My first thought was “Jeff Beck?” Well, it didn’t take long for me to answer that question with a resounding “no.”
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I thought the same thing when I first ran across Beck. Not a fan of either him or Jeff. Couldn’t name one song from either. I just never got Jeff Beck, despite the glowing praise heaped upon him for his musicianship. There are lots of bands/musicians I never liked. People often take that as a personal insult, when you dislike one of their favorites. Or they take it as a challenge, since you obviously never heard the right track to convince you of their musical genius. Music is a preference. Some like pepperoni, some like mushrooms. Some don’t. Oh well. Tal Wilkenfeld played bass with Jeff Beck. I like her stuff more than his, although I’m not a big fan of hers.
Beam me up Scotty………. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRohtEv935g
Funny.
Even rough, poorly done ones can get me to watch for a few minutes, if they intersperse enough Star Trek scenes.
Sometimes you have to adapt in the face of adversity.
It is said that a great storm hit the area of Karlovy Vary in what is now the western part of the Czech Republic in 1347, damaging the Kostel sv Anny (Church of St. Ann). While the vestibule and congregation were still usable, the bell tower was in serious need of repair.
I’m not sure how much you know about life in medieval Europe, but a damaged bell tower was kind of a big deal. Not only did the chimes announce that services were about to begin on Sunday, but throughout the week they let the area farm workers know when it was time to break for meals and let the merchants know when to open and close shop. Without the bell, everything was askew.
After the second week of a poorly attended Sunday Mass, during which many congregants filtered in during the service, Father Nickolai (Nicholas) asked if anybody had any suggestions for something to use in place of the bell. At first they tried trumpets, but those just weren’t loud enough for the purpose, and they also attempted to get a town crier, bit a single man was not able to cover enough territory, and there were not enough available people to make a full team of criers to cover the town.
It was Andresj (Andrew), one of the young church acolytes, we would probably call him an altar boy, who came up with the plan to release flocks of pigeons. While silent, the sight of the birds all flying above the church could be seen from a pretty good distance. They tried this solution the next Sunday, and it worked great. Congregants were all in their pews for the start of the ceremony. As a token of appreciation, Andrew was given a small reward, a small crucifix and money enough to buy a couple of meals, about $50 in today’s money.
That is how Altar Boy Andrew became the first recipient of the No Bell Prize.
I would have thought he would be considered the creator of Twitter.
Surely they could have downloaded a bell app to remind them of the time, or used Siri or Alexa.
Some poor woman tried using Alexa but she was burned at the stake for what was perceived at the time to be witchcraft.
Beck is a guy? I always thought Beck was a sheila.
Was Pat Brady a time traveler? The Roy Rogers Show seemed to take place in the turn of the century. Cowboys, bandits, horses, cattle drives, etc.
But Pat Brady (his comical sidekick) drove a converted army Jeep from around WWII. I won’t get into Pat’s uncomfortable attraction to this Jeep he named Nellybelle.
Are we as viewers just supposed to ignore this anachronism and just “go with it”?
No, no, either Pat was a time traveler or maybe his Jeep was. If it was just the Jeep that traveled back in time then possibly it had something to do with the Philadelphia Experiment.