G&s

TinuvielChild · 04-20-2002, 01:12 PM

hey, anyone else love the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?? (W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, originally performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company) my personal favorites are the Pirates of Penzance, or the Slave of Duty; H.M.S. Pinafore, or the Lass who loved a Sailor; and the Mikado, or the Town of Titipu. i am also a pseudo-expert on the patter-songs. (The Major-General song, John Wellington Wells, the Nightmare Song, etc). other people have favorites?

***azalea*** · 04-20-2002, 06:57 PM

I like the music from the Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado, haven't heard much of the others. I've been trying to find "We are Gentlemen of Japan" (not sure what it's called), but had a very hard time. I ike that song.

TinuvielChild · 04-20-2002, 07:36 PM

i think it's called "If you want to know who we are" and it's the second piece in Mikado (the first being the overture). you can find it in a score of the Mikado, which you can find in almost any music store, and most record stores have CDs of most of the G&S operettas.

TinuvielChild · 04-21-2002, 07:35 PM

so i'm guessing that nobody else is a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan...oh well. it was worth a shot.

sun-star · 04-22-2002, 02:28 PM

I wouldn't call myself a fan: I like them, but I don't know much about them. I think the Mikado is my favourite... did you ever see Topsy Turvy?

TinuvielChild · 04-22-2002, 03:53 PM

no, sorry.

the Mikado is really cool - did you know that a lot of places use the "sit in solemn silence" song for tongue twisters?

"and you sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark, dock
in a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock
awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block."

**crickhollow** · 04-22-2002, 05:10 PM

*tries to make TC feel better *

I saw the pirates of Penzance last year:
I am the very model of a modern major general...

TinuvielChild · 04-22-2002, 08:09 PM

YAAAYYY!!!!!!!!!! i love that song, that's one of my favorites. incidentally, in 6th grade my school put on a production of Pirates, and i played the Major-General (as i was the only person who could actually sing it at speed)!

I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
i've information vegetable animal and mineral
i know the kings of England and i quote the fights historical,
from Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical!...etc.

i won't bore you with the rest of the song, but now i am happy!

TinuvielChild · 04-22-2002, 08:12 PM

the above post was meant to say (but i forgot to actually say it) Thank you crickhollow! you made me feel better.

elf_princess · 04-22-2002, 08:40 PM

Hi TinuvielChild! I'm just replying to your post! Go to the ~Little Things that make you happy~ thread and you'll understand... sorry... I don't know anything about Gilbert and Sullivan operettas!

TinuvielChild · 04-22-2002, 09:03 PM

yeah...i know...it's all right tho.*weak smile* everyone wants to make me happy. it's a nice feeling, being loved. thank you anyways though, it's the thought that counts.

Lady of Darkness · 04-23-2002, 03:33 PM

Lsat time I saw 'The Pirates of Penzann' it was a tape of one of my friends in it. I couldn't get tickets

. Anyway, *sniffle* *sniffle* I *sniffle* haven't seen any other ones. I'm very deprived. What should I do TinuvielChild???????????

Lady of Darkness · 04-23-2002, 03:40 PM

Forgive the Misspelling of Penzance. when I went back to edit it, my REALLY STUPID COMPUTER (GIVES COMPUTER A KICK) WOULDN'T LET ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(stupid computers these days! papers and books running off together!!! what is the world coming to?????!!!!!!!)

TinuvielChild · 04-23-2002, 04:25 PM

Lady of Darkness: Welcome to the Moot!

and go to Blockbuster, they might have some others. (or you could just ask me about one, and i could probably sing half of it. lol!)

Lady of Darkness · 04-24-2002, 03:34 PM

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't sing, please!!!!!!! HEHEHEEHEHEHE!! J/K. sing to pass time in gym. wait, won't see you tommorrow. if my mom can't even remember to go food shopping, do you think that she'll remember to rent a G&S movie???!!!!! Actually (Lady of Darkness thinks), she might. Idea! Mesah gonna go beg her to rent it!!

TinuvielChild · 04-28-2002, 03:58 PM

yay! do that LoD!! we will be happy! i will sing multiple G&S songs for you in gym on day 6, tuesday! TC is very happy now...

Glorious Glorfindel · 05-05-2002, 05:23 PM

I'MMMMM HEREEEEEE!
phew, only just found this thread. right *claps hands together* where shall we start? let me see. i love the major general song, tee hee. i had to see the pirates of penzance twice, because the first time i went to see it, one of the pirates was really gorgeous, and i couldnt' concentrate on the songs. ooops! oh well, at least i got to see it again. i also love the mikado, i have it on CD. i will post again with some more lyrics soon.

TinuvielChild · 05-05-2002, 08:16 PM

ok, i will occasionally post some lyrics to G&S songs, they will naturally be from the song(s) that i have stuck in my head day by day. the object of the game is to name the song, singer (that is, character), and operetta. we'll start with today's:

"The sun whose rays are all ablaze with ever-living glory,
Does not deny his majesty he scorns to tell a story
He won't exclaim "I blush for shame" so kindly be indulgent
But fierce and bold in fiery gold he glories all effulgent.
I mean to rule the earth as he the sky,
We really know our worth, the sun and I
I mean to rule the earth as he the sky we really know our worth,
The sun and I...."

and:

"Oh better far to live and die,
Under the brave black flag I fly
Than play a sanctimonious part,
With a pirate head and a pirate heart....."

toodles!

eowyn144 · 05-06-2002, 03:50 PM

i can't call myself a fan or anything but we did watch a g&s opera in music class the other day. Judge and Jury or something like that.

Glorious Glorfindel · 05-06-2002, 04:02 PM

trial by jury

04-20-2002, 01:12 PM	#1
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	G&s hey, anyone else love the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?? (W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, originally performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company) my personal favorites are the Pirates of Penzance, or the Slave of Duty; H.M.S. Pinafore, or the Lass who loved a Sailor; and the Mikado, or the Town of Titipu. i am also a pseudo-expert on the patter-songs. (The Major-General song, John Wellington Wells, the Nightmare Song, etc). other people have favorites? __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-20-2002, 07:36 PM	#3
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	i think it's called "If you want to know who we are" and it's the second piece in Mikado (the first being the overture). you can find it in a score of the Mikado, which you can find in almost any music store, and most record stores have CDs of most of the G&S operettas. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-21-2002, 07:35 PM	#4
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	so i'm guessing that nobody else is a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan...oh well. it was worth a shot. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-22-2002, 02:28 PM	#5
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I wouldn't call myself a fan: I like them, but I don't know much about them. I think the Mikado is my favourite... did you ever see Topsy Turvy? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-22-2002, 03:53 PM	#6
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	no, sorry. the Mikado is really cool - did you know that a lot of places use the "sit in solemn silence" song for tongue twisters? "and you sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark, dock in a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block." __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-20-2002, 06:57 PM	#2
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I like the music from the Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado, haven't heard much of the others. I've been trying to find "We are Gentlemen of Japan" (not sure what it's called), but had a very hard time. I ike that song.

04-22-2002, 05:10 PM	#7
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	tries to make TC feel better I saw the pirates of Penzance last year: I am the very model of a modern major general... __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

04-22-2002, 08:09 PM	#8
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	YAAAYYY!!!!!!!!!! i love that song, that's one of my favorites. incidentally, in 6th grade my school put on a production of Pirates, and i played the Major-General (as i was the only person who could actually sing it at speed)! I am the very model of a modern Major-General, i've information vegetable animal and mineral i know the kings of England and i quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical!...etc. i won't bore you with the rest of the song, but now i am happy! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!! Last edited by TinuvielChild : 05-05-2002 at 08:29 PM.

04-22-2002, 08:12 PM	#9
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	the above post was meant to say (but i forgot to actually say it) Thank you crickhollow! you made me feel better. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-22-2002, 08:40 PM	#10
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	Hi TinuvielChild! I'm just replying to your post! Go to the ~Little Things that make you happy~ thread and you'll understand... sorry... I don't know anything about Gilbert and Sullivan operettas! __________________ ~Life's unanswered question~ ¿Which came first... the chicken or the egg? ¿How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

04-22-2002, 09:03 PM	#11
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	yeah...i know...it's all right tho.weak smile everyone wants to make me happy. it's a nice feeling, being loved. thank you anyways though, it's the thought that counts. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-23-2002, 03:33 PM	#12
Lady of Darkness Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: the wild or my home Posts: 733	Lsat time I saw 'The Pirates of Penzann' it was a tape of one of my friends in it. I couldn't get tickets . Anyway, sniffle sniffle I sniffle haven't seen any other ones. I'm very deprived. What should I do TinuvielChild??????????? __________________ Conform Consume OBEY!!!! I am Morwen, Lady of Darkness. Her head was bowed, from all the tears and pain, but she would rise again Last edited by Lady of Darkness : 04-23-2002 at 03:37 PM.

04-23-2002, 03:40 PM	#13
Lady of Darkness Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: the wild or my home Posts: 733	Forgive the Misspelling of Penzance. when I went back to edit it, my REALLY STUPID COMPUTER (GIVES COMPUTER A KICK) WOULDN'T LET ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (stupid computers these days! papers and books running off together!!! what is the world coming to?????!!!!!!!) __________________ Conform Consume OBEY!!!! I am Morwen, Lady of Darkness. Her head was bowed, from all the tears and pain, but she would rise again

04-23-2002, 04:25 PM	#14
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	Lady of Darkness: Welcome to the Moot! and go to Blockbuster, they might have some others. (or you could just ask me about one, and i could probably sing half of it. lol!) __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-24-2002, 03:34 PM	#15
Lady of Darkness Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: the wild or my home Posts: 733	NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't sing, please!!!!!!! HEHEHEEHEHEHE!! J/K. sing to pass time in gym. wait, won't see you tommorrow. if my mom can't even remember to go food shopping, do you think that she'll remember to rent a G&S movie???!!!!! Actually (Lady of Darkness thinks), she might. Idea! Mesah gonna go beg her to rent it!! __________________ Conform Consume OBEY!!!! I am Morwen, Lady of Darkness. Her head was bowed, from all the tears and pain, but she would rise again

04-28-2002, 03:58 PM	#16
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	yay! do that LoD!! we will be happy! i will sing multiple G&S songs for you in gym on day 6, tuesday! TC is very happy now... __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

05-05-2002, 05:23 PM	#17
Glorious Glorfindel Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: im too doped up to remember Posts: 371	I'MMMMM HEREEEEEE! phew, only just found this thread. right claps hands together where shall we start? let me see. i love the major general song, tee hee. i had to see the pirates of penzance twice, because the first time i went to see it, one of the pirates was really gorgeous, and i couldnt' concentrate on the songs. ooops! oh well, at least i got to see it again. i also love the mikado, i have it on CD. i will post again with some more lyrics soon. __________________ A Elbereth Gilthonial Silivren penna miriel o menal aglar elenath Na-chaered palan-diriel o galadhremmin ennorath Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, si nef aearon! add a drop of lavander to milk. leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing at it.

05-05-2002, 08:16 PM	#18
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	ok, i will occasionally post some lyrics to G&S songs, they will naturally be from the song(s) that i have stuck in my head day by day. the object of the game is to name the song, singer (that is, character), and operetta. we'll start with today's: "The sun whose rays are all ablaze with ever-living glory, Does not deny his majesty he scorns to tell a story He won't exclaim "I blush for shame" so kindly be indulgent But fierce and bold in fiery gold he glories all effulgent. I mean to rule the earth as he the sky, We really know our worth, the sun and I I mean to rule the earth as he the sky we really know our worth, The sun and I...." and: "Oh better far to live and die, Under the brave black flag I fly Than play a sanctimonious part, With a pirate head and a pirate heart....." toodles! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

05-06-2002, 03:50 PM	#19
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	i can't call myself a fan or anything but we did watch a g&s opera in music class the other day. Judge and Jury or something like that. __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

05-06-2002, 04:02 PM	#20
Glorious Glorfindel Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: im too doped up to remember Posts: 371	trial by jury __________________ A Elbereth Gilthonial Silivren penna miriel o menal aglar elenath Na-chaered palan-diriel o galadhremmin ennorath Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, si nef aearon! add a drop of lavander to milk. leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing at it.