#beggars opera

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

What’s your recommendation for prog rock songs? I want to get into it but some songs are just way too long.

Okay first: there's an issue with YouTube videos about getting into it. People show a handful of HUGE SUCCESSES and EPIC MILESTONE ALBUMS with 10 minute longtracks? They're used to 20 minute tracks and forget that seven minutes can be long for newcomers

How to get into prog

For me personally, the best way to get into the genre is to find one band or two that really are something you can build on. Then you fall into that circle of constantly discovering new (old).

To the songs: find your kind and grow on the music

I recommend to start with the 80s stuff and then dig deeper by the time

(songs get longer in order)

^ first progressive-proto metal song ever. Nobody talks bout it

don't start with Gong or Arthur Brown or Magma

Honestly I'm also at the beginning, started in April. The prog I like are the small obscure groups. Here a known one among the unknown

^ nice album (song gives strong summer vibes)

^ song that got me into progressive jazz fusion (⁠*⁠_⁠*⁠) you won't regret a short listen

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There's prog from all over the world. From Italy, from France, from the US

But Britain rules

There was prog in the 80s, there's prog in the 21th century

There's electronic prog, there's acoustic prog

There's evil prog, there's harmless catboy prog

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Take your time no rush y all

#whole guide. woah #prog #prog rock #progressive rock #Yes band #Van der Graaf Generator #Uriah Heep #emerson lake and palmer #Genesis band #Deep Purple #Beggars Opera #please correct me

[eddie-rifff]

have any of yall ever heard of this band????

i discovered them like friday bc they were on my daylist or something on spotify and this album is okay but this song totally fucks. the dude has an incredible voice

#beggars opera #prog #prog rock #progressive rock #Spotify

[goldnnavy]

1, 5, 12 ❤️

1. Last time you went to a cafe or coffee shop?

Yesterday morning actually! It's a wonderful little shop called the Daily Brew in Cataumet, MA (on the Cape). I went there cos I was visiting my grandparents with my family.

5. Do you like vintage stuff? Would you buy vintage stuff?

Oh do I! I love vintage things, and I probably buy too much of it when I'm not fixated on getting fandom/band merch. The last vintage things I got were a flat cap and my antique glasses. I really want to get more clothes.

12: Whether you think you’d suit it or not what’s a color you’d dye your hair?

I've dyed my hair exactly once in my life so far, and it was a dark black-brown (as compared to my naturally, mousy brown hair). It looked really nice, and I'll probably redye it soon, but if it had to be a color-color, I'd love to try blue or even silver-grey. (Compliment my eyes 🩵)

Thank you @beggars-opera for the ask!!

#thank you so much Beggars! #ask game #beggars opera #also I'm drinking milk tea incase any of y'all were curious #six sugars

[pasta-connoisseur]

No one told me that beggars opera was that good

#yet again a sucker for the circle of fifths #prog rock #beggars opera #me screaming music recs into the void #progposting #Spotify

[rubrumwrite]

#beggars opera #rock music #Youtube

[blackbeardsrock]

Gentleoctopus: Beggars Opera / Waters Of Change (1971)

#rock #70s rock #progressive rock #uk #united kingdom #scotland #beggars opera #waters of change #1971

[dduane]

Down The (Writing) Research Rabbit Hole, [n] in a series

I can't (meaning "won't") tell you why. But sheesh, what a ride.

Links investigated:

Executed Today

Mack The Knife (Wikipedia)

Die Dreigroschenoper (Wikipedia)

Mack the Knife (Mackie Messer) lyrics in German

The Beggar's Opera

Best unexpected nugget so far: "In 1976, a brand-new interpretation of 'Mack the Knife' by Ralph Manheim and John Willett was used in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of The Threepenny Opera, starring Raul Julia as Macheath." ...HOLY COW FIRE UP THE TIME MACHINE AND DROP ME OFF AT THE tkts BOOTH, I WANT TIX.

#The Beggar's Opera #Die Dreigroschenoper #Mack the Knife

[beggars-opera]

Down a vintage Defunctland rabbit hole this fine Saturday and found one relevant to my interests

#history #the beggar's opera #mac tonight

[gasparodasalo]

Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752) - Overture to "The Beggar's Opera" for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in B-flat Major. Performed by Robert Rawson/The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen on period instruments.

#johann christoph pepusch #baroque #classical music #orchestra #overture #opera #period performance #period instruments #baroque music #oboe #bassoon #strings #string orchestra #rarely performed composers #the beggars opera #the beggar's opera

[flea-palace]

alert alert ive been reading susan kay again and it's got me mentally volatile !!

#the birthday scene motifs are so important to me #love mommy issues representation in media 😍 #dont love the christine aspect of it all but beggars cant be choosers #erik #phantom of the opera #poto #erik the phantom #susan kay phantom #kerik

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

2023 (January - early August) my favourite albums

#* other years excluded #means only albums #it’s only la crème deluxe deluxe #except Beggars Opera no idea why I put it there #Ian Gillan Band #Supertramp #Peter Hammill #Deep Purple #Emerson Lake & Palmer #ELP #Black Sabbath #Yes band #Small Faces #the jimi hendrix experience #Uriah Heep #Jethro Tull #Paul McCartney #Syd Barrett #etc etc #prog rock #hard rock #blues rock #jazz fusion #topsters

[theoutcastrogue]

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

"3-part BBC documentary series. Few figures in British history have captured the popular imagination as much as the outlaw. From gentleman highwaymen, via swashbuckling pirates to elusive urban thieves and rogues, the brazen escapades and the flamboyance of the outlaw made them the antihero of their time - feared by the rich, admired by the poor and celebrated by writers and artists. In this three-part series, historian Dr Sam Willis ... shows that, far from being 'outsiders', outlaws were very much a product of their time, shaped by powerful national events."

Episode 1 - Knights of the Road: The Highwayman's Story

"In 1714, Captain Alexander Smith's book The Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen caused a sensation. It set the bar for colourful and slightly dubious accounts of the big names in highway robbery. But whilst the public might find them romantic, the elite weren't so keen. They represented a threat to the social order: not only were they attacking property with impunity without any regard to the rank of their victims, but the robberies were giving them wealth and pretensions of status.

To satirists, there was a delicious irony to the howls of outrage about highwaymen. For them, politicians in the Georgian government were even worse thieves. In 1728, John Gay penned The Beggar's Opera, using a highwayman called Macheath as a central character in his stage satire. Macheath was the theatrical incarnation of the gentleman robber, but he wasn't the villain of the peace. He was moral, he was noble, and it was set against the rapaciousness of the elite. His character was used to dissect the hypocrisy of the ruling classes, who were losing more at the gambling tables than they were on the roads. Then there was the corruption. In John Gay's eyes, highwaymen were more honest thieves than the government. The ruling class were committing robberies of their own, but they were getting away with it. Prime Minister Robert Walpole spirited away thousands of pounds, and when the Chancellor, the Earl of Macclesfield, took a hundred thousand pounds in bribes, all he got was a fine."

#highwayman #theory #exemplars #james hind #john nevison #swiftnick #dick turpin #claude duval #james mclean #william plunkett #rogues in fiction #the beggar's opera #theatre #big thief little thief #outlaw

[goldnnavy]

Gory, macabre, party 🎃

Gory - Do you like horror?

Depends on the horror.

Classic: Love it.

Gory: Eh... not really.

Psychological: I'm interested.

Any Kind of Jump Scare: F U C K N O

Macabre - What’s your favorite part of spooky season?

Dressing up if my number one favorite thing, followed by the decor/aesthetic. Macabre or bust, y'know?

Party  - Do you go to Halloween parties, or keep it more lowkey?

I went to my first Halloween party last year, and since only four or so people recognized me, I had an absolutely marvelous time (full face masks my beloved 💕). Normally though I prefer to just wander around in costume, but if there's any chance of participating in a costume contest, you'll probably catch me lurking around.

#thank you for the ask! #beggars opera #*blushes* I'm noticed?? #ask game #spooky asks

[ethanfreemanappreciation]

In 1983 Ethan starred in The Begger’s Opera in Vienna.

Followed by the German tour of Timuria, Kinder-Musical as die Freude in 1986

(Picture of Timuria shared by Ethan last year.)

With Ethan's birthday coming up next month we thought it would be nice to look back on all the incredible roles he has performed over the years.

#ethan freeman #poto #phantom of the opera #european musicals #euro musicals #euromusicals #the beggar's opera #timuria #jewish artist #jewish actors #jumblr #jewblr

[cutneteel]

#beggar’s opera #not bad #music #video

[james-stark-the-writer]

listening to John Gay's The Beggar's Opera and this is so fucking funny. i love the drama.

#james talks #The Beggar's Opera