What are you listening to right now?
- Thread starter Mrs. P
- Start date
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2022
I was going to send you a link to that song myself, knowing how much you like the show
. But being in a later time zone, it's just breakfast time here and you've already posted it. Happy May Day!
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2012
On the subject of musicals...
After seeing somebody skating to it at the ISU Adult Competition, this song has been stuck in my head for nearly a week:
Sammy Davis Junior - "Rhythm Of Life"
Can't say I'm complaining. I've always loved that song. Although, I think the first time I heard it was probably by a choir rather than by Sammy in the film. As I am sure the choristers amongst us have found, it is a real staple of choir music. And there are lots of videos on YouTube of choirs singing it. Although, I was dismayed to find that nearly all of them are not using the original lyrics. Apart from the scene from the film that I linked to, the following version by a musical group at a university in Istanbul was the only one I found that used the original lyrics:
Ladies and Gentlemen Koç Üniversitesi Müzikal Kulübü - "Rhythm Of Life"
And by sheer coincidence, the film that "Sweet Charity" was based on, "Nights Of Cabiria", is being shown on Talking Pictures TV tonight.
It's an Italian film, so I hope the translation is done as subtitles. I hate dubbing.
CaroLiza_fan
After seeing somebody skating to it at the ISU Adult Competition, this song has been stuck in my head for nearly a week:
Sammy Davis Junior - "Rhythm Of Life"
Can't say I'm complaining. I've always loved that song. Although, I think the first time I heard it was probably by a choir rather than by Sammy in the film. As I am sure the choristers amongst us have found, it is a real staple of choir music. And there are lots of videos on YouTube of choirs singing it. Although, I was dismayed to find that nearly all of them are not using the original lyrics. Apart from the scene from the film that I linked to, the following version by a musical group at a university in Istanbul was the only one I found that used the original lyrics:
Ladies and Gentlemen Koç Üniversitesi Müzikal Kulübü - "Rhythm Of Life"
And by sheer coincidence, the film that "Sweet Charity" was based on, "Nights Of Cabiria", is being shown on Talking Pictures TV tonight.
It's an Italian film, so I hope the translation is done as subtitles. I hate dubbing.
CaroLiza_fan
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2008
Mango Lemonade by Roxette Arisa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAbsw6LfQSw
I don't usually listen or watch modern music (my favorite music tends to come from the 1940s and 1950s) but I did watch this video. I thought it might be of interest here because Roxette Arisa Howe is a former ice dancer and the sister of Spencer Howe the U.S. pair skater. And the YouTube description said that the video scenes were filmed in Milan during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAbsw6LfQSw
I don't usually listen or watch modern music (my favorite music tends to come from the 1940s and 1950s) but I did watch this video. I thought it might be of interest here because Roxette Arisa Howe is a former ice dancer and the sister of Spencer Howe the U.S. pair skater. And the YouTube description said that the video scenes were filmed in Milan during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2022
Interesting to then check her out online, having never heard of her as a skater (although I see she trained in Canada for awhile with a Canadian partner) or any of her other fields of activity. Not my kind of music either, and I've never quite got the point of music videos, but I gave her a chance because I like her kid brother as a skater
. Beautiful girl!
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2008
While she was skating with her Canadian partner, I believe she lived in Vancouver and trained with Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe. So she was sort of one of your neighbors.Interesting to then check her out online, having never heard of her as a skater (although I see she trained in Canada for awhile with a Canadian partner) or any of her other fields of activity. Not my kind of music either, and I've never quite got the point of music videos, but I gave her a chance because I like her kid brother as a skater
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2022
Really? I wonder what years that was? I don't have much connection with that school, I'm afraid, except for knowing a couple of their current students who also use ice time for private practice at one of the two places I skate in. The population of metro Vancouver is over 3 million and there are public arenas and private clubs everywhere. (Richmond, the fourth largest municipality in the GVRD, has 10 full-size public ice surfaces in three arenas for about 220,000 people).While she was skating with her Canadian partner, I believe she lived in Vancouver and trained with Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe. So she was sort of one of your neighbors.
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2022
That would be roughly when I was caring for my husband in his last year or two and then settling his estate and selling our house. I only skated at the nearest rink maybe once a week for a couple of years then and had next to no contact with the Vancouver skating world. Would explain why I had't heard of her.
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2018
ABC Classic are running their annual Top 100 countdown (the theme this year is 'greatest of all time' which should involve a LOT of social media fighting as we move up this weekend...) so it will be a glorious weekend. They just played Mozart's Ave verum corpus and I am floating.... indulge me if I post more over the next day or so.
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2022
Sounds as if someone there has a few working brain cells
. Unlike when Amazon offers to play me music, and when I ask for Classical, it thinks I mean "classic rock". No. No. Nononononono!
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2018
The ABC Classic station is wonderful (they also do soundtracks and other related music) and I have found a lot of wonderful new music on itSounds as if someone there has a few working brain cells
and the yearly themed countdowns are a long weekend treat.We're in the seventies now, they just had Mahler's Fifth (abridged because it is looooong) and before that Queen of the Night and now Chariots of Fire (which I adore). Okay, so it's not so much Greatest of All Time as Favourites of All Time
but I am still happy over my beloved Hildegard of Bingen getting a nod.
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2022
When I was at the Grad Centre for Medieval Studies at U of Toronto, the students' social society threw probably the geekiest parties ever. Whoever was DJ for the night *had* to play Hildegard at some pointThe ABC Classic station is wonderful (they also do soundtracks and other related music) and I have found a lot of wonderful new music on it
We're in the seventies now, they just had Mahler's Fifth (abridged because it is looooong) and before that Queen of the Night and now Chariots of Fire (which I adore). Okay, so it's not so much Greatest of All Time as Favourites of All Time
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2012
Getting back to yesterday's discussion of singing skaters, I just found this song:
Sofia Lucrezia Sforza - "Settembre"
Thank you for bringing Roxette to my attention. I listened to a few of her songs, and although none of them were my taste, I wish her all the best with her music.
When I read this conversation, it made me think of a couple of skaters who have released their own songs. And when I went searching for one of my previous posts about one of them, I re-found a whole thread on the topic!
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/97218
I may as well just link to my posts from that thread about the skaters I was thinking of.
Ice Dancer Sofia Lucrezia SFORZA (ITA):
And here are her highest scoring SD and her second highest scoring FD, from when she and Francesco FIORETTI won the Bavarian Open in 2013:
Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI - 2013 Bavarian Open SD
Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI - 2013 Bavarian Open FD
(Her second highest scoring SD and her highest scoring FD were from when she won the Bavarian Open for a second time in 2015, this time with little brother Leo Luca. However, I cannot find any videos of these programmes).
Singles skater Leonora COLMOR JEPSEN (DEN):
And here are her second highest scoring SP and her fourth highest scoring FS, from when she won the first of her two Danish Junior Ladies titles, in December 2014:
Leonora COLMOR JEPSEN - 2014-15 Danish Championships SP
Leonora COLMOR JEPSEN - 2014-15 Danish Championships FS
In between those two posts was another I had put up about somebody that I had forgot about, Ice Dancer Michail SAVITSKIY (DEU):
However, I can now find no trace of any of the songs Michail recorded under that name. Given that he now has a new partner and training base, I suspect that somebody in his new setup didn't approve of the songs. I'm not surprised, given that the lyrics of most of his songs contained a LOT of colourful language.
But here are his highest scoring programmes, from when he and Darya GRIMM won the third of their four German Junior Ice Dance titles, in December 2023:
Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY - 2023-24 German Championships SD
Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY - 2023-24 German Championships FD
Of all these songs I have mentioned, the one I started this post with is probably my favourite. I love ballads.
CaroLiza_fan
Sofia Lucrezia Sforza - "Settembre"
Interesting to then check her out online, having never heard of her as a skater (although I see she trained in Canada for awhile with a Canadian partner) or any of her other fields of activity. Not my kind of music either, and I've never quite got the point of music videos, but I gave her a chance because I like her kid brother as a skater
Thank you for bringing Roxette to my attention. I listened to a few of her songs, and although none of them were my taste, I wish her all the best with her music.
When I read this conversation, it made me think of a couple of skaters who have released their own songs. And when I went searching for one of my previous posts about one of them, I re-found a whole thread on the topic!
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/97218
I may as well just link to my posts from that thread about the skaters I was thinking of.
Ice Dancer Sofia Lucrezia SFORZA (ITA):
And here are her highest scoring SD and her second highest scoring FD, from when she and Francesco FIORETTI won the Bavarian Open in 2013:
Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI - 2013 Bavarian Open SD
Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI - 2013 Bavarian Open FD
(Her second highest scoring SD and her highest scoring FD were from when she won the Bavarian Open for a second time in 2015, this time with little brother Leo Luca. However, I cannot find any videos of these programmes).
Singles skater Leonora COLMOR JEPSEN (DEN):
And here are her second highest scoring SP and her fourth highest scoring FS, from when she won the first of her two Danish Junior Ladies titles, in December 2014:
Leonora COLMOR JEPSEN - 2014-15 Danish Championships SP
Leonora COLMOR JEPSEN - 2014-15 Danish Championships FS
In between those two posts was another I had put up about somebody that I had forgot about, Ice Dancer Michail SAVITSKIY (DEU):
However, I can now find no trace of any of the songs Michail recorded under that name. Given that he now has a new partner and training base, I suspect that somebody in his new setup didn't approve of the songs. I'm not surprised, given that the lyrics of most of his songs contained a LOT of colourful language.
But here are his highest scoring programmes, from when he and Darya GRIMM won the third of their four German Junior Ice Dance titles, in December 2023:
Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY - 2023-24 German Championships SD
Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY - 2023-24 German Championships FD
Of all these songs I have mentioned, the one I started this post with is probably my favourite. I love ballads.
CaroLiza_fan
Similar threads
