Friday, July 11, 2014

SHAZAM!

So, the Esquire video, with thanks to Kathleen for uploading it to YouTube.



Yes yes, the dude is hot but what the hell is the music? Armitage Besotted asked and I didn't have an answer beyond "the song NPR uses as bumper music." So Servetus suggested I use Shazam, which I'd never heard of before, and it had the answer in a matter of seconds. Where has this app been all my life?

So...Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers are taking us out with "Moanin'" which didn't make my inner-twelve-year-old snicker AT ALL. Yeah. Have a jazzy day!

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  1. Now all I have to hear is Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "Moanin" and oh yeah! I'm being turned on by the music alone. Thanks!

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  2. It's the perfect addition to a classy man in classy clothes! Thanks!

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    1. Thanks for commenting and he does wear it well, doesn't he?

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  3. This certainly doesn't help stop the images running through my head!!! Perhaps I should thank you *snicker* ...

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  4. Wow! thanks! That music is awesome. Lovin' RA sure expands your horizons. I learn so much about so much of everything! Music, art, literature, even blogs comparing him to classical Greek statues/myths and ... well, you name it. It's like a well rounded education all based on RA. (Heather)

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    1. Mind expansion with Richard Armitage, right? :)

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  5. Can you imagine waking up and rolling over to look at that getting dressed every morning?
    (Heather)

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  6. Oh my, what have I started?

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    1. The Richard Armitage Jazz Appreciation Society from the looks of things. ;)

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  7. "Moanin'?" Was that choice just a coincidence, or a deliberate strategy to drive us even more crazy?

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    1. Are you suggesting corporate media might have been manipulating us here? My, so cynical. ;)

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  8. Happy you found this. You have to wonder who was responsible for making the music choice for the video. Probably someone who was "Moanin'" herself. Great find!

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  9. Whatever the reason for choosing that particular piece of music, I have to say it works for me - even the name! ;) (Teuchter)

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    1. Lol, exactly! Welcome to the blog and thanks for commenting!

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  10. I echo so many of these comments. I wager more than a few moans/gasps accompanied this song as we all watched this... Thanks for sharing this tidbit!

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  11. You're welcome and thanks for commenting!

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  12. O M G! That look he does to the camera is to die for. What a fine specimen is.

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    1. The whole thing is really beautiful. Thanks for commenting!

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  13. Great find ! I was wondering about the music too.

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    1. It was driving me crazy because it's one of those pieces I've heard a hundred times and probably knew the title at some point but I couldn't remember it. Time to increase the Ginko Biloba, apparently. :)

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  14. Amazing Classic Jazz ,Jazzy :) Thanks! ...smooth tune and smooth operator . I'm "Moanin" too (albeit soundlessly- hubby is in the house ;) )

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    1. Lol! I actually asked my husband if he knew the title and we hummed it back amd forth to each other trying to figure it out. :)

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