Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 10, 2015
December 09, 2015
December 11, 2015
Transcript:
Petey: ANK OONK HEENK HEENK ANK OONK HEENK HEENK ANK OONK HEENK OONK HEENK HONK Alice: I wish I could play the oboe. Petey: It's the most beautiful instrument of all time! It has a bracing, pungent quality all its own! Alice: Yeah! It's like a plugged up nostril you can play songs on. Petey: Leave.
The oboe, well played, has a haunting, ethereal sound that lends a beautiful tone color to an orchestra. “Well played”is, however, the operative phrase in that sentence. It and the other double reeds are fiendishly difficult to control. The best players actually play for free, but they get paid huge sums for making and cutting reeds, which they do whenever they are not playing.