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| Tribute to Joe Raposo |
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A short vignette assembled to honor and thank
a very special composer. The music is an
American 1972 high school chorus rendition of
"Listening To You" from the legendary musical
"Tommy", by The Who.
During the "Harvard" image sequence (the
building is Harvard's Music School, where Joe
studied), the bespectacled older woman seated
at the piano is Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger,
who served as music instructor to Leonard
Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Quincy Jones,
Phillip Glass, Burt Bacharach and dozens of
other star musical names you'll also
recognize. In 1958, she happened to also
instruct a young student named Joe Raposo.
You may also spot Karen and Richard
Carpenter. In 1973, the Carpenters overheard
and "fell in love with" Joe's composition
"Sing", and picked it as the first single for
their upcoming album "Now and Then". This
was despite A&M warning it would not be a
hit. Karen and Richard were right; A&M was
wrong. "Sing" soared to No. 3 on Billboard
and earned the siblings their seventh gold
record.
The child clutching Raggedy Ann at 1:06 is my
visual homage to the "Raggedy Ann" animated
musical feature Joe Raposo composed in 1977.
The photograph at 1:18 shows Joe alongside
Dr. Seuss, with whom he composed the music of
at least three animated programs in the late
Seventies. The two shared a sense of whimsy
and became very close friends.
The penultimate image is one I Photoshopped
of what Joe, Jon Stone and Jim Henson might
look like today, if they had only remained
with us. I imagined Jim would be very into
world music and using it extensively with the
Muppets - and might have dreaded his hair out
by now, like a lot of guys his age (at least
in Santa Fe, where Jim lived for awhile and
owned a ranch). It's a fanciful look - but I
could see Henson doing it, because in Santa
Fe, that's the 60-something male hippie look.
Miss you, Jim.
The remaining photos are of our generation.
I guess I should mention if you look closely
at image 00:38, the two girls are watching
Roosevelt Franklin - a character sadly
removed from Sesame, whom Joe Raposo very
clearly enjoyed scoring themes and
instructional music for.
This is for Joe's fans: all of us everywhere.
Enjoy. :)
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Affichage : 7397
Durée : 118 s |
| Greg Raposo Take Me Back home Full Song + Lyrics |
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"Take Me Back Home"
Im reaching deeper down inside of me
For answers to questions honesty
I feel like ive fallen from a state of grace
I knoe that i cant run from my mistakes
[chorus]
Where do you go when you've gone to far
You open up your arms
I want to believe that love has the heart to
Take me home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Forgiveness a sweet kiss is all i need from
you
So hold me cuz only you can pull me through
Im fighting.. im crying calling out your name
I want to live a life that shows a change
[chorus]
Where do you go when you've gone to far
You open up your arms
I want to believe that love has the heart to
Take me home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
[chorus]
Where do you go when you've gone to far
You open up your arms
I want to believe that love has the heart to
Take me home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
(where do you go)
When the lights have consumed you
So thick you can hardly move through
(where do you go)
When you dont recognize your face
You pray for redemption day
I know that i cant run from my mistakes
[chorus]
Where do you go when you've gone to far
You open up your arms
I want to believe that love has the heart to
Take me home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back home
Tags : grag raposos take me back home dream street raposo new york italian hottie jesse mccarteny matt ballinger chris frankie |
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Affichage : 8341
Durée : 217 s |
| Greg Raposo |
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this is all about greg raposo a bit of dream
street and all those great times they spent
together song- we're in love by greg raposo
Tags : greg raposo OneTrueMedia |
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Affichage : 1277
Durée : 231 s |
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