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Great- heard this on Dr. Demento's radio show in the 80s and have never been able to find it again until now. A classic.

Although Cliff is shown with The Shadows, they didn't play on the single. His backing group at that time was called The Drifters (nothing to do with the US vocal group), but they didn't play on 'Move It' either, session musicians were used. The first single The Shadows played on was 'Livin' Doll'...

Considering this is a live recording from the beginning of the 1960s, it has held up remarkably well. Fantastic to see the original Shadows line-up with Jet Harris and Tony Meehan.

This was one of my first real favorites among pop songs, when I was a kid in London, England. Shane later became Alvin Stardust with much more success, but I still love this song. Thanks.

The Beatles did lots of covers. This isn't one of them. They stopped doing covers in 1965 (apart from a few seconds of the old Liverpool song 'Maggie Mae' on 'Let It Be'). 'Mrs. Robinson' is from 1967, was first written as an historical song ('Mrs. Robinson' was originally 'Mrs. Roosevelt') and t...

Rumi Iryo and Sandra Joseph aren't coloraturo sopranos. They can't reach the last note, so they sing a lower note which sounds strange. Rebecca Caine is the best I've heard; I saw her play Christine in Toronto and she's spectacular. Celia Graham is the worst for me- she's screeching, not singing.

@MrAndredekock ; I wouldn't put it quite the same way. Caruso's style was different to that of Bjorling. The scoops and slides you mention were part of his repetoire. Bjorling hit the notes perfectly. Caruso's style was a little more populist, while Bjorling preceded the operatic tenors of today....

I saw Rebecca Caine performing the role in Toronto opposite Colm Wilkinson. She's far and away the best Christine I have heard- she understudied Sarah Brightman in London, but it should have been the other way round. Thanks for recalling a great memory.

Interesting video, though it's clearly not all of the same train. The ariel shots include footage of a different train.

Unlike petereuropa, the reason I like this version is because of the slow pace. It gives an opportunity to hear the wonderful purity and control of Bjorling's voice. That this is a live performance in a concert hall makes it all the more impressive. Perhaps the single greatest operatic aria recor...

@Porolepis: Try Mado Robin's version, it's on youtube. I also have a very good version by Mady Mesple. There seems to have been a particular French coloratura style that suited Lakme.

@mrlucky1232002: I suggested to another poster on this board that if a prayer were answered for something which could not happen naturally (I suggested a prayer that no more children would be born with cystic fibrosis) I would regard that as evidence. However, a supreme being would have no diffic...

@aClockworkBoec: We must agree to disagree. I accept evidence, you embrace religion. It's been fun talking to you. Goodbye.

@JungleJargon: Sorry, but that isn't an argument. You're simply saying that there's a Maker because you believe there's a Maker, You have no evidence for that statement. Whether you like it or not, that's religion. There is overwhelming evidence for evolution (and your statement is not inconsiste...

@lukinbactex If you worked or associated with Horton or Cochran, who both died in 1960, you must be older than God. If you think that Emmylou Harris isn't a great singer, then your opinion is indeed humble. But let's be charitable- perhaps you've just forgotten what good music is.

@RuinSonic: that might be it, or there might not be any names. Whatever it is, for someone who calls himself a Christian, Meyer has a remarkably unChristian approach to honesty and integrity. His stated objective is the 'wedge', a plan to bring his religion to schools by disguising it as science....

@HipHopWorldStar: Micro-evolution is change within a species. Macro-evolution is evolution of one species into another (often called 'speciation'). Micro-evolution takes place over a relatively short period of time and is observable, so creationists have had to back off on saying it doesn't happe...

It's the belief that Man was created that was the delusion which was overturned by science. Science never considers anything to be true- it just follows the evidence. Religion doesn't. The third question is meaningless. Whether anyone believes something to be true has no effect on whether it is t...