Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 18, 2013
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Transcript:
Petey: Hey, um, Viola, you're really good at playing that xylophone. Viola: It's not a xylophone, Petey Potterpoop. Viola: IT'S A MARIMBA! BRANGG Mom: What do you mean, your ears are still ringing? Alice: I can't hear them.
margueritem almost 11 years ago
Poor Petey…
Linux0s almost 11 years ago
Never upset a girl wielding mallets.
Durandal_1707 almost 11 years ago
Marimbas aren’t nearly loud enough to make someone’s ears ring… Heck, I used to have a neighbor who’d play the marimba at 2 AM and it didn’t even disturb my sleep.
pumaman almost 11 years ago
Huh, and I always thought marimba was a dance.
Nebulous Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Vibraphones are better.
peachyanddanny almost 11 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XLdxxJEB80&list=RD0XLdxxJEB80
edclectic almost 11 years ago
I dated a girl in high school that played the marimba.
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Jeepers, Viola! Working out some hostilities? Frustrated by Petey’s ignorance of the MARIMBA (ear-ringer)?!(Alice, neither can Petey….)
kaecispopX almost 11 years ago
I looked it up. According to Wikipedia, a marimba is a type of xylophone.“The marimba (About this sound mærimbə (help·info)) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The bars are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural bars (similar to a piano) to aid the performer both visually and physically. This instrument is a type of xylophone, but with broader and lower tonal range and resonators.”
Rush Strong Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@kaecispopXThe marimba may be part of the xylophone family, but not in this context.Also from Wiki (under their xylophone entry): “In the orchestra, the term xylophone refers specifically to a chromatic instrument of somewhat higher pitch range than the marimba.”
Uskoke almost 11 years ago
My sister has one (she’s a percussionist) and it’s amazing how she can play like Viola) with four mallets, while I can’t carry a tune to save my life. It’s really heavy, and expensive too-the price of a small car. She also has a full set of drums.