Maximum Cheese!

Subject: Maximum Cheese!
From: melodeonboy
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 04:06 PM

I know this is not exactly the right kind of music for Mudcat, but I tuned in to the programme on Herb Alpert on BBC4 this evening. I thought I'd top up my cheese quotient, but it exceeded even my wildest expectations. I just had to share this remarkable experience!

Music which was off the naffometer scale, "remarkable" clothes and haircuts, blatant miming, cheesy grins and a selection of tarts sprinkled around looking adoringly at the band. And did anyone notice the teddy bear? Kinky!

I feel as if I've had an out-of-body experience!

Did anyone else see it?

Subject: RE: Maximum Cheese!
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 04:07 PM

Nope, but I wish I had!
'Maximum cheese' is exactly my kind of junk-food order.

Subject: RE: Maximum Cheese!
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 04:11 PM

cheesy grins and a selection of tarts

Wow - sorry I missed it. But I did see the programme on Paganini which preceded it...

Subject: RE: Maximum Cheese!
From: Bainbo
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 05:22 PM

Just taken a look on the iPlayer. (I lasted about five minutes).

In additoin to all the elements melodeonboy mentions, I was particularly taken by the fact that, even when there was just a bass player and a percussionist apparently playing, he still felt the need to "conduct". He can't have had much faith in them!

Subject: RE: Maximum Cheese!
From: open mike
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 05:42 PM

despite what you might say about the Tijuana Brass...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert

he helped to found A & M records..
http://www.herbalpert.com/music_home.shtml

and his foundation does good things...
http://www.herbalpertfoundation.org/foundation_home.shtml

Subject: RE: Maximum Cheese!
From: melodeonboy
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 05:48 PM

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah! A cheese apologist!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Maximum Cheese!
From: Bainbo
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 06:04 PM

I thought, for their time the TJB were quite good fun (although I might have changed my mind if I'd seen this performance, rather than only having heard them on the radio, my dad's records, and the It's A Knockout theme tune).

In later years, I rather enjoyed Herb's brief contribution to this number. You'll have to scroll down, press Play, and wait till Ringo shuts up at about 1:30 into the track.