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I’m very pleased that they’ve opened Hendrix’s flat permanently now. I was lucky enough to visit it on a special opening during London Open House. It was, at that point, being used as a museum staff office!
Can’t wait to see it refurbed in true Hendrix style. |
Hendrix girlfriend was Kathy, not Julie, Etchingham.
Julie reads the ITV news... dg writes: Oops. Updated, thanks. |
I made a visit several years ago. I must have entered a draw or maybe filled a questionnaire with a prize incentive whilst there as several weeks later I received through the post a box of CD's of Handel music as my reward.
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I'm not sure Handel saw it at the time as "good fortune" that the employer he had deserted in Hanover should pop up as the new king of his adopted country only two years later. It turned out all right in the end, but Handel had to work hard to get back into the king's favour - the "Water Music" was part of this charm offensive.
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The fantastic randomise of DG, Yeading…..Word games using stations….Jimi Hendrix
I have always been a Jimi Hendrix fan, in 1970 travelled with friends to the IOW to hear him live. The next time I’m in London the museum is on the list for a visit. |
I wonder if Hendrix still be remembered in the same way 260 years after his death.
Perhaps Handel has the advantage of dying before the age of recorded music - so all can own their interpretation of his work, whereas there will always be the Hendrix original to compete against (why bother painting another Mona Lisa), although by the time the copyright expires anyone who was alive at the time will be long gone, so will be free of the 'nostalgia baggage'. |
I got close to this place last year, but as I was looking for some shoes for my niece (sort-of) I had neither mood nor time to look this place up. Thanks DG for your nice guide.
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Not only is there not a definitive recording, there is not even a definitive score of "Messiah", as he wrote different versions of some movements for different performances (and even replaced some completely), to make best use of the soloists available for each one.
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Is that free OF children on Saturdays? Might give it a whirl if so!
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Mama Cass and Keith Moon also died in the same flat (4 years apart I think) in Notting Hill, that would make a good museum
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Bit of a gaffe with decent-sized gaff
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"Damned Europeans, bringing their talents to the UK and never going home." - and that without any kind of EU...
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"they lived nextdoor to each another"
you might want to do a bit of proof-reading on that... |
I was very lucky to once spend an evening having dinner with Jimi and Kathy, I had been invited out for a meal by Kit Lambert who casually mentioned that a couple of other people would be joining us, I was gobsmacked when they turned up and its an occasion that will remain with me until I die.
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