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Posted by Hammerer on 09/08/06 16:36
"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hammerer wrote:
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> > "Don M." <newsreader@nospam4fineartsnospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:v4WdnT68zfYGxp3YnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@giganews.com
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> > > "dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message
> > > news:sFlLg.27348$CL6.5943@trnddc06...
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> > > > anthonyberet wrote:
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> > > > > It's a piece of instrumental marimba music, quite upbeat,
> > > > > warming. Used a lot in ads and by the BBC for some reason.
> > > > > It goes: Plonk. plonk-plonk. plonk-plonk-plonk-plonk-plonk.....
> > > > > (that's the only bit I ever hear, except a similar refrain an
> > > > > octave or so above this).
> > > > >
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> > > > The Troll Song? Theme From 24hoursupport.helpdesk?
> > > >
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> > > I think so. Some troll tried to pull the same stunt last year. As
> > > expected, none of the answers given was good enough for the troll.
> > > Don
> > >
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> > http://tinyurl.com/hbomh
> > No ........ it's completely different this time. In the first
> > incarnation, it was a xylophone tune. This time it's a marimba.
> > Clearly, though, anthonyberet should not drink and post.
> >
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> Thank you - I have had a bit of an idea.
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Remember to write it down on a piece of paper. Over the next few days, you
might get other bits, so write down those as well. When you think you've got
all the bits, collate them all and you should end up with a complete idea.
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> I think it might be a part of Paul Creston's concerto for Marimba.
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The part that goes Plonk. plonk-plonk. plonk-plonk-plonk-plonk-plonk? Wonder
what the rest sounds like. Jesus!
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> am having no luck finding an example to download though - except on the
> BBC site which is a .ram abd unplayable by Real Alternative for some
reason...
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Perhaps it was never meant to be, anthonyberet. Maybe it's a punishment, or
something.
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