Nou’s Blue entertains Russian sailors – only in Greece!
Another quick catch up from over here on the first rock from the rock I live on, Tilos in the early morning and later on. A flotilla or regatta, rather, as they were racing, sailed by Russian crews entertained us out as sea on Tuesday afternoon. They called in after the race, stayed the night (not with me), filled up a couple of tavernas and, by the sound of the music, had a good time.
I had one of those ‘no way!’ moments as I sat on my balcony behind one of the tavernas, listening to the disco and watching the night sky. One of the songs they played was a strange kind of disco number that started with deep drums and horns. I thought ‘I recognise that’ and sure enough I hear a piece of music based on a piece of classical music that gives me the shivers each time I hear it. Why? ‘Cos my big brother wrote it and arranged it. (I hope he got his royalties from this disco-mix!) There are various versions of it on You Tube, but this is probably the neatest, though not the longest version. It’s called ‘Nous’ Blue.’
Have a listen and see if you can identify the piece it’s based on. I used to play the original piece on the piano in the days of four hours a day practice for my grade eight. Think I might only be able to manage a few bars of the right hand now. The video is below, but if you want to buy the big band arrangement click to Lush Life music: https://www.lushlifemusic.com/arrangements/pdf/nous_blue.pdf
And back to Tilos, just a little bit more than proud. I can’t remember how many words I am on now but I had a good morning’s work on Tuesday. I was writing a scene that’s set on the Romney Marshes on the night before winter solstice, sunset to darkness, and there’s the sun pouring in through the window, the sea lapping at the front step of the hotel and I’m sweating. Took a little concentration I can tell you.
I’m not hanging around for long, it’s lunchtime and I want to get that done so I can write the next scene; I reckon I am at 60,000 words now (not just this week) and not even half way through, so there’s going to be a lot of editing I am sure. Perhaps a couple of weeks on Patmos later in the year? Enjoy the pics and the music.
