chutton01 This 'tube claims to be the Soupy Sales version of Pachalafaka, with lyrics (more or less). Never heard of the song before, and doesn't much sound like anything I'd normally like. This is the 4 Lads version of Istanbul This is the "They Might Be Giants" version of Istanbul (w/ Lryics). And that should cover the Turkish music interlude in this thread...
This 'tube claims to be the Soupy Sales version of Pachalafaka, with lyrics (more or less). Never heard of the song before, and doesn't much sound like anything I'd normally like.
This is the 4 Lads version of Istanbul
This is the "They Might Be Giants" version of Istanbul (w/ Lryics).
And that should cover the Turkish music interlude in this thread...
Oh, that's Soupy on the record all right, if the dude singing along would shut up you'd know for certain.
Check the other You Tube videos on the right sidebar to see Soupy doing the song, and with a surprise ending.
No, it was more off beat character....Spike Jones and his City Slickers were mainstream comedy...and I don't ever see in on any of his song lists. I'll check with a friend tonight and see what he has to say.
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"Pachalafaka"- Didn't Spike Jones and his City Slickers do that?
And, as to why New Amsterdam became New York--when the Dutch realized that the English had a better force they had, and relinquished the area, along with the city, to the English, King Charles II gave it to his brother James, who was the Duke of York.
Charles was quite free with land that he had not seen--he gave a large tract of land that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to a group of his friends, and they called it "Carolina" after him.
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And, Constantinople was Byzantium--from whence the adjective "Byzantine."
I remember the song very well; I was in high school when it came out. Balt, I guess you are just a toddler .
Tiny Toons version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrfufP-gGFg
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If I don't have a copy of it, I know someone who may have it. I remember William B. Williams at WNEW in New York City used to throw that on every once in a while...
Anyone remember the words to "Pakalafaka?"
Dakguy201You are thinking of "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" done by the 4 Lads circa 1952. I think there was also a Bing Crosby version.
Back to the Bosphorus straits tunnel - Lion's cite seems to indicate it will handle both general Freight/Passenger trains AND subway , but the BBC seems to indicate it will handle general freight/passenger trains and Suburban service, which seems more reasonable - of course, Turkey may not have as strict a segregation of passenger train types as the US's FRA requires...The BBC article indicates the tunnel isn't quite ready for prime-time yet.
The rail tunnel is still not fully operational after Tuesday's opening, AFP reports."The part that is in service is very limited. All that has been delayed until much later," said Tayfun Kahraman, president of the Istanbul Chamber of Urban Planners."We are wondering why this inauguration is happening so soon."
Dakguy201 You are thinking of "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" done by the 4 Lads circa 1952. I think there was also a Bing Crosby version.
You are thinking of "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" done by the 4 Lads circa 1952. I think there was also a Bing Crosby version.
For those of you who spend a lot of time watching reruns on ION Television, there is an episode of "Cold Case" in which the song in question gets a lot of playing time.
Maybe not Henry, I love old 50's groups but I never heard an "Istanbul-Constantinople" song. Must be really obscure.
Unless there's a line in "In The Still Of The Night" that got left out.
I think I'm showing my age....I was recollecting the words to an old and possible Vaudeville song which was made popular again in the early 50's by one of the "4" groups; 4 Lads, 4 Aces, 4 somethingorother...
henry6 The way I heard it the Istanbul Subway had a problem in that it was only one way...you could go to Istanbul but you couldn't go back to Constantinople.
The way I heard it the Istanbul Subway had a problem in that it was only one way...you could go to Istanbul but you couldn't go back to Constantinople.
Not sure you'd want to go back to Constantinople anyway, it was kind of a mess after the Ottoman siege guns got through with it.
Does anyone have any idea what the track conditions are to the east ? Items such as track conditions, max speed, sidings, servicing facilities, distance to usable yards, where tracks are not good enough for main line operation, political probles, etc. ?
EDIT : clearances ? ? including this subway ?
Uh, well, OK Dave, let's not go there, huh? I was just trying to be funny. I'd have brought up Prince Eugene of Savoy, the last savior of Vienna in the 18th Century from an Ottoman onslaught but I didn't think many people would "get it."
Otherwise, you're not far wrong...
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THE WAY EUROPEANS NEED TO SAVE CHRISTIANDOM IS TO START HAVING MORE BABIESl
Oh great. Does this mean Christendom is going to have to mobilize and save Vienna AGAIN?
A eight mile, high speed tunnel connects Europe to Asia in Istanbul.
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