h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The music sounds like wind chimes, working well with the crystalline beauty of snow on pine branches and bird feeders.

I used to know the words to "Lara's theme."

Somewhere, my love,
There will be mumble, mumble....

'...there will be songs to sing, although the snow covers the hope of spring...'

Thanks!

If that's a prospective karaoke song, I will learn the words.

We'll see.

I expect that there may be others who would like more modern songs. Then again, we are celebrating a 20th year anniversary, and we never allowed anyone less than 16 years old to become researchers, so the functional lowest possible age will be 36. I suspect that we could safely add 15 or 20 to that. What songs would be well-known to people in their fifties or above?

(I hope I haven't offended anyone by making these assumptions. If there's a chance of anyone wanting recent songs, should I learn key songs from recent movies, or from the score of "Hamilton"?)

I also have a number of songs that I have written, and they don't pertain to any particular year or period. Not that I would expect you to sightread them .

I asked Robbie about that, and I doubt karaoke is going to happen. The pub's not set up for it, from what Robbie says. I don't think the room's enclosed. I won't be there. And I'm sure that if they had to pick songs, very few h2g2ers would pick show tunes. They're mostly into pop and rock, from what they post me. Yes, a lot are close to our age. They like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath.

I was thinking of working up a couple of filk Youtubes for you that people could do for ffun. Let's see what I can find. But I wouldn't go memorising 'Hamilton' - at least, not for the Meet.

The Beatles?

I could handle "When I"m 64," though I'd make it 94 instead.

I suspect McCartney would now, too.

How about Flanders and swann? They wrote a nifty song boosting the English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vh-wEXvdW8

A suitable song for Brexit.

Beautiful indeed!

Lara's Theme reminds me of musical boxes as I have heard it most on them! The tone you selected on the keyboard is perfect

Thanks, Sasha!