In Cambridge today was this man playing a piece on the guitar. I recognised the piece but could not place it. When he finished playing, I hummed the tune and asked him what it was. Leonard Cohen he said and it slotted into place. Of course.
I asked if I could take his photo and he said yes and I took three. The first is a crop of the second photo here.
When I was a kid there was a quiz programme on TV. The band would play a few notes and the contestant would try to name the tune correctly.
The spin-off of that was a skit on the radio not that many years ago. Two comedians, one playing the contestant and the other the quizmaster. The band plays one note just one note – and the contestant says as though he has the tune on the tip of his tongue and is struggling for it and is going to get it in just a second, says – “I know that, I’ve got it in the car.”
It cracks me up even writing it here.
Spot The Tune Wikipedia Entry
Spot the Tune is a British television game show which aired from 1956 to 1962 on ITV. It was produced by Granada Television. It was very similar to the popular US series Name That Tune (a format which would be picked up by ITV/Thames in the 1970s, when the British version was hosted by Tom O’Connor). In 1958, Des O’Connor joined the show, which also featured Ted Ray, Pete Murray and singer Marion Ryan (who was also known for being Paul and Barry Ryan’s mother).
Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a British singer in the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. She was once called “the Marilyn Monroe of popular song”..
Photo shot with Canon R6 and 35mm RF lens
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