Turtle "Stayin' Alive"

It's our new music video -- "Stayin' Alive," the classic 1970s hit, as interpreted by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Due to the slow tempos that recur throughout our version, we have dubbed this piece "Turtle Stayin' Alive," a nod to the "Tortoises" movement of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals (which slows down the "Can-Can," another popular dance tune).

The production involved little more than a wild dance party with friends... and a little time with a piano. I needed more drinks than usual to bring out my best dance moves. Liz simply got drunk on life. Fun times, fun times.

Alun's peculiar question...

Dear Greg and Liz,
I was just sent your wondrously passionate Libertango from someone I want to love but has a long-distance (American) lover. I'm assuming she (a Koren) and I (a Canadian) will become special friends. But as the 'other' man, I want to seek those remote possibilites. I've just spent an hour trying to decifer every important word by the 'narrator' but missing the complete. Would you kindly send me the proper wordage. I can, at least, give it (plus your CD) to her as a friend's Christmas present. Please hurry, if you can, 'cause time is running out on a move to win her over.
- Alun Josef Seguin

Dear Alun,

Thanks so much for your interesting question!

Here is the wording of the "Libertango" video. Contrary to what one might expect, the script is not from an actual textbook or lecture; this brainy yet fictitious jargon was written exclusively for this video by a friend who has a science degree! It is simply a pseudo-scientific soliloquy filled with double entendres:

"...the force between two oppositely charged masses depends on the magnitude and distribution of charge in each body and the distance between them. The force is inversely proportioned to the square of the distance between the two bodies, resulting in moderate attraction when removed from one another but exponentially greater attraction when in close proximity...."

*performance*

"....towards one another and collide in a cycle whose duration depends on the elasticity of the collision. The bodies ultimately will come to rest together with the initial potential energy of their electrostatic attraction having been dissipated through the kinetic energy of their collision."

Enjoy and good luck with all your endeavors! ;)

Cheers and Happy New Year!

Anderson & Roe to present at 2008 EG conference

This December, Anderson & Roe will be featured presenters at EG 2008, an entertainment gathering showcasing the best ideas about entertainment and imagination.

EG presenters are among the most luminous talents of our time, from rising stars to living national treasures; this is the conference for the most influential and creative minds in the world.

Yo-Yo Ma, Leon Fleisher, and Herbie Hancock were the musician presenters in '06 and '07. See www.the-eg.com for more information or to reserve your seat!