http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 en-US 60 <blockquote> <div class="quote_body"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">“If you want to create great music, you cannot have a three-piece band. <span>&nbsp;</span>You need an orchestra, minimum 60 players.<span>&nbsp;</span> To be the Prime Minister, you don’t have to know every instrument.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">“But you have to recognize ah, he’s a good violinist, he will be the first violinist, he will be the double bass, he will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. <span>&nbsp;</span>Then you coordinate them and then you have great music.”</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">“<strong>And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music</strong>.”</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Need to qualify.&nbsp; If the violinist thinks he is better, will be play louder then the pianist.&nbsp; If the pianist cocked up the conductor went missing.&nbsp; If you don't have good players, just play the music on the background and pretend to perform.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:43:02 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7914294 Caitaokue http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Everytime Lee Kuan Yew opens his mouth, my ear suffers.</p> <p>Can't he just shut up?<img src= "/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/embarrassed.png" alt= "embarrassed.png" /></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Why do you want him to shut up while you can get entertained with what he has to say.</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:27:26 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913932 pisces8 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by sir_peanuts:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>is daddy implying something? <img src= "/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/teeth.png" alt= "teeth.png" /></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I do not think so.&nbsp; It is people like us who try to meddle things up.</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:22:17 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913924 pisces8 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by FBI:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p><br /> <span style="color: #339966;">don u guys get it? the dummy is referring to our beloved guy sitting in the istana everyday.</span></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> I met him at the Santana concert :D</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:17:39 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913917 TCH05 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by TCH05:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>I think a better way&nbsp;of&nbsp;putting the message across to the&nbsp;Arabs will be to use a football team as an example.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you want to win a football match, you need to have the full 11 players. You need strikers, midfielders, defenders, a strong captain&nbsp;and the goalkeeper.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Once you have that first 11&nbsp;going, even without a manager, the team will still be able to play good football.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>:D</p> </div> </blockquote> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">MM Lee will put it this way, even with a “dummy manager”, the team will still be able to play good football.</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:15:32 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913911 pisces8 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>Then Singapore's&nbsp; Government must be a Rock musician playing Classical Music.</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:14:38 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913906 dbowie http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by eagle:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>LKY has never played in an orchestra, so he doesn't know at all the importance of the conductor. You need a good conductor for the orchestra to play well. A dummy just can't do it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> <span style="color: #339966;">don u guys get it? the dummy is referring to our beloved guy sitting in the istana everyday.</span></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:12:50 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913903 FBI http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>I think a better way&nbsp;of&nbsp;putting the message across to the&nbsp;Arabs will be to use a football team as an example.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you want to win a football match, you need to have the full 11 players. You need strikers, midfielders, defenders, a strong captain&nbsp;and the goalkeeper.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Once you have that first 11&nbsp;going, even without a manager, the team will still be able to play good football.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>:D</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:07:48 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913893 TCH05 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by sir_peanuts:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>is daddy implying something? <img src= "/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/teeth.png" alt= "teeth.png" /></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> the current conductor is a dummy?</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:07:01 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913573 pearlie27 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>don't get too worked up over the details and lose the message &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:57:47 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913387 mistyblue http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>LKY has never played in an orchestra, so he doesn't know at all the importance of the conductor. You need a good conductor for the orchestra to play well. A dummy just can't do it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:12:46 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913352 eagle http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>.. dumb ass.. he doesn't know jack sh|t about music...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>... musicians in general, regardless of which instruments he/she plays exclusively, are ABLE to play a few other instruments as well... even Conductors can usually play a few instruments as well, apart from the piano being their major...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>... he's going around bragging, babbling all this - what the hell for??</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:35:12 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7913288 HyperFocal http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>I think Lee Kuan Yew is ignorant of the mentality of the younger generation of people.</p> <p>He should step down and make way for others.</p> <p>That is the sign of a wise leader.</p> <p>Deng Xiao Ping also stepped down and held no official government post.</p> <p>So scared of losing power, this Lee Kuan Yew.</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:32:17 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7912698 Poh Ah Pak http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>I think his statement about 3 pcs band cannot produce good music is wrong. i am not surprise that the only music he&nbsp;listen to is classical music.</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:27:51 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7912690 TCH05 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>Everytime Lee Kuan Yew opens his mouth, my ear suffers.</p> <p>Can't he just shut up?<img src= "/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/embarrassed.png" alt= "embarrassed.png" /></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:05:25 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7912648 Poh Ah Pak http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>play the music, keep the audience quiet.</p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:59:45 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7912641 alwaysdisturbed http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p>is daddy implying something? <img src= "/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/teeth.png" alt= "teeth.png" /></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:57:19 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7912635 sir_peanuts http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "color: black;"><a href="http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309721" rel="nofollow"><span style= "color: #800080;">http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309721</span></a></span></span></p> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:49:50 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7910931 pisces8 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928 <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">MM LEE (in Bahrain), in response to a participant who wanted to know who was the one who came up with the ideas for Singapore’s development. <span style= "">&nbsp;</span>Mr Lee said that it was a team effort:</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">“If you want to create great music, you cannot have a three-piece band. <span style="">&nbsp;</span>You need an orchestra, minimum 60 players.<span style="">&nbsp;</span> To be the Prime Minister, you don’t have to know every instrument.</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">“But you have to recognize ah, he’s a good violinist, he will be the first violinist, he will be the double bass, he will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. <span style="">&nbsp;</span>Then you coordinate them and then you have great music.”</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">“<strong>And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music</strong>.”</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:31:15 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:309928:7909537 pisces8 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/309928