Sawdust Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 So, here's an odd piece of trivia about which I'm curious. About 80 minutes into the movie Groundhog Day (starring Bill Murray), the main character is seen playing an electonic keyboard on stage. Does anyone know what keyboard model he is playing? Also, the piano sound sounds good...is the music we hear in the movie possibly coming from this keyboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Maberry Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 No idea. Welcome to the boards, though. "Stimulate the phagocytes." -George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete psingpy Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I haven't seen it in ages, I seem to remember that it's a Korg M1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I saw it recently - I'm pretty sure it was an M1. I think the sound you are hearing is a real piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Here you go: http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Drama/Drama/GroundBand1.jpg It is indeed a Korg M1, and no, the sound you hear is definitely NOT from that keyboard if the piano 'sounds good'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.T. Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Sven--------Off the subject--where did you get the picture from? Great quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundscape Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Originally posted by Sawdust: Also, the piano sound sounds good...is the music we hear in the movie possibly coming from this keyboard? Almost all sounds in movies are added during sound mixing. This extends to sounds like footsteps (foley) and sometimes dialogue (Automatic Dialogue Replacement) where the actor will re-record his/her lines. IIRC, in the era when actors would suddenly break out into a song in the middle of a movie, it was very common for someone else to do the singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Originally posted by B.T.: Sven--------Off the subject--where did you get the picture from? Great quality. Found it with a Google Image search (for Groundhog Day band). It's from a site called GoneMovies.com, which seems to be an individual's attempt at doing what The Internet Movie Database does so much better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammodel AV Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 do you all watch in movies (and sometimes TV programs) to see if the keyboard is actually plugged in? Sometimes the A/C plug is missing, while the 1/4" cable isn't and vice versa. They will have fully decked out mics, however, for all the other instruments! Hammond T-582A, Casio WK6600, Behringer D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Ward MP Hall of Fame Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I love how in Spinal Tap the keyboards don't even come close to synching up right. I believe the rest of the band played their own instruments, but it seemed that the keyboardist just kinda faked it. But yeah, I love when cables aren't plugged in, but I love even more in old bad movies starring the likes of Arch Hall Jr. when there is a guy playing an acoustic guitar alone on a beach to his girlfriend and suddenly there are keyboards and backing vocals. Apparently Arch Hall has a magic guitar... did the Korg Oasys come out in a 6 string version? Gotta love it! "...Keytar in a heavy metal band is nothing more than window dressing" - Sven Golly Cursed Eternity - My Band Dick Ward - My Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Hey, I only live about an hour and a half from Punxsutawney, PA. ....I guess that's nothin' to brag about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I think ive done all this before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I think ive done all this before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I think ive done all this before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 well thats made me a better piano player even on an M1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanL Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 What I always liked, aside from instruments not plugged in on TV shows, is the old movies where there is a horn player and he's taking breaths during a phrase, or playing while there is a space in the part he's trying to mimic. Almost as good as the prop guitar where the player isn't coming close to the chords or strumming that is actually happening. Live: Korg Kronos 2 88, Nord Electro 5d Nord Lead A1 Toys: Roland FA08, Novation Ultranova, Moog LP, Roland SP-404SX, Roland JX10,Emu MK6 www.bksband.com www.echoesrocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzwee Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I was actually just watching this movie as this post first appeared. So I wondered to myself, to fill in the context of time in limbo... How many piano lessons do you think he had to play as he did at the end of the movie? Hamburg Steinway O, Crumar Mojo, Nord Electro 4 HP 73, EV ZXA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 some say he had sequencing lessons the piano lessons were just a "furphy" [ie.red herring] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 we dont have ground hogs in Australia the closest we have is a .... WOMBAT an animal which.... eats roots and leaves aussie woman say "aussie men are like WOMBATS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawdust Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks for the quick ID of the keyboard. The movie-makers pr'y chose it cause it had a nice matte black finish that fit the scene. Jazzwee: That character in the movie must've had a LOT of Groundhog Days to learn to play so well as well as to ice sculpt and everything else. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daBowsa Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 The American version of that joke (since we don't use the word "root" for the same thing you do down under): A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. "Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "Well, I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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