Monday, September 08, 2025

Real, Not Photo-Shopped (An Occcasional Series): Special "Rock Me Amadeus" Edition

Courtesy of Pulitzer winning critic/friend of PowerPop Tim Page -- from the New York Times, here's the greatest mismatch of photo and caption in newspaper history,

Click on it to enlarge, if you can't read it. You'll thank me, honest.

I mean, I'm not much of an opera fan, but man -- what I wouldn't have given to see THAT production. 😎

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8 comments:

  1. ChrisE9/08/2025 10:44 AM

    Mick: It's like "Can't you hear me knocking/Thrown me down the keys" but in longform and more grandiose.
    Keith: But after one of the big orchestra swells, we've added a slow blues shuffle...

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  2. Alzo9/08/2025 11:37 AM

    Oh, that is SO rich. Back in the 80s, I was photo editor at our local TV News outfit and the AP machine would continuously crank out pics and I swear 1 in 20 would have the wrong caption.

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    1. steve simels9/08/2025 6:06 PM

      Why does that not strike me as unlikely? 😎

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    2. Alzo9/08/2025 8:02 PM

      And then it gets passed on in print or on the air. Verify, people, verify!! Exhibit B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V8zkhfDGMw

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  3. Anonymous9/08/2025 12:29 PM

    go Figaro eh?!
    rs

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  4. Allan Rosenberg9/08/2025 12:44 PM

    Can Bugs Bunny join them on the stage?

    Captain Al

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  5. ChrisE9/09/2025 9:59 AM

    How about "It's Only Figaro But I Like It" ?

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