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==Double Clef FM== | ==Double Clef FM== | ||
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''[[Double Clef FM]]'' is hosted by | ''[[Double Clef FM]]'' is hosted by Morgan Merryweather (Gerry Cosgrove) and plays a selection of popular sequences from various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_classical_music classical] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera operas]. In the game, Double Clef FM is the favorite radio station of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gangs_in_Grand_Theft_Auto_series#The_Leones Leone Mafia Family]. Morgan Merryweather is a stereotype of a pompous classical music afficionadio, interspersing the tracks with references to his refined lifestyle. His cultural references, however, are often incorrect. For instance, he at one point likens a piece of music to "Fellini's Lolita." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita Lolita] was written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov], and adapted for film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_%281962_film%29 once] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_%281997_film%29 again] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lyne Adrian Lyne]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Fellini Federico Fellini] never turned the book into a film. Moreover, Merryweather notes that he spent a summer "reading Proust in the original Italian." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Proust Marcel Proust] wrote in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French], not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language Italian]. It is also alluded to that he is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile pedophile], for example when he calls a song "overpowering, much like a twelve-year-old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephew nephew] who lets you bounce him on the knee one last time". | ||
The following songs can be heard on the station: | The following songs can be heard on the station: | ||
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Non piu andrai farfallone amoroso" | * 01. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Non piu andrai farfallone amoroso" from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro "Le Nozze di Figaro"]'' | ||
* Gaetano Donizetti - "Chi mi frena in tal momento" | * 02. Gaetano Donizetti - "Chi mi frena in tal momento" from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_di_Lammermoor "Lucia di Lammermoor]"'' | ||
* Guiseppe Verdi - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" | * 03. Guiseppe Verdi - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_traviata "La traviata]"'' | ||
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Finch'han del vino" | * 04. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Finch'han del vino" from "''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni Don Giovanni]"'' | ||
* Giacomo Puccini - "O mio babbino caro" (PS2 only) | * 05. Giacomo Puccini - "O mio babbino caro" from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi "Gianni Schicchi]" ''(PS2 only) | ||
* Guiseppe Verdi - "La donna è mobile" | * 06. Guiseppe Verdi - "La donna è mobile" from "''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto Rigoletto"]'' | ||
==K-Jah== | ==K-Jah== | ||