I think we need to be all very careful about WRITTEN criticism. It's not the same as an off-the-cuff remark to a friend that you didn't think much of such and such. Not every performance appeals to everyone and we all know that e.g. I might have liked a performance which my friend didn't like at all.
WRITTEN criticism can be heart-breaking as I hope a song which was beatifully performed by Gary and Vera Aspey , Iain McGillivray and others illustrates below.
To the Doyle Family I'd say , try to find ways to absorb this "knock" by thinking about positive and humourous situations in order to laugh it off. I always remember my old man saying, on hearing "She loves you" ,that the Beatles were rubbish and wouldn't last 5 minutes !!!.
Laugh it off, brush it off, be bigger than it-or it will linger like a bad smell.
Apart from THAT I wish your Family all the very best , and pardon the pun, it's time to move on ....
THE CRITIC
1.
HE COULDN'T SING, HE COULDN'T CLOWN,
NO, - HIS ART IT WAS IN PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN,
HE COULDN'T PLAY, BUT HE COULD WRITE,
AND WITH HIS PEN HE WENT AND BROKE A HEART LAST NIGHT.
2.
HE SITS ALONE, WITH BLINKERED VIEW,
DOESN'T KNOW THE HOURS OF PRACTISE PEOPLE DO,
TO PLAY THE SONGS, - TO GET 'EM RIGHT,
HE SIMPLY TOOK HIS PEN AND BROKE A HEART LAST NIGHT.
CHORUS / REFRAIN
WELL IT'S A MYSTERY TO ME., - HOW THE CRITIC" FORMED" YOUR MEMORY,
NOW ARE YOU TELLING ME, YOUR EYES AND EARS DECIEVED YOU!!
3.
HE NEVER HEARD THE CROWDS' APPLAUSE,
AND AS THEY MADE THEIR EXIT THROUGH THE THEATRE DOORS,
HE NEVER SHARED THEIR WILD DELIGHT,
INSTEAD, HE TOOK A PEN AND BROKE A HEART LAST NIGHT.
4.
TO READ HIS WORDS - THEY MADE NO SENSE,
THEY NEVER MATCHED OUR RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS,
ONLY FOOLS BELIEVE, WHAT BIGGER FOOLS WRITE!
TAKE CARE THE CRITIC'S BREAKING HEARTS AGAIN TONIGHT.,
(Almost repeat of the previous 2 lines :-)
ONLY FOOLS BELIEVE, WHAT BIGGER FOOLS WRITE!
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