The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77286 Message #1376715
Posted By: Big Mick
11-Jan-05 - 01:06 PM
Thread Name: Wild Rover - do folks still sing this song?
Subject: RE: Wild Rover
Joe, I don't think the song is tired at all. I am just tired of singing it. I think it stems from my need to constantly introduce the crowd to other songs. There are only so many minutes in a performance, and when one is trying to introduce a certain song, or maintain a certain theme, it is a pain to have to sacrifice other songs to one that has been done to death. BUT .... and this is a very big BUT .... the crowd is in charge. I am there to entertain them, and if the request is from a number of folks, I feel obligated to give 'em what they want. I may have to sing it 15 times a month, but I am mindful that the audience members haven't heard it that many times. To them, the night isn't complete without it.
It is a fun song. One just tires of it, as anyone would of any song that got sung as much as this one.