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Thread #160994 Message #3822551
Posted By: Joe Offer
24-Nov-16 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: Songs of the Bothy Balladeer
Subject: RE: Review: Songs of the Bothy Balladeer
Excuse me for being crude, but we Americans now have permission because we have Donald Trump as President-elect.
But anyhow, my point is that ornamentation is kind of like profanity. When I was in the U.S. Army in Berlin, we had a First Sergeant who made profanity into an art form. His language may have been raunchy, but every word was poetic. We had a young captain who tried to keep up with the First Shirt in use of profanity, and he just came out clumsy.
Same with ornamentation. If a singer has a sense when and how to use it, it's wonderful. But it can be horrid.