The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35628   Message #487863
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Jun-01 - 11:30 AM
Thread Name: Songs that no one likes but you
Subject: RE: Songs that no one likes but you
Kris/KingBrilliant: What the heck is a "mobile phone text based flirting application"? I find it hard to visualize how such a thing might work.

My wife is a fan of "Stand By Your Man." She would gladly sing it at parties, complete with overwrought sobbing, whining, drawling, whatever - if I would let her. If she ever tries that again, I will get revenge by singing, "Put Another Log on the Fire," or maybe "It's Hard To Be Humble."

By the way, I do appreciate some songs that fall into the "It's so bad it's good" category, but when performing them, I think they should be done as "straight" as possible. In other words, if you telegraph to the audience that you intend to be ironic, you spoil the joke. So don't exaggerate accent, mannerisms, emotion, etc. And do enunciate!