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Thread #57361 Message #901695
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
02-Mar-03 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: Imitation the sincerest form of flattery
Subject: RE: Imitation the sincerest form of flattery
I was once told that 'you sang that exactly like the record' which made me quite upset - I'd spent ages learning the song and did it in my own way, but as a consequence, I've never sung that song in public again.....
I'm the singer, I sing other people's songs, but I want to feel I'm singing them in my way. If I want to flatter someone, it won't be by singing their song.
(Mind you, I tend not to do the flattering sycophancy stuff anyway.... if I like someone I tell them, if I don't like them, I tell them that as well.)
LTS