Excuses why a 'song' went wrong

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 11:51 AM

Glad to be of service Mr Slade:-D

I like the concept of half a dickhead - Which half is it though? :-) Trouble is I have forgot what I was going to say now...

DeG

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Silas
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 12:19 PM

I think goatfel and el g a should bugger off back to the manners thread and leave this one alone.

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 12:31 PM

Hey - All I did was point out it wasn't right to call people dickheads! What have I done to deserve this disapproval Silas? I thought I was the epitome of restraint in the circumstances. Just as I am now. I won't tell you what I usualy do to people who tell me to bugger of in case I frighten the horses...

:D (eG)

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Silas
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 03:00 PM

You are polluting this otherwise excellent thread with the interminable argument from the 'manners' thread - lets just leave it there.

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Bernard
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 04:30 PM

Erm... Silas... why so tetchy? You're in danger of becoming a member of the Folk Police!! Chill!

;o)

Freedom of speech... mutter, mutter...

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Silas
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 04:36 PM

Well that 'other' thread is approaching 1100 posts, so have your freedom of speech over there - eh?

Give the rest of us a break.

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 12 Dec 08 - 05:59 PM

I brought the wrong specs, so I can't read the words.....

Kitty (surprised that no-one posted that excuse before!)

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 04:26 AM

No, Silas. I am not going to 'leave it there'. I had no argument with anyone until you told me to bugger off and leave this thread. And why? Because I said that it was wrong to call people dickheads! You told me to bugger off for doing so and I believe I deserve an explanation at least. 'Lets just leave it there' leave us all wondering what it is.

If you believe I have broken some Mudcat rule please feel free to contact the moderators to delete my post. I suspect if you do though they may well tell you to 'bugger off', in the nicest possible way of course:-)

Looking forward to further comments.

Cheers

DeG

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Genie
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 04:39 AM

OK, here's my best 'excuse':

"Some dickhead spilled Guinness on my crib sheet!"

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 05:06 AM

Excellent idea for a thread, Ron - and an excellent thread too, jolly entertaining to boot.

At the Wrecks & Rescues show on Thursday night, having been appointed to understudy for my dear darling wife on account of her having lost her voice, I spent much of the day learning her song until I was word perfect. In the performance, however, I took the precaution of having the words nearby. All went swimmingly until the penultimate line, when I glanced at the crib-sheet and got the whole thing in a muddle as a consequence. Thus did can't keep the deep beneath my feet, become can't keep my feet beneath the deep.

So there's my excuse - the song went wrong because I used a crib sheet.

There are folk clubs in a certain city in the North-East of the UK (famous for its many bridges, proprietary brand of fine bottled opaque ale, university degree course in something called Folk Music and a quirky monthly adult-orientated comic which continues to be a national institution despite the fact that it isn't as funny as it used to be) where the use of crib sheets is strictly forbidden. Consequently, the songs usually go right.

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Genie
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 05:12 AM

Polite dissent here, Beard. At least whence I come from.
As I said earlier, I often find the mere availability of a "crib sheet" enables me to sing a (complex, long, or newly learned) song with neither a glitch nor a need to look at that paper.
The availability of that 'crutch' frees me from that "OMG! I've forgotten the first word of the third verse!" moment.

It's kind of like a trapeze artist having a net. Probably never needed, but it sure could up your confidence -- hence, your performance.

:D

Genie

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Acorn4
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 05:28 AM

Did you notice the way I craftily slipped in that chord by Karl Heinz Stockhausen?

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Genie
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 05:31 AM

Yup.
Kudos!

G

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 06:49 AM

Now that WAS a genuine dickhead, Genie. Guinness is too expensive to spill. Bet he was no folk purist:-)

Just remembered another - Strange sounds, completely unrelated to the song, often come out of my concertina. I explain it as Jazz...

(Duck and run from the Jazz fans)

DeG

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 07:02 AM

Brilliant David.

Here's mine....

Song went wrong because....umm er... I was singing it.

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 09:43 AM

From: GUEST,Val - PM
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 11:11 AM

"I play a tenor recorder. That means ten or more of the notes will be wrong."

Did you drive to the gig in a Rolls Canardly?

(It rolls down one hill and canardly get up the next.)

Subject: RE: Excuses why a 'song' went wrong
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 13 Dec 08 - 02:32 PM

Polite dissent here, Beard. At least whence I come from.

It was the presence of the crib-sheet on that occasion that made me muck it up. I rarely use them & my advice to all singers of traditional material is generally to use the force! But whatever works for you - I've no problems with any approach.

Karl Heinz Stockhausen

With respect to the great man, let's at least get his name right. Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007). I am honoured to share his birthday (albeit some 33 years his junior) and I am also honoured to have had one of my compositions featured on the Sonic Arts Network Otherness CD (Spring 2007), which also featured work by Stockhausen.