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01 Dec 02 - 12:58 PM (#838312) Subject: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie OK, youse guys! I wasn't gonna start this thread 'cause it seemed kinda in poor taste (at least if you take it seriously). But that recent thread on Changing Song Titles For Aging Audiences proves that Mudcatters don't always let that be an impediment to their fun, so here goes. Some songs don't HAVE to have their titles changed for senior populations -- it's just that the songs may take on new meaning or relevance! For example, when you are doing a gig at a nursing home, you might want to steer clear of: Try To Remember Don't Fence Me In Dry Bones I Almost Lost My Mind Urge For Goin' and a few others I can't think of at the moment. Got any to add to the list? Genie |
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01 Dec 02 - 01:00 PM (#838313) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Oh, and it doesn't have to be the title that takes on new meaning. It can be a line such as: "...Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be..." or "You promised that you'd forget me not, But you forgot to remember." |
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01 Dec 02 - 02:07 PM (#838347) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: JedMarum LOL! |
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01 Dec 02 - 02:11 PM (#838352) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Also: Please Help Me, I'm Falling! |
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01 Dec 02 - 02:12 PM (#838353) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: JedMarum Well - it won't add to the humor of this thread, but I frequently sing Goodnight Irene to the old folks, and at regular shows. But when I sing to the old folks, if Irene don't come back to me, my tears will never run dry ... At the other shows, I don;t mind taking morphine to die - but the old folks cringe at the morphine comment! |
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01 Dec 02 - 02:20 PM (#838357) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie And in a similarly SERIOUS vein, when I sing There'll Be Some Changes Made* I change "...Nobody wants you when you're old and grey..." to "...Life is for living, so we're on our way..." or something like that! Genie *This is another title that can take on a new meaning in a nursing home. |
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01 Dec 02 - 02:21 PM (#838358) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Just thought of another: I Wonder As I Wander |
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01 Dec 02 - 02:39 PM (#838372) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Anita Walker How about "The Wanderer"? |
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01 Dec 02 - 04:48 PM (#838432) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Nemesis "Has anyone seen my teeth?" |
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01 Dec 02 - 05:15 PM (#838447) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: vectis "Ain't it grand to be bloody well dead" |
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01 Dec 02 - 06:07 PM (#838482) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Banjer I always thought Grandfather's Clock would be a horrible thing to play for the old folks. '....and it stopped,.....short.....never to go again.....when the old man........died! Maybe not though, I guess it all depends on the audience. |
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01 Dec 02 - 07:15 PM (#838518) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: kendall Blue hairs driving in my lane |
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01 Dec 02 - 07:22 PM (#838521) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: JedMarum I sing My Grandfather's Clock to them all the time. They love it, and many sing along. I tell them a bit about the background of the song too. |
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01 Dec 02 - 08:15 PM (#838553) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Charley Noble Kendall, that's terrible! I probably wouldn't sing "Bloody Well Dead" unless someone requested it. However, I think they'd enjoy burying "Old Stromalong," especially if we added the verse about "Throwing in stones and rocks, and we don't give a damn if we break the box!" Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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01 Dec 02 - 08:25 PM (#838563) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Mr Happy 'ohhhh! its nice to get up in the morning- but its nicer to stay in bed!' 'maids when you're young never weed an old man' |
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01 Dec 02 - 08:36 PM (#838568) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Willie-O Could it be that you're maybe being over-analytical here? If the repertoire is those well-loved, familiar songs, it's not going to be real shocking to any of them... Once I was at a fiddle contest, and the emcee--you know the type, real cornball all the way--called the winners of the "oldest couple" contest up on stage. They he sang "You're too old to cut the mustard" to the gent and "The old grey mare she ain't what she used to be" for the lady. Now that even I found a tad disrespectful. Talk about getting personal! Guy's name was Cletus something-or-other... W-O |
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01 Dec 02 - 09:23 PM (#838587) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Kendall, Charley, I sing "Grandfather's Clock" for senior audiences every year (on Grandparents' Day and on Fathers' Day, too). They don't seem to be bothered by the "old man died" line. They just think "ninety years" isn't really THAT old! *G* Mr Happy "Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning!" is a favorite among the WWII generation (as it was for their parents). And, oh, maids should be advised never to "wed an old man," too -- not just never to "weed" him! *G* But actually, folks this thread was intended to be facetious! Genie |
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01 Dec 02 - 11:00 PM (#838619) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Mr Happy it only hurts when i laarf! |
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02 Dec 02 - 01:21 AM (#838663) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Lonesome EJ Smells like Teen Spirit? |
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02 Dec 02 - 05:28 AM (#838730) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Jeremiah McCaw Forget the songs; I'm glad I remembered to take my bass in its gig bag instead of the hard case I bought for it. Somehow I feared the casket-shaped "Coffin Case" (really - that's the brand name) upon which I'd had an artist friend paint a white lily might not be seen in a respectful light! |
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02 Dec 02 - 05:44 AM (#838736) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Declan Myself and a Friend of mine were entertaining some old folks a while ago and my friend did "Try to Remember" - I managed to stop myself from dedicating the song to anyone suffering from auld timers disease. I know its not funny, but I think that's why we tend to laugh at it. |
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02 Dec 02 - 06:53 AM (#838753) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Sir Roger de Beverley Anything by that Mr Zimmerman might be in poor taste too! R |
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02 Dec 02 - 07:35 AM (#838777) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Dirty Old Git I'm not allowed to sing any songs in this bloomin' nursing 'ome any more. As soon as I starts, one of the nurses blows the whistle an' they all jumps on me - Big Bertha usually sits on my kisser - which I'd enjoy if it wernt for her flatulence wot knocked me out cold last time. I woz only singing the one abaht "The 'airs on her dicky-dido 'ang dahn to 'er knees". Mindyer, Big Bertha's start well below 'er knees and go all the way upwards and when matron 'asn't shaved for a week, 'er beard goes right down 'er neck. If any of yer poncey folk clubs wants some real songs - why don't yer give me a go. That also goes for any of you young birds like that Liz the Squeak (I used to 'ave a bird wot sqeaked - but a bit of vaseline used to cure that) or that there Mrs Duck (I like girls wot ducks down) an also that PussyPiddle or whatever she calls 'erself - they all sound like real young go-ers. |
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02 Dec 02 - 08:40 AM (#838798) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: kendall I'm Heading for the last roundup. |
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02 Dec 02 - 12:30 PM (#838917) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Declan, lots of times the nursing home and retirement home residents are the first ones to make jokes about Alzheimer's, arthritis, and even death. I can sometimes join them in the joke, since many of these folks are my parents' age, so I'm not far behind. But if I were a 20- or 30-something telling arthritis jokes, it'd be kinda like a honkie telling black ghetto jokes, I think. Genie Good one, Kendall! LOL! (That's the kind of song title I'm looking for! |
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02 Dec 02 - 12:32 PM (#838922) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Never sing "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" -- or, for that matter, "I Can't Help But Wonder Why I'm Bound" in the "locked unit." |
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02 Dec 02 - 12:46 PM (#838934) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GutBucketeer Old and in the Way See That My Grave is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson Fixin' To Die - Dylan My Back Pages - Dylan I Want A Good Man (And I Want Him Bad) - Annette Hanshaw Get Away Old Man Get Away - Frank Crumit More later JAB |
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02 Dec 02 - 12:50 PM (#838939) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Kim C In the movie Ishtar, which the critics hated but I absolutely loved, Dustin Hoffman's character wrote a song for some regular patrons at the restaurant where he played: I'm Leaving Some Love in My Will. |
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02 Dec 02 - 12:52 PM (#838940) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,JennyO What about "Me 'usband's got no courage in 'im", and there was a line in a song which went "I never knew what day it was----" |
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02 Dec 02 - 01:24 PM (#838968) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Scabby Douglas Definitely not Shel Silverstein's "Still Gonna Die" Cheers Steven |
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02 Dec 02 - 01:53 PM (#838990) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Marion Genie, I sing "Don't Fence Me In" all the time, and people seem to like it. Also, I often sing "The Gambler" which people also seem to enjoy, but I'm a little uncomfortable singing the line, "The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep..." Marion |
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02 Dec 02 - 03:34 PM (#839055) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Marion, everybody, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SILLY THREAD! I'm not really looking for songs that are inappropriate for nursing homes -- just song titles or phrases that have at least a double entendre in that setting (at least to the staff and many residents)! If you gave the activity director (or nursing staff) a playlist for an Alzheimer's unit that inlcluded "Urge For Goin'" "Don't Fence Me In" "The Wanderer" "Headin' For The Last Roundup" and "Try To Remember" they might have to stifle a chuckle. That's what the thread was about (sort of a sister thread to the one about changing song titles for an aging population). Genie |
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02 Dec 02 - 03:50 PM (#839066) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Bill Get up and go by Pete Seager might just provoke a reaction. Bill (the sound) |
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02 Dec 02 - 06:28 PM (#839174) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: X We once did "Sam Stone" at a VA hospital. |
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02 Dec 02 - 07:32 PM (#839227) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,JennyO So that the Parkinsons people don't feel left out, there was a song in the 60's called "Shaking all over", not to mention "Shake, rattle and roll". |
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02 Dec 02 - 09:20 PM (#839308) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Strupag How about There were two in the bed and the little one said; Roll over! Andy |
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02 Dec 02 - 10:36 PM (#839362) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Jenny O, that's the idea! And in psychiatric units, never sing: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Genie Strupag, I always heard that song with a lot more than only two in the bed (usually it started out with about eight and it finally gets down to two). |
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02 Dec 02 - 10:49 PM (#839373) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: khandu Dem Bones, dem bones ,dem dry bones... My Farewell Party Oh, That Smell, can you smell that smell, the smell of death's around you. (What is the name of that Lynryd Skynyrd song?) Just Enough to Keep me Hanging On "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die" Rag k |
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03 Dec 02 - 11:24 AM (#839651) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: vectis "In heaven there is no beer" That's why we drink it here |
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03 Dec 02 - 01:52 PM (#839772) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: DougR "I'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you!" Someone told me Alzheimers isn't so bad. You meet a lot nice new people every day! DougR |
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03 Dec 02 - 10:32 PM (#840065) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Argenine Yeah, Doug, and you get to hear new jokes every day, too! |
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04 Dec 02 - 07:46 PM (#840903) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Coyote Breath Oh Death CB |
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04 Dec 02 - 07:54 PM (#840919) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Spreznib either best or worst, depending on the particular nursing home. Harry Nilsson got a british senior citizen's choir to sing along with him (on the album Son of Schmilsson) "I'd rather be dead, than wet my bed.....I'll tie my tie, till the day I die, but if I have to be fed, then I'd rather be dead...." |
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04 Dec 02 - 09:12 PM (#841001) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: kendall Doug, you can also hide your own Easter eggs. |
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04 Dec 02 - 09:43 PM (#841014) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie and be your own Secret Santa, too! |
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04 Dec 02 - 11:43 PM (#841077) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Genie's Secret Santa Ah Ah ! there you go trying to sneak some clues out of unsuspecting 'catters, like poor old DougR. I'm not DougR , or M.Ted. I'm just me. Anyhow, they both play much better than I do. Here's some more songs to what I have already posted: Feed Your Frined with a Long Handled Spoon. Grandpa's getting younger every day (a song to sing) It must be swell to be laying out dead Let the Zoomers Drool Long As You've Got Your Health Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Is Doing Papa's Getting Old Mama's Getting Hot. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone. Frank Crumit's "Prune Song" Shaking the Blues Away That Chick's Too Young Too Fry That's My Weakness Now (oi) Unloved and Unclaimed |
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05 Dec 02 - 12:28 AM (#841104) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Santa, you already posted to this thread? That'd narrow it down a bit, now, wouldn't it? BTW, "That's My Weakness Now" is a perfect one for this thread! Genie |
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05 Dec 02 - 01:01 AM (#841118) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Genie's Secret Santa
Oh! Christmas time is coming, Christmast time is coming, It's my busiest time of year! |
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07 Dec 02 - 03:55 AM (#842894) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Jenny O " Everybody's talking at me....I don't hear a word they sayin'...only the echoes of my mind...." |
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14 Dec 02 - 12:08 PM (#847347) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,JennyO Just thought of another one: "Try to remember" |
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14 Dec 02 - 12:14 PM (#847349) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Amergin Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie - PM Date: 04 Dec 02 - 09:43 PM and be your own Secret Santa, too! is that what you're doing, Genie? bg |
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15 Dec 02 - 06:56 AM (#847705) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Do you mean am I being my own Secret Santa, Nathan? Nah. But here's another of those song titles that takes on new meaning in nursing homes: "He'll Have To go" |
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20 Jan 03 - 01:45 PM (#870693) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST |
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20 Jan 03 - 02:00 PM (#870710) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie That "Papa's Getting Old Mama's Getting Hot" sounds like a good 'un. I'd like to hear it. Genie |
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21 Jan 03 - 08:55 AM (#871372) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Dave the Gnome I had some friends who were about to start singing 'Lord of the Dance' at a concert for paraplegics. Stopped themselves just in time... Slight twist on a comment above - Anything by Robert Zimmerframe;-) On a serious note one of the best songs about getting old is 'Growing old with Naome' by Ralph McTell. Another good one to find, dunno who it is by, is 'Bonny belle of Broughton'. Cheers DtG |
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21 Jan 03 - 09:00 PM (#871904) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Tattie Bogle True story: I once phoned a Life Insurance company regarding cause of death: while they investigated my enquiry and put the phone on"hold", the unmistakable strains of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"!! TB |
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01 Oct 06 - 09:40 PM (#1847945) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST It's Later Than You Think! |
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02 Oct 06 - 04:16 AM (#1848052) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Big Al Whittle there is this line in one version of Knees Up Mother Brown, which contains the line, "I'll saw your legs right orf!" Not one for the amputee ward.......I have found! Also in George Formby there are things in Cleaning Windows about spying on old ladies undressing..." more like 80 than eighteen.and theres another verse bout an old maid....... Okay til you get an audience full of octogenearians. the two verses together....hm. I think not. One at least has to go. |
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02 Oct 06 - 06:57 AM (#1848115) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: pavane Mrs Pavane avoids "Killing me softly" |
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02 Oct 06 - 07:20 AM (#1848125) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Mooh Predecease me, let me go... Peace, Mooh. |
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02 Oct 06 - 07:22 AM (#1848126) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Mooh Who was that anyway, Engelbert Humperdinck? Peace, Mooh. |
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02 Oct 06 - 07:28 AM (#1848128) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST An entertainer using a karaoke machine recently visited the nursing home where I work and sang the pop song "Sexbomb". What a choice! |
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02 Oct 06 - 07:37 AM (#1848133) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Splott Man I used to do a lot of geriatric wards and old peopples homes. One of my staples used to be I Gotta Woman With One Leg (by Wizz Jones & Alan Tunbridge I believe). I'd just got to the very funny verse about a glass eye, when in walked the warden, and guess what? she had one. I didn't get a return booking. |
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02 Oct 06 - 08:27 AM (#1848162) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,ibo If tomorrow never comes I remember you litle boxes |
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02 Oct 06 - 09:19 AM (#1848208) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Don(Wyziwyg)T I've recently done two short concerts, one for Age Concern, and one for a local hospice. Most enjoyed songs? "Hypochondria" and "I'm Awfully Well for the Shape That I'm In". They laughed and laughed. Don T. |
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02 Oct 06 - 11:15 AM (#1848311) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie One that actually would probably go over very well in many assisted living and independent retirement residences - but that I wouldn't do in a "Memory care" facility - is the parody of Tom Paxton's "Last Thing On My Mind" written as a tribute to him for his 60th birthday: I Can't Recall What Was The Last Thing On My Mind. I'm not sure I'd do "If I Only Had A Brain," though. ;-D |
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02 Oct 06 - 11:32 AM (#1848321) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Cruiser Knockin' On Heaven's Door (at least better than the alternative) The Devil Went Down to Georgia Tomorrow Never Comes Slim Whitman Beyond on Sunset Hank Williams (actually a beautiful song to sing) I Just Told Mama Goodbye Hank Williams Long Black Limousine Little Rosewood Casket Streets of Laredo (Dyin' Cowboy) |
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02 Oct 06 - 11:37 AM (#1848323) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Scoville We actually got a REQUEST at a nursing home for "Streets of Laredo". The guy said he was celebrating that he'd lived long enough to avoid dying young. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot The old woman's lament (life is a toil and life is a trouble/beauty will fade and riches will flee...) |
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02 Oct 06 - 11:38 AM (#1848324) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: SINSULL I was waiting my turn in the doctor's office when in "walked" an elderly man with one leg. He was accomapnied by a very concerned son and daughter-in-law. I have learned to recognize mischief in a man's eyes so I started chatting with him. Poor circulation and diabetes had claimed his leg. He was very frustrated at relying on other people to get around. "On the other hand" I said "now you can be a pirate." His family looked at me as if I was insane as I crooned "You can't be a pirate with all of your parts." As expected, the "invalid' cracked up laughing. Might not work in every venue but... |
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02 Oct 06 - 11:48 AM (#1848344) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Cruiser I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' Ole Hank I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive! Hank Slip Slidin' Away Paul Simon Slippin' Into Darkness |
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02 Oct 06 - 12:32 PM (#1848397) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: fat B****rd Warren Zevon has the line "Granpa's pissed his pants again" and The Crash Test Dummies "Someday I'll have a disappearing hairline, someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime" |
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02 Oct 06 - 12:40 PM (#1848404) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Cruiser What Time Do You Have to Be Back to Heaven Razzy Bailey You've Got that Leavin' Look in Your Eyes Must You Throw Dirt In My Face Charlie Louvin |
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02 Oct 06 - 12:43 PM (#1848411) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie I don't think I'd do "Old Maid In A Garret." Not sure about "I Wish They'd Do It Now." Some of the old guys I'm sure would relate, but ... |
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02 Oct 06 - 12:48 PM (#1848413) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Cruiser Waitin' On Ice Where are We Goin' From Here? When the Fire Gets Hot Your Daddy Don't Live in Heaven |
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02 Oct 06 - 01:14 PM (#1848431) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Cruiser Life Git's Tee-Jus, Don't It?____Walter Brennan or Carson Robinson Also "I'm My Own Grandpa" (Lonzo & Oscar) might get a little confusing to them elders 'cause it does for me…ugh, you don't think…nah, they ain't NEVER gonna put ME in one of those places! |
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02 Oct 06 - 06:03 PM (#1848689) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Crane Driver At a folk festival many years ago, a concert was being recorded for the local hospital radio. Vin Garbutt was singing 'The Chemical Workers' Song'. He got to the chorus line "Every day you're in this place, you're two days nearer death. . ." and suddenly realised what he was singing. He kept going, but you should have seen the look on his face. Andrew |
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02 Oct 06 - 06:26 PM (#1848708) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Fliss If you think that someone at 70 might be in a residential home. That makes them 20 in 1956 at the height of Rock n Roll. Perhaps we shouldnt be singing White Cliffs of DOver with them, but Elvis numbers. I do hope they have reinvented homes or abolished them by the time Im a geriatric hippie. We should all have instruments and have a all day session in some sort of senior commune. I wonder if we will all be still contributing to Mudcat. fliss ageing hippie |
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02 Oct 06 - 06:34 PM (#1848718) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Geordie-Peorgie A couple of year ago aah did a charity gig for The Southampton Parkinson's Society and the buggaz asked for (honest)....... Shakin' All Over All Shook Up Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On And when aah wez playin' stuff like Jim Reeves & Don Williams one little owld wumman says tiv uz "De ye not knaah any Dire Straits?" So aah sang So Far Away and Waalk Of Life and the buggaz joined in. Aah did the gig aboot fower or five times before they decided that 'disco' wez better twice a year than live music But Great funsters aall of 'em |
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02 Oct 06 - 09:56 PM (#1848886) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Cruiser I Don't Remember Loving You___John Conlee What's Your Name (Is it Mary or Sue..)___Don and Juan Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be___Mickey Gilley What's Your Mama's Name___Tanya Tucker Stone-Deaf, Dumb and Blind___Charlie Louvin |
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03 Oct 06 - 12:14 AM (#1848949) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: InOBU True Story: I am singing Irish ballads in an old folks home in New Jersey, lot of Irish folks there... as I am finishing up, an old dear askes me to sing "God Bless America." (I'm not big on patriotic songs... per se... ) SO I explain, and it is true, that as a Quaker I don't swear oaths, or make outward religious showing, that we Friends would not, in our faith use the expression God Bless... anything ( we don't say God Bless you when someone sneezes... ) So the old dear says... "Well you better LEARN to sing it! Hmmm lor |
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03 Oct 06 - 03:55 AM (#1848995) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Liz the Squeak Do you realise that songs from *MY* youth (that is, songs from when I was younger, not the toy boy I have tucked under the bed) include such gems as The Wombling Song - Mike Batt & the Wombles God save the Queen (and the facist regime) - Sex Pistols Sing if you're glad to be gay - Tom Robinson Grandma, we love you - St Winifred's School choir and The Floral Dance - Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band with Terry Wogan. Anyone comes to my nursing home and sings those for me, I'm going to smack 'em with my zimmer frame! LTS |
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03 Oct 06 - 04:08 AM (#1849007) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Liz the Squeak Van Morrisons 'Precious time, slipping away'.... LTS |
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03 Oct 06 - 05:18 AM (#1849051) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Mrs.Duck Oh ye canna push yer granny off a bus Only just come to this thread. Makes a nice change to be described as a bit of a goer eh, Liz!!!!!1 |
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03 Oct 06 - 05:37 AM (#1849059) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Scrump What about the one Billy Connolly sang at the Secret Policeman's Ball? Words here |
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03 Oct 06 - 02:35 PM (#1849440) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: DaveP What about --- May the Circle be Unbroken |
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07 Oct 06 - 01:06 AM (#1852509) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie How about "Goin' Out Of My Head (Over You)?" (Maybe that's one to avoid on the psych units. |
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07 Oct 06 - 02:31 AM (#1852514) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Ingrid Frances Stark I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Beatles song with the line: Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64? Then there's a song I think was called The Very Unfortunate Man, where his bride takes off all her clothes and then various body parts... Ingrid |
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07 Oct 06 - 10:27 AM (#1852732) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Scoville I was thinking of the parody of "After the Ball" where Mary takes off her wig, false, leg, glass eye, dentures, etc., until "there was nothing left of Mary, after the ball". |
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07 Oct 06 - 11:16 AM (#1852756) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Lady Nancy A good friend of mine with a somewhat warped sense of humour wrote a wonderful song called "Botox Towers" in which he gets his own back at the nursing home now, whilst he is still able.......... I'll pressure him to let me add the lyrics and tune, cos that was self-penned too. It always goes down well......... LN |
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07 Oct 06 - 05:11 PM (#1852948) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Rasener Don't ask the residents to take their false teeth out and use them for percussion whilst you sing "Smile" |
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07 Oct 06 - 08:15 PM (#1853051) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: pattyClink We were in the middle of singing Mood Indigo in a hospice, having never really listened hard to the words before, "I'm so lonesome I could die" and "cause there's nobody that cares about me, I'm just a soul in misery", felt like an idiot singing that to someone in great pain who needs more visitors. Cross it off the list! |
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07 Oct 06 - 10:07 PM (#1853110) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Ingrid, I do sing "When I'm 64" at retirement and nursing homes. I point out that Paul was a teenager when he wrote it, so 64 must have seemed really old to him then. And then at the end, I repeat the last line several times, increasing the age till it ends with "...When I'm 104." :) A song I definitely don't sing at oldsters' residences (at least without rewriting the line in question) is "There'll Be Some Changes Made Today," which includes the line "Nobody wants you when you're old and gray." Of course, as I said, this thread was intended to be silly and focus on things like songs whose titles take on a new meaning in the context of the (frail) elderly -- songs like "Urge For Goin'." But, yeah, there are some songs that seriously ought probably to be avoided in those same settings. |
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08 Oct 06 - 12:37 AM (#1853126) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,.gargoyle I smell a diaper and its all full of pooh Whoop-Dee-Doo - Whoop-Doo-Dee I smell a diaper and its all full of pee. Hand me down my walkin cane, point me to the next latrine Whoop A Doodle DooDee Doo.
Sincerely, |
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08 Oct 06 - 09:05 PM (#1853664) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: The Fooles Troupe Well, that certainly makes it in the "silly stakes", garg... |
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08 Oct 06 - 09:44 PM (#1853688) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Soldier boy What about : Will ye go lassie go Maids when you're young Look at the coffin Rolling home (for wheel-chair escapees!) Willie McBride Mothers Lament (By Elsie Houghton - narrated by John Cocking ("Uppards" CD)) Grandma (By Kevin Collier - narrated by John Cocking ("Uppards" CD) ) The Recumbent Posture (By Marriot Edgar and Stanley Holloway -narrated by John Cocking - "Uppards" CD) |
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08 Oct 06 - 09:58 PM (#1853693) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Soldier boy Also : The woman sat by the old church door.... ( A song I first heard when I was a Scout!) |
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08 Oct 06 - 10:02 PM (#1853694) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST Don't let that nasty Gargoyle spoil a perfectly fine thread.
I know GANG!!! Let's take his lyrics an make them one better.
Whoop Tee-Gee, Whoop Wee-WeeYour teeth are green... just like stale brocholi Whoop Tee-Wee, Whoop Tee-Wit Your breath smells just like a bucket of sh-t! Call the ambulance again - I am havinh an attack again. Whoop a Tilly, What silly, Whoop the tilly-dilly-DooWhap A DooWhap. |
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09 Oct 06 - 10:10 AM (#1854058) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Soldier boy Also : Growing old with Naomi - Ralph McTell Ain't no grave can hold my body down/Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down - (See thread with same title here on mudcat) |
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09 Oct 06 - 11:51 PM (#1854619) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST Good idea Mr. Guest no one wants a gargoyle making fun of old, fat, crippled, non-gardening, fat folks from Colorado. So, here is MY verse:
I've got a party here in my pants. Whoop T Dee, Whoop T Dumb Sit on my lap... You ain't feeling my thumb. Whoop T Deedle, Dee, Dum, Bun. |
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09 Oct 06 - 11:54 PM (#1854620) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,.gargoyle SCORE - 100 poster!!!! Ring Up 100,000 requent flier miles.
Sincerely,
should one take payment in United, Delta, or Camsco records...one is in default....the other two tetter-tottering. |
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10 Oct 06 - 03:11 AM (#1854665) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: The Walrus The Parting Glass? W |
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10 Oct 06 - 07:42 PM (#1855375) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Tattie Bogle Tom Paxton again - "Can't help but wonder where I'm bound". From "Steady boys, walk on" - "this will be the last trip home". And Adam McNaughtan "You're all gonnae die". |
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11 Oct 06 - 08:33 AM (#1855716) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: The Fooles Troupe Why does brocoli look like a cartoon fart? |
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11 Oct 06 - 04:16 PM (#1856155) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,steve benbows protege off line What about "Burn Baby Burn" or the crap song "The only way is up" |
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24 Oct 06 - 04:31 PM (#1867564) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Genie Can't Help But Wander, So I'm Bound |
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24 Oct 06 - 06:52 PM (#1867672) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: SharonA "I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore" |
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25 Oct 06 - 04:26 PM (#1868569) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: oggie Tom Paxton again 'Forest Lawns'. 'Life is a Lemon (and I wantmy money back)' Meatloaf (or 'Bat out of Hell') All the best oggie |
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22 Jan 19 - 02:09 AM (#3972758) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST My Way Auld lang syne I'll be home for Christmas. |
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22 Jan 19 - 03:39 AM (#3972765) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Joe Offer I've found nursing home audiences to be very enthusiastic. They don't seem to be fussy about anything - songs that mention death and old age are fine with them. They do seem to prefer songs that they know, songs that spark a memory. In the first message, Genie listed
Don't Fence Me In Dry Bones I Almost Lost My Mind Urge For Goin' -Joe- |
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22 Jan 19 - 04:44 AM (#3972776) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Andiliqueur I remember feeling very uncomfortable singing "All my Trials Lord soon be over" with my choir at a nursing home. |
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22 Jan 19 - 06:10 AM (#3972794) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Grishka Some years ago is was in the news that a nursing home had banned "My Way" (from its collection of vinyl disks?), arguing that it made the inmates depressive. The worst problems are not being old facing death, but being suggested that they (we)
Once I had the problem of selecting autumn songs. Almost all those I found talked about relaxing towards the end of one's life - this is not the right idea! Farmers nowadays know that there is work all year. |
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22 Jan 19 - 06:46 PM (#3972978) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: wysiwyg Our nursing home gigs have had universal success with the blues, for both secular gigs and church services there. They are the first-requested, each time we've returned. Built for Comfort is big with elders! ~S~ |
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22 Jan 19 - 07:04 PM (#3972982) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Dave D well outside the folk idiom, but - The Jam's Going Underground :) |
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22 Jan 19 - 10:08 PM (#3973007) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Joe_F The Revel: Then stand to your glasses steady. This world is a world of lies. Here's a sip to the dead already And a cup to the next that dies. |
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23 Jan 19 - 10:31 AM (#3973075) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Tunesmith Catherine Tate is a much loved British comic actress/performer. here she is talking about performing to pensioners. No pleasing those old folk! |
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24 Jan 19 - 04:56 AM (#3973208) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,Jerry Has anybody mentioned ‘Old Friends’? That line “how terribly strange to be seventy” must be a bit disturbing when you’ve now got children nearly that age. |
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24 Jan 19 - 06:32 PM (#3973364) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: GUEST,.gargoyle I believe "Happy Trails to You" ... is one of the most recognized from radio dramas. Two times, in the last 15 years, it has been sung at "alternative funerals." Sincerely, Gargoyle |
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24 Jan 19 - 06:38 PM (#3973366) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: wysiwyg My partner Greg sez his blues requests are neck and neck for "... But she gave me gasoline..." |
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24 Jan 19 - 08:10 PM (#3973390) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: wysiwyg Here's one right on that fine line: https://youtu.be/HoRNN8kJ0AU |
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25 Jan 19 - 03:30 AM (#3973409) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: The Sandman hes old and only in the way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFF4ANolpAc |
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25 Jan 19 - 06:09 AM (#3973431) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Long Firm Freddie John Shuttleworth's "God's Waiting Room": "This is going out to my brothers and sisters Well it would do if they still existed But they're all dead now and I'm all alone All alone in a residential home" God's Waiting Room LFF |
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25 Jan 19 - 06:22 AM (#3973433) Subject: RE: Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes! From: Neil D Harry Nilsson had a song on his "Son of Schmilsson" album called "I'd Rather Be Dead". The chorus line being I'd rather be dead than wet my bed, on which the Senior Citizens of the Stepney & Pinner Choir Club No. 6, London, England provided backing vocals. |