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rbowman
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On 08/21/2022 03:54 PM, Don Y wrote:
I never even got that much out of it. I still hear \'every night at ten
we do it again\' and have no idea which line in the published lyrics that
might be.
I really like \'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress\', have read the lyrics,
but I still only hear snatches of them.
> Charlie handed in his dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lcOHE3Or4
Van Ronk\'s diction varied by the time of night. I caught him once at the
Cafe Lena in Saratoga. He disappeared after the first set. Lena\'s had a
very tasty non-alcoholic drink made with orzata but my wife,
brother-in-law and myself had something else in mind so we hit the
street too looking for the first bar. It was just down the block and
there was Dave holding court. We settled in figuring it would be time to
go back for the second set when the performer headed out. The scheduled
time came and went. Then Lena appeared and dragged Van Ronk back bodily.
The place had filled up but Lena let us hang out on the back stairs to
listen to the second set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVqfX4ys4M
That\'s one of the few songs I tried to master and never succeeded even
though Van Ronk has an instructional video. My version is closer to
Reverend Gary Davis\' where Van Ronk learned it but I can\'t get his phrasing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1RIoalqKgw
In grade school when it came time for music lessons I said \'cornet\'. The
teacher thought I said \'clarinet\'. That didn\'t last long and I switched
to flute. I have a Boehm system flute but usually stick with the six
hole simple system.
I enjoy software design but there\'s more to life.
> Distinctive sound. Sort of like Janis.
I saw her in a roadhouse on the Albany-Schenectady road. Probably \'68
when she did some east coast touring and before really taking off. It
wasn\'t a prime time venue. The stage was a raised dais on the dance
floor and people were free to wander up and leave pints of Southern
Comfort.
Despite not being able to remember lyrics, it\'s the lyrics that make a
song for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2FuDY6Q4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grp5oROAfBg
Different stories. Or are they? Dylan\'s is more apropos since the powers
that be still hate the Russians. Brendan Behan\'s brother Dominic write
the lyrics to the Patriot Game. Dylan probably copied Behan though at
one point he said he might have maybe heard it from Jean Redpath.
A lot of Springsteen is the same. The melodies, if not recycled, are
simple enough that they are similar but the lyrics tell the stories.
My appreciation for the Dead is for albums like Workingman\'s Dead or
American Beauty. Those 20 minute musical journeys to nowhere do nothing
to me.
Without sheet music, it is often hard to sort out the intended lyrics.
I recall a friend calling me, ecstatic, having resolved \"their walls are
built of canon balls\".
Then, of course, we have enigmas like:
A fine little girl, she waits for me
Me catch the ship across the sea
Me sailed the ship all alone
Me never think I\'ll make it home
(c\'mon... you KNOW this one -- but likely never the right lyrics! :> )
I never even got that much out of it. I still hear \'every night at ten
we do it again\' and have no idea which line in the published lyrics that
might be.
I really like \'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress\', have read the lyrics,
but I still only hear snatches of them.
> Charlie handed in his dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lcOHE3Or4
Van Ronk\'s diction varied by the time of night. I caught him once at the
Cafe Lena in Saratoga. He disappeared after the first set. Lena\'s had a
very tasty non-alcoholic drink made with orzata but my wife,
brother-in-law and myself had something else in mind so we hit the
street too looking for the first bar. It was just down the block and
there was Dave holding court. We settled in figuring it would be time to
go back for the second set when the performer headed out. The scheduled
time came and went. Then Lena appeared and dragged Van Ronk back bodily.
The place had filled up but Lena let us hang out on the back stairs to
listen to the second set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVqfX4ys4M
That\'s one of the few songs I tried to master and never succeeded even
though Van Ronk has an instructional video. My version is closer to
Reverend Gary Davis\' where Van Ronk learned it but I can\'t get his phrasing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1RIoalqKgw
I preferred brass/horns. But, very few pieces work as solos (The Lonely
Bull?)
Its one of the reasons I enjoy the Chase album mentioned upthread.
In grade school when it came time for music lessons I said \'cornet\'. The
teacher thought I said \'clarinet\'. That didn\'t last long and I switched
to flute. I have a Boehm system flute but usually stick with the six
hole simple system.
Most of my creative work goes into system design. I enjoy learning
about \"needs\" and coming up with ways to address them. Always
trying to see how *little* of my own \"policies\" I can impose on
the design (build mechanism, not policy).
I enjoy software design but there\'s more to life.
> Distinctive sound. Sort of like Janis.
I saw her in a roadhouse on the Albany-Schenectady road. Probably \'68
when she did some east coast touring and before really taking off. It
wasn\'t a prime time venue. The stage was a raised dais on the dance
floor and people were free to wander up and leave pints of Southern
Comfort.
I have a fair bit of Dylan but get tired of him really quick.
\"It all sounds the same\".
Despite not being able to remember lyrics, it\'s the lyrics that make a
song for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2FuDY6Q4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grp5oROAfBg
Different stories. Or are they? Dylan\'s is more apropos since the powers
that be still hate the Russians. Brendan Behan\'s brother Dominic write
the lyrics to the Patriot Game. Dylan probably copied Behan though at
one point he said he might have maybe heard it from Jean Redpath.
A lot of Springsteen is the same. The melodies, if not recycled, are
simple enough that they are similar but the lyrics tell the stories.
My appreciation for the Dead is for albums like Workingman\'s Dead or
American Beauty. Those 20 minute musical journeys to nowhere do nothing
to me.