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Post by coachdoc on Apr 18, 2015 16:34:52 GMT -5
Last year we closed with Good Night Irene, and that was perfect. This Land is your Land would be great to end Act I. I'm right there with that.
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Post by RickW on Apr 18, 2015 16:44:54 GMT -5
I Saw the Light A Hank song always works. Well, I never heard it, so there. You really need something that people sang in grade school. Like, "You Are My Sunshine," as noted above.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 18, 2015 17:19:08 GMT -5
Anybody ever pay attention to the words of "You Are My Sunshine"? I mean, beyond the refrain? Pretty dark stuff, right up there with the "walk in the river and drown" lines of "Good Night, Irene."
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Post by sekhmet on Apr 18, 2015 18:19:45 GMT -5
In 1980 we had this big international theatre festival in Toronto. A British group moved temporarily to Ward's Island and together we did a fabulous outdoor version of The Tempest. It was the hit of the festival. The finale was a percussion parade complete with flaming torches handed to the audience members to dance their way about a quarter of a mile to the ferry, which was decorated ... we all gathered at the landing with torches in hand and sang Now is the Hour in five part harmony. As the boat pulled out they threw streamers and the song faded away into the night. It's a great finale song. I don't think you will actually like it, but the old folks in the audience and some of our generation would know it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-jz54Mf1Ok
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Post by Doug on Apr 18, 2015 18:45:15 GMT -5
Anybody ever pay attention to the words of "You Are My Sunshine"? I mean, beyond the refrain? Pretty dark stuff, right up there with the "walk in the river and drown" lines of "Good Night, Irene." Yep, my fathers favorite song but I know he never heard anything in his mind but the chorus.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 19:31:17 GMT -5
How about "99 Bottles of Beer" real time killer.
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Post by epaul on Apr 18, 2015 19:39:36 GMT -5
I think we should sing "Barrett's Privateers"
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Post by Doug on Apr 18, 2015 19:39:47 GMT -5
How about "99 Bottles of Beer" real time killer. But it's got all those strange augmented and diminished chords.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 18, 2015 19:41:03 GMT -5
How about "99 Bottles of Beer" real time killer. But it's got all those strange augmented and diminished chords. Especially in the 80s and 90s of the bottle count.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 18, 2015 19:58:07 GMT -5
With "This Land" you get a patriotic theme (never mind the commie who wrote it).
And "Irene" promoting suicide and divorce. Sometimes I live in the country,
sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a great notion,
to jump into the river and drown
I love Irene, God knows I do,
I'll love her till the seas run dry
But if Irene should turn me down,
I'd take the morphine and die
Some songs just transcend objectionable lyrics. Good night Irene, Good night Irene, I'll get you in my dreams. (As sung by Mr. Leadbetter his own self)
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Apr 18, 2015 20:15:42 GMT -5
Everybody knows "Itty Bitty Titties" That song is a nearly perfect song for a biker bar. It is appropriate for a biker bar. Most of the world is not a biker bar.
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Post by drlj on Apr 18, 2015 20:15:59 GMT -5
I Saw the Light A Hank song always works. As a group song I think we should stay away from religious lyrics, though. I don't have a religious bone in my body. I just like Amazing Grace.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 18, 2015 20:28:47 GMT -5
As a group song I think we should stay away from religious lyrics, though. I don't have a religious bone in my body. I just like Amazing Grace. Great! You're coming to I-Jam this year and leading the audience in the first-set closer, "Amazing Grace," yay!
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Post by drlj on Apr 18, 2015 20:43:50 GMT -5
I don't even know Grace. I have heard of her, sure. Guys say she is amazing, but I have never met the lady.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 18, 2015 21:21:12 GMT -5
Anybody ever pay attention to the words of "You Are My Sunshine"? I mean, beyond the refrain? Pretty dark stuff, right up there with the "walk in the river and drown" lines of "Good Night, Irene." Yup. But everybody knows the words. It's a bigee at nursing homes, I'll tell ya.
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Post by jdd2 on Apr 19, 2015 5:31:05 GMT -5
Don't let Doug pick up any of the librarians!
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2015 5:50:13 GMT -5
I think epaul's on the right track with sea shanties.
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Post by drlj on Apr 19, 2015 7:59:57 GMT -5
I used to have a shanty in the backyard for the lawn mower and stuff like that. I finally tore it down. No one joined in, as far as I remember. It was 100% solo.
Singalongs, which sounds a lot like the name of a Hostess snack cake to me, always make me nervous. It seems like a scene from A Mighty Wind. I would stand in the back, looking ill at ease and out of place, barely moving my lips and waiting for it to be over. Then I would smile and pretend it was fun even though I would be looking for the exit. Just me, because I know people love them. Saying something is popular at the old age home does not do a lot to ease my feelings of dread, by the way. However, I am a team player and if I am there, and I intend to be right now, with Howard at my side, I will move my lips and pretend with the best of 'em!! Oh, I can fake it with the best of them!
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Post by dickt on Apr 19, 2015 8:04:33 GMT -5
I think we should sing "Barrett's Privateers" Did it at our Xmas office party. I can usually remember about 7/8 of it after 7-8 drinks
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Post by dickt on Apr 19, 2015 8:08:10 GMT -5
I am partial to Hard Times Come Again No More-- not for a sing along but for a group sing
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