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Music Appreciation

barbtries

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8. you made me laugh again!

Reply to Otto_Harper (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 05:18 PM

Nov 2024

"the original version"?
i don't know the history of the song but somehow I always believed it was older than anyone still alive. and old enough that the "original" was never recorded in a format that i could listen to. was i wrong?

ETA i googled: 1816. pretty sure your friend never heard the "original" and your version is as true to it as any, and quite beautiful

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Want to Make a MAGAT's Head Explode? - Just play this [View all] Otto_Harper Nov 2024 OP

Really? They can't distinguish between a rousing march and a somber end of the night drinking tune? Biophilic Nov 2024 #1

As a musician, I was floored by the for-real comment by a Narc Otto_Harper Nov 2024 #2

Ok, then. Seriously? How did he expect you to play that and why? Biophilic Nov 2024 #3

The one thing that you need to be mindful of is that Otto_Harper Nov 2024 #4

okay. barbtries Nov 2024 #5

Of course,on the other hand,some of them get stringently rigid on arrangement, timing and notes Otto_Harper Nov 2024 #7

you made me laugh again! barbtries Nov 2024 #8

You are correct in all regards Otto_Harper Nov 2024 #9

Oh My DOG. That was wonderful and exciting. I just LOVE those quarter tones and sharp vibrations. chouchou Nov 2024 #6