Is the book as stuffy as it seems on the surface? (No pun intended )dachshundonstilts wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:32 amThis happens to be one of many things I only know because I’m currently reading Moby Dick.
Great Folk Singers
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I'm actually enjoying it, although Melville does go on and on with his exposition at times and excels in the run-on sentence. There are some good turns of phrase and touches of wry humor in his comments that reward the long slog.
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
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And (at the risk of straying way off topic) it’s taught me a lot of details about whaling that I would never otherwise have learned. Just the other day I rewatched “Down to the Sea in Ships” (1922) and kept saying stuff like “Hey, that’s the line tub! That’s the loggerhead! That’s the cutting spade!”
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
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Ha! I love when that happens! When watching Hamilton, I understood so much more because I had just finished reading The Scarlet Coat. Hey, let's bring this convo to viewtopic.php?f=32&t=508&hilit=Book+readingdachshundonstilts wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:48 pmAnd (at the risk of straying way off topic) it’s taught me a lot of details about whaling that I would never otherwise have learned. Just the other day I rewatched “Down to the Sea in Ships” (1922) and kept saying stuff like “Hey, that’s the line tub! That’s the loggerhead! That’s the cutting spade!”
If you'd like to talk more about this.
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Here's another favorite from the Kingston Trio. Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and Dave Guard each take a verse as they discover they've all got the same girlfriend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QCWtBAIxkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QCWtBAIxkk
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And here's one from Mary Hopkin, fronting the group Hobby Horse (with her friend Ondrea Lloyd and then-husband Tony Visconti) in 1972, singing the lullaby "Sweet and Low," the lyrics of which are from a Tennyson poem. (And yes, the saccharin sweetener takes its name from the same poem.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSI89Uhb3J4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSI89Uhb3J4
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And Mary Hopkin on her own, on British TV in 1968. She is quite handy on guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJQR1bBFvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJQR1bBFvM
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Man!! Those are some really great sounds, all three. Thanks for posting, Dachshund!
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Just now listening to that. That is freaking amazing! I'm buying the album.BettyLouSpence wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:11 pmLinda Perhacs is enjoying a resurgence of interest in her work lately, and released her second and third albums in 2014 and 2017 respectively. This is from her first album in 1970.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VbJmbtMW8
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Almost forgot about these guys, the Irish folk-to-folk-rock duo Tir na nOg, a/k/a Sonny Condell and Leo O'Kelly. I love their stuff. Here's a couple tracks from their first album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzuuB0QRou0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cio9dXztNRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzuuB0QRou0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cio9dXztNRI
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)