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Great Folk Singers
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BettyLouSpence
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I had no idea what it meant and had to look it up. So Donnie doesn't accidentally see this before guessing, I'll put a spoiler tag. Turns out it means
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
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Yes, I know what it means. 
The way I know is that it occurs in the nightmare song in Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe that I posted a couple of years ago. Other than that, I probably wouldn't have known. The word doesn't sound at all like what it is.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=157&p=1497&hilit=nightmare#p1497
The way I know is that it occurs in the nightmare song in Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe that I posted a couple of years ago. Other than that, I probably wouldn't have known. The word doesn't sound at all like what it is.viewtopic.php?f=14&t=157&p=1497&hilit=nightmare#p1497
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I thought it meant a windowsill for EVER!
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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BettyLouSpence
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Linda 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
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VbJmbtMW8
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
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That is amazing! This is the first I've heard of her. I'm also amazed that is from 1970—it sounds much more modern to me.
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BettyLouSpence
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I finally got around to listening to those Seekers songs Donnie posted - how I love Judith Durham's voice! I wish I could sing so beautifully, lol. The Seekers' sound has a gentle, ethereal feel about it. Rather dreamlike.
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
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Glad you like them!BettyLouSpence wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:18 pmI finally got around to listening to those Seekers songs Donnie posted - how I love Judith Durham's voice! I wish I could sing so beautifully, lol. The Seekers' sound has a gentle, ethereal feel about it. Rather dreamlike.
The guys had good voices as well, and Judith Durham's is the icing on the cake—a really classic sound. Their entire hour-long farewell concert is on YouTube. I've been watching it in bits and pieces. (They disbanded in '68, but got back together later for periods of time.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XR34gwnFMI
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The Seekers with a beautifully poignant rendition of this classic folk song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J31DPRRRVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J31DPRRRVI
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dachshundonstilts
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This happens to be one of many things I only know because I’m currently reading Moby Dick.
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)