So on top of that, Sting cannot even ENUNCIATE in his own language..... as for the awakening the sleeping interest we can all gain for, I am confident the lute community, which includes me, does not need Sting to awake the sleeping interest.....I personally woke up in 1978, long before any pop artist even had heard of the lute..... and frankly I now have nightmares when I think of Sting singing Dowland...
regards Bruno lutenist since 28 BS (.28 Years before Sting of course BS also stands for Bull S....) On 11/23/06, Ulf Dalnäs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all! > > I am new to this list and usually I am not a "besserwisser" but the > first line you refered to is: > > "Have you seen but a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched > it?" > > That is also the original poem of Ben Jonson, Listen to it carefully > and you will hear. > > And i think the record will - mostly the lute part of course - wake > some sleeping interest that we all can gain from. > Thats all from now, from a dark and rainy west-coast of Sweden > (Goteborg). > > Best regards, > > Ulf > > > 23 nov 2006 kl. 21.19 skrev Howard Posner: > > > > > On Thursday, Nov 23, 2006, at 06:53 America/Los_Angeles, Roman > > Turovsky > > wrote: > > > >>> Or did Sting want to sing Have > >>> you seen > >>> the THE white in the opening line. It has a sort of hip-hop > >>> scratching > >>> effect. They should maybe have listened to the CD before they > >>> pressed > >>> it, > >>> but maybe > >>> should not be so hard on amateurs:) > >>> > >>> best wishes > >>> Mark > >> I have no idea what you've been listening to. My copy has BRIGHT > >> LILY, > >> rather than WHITE. > > > > The cut on the NPR web site does indeed have "Have you seen thethe > > bright lily grow." > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > -- Bruno Cognyl-Fournier Luthiste, etc Estavel Ensemble de musique ancienne www.estavel.org
