For the middle-aged residents of the US, I remember one episode of the Gong Show in which every contestant sang, you guessed it, "Feelings" in really bad karaoke style. Every one of them was gonged except for one who rather arbitrarily was given a perfect score.
Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 21, 2007 6:09 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: For ambitious lutenists - iTunes > Reminds me of the time I was listening to a live radio broadcast > of the > great jazz violinist, Joe Venuti, playing at a club in San > Francisco. At one > point he said, "You've been such a great audience, we're going to do > something we never do: we're going to take a request. What would > you like to > hear?" From the back of the room a woman called out, "Play > 'Feelings'."Venuti said, "'Feelings'?!!...'Feelings'?!! That's the > worst goddam tune > ever written. You had your chance." And he played "All the Things > You Are". > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Cc: "EUGENE BRAIG IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:36 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: For ambitious lutenists - iTunes > > > > > > --- EUGENE BRAIG IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ... lushly lifeless > > > interpretation of Pachelbel's Canon directly into > > > their brains. Beware ye who gig weddings! > > > > could be worse ... > > > > "FEE-LINGS ... NOTHING MORE THAN FEE-LINGS! ..." > > > > (whoa-a-whoa) > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Inbox full of unwanted email? Get leading protection and 1GB > storage with > All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.3/642 - Release Date: > 1/20/200710:31 PM > > > > > > >
