It's a ukelele not a mandolin! FRANC -----Original Message----- From: Posteropolis [mailto:posteropo...@bell.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:22 PM To: Franc; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT The State Of Country Music (Sorry, Diana and Morrie)
Is "ukelele" a euphemism? ;-) Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franc" <fdav...@verizon.net> To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT The State Of Country Music (Sorry, Diana and Morrie) > I've just released an album of show tunes played on my ukulele. > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of > Freeman Fisher > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:35 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT The State Of Country Music (Sorry, Diana and > Morrie) > > > And in other music news today, Kirby McDaniel will be releasing his > latest collection of vintage German Polkas recorded on the sidewalk on > 6th Street in Austin. The cover art will be his favorite barstool made > of bull horns and deer antlers. > > > > > On Jun 12, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > >> I'm a HUGE country music fan, and if you look outside of Nashville, >> there's still a fair number of absolutely outstanding acts to be >> discovered... >> >> Here's an album I recorded and released on my (meanwhile retired) >> record label in 2007: >> >> http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billydonburns >> >> The recordings were made in my living room, and that's my sofa on the >> cover. Billy Don Burns is an outlaw, a rebel, an addict and utterly >> crazy, > but it's guys like him who still keep the spirit of REAL country > alive. >> >> If you look into his biography, Billy Don has been all over the >> place, Willie Nelson recorded one of this songs, his co-operation >> with Hank Cochran actually kicked Johnny Cash's UNCHAINED off the #1 >> position in Gavin's Americana album charts in 1996, and today he >> COULD be one of the great names in country music, yet he managed to >> screw it all up, and as it is, hardly anybody outside the >> professional crowd even remembers his name. >> >> To quote another one of my country music heroes, David Allan Coe: 'If >> that ain't country, you can kiss my ass!' >> >> Helmut >> >> >> >> Am 09.06.2012 um 18:36 schrieb Rix Posterz: >> >>> Being a songwriter (lyricist) myself---and having written dozens of > country songs, mostly in the early 90's---the use of imperfect rhymes > in every contemporary Country song is a true pet peeve of mine. The > current Country music songwriters go out of their way to make every > single rhyme an imperfect one---ie: rhyming "back" with "that" or > "pit" with "this". Hey, if this occurred occasionally or even > semi-frequently, it wouldn't bother me > so much...but nowadays it's always the case...always. And I'm not alone in > feeling the way I do. Years ago, the legendary lyricist Sammy Cahn said it > was his personal pet peeve as well...and that was decades before > contemporary Country music started thoroughly dumbing-down the songwriting > process. A few years ago, I met the great songwriter Paul Williams at a > friend's Christmas party and we got into a long conversation about this > subject...and he agreed with me completely. >>> In Country music as well as Pop music, these days more often than >>> not > songs are "cloned"---somebody has a monster hit, causing songwriters > to scramble in an effort to write a song that's just close enough to > the hit where they won't get their asses sued for plagiarism. I'm sure > this same type of practice takes place all the time in the TV and > movie industries as well. I think Country music had a renaissance of > sorts in the late 80's and > early 90's and has gone downhill ever since. Just my two cents, whatever > that's worth... >>> Rick >>> >>> In a message dated 6/9/2012 8:57:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>> ki...@movieart.net writes: The greatest moment in the history of >>> country music was when Johnny Cash's stepdaughter, Carlene Carter, >>> said that she was "going to put the cunt back in country."* It's >>> been all downhill after that. >>> >>> >>> *In 1979, during a concert at New York's Bottom Line, Carlene Carter >>> introduced a song about mate-swapping called Swap-Meat Rag by >>> stating, "If this song don't put the cunt back in country, I don't >>> know what will." >>> >>> Yours sincerely, >>> Pat Boone >>> >>> >>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote: >>> >>>> We are indeed! And the boots I would be scootin' in are custom >>>> made Paul Bonds with my initials inlaid front and back! We're >>>> serious about this stuff, by golly! You should have seen the show >>>> tonight. Blake Shelton and Jake Owen made me swoon, Carrie >>>> Underwood who is sheer perfection in every way certainly had Mo's >>>> attention, and the National Anthem was sung to perfection by The >>>> Oak Ridge Boys. That's what I'm talking' about: Yee Haw! >>>> >>>> As for the "porn" you sent Morrie, Kirby you nut, those were some >>>> great shots of movie poster stuff from back in the day. Mo is >>>> hanging his head for not getting back to you the moment he watched >>>> it. I really enjoyed seeing Mo bidding in that auction. He says >>>> THANK YOU!! >>>> >>>> Okay, so I have no input as to how to get great - or even good- >>>> tickets to next year's CMA event. Bummer, dudes. >>>> >>>> 'Night- By the way, here is my favorite, hands down, no question >>>> about it, FOREVER AND EVER favorite country music video. Mo loves >>>> it too. We both wish we could have participated!! Watch it >>>> standing up and HAVE A GOOD TIME!!! >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk >>>> >>>> From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> >>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>> Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 2:33 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Off topic: but oh boy would I love a favor..... >>>> >>>> They're boot-scooters! They should move to Texas. Like Stephen >>>> McNally and the Indians in APACHE DRUMS, we are surrounded by those >>>> people. Yee hah. >>>> >>>> K. >>>> On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> At 07:03 AM 6/8/2012, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am a huge ( okay, bigger than huge) country music fan, and Mo >>>>>> has been a willing convert. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Poor Morrie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>>> __________________________________________________________________ >>>>> _ >>>>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the >>>>> BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this >>>>> message is solely responsible for its content. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the >>>> BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this >>>> message is solely responsible for its content. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the >>> BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message >>> is solely responsible for its content. 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