Last night I watched on Youtube a show about the end of Elvis's life with interviews of the members of the Memphis Mafia. Man, those guys partied hard. Elvis's doctor prescribed him 10,000 doses of speed and downers in one year. That's freaking amazing. While I was watching it, I kept thinking he was just a victim of his time, when they didn't quite understand the danger of prescription drugs, and he would know better than to go that far today, but I'm not sure. People still do it now. Anyway there was lots of good stuff in it. 1 hour:
I automatically start singing this in his voice. And then having hitched my voice like that I cannot resist embellishing where he does not. And then I keep going in an effort to crack myself up embellishing more and more ridiculously while resisting cracking up. I hate myself.
"Poor singing voice" equaled "authentic" in that era. Back before the Great Folk Music Scare (George Carlin reference: "Remember the Great Folk Music Scare? That shit almost caught on!") only intellectuals listened to "folk music." Actual folks listened to Perry Como, or Grand Ole Opry.
Some of it, of course, had to do with less-than-swell recording equipment back then.
Mumpsimus said...
"Poor singing voice" equaled "authentic" in that era. Back before the Great Folk Music Scare (George Carlin reference: "Remember the Great Folk Music Scare? That shit almost caught on!") only intellectuals listened to "folk music." Actual folks listened to Perry Como, or Grand Ole Opry.
That's why the Kingston Trio wasn't considered authentic by the purists.
You had to be Commies like Peter, Paul, and Mary to sing folk well and still be considered authentic.
And people complained that Bob Dylan had a poor singing voice.
People complained (and complain) about Bob Dylan's singing voice because Bob Dylan's singing voice sucks donkey balls, chokes on them, gags, throws up and tries to sing through the whole process. That doesn't mean he has the only bad voice in the history of bad voices, but his is probably the one that still gets the most radio time.
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A great cover of another great Woody Guthrie tune from that era: Reuben James
No wonder Elvis was so popular a few years later.
Last night I watched on Youtube a show about the end of Elvis's life with interviews of the members of the Memphis Mafia. Man, those guys partied hard. Elvis's doctor prescribed him 10,000 doses of speed and downers in one year. That's freaking amazing. While I was watching it, I kept thinking he was just a victim of his time, when they didn't quite understand the danger of prescription drugs, and he would know better than to go that far today, but I'm not sure. People still do it now. Anyway there was lots of good stuff in it. 1 hour:
http://youtu.be/W3gUiDcDIrI
Bob Dylan? Dylan Dylan... why does that name sound familiar?
oh yea... That must be the guy not going to his lesbian daughter's wedding.
What a swell guy.
I automatically start singing this in his voice. And then having hitched my voice like that I cannot resist embellishing where he does not. And then I keep going in an effort to crack myself up embellishing more and more ridiculously while resisting cracking up. I hate myself.
"Poor singing voice" equaled "authentic" in that era. Back before the Great Folk Music Scare (George Carlin reference: "Remember the Great Folk Music Scare? That shit almost caught on!") only intellectuals listened to "folk music." Actual folks listened to Perry Como, or Grand Ole Opry.
I can hear trooper, in my minds ear, doing exactly that.
You all are supposed to realize that this is the anti-thesis of the BS going down in DC.
Some of it, of course, had to do with less-than-swell recording equipment back then.
Mumpsimus said...
"Poor singing voice" equaled "authentic" in that era. Back before the Great Folk Music Scare (George Carlin reference: "Remember the Great Folk Music Scare? That shit almost caught on!") only intellectuals listened to "folk music." Actual folks listened to Perry Como, or Grand Ole Opry.
That's why the Kingston Trio wasn't considered authentic by the purists.
You had to be Commies like Peter, Paul, and Mary to sing folk well and still be considered authentic.
This money's your money,
This money's my money,
From the thousand makers
To the million takers
Pogo- I can tap my foot to that.
Assuming I can keep my foot.
Watching it now, Bagoh.
Dang. I'll have to turn it off and save for later. I have taxes to pay.
"that is probably the best looking man I've ever seen...."
Comrade Guthrie was hot to trot to steal private property, for "you and me" of course. Then where would "this land" be? Oh, that's right, we're there.
ricpic: "Comrade Woody" is the left flank of a top secret pincher movement underway called the Schliessen Plan.
I'm sorry, but Bob Dylan is a douche.
I'm sorry, but Bob Dylan is a douche
That's French for showering (with praise).
"I'm sorry, but Bob Dylan is a douche."
It's not your fault. Our President is a douche too, and that is somebody's fault.
And people complained that Bob Dylan had a poor singing voice.
People complained (and complain) about Bob Dylan's singing voice because Bob Dylan's singing voice sucks donkey balls, chokes on them, gags, throws up and tries to sing through the whole process. That doesn't mean he has the only bad voice in the history of bad voices, but his is probably the one that still gets the most radio time.
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