rulebritannia
(NYC - Back in the USA!) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 14:25 | |
RP ain't a good place for politics, Sasha, but I hear what you're sayin'..... We can take pride that the laws and, in polite company, the language of our nation have come a very long way.
Sasha2001 wrote:I'd like to send a shout-out to all the Southern Governors who would like for us to believe that the Confederacy stood for noble things and how tourists to those states should pay homage to that misunderstood time.
Oh, and I'd like for all the ghosts of slaves and all the ancestors of slaves to simply forget that bit of nastiness that led up to the Civil War. I was all a misunderstanding. |
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Sasha2001
(83rd St. between Broadway and Hell) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 20:10 | |
I'd like to send a shout-out to all the Southern Governors who would like for us to believe that the Confederacy stood for noble things and how tourists to those states should pay homage to that misunderstood time.
Oh, and I'd like for all the ghosts of slaves and all the ancestors of slaves to simply forget that bit of nastiness that led up to the Civil War. I was all a misunderstanding. |
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 20:09 | |
OCDHG wrote:That's the problem with fiddle tunes... they all sound alike  ... as anyone who ever tried to learn to play old-timey fiddle music will tell you. It's really amazing how similar many of them are to each other. Maybe all music is that way, and it only stands out more on the fiddle, I dunno. :  Four strings, short fretboard, lack of variation in bowing tension = limited range of tonal separation. Or something like that. I don't get the "Waltzing Matilda" comparison, though. Seems like a bit of a stretch.  |
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justin_cook
(New England) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 20:05 | |
DaveInVA wrote:Absolutely fabulous tune to wash the nasty Radiohead out of my ears.... indeed. yes indeed. |
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macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 20:05 | |
suzebee wrote:I just love you, RP. Only you.
What she said   |
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shawshank
(Maryland) | | Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 05:18 | |
 Beautifully captures the time period. |
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suzebee
(Sacramento, CA) | | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 17:27 | |
I just love you, RP. Only you.
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papaman
(Downstate New Mexico) | | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 17:24 | |
Such an excellent documentary about incredible people.
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OCDHG
(High on a mountain) | | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 17:23 | |
Kombisaurus wrote: That's the problem with fiddle tunes... they all sound alike ... as anyone who ever tried to learn to play old-timey fiddle music will tell you. It's really amazing how similar many of them are to each other. Maybe all music is that way, and it only stands out more on the fiddle, I dunno. : |
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Kristin_in_WA
(Anacortes, WA) | | Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 22:02 | |
I got up from the other room just to listen. I felt the need to pay homage to such a beautiful and melancholy tune.
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sfearll
(Sunny SoCal) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:47 | |
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cakkafracle
(Chilly Chilly Winnipeg) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:46 | |
DaveInVA wrote:Absolutely fabulous tune to wash the nasty Radiohead out of my ears....
you are truly an evolved form of person to encompass the states of Taste and No-Taste in the same point in time and space!!  |
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boober
(KC,Mo) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:44 | |
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casey1024
(Between past & future...) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:44 | |
Gets my complete attention every time I hear it. Beautiful.
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dBdwg
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jmurphyjr wrote:Caught me offguard in the playlist, but as it went on my heart ached with those sweet strings. Ahhh, that's why we have Bill back there pulling the strings. Great job again today!
what murphy said......... |
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Hannio
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:42 | |
lwilkinson wrote:Sounds amazingly like a touch of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. That would be nice to hear. Love that Texas swing. |
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DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:42 | |
Absolutely fabulous tune to wash the nasty Radiohead out of my ears....
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Kombisaurus
(Perth, Western Australia) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2009 - 23:32 | |
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Hannio
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Aug 31, 2009 - 11:00 | |
timandjuliet wrote:Dearest Martha. Tomorrow, I go into battle for what may be the last time. If I do not return to you, please know this. The guy will be there on Thursday to fix the furnace. No matter what he tells you, we don't need a new one.
Best post yet. |
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lwilkinson
(North Am-Home of the Last of the Rugged Individualists) | | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 09:43 | |
Sounds amazingly like a touch of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. |
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lovemydog
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jhorton wrote:Pain, loss, melancholy.........but then hope as well. Truly a masterpiece.
Beautifully stated. I am fighting back the urge to weep at my desk. Just gorgeous.  |
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ick
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 09:38 | |
Pure music that evokes emotional response... classic.
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jmurphyjr
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Caught me offguard in the playlist, but as it went on my heart ached with those sweet strings. Ahhh, that's why we have Bill back there pulling the strings. Great job again today!
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ortallcowgirl
(Globe, Arizona) | | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 09:38 | |
When we hear so many songs with lyrics, we forget how amazing music was when it had to be protrayed through instruments, rather than voices.
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tblock
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Moonflower31
(Flagstaff) | | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 09:37 | |
Music to one of the most tender and sad love letters ever....
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bokey
(Up on the tightwire.One sides ice and one is fire.) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2009 - 21:54 | |
JSteven3 wrote:So beautiful it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.
Not every time for me, but sometimes.  |
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phlattop
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It just always makes me stop and listen. 9>10
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denbear
(Denver, Colorado) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2009 - 21:50 | |
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 18:26 | |
This one never gets old. I can hear the words of Mary Chesnut, from Burns' film, every time it starts. Masterful use of music to reinforce the spoken word.  |
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