Singer Boyle reaches Talent final

MaryL wrote:

"MLB" wrote in message
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I cannot remember who first referred to "the myth of the 300 pound
woman singer". Were they referring to Kate Smith? Anybody remember
how beautiful her voice was? She was great! MLB

Along these same lines: When I was a teenager, I loved to hear Kathryn
Grayson sing. I thought she had the mostbeautiful voice - pure!
Ironically, she was very small at that time. Many years later I saw her
in a "revue," and she had gained so much weight that she could probably
fulfill that myth.

MaryL



Reminds me of the song: "The You and I That Used to be". I still
remember the beautiful singing of K Grayson, Jeanette McDonald, etc. and
in my mind they are still young and beautiful. It is a shock to see
later pictures -- but then it is a shock to (accidentally) look in a
mirror. Best wishes. MLB

Cheryl P. wrote:
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On May 29, 2:34 pm, "Karla" wrote:
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(snip)

That.....is a lot more traumatic (a little kid, FGS) than my bad-voice
ability to
drive bar patrons out by inclicting karaoke on them, which I actually
enjoy...
you know the expression, "make lemonade if fate hands you lemons" and
over the years have focused on how long the stalwarts left can last.
The bar
owners think my karaoke singing is just as good at attracting patrons
in to
witness the atrocity....
but that's really sad. Luckily I did not sing when a kid, but was busy
annoying
the neighbors by practicing my trumpet in our backyard. from an early
age, i
thought singing was lame AFA music went.

I have a feeling you are quite shameless, and have no problem at all
laughing at yourself.

Trumpet in the back yard....perfect.
Karla

Why, whatever gives you that notion?
No matter how bad one's singing is..not much can compete for annoying
with a trumpet played badly....maybe a jackhammer. Nah.

Bagpipes.

I actually love bagpipes, although it's astonishing how many people
don't. I went to a bagpipe concert some years back, and was talking to
everybody I met about the visiting performers. I was suprised how many
of them subscribed to the belief that it's best to listen to bagpipes
outside, with the piper on a very distant hillside. I suspect that
beginning bagpipers would be hard to listen to even for me.

And I have a friend whose children went through the usual elementary
school band - I forget the exact instruments - but she thought that
elementary school band concerts have to be endured at the beginning -
but by the end of elementary school, the children have actually learned
enough that you can get some enjoyment out of attending.

Cheryl



I had a neighbor who would practice on bagpipes. It was awful --
sounded like he was strangling cats. MLB

On Sat, 30 May 2009 10:45:11 -0600, MLB wrote:

Cheryl P. wrote:
wrote:
On May 29, 2:34 pm, "Karla" wrote:
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news:dc2f3e6b-102d-4880-b1e4-
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(snip)

That.....is a lot more traumatic (a little kid, FGS) than my
bad-voice ability to
drive bar patrons out by inclicting karaoke on them, which I actually
enjoy...
you know the expression, "make lemonade if fate hands you lemons" and
over the years have focused on how long the stalwarts left can last.
The bar
owners think my karaoke singing is just as good at attracting patrons
in to
witness the atrocity....
but that's really sad. Luckily I did not sing when a kid, but was
busy annoying
the neighbors by practicing my trumpet in our backyard. from an early
age, i
thought singing was lame AFA music went.

I have a feeling you are quite shameless, and have no problem at all
laughing at yourself.

Trumpet in the back yard....perfect.
Karla

Why, whatever gives you that notion?
No matter how bad one's singing is..not much can compete for annoying
with a trumpet played badly....maybe a jackhammer. Nah.

Bagpipes.

I actually love bagpipes, although it's astonishing how many people
don't. I went to a bagpipe concert some years back, and was talking to
everybody I met about the visiting performers. I was suprised how many
of them subscribed to the belief that it's best to listen to bagpipes
outside, with the piper on a very distant hillside. I suspect that
beginning bagpipers would be hard to listen to even for me.

And I have a friend whose children went through the usual elementary
school band - I forget the exact instruments - but she thought that
elementary school band concerts have to be endured at the beginning -
but by the end of elementary school, the children have actually learned
enough that you can get some enjoyment out of attending.

Cheryl



I had a neighbor who would practice on bagpipes. It was awful --
sounded like he was strangling cats. MLB

I think that all musical instruments sound awful when someone is first
learning how to play them. My sister played clarinet in her high school
band. When she was first learning how to play it, I used to have to take
a walk whenever she was practicing, because of the awful squeaks and
squawks she produced. As she became more skillful, her playing became
pleasurable to listen to.

--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

On May 30, 2:35*pm, "John F. Eldredge" wrote:
I think that all musical instruments sound awful when someone is first
learning how to play them. *My sister played clarinet in her high school
band. *When she was first learning how to play it, I used to have to take
a walk whenever she was practicing, because of the awful squeaks and
squawks she produced. *As she became more skillful, her playing became
pleasurable to listen to.


I remember when I practised piano, my neighbour came and asked me how
much
longer was my practice. Back then, I was not just starting out. I got
all these long
pieces I needed to practise. So 3 hrs a day was a minimum. Plus I had
to do the
scales which drove my neighbour and room-mate crazy.
It got worse when I had to practise for a recital. By then my room-
mate knew when
I hit a wrong note.
Years later when she had to get her sons to practise, she understood
the way it went.

Winnie

I cannot remember who first referred to "the myth of the 300
pound woman singer". Were they referring to Kate Smith?

I once spent a flight from Edinburgh to Paris sitting beside Jane
Eaglen. The amount of my seat her bum took up was definitely no
myth. (She is a bloody good singer, regardless; she was on her
way to sing in Janacek's Glagolitic Mass under Boulez, which is
a hugely taxing part and a notoriously demanding conductor).

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Oooohhhh we don't do mirrors anymore. This old woman moved into my house
but only shows herself when I pass a mirror.
"MLB" wrote in message
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MaryL wrote:

"MLB" wrote in message
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I cannot remember who first referred to "the myth of the 300 pound woman
singer". Were they referring to Kate Smith? Anybody remember how
beautiful her voice was? She was great! MLB

Along these same lines: When I was a teenager, I loved to hear Kathryn
Grayson sing. I thought she had the mostbeautiful voice - pure!
Ironically, she was very small at that time. Many years later I saw her
in a "revue," and she had gained so much weight that she could probably
fulfill that myth.

MaryL



Reminds me of the song: "The You and I That Used to be". I still
remember the beautiful singing of K Grayson, Jeanette McDonald, etc. and
in my mind they are still young and beautiful. It is a shock to see later
pictures -- but then it is a shock to (accidentally) look in a mirror.
Best wishes. MLB

Don't do reunions but like to check through meetings from time to time to
see how the "hateful" "stuck up" "I am the best looking in the class" girls
turned out. Most of them, well, I consider myself way ahead of the game by
now. Not that it proves anything, only to me.
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On May 30, 10:33 am, MLB wrote:
MaryL wrote:

"MLB" wrote in message
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I cannot remember who first referred to "the myth of the 300 pound
woman singer". Were they referring to Kate Smith? Anybody remember
how beautiful her voice was? She was great! MLB

Along these same lines: When I was a teenager, I loved to hear Kathryn
Grayson sing. I thought she had the mostbeautiful voice - pure!
Ironically, she was very small at that time. Many years later I saw her
in a "revue," and she had gained so much weight that she could probably
fulfill that myth.

MaryL

Reminds me of the song: "The You and I That Used to be". I still
remember the beautiful singing of K Grayson, Jeanette McDonald, etc. and
in my mind they are still young and beautiful. It is a shock to see
later pictures -- but then it is a shock to (accidentally) look in a
mirror. Best wishes. MLB

You have inadvertently hit on the very reason I haven't attended class
reunions for many years. Nosy as I am, and as much as I enjoy finding
out what happened to whom...(example: rowdiest, worst-behaved first-
chair
trumpet in the band - I was "last" chair:, LOL - became a brain
surgeon and
still lives in Martin County, FL) I would much rather remember them
all as
they were then.....

"Marina" wrote in message
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Hey, the same thing happened to me! In second or third grade. It wasn't a
choir, but three of us had been assigned to sing in the Xmas pageant, but
then our music teacher told me I was singing out of tune and replaced me.
I've never sung since then, at least not in public. I sing to the cats now
and then.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

I find that so dismaying. I mean, how good is a seven or eight year old
anyway, even one that can sing?

I think building confidence is so much more important than staying on tune.
And all the other lessons that go along with learning to cooperate, work
toward a goal, and succeed. Each person doing their own part to make one
enjoyable, entertaining experience for the audience and the participants.

I don't think you should be told you are a good singer if you are not, but
at that age I don't really think that's the point at all.

And not the least, that behavior does not embody the Christmas spirit.

I'll bet your voice is perfectly fine, and your cats purely love it!
Karla

On May 29, 8:02*am, "Karla" wrote:
I was pulled out of the third grade choir while practicing for the Christmas
Pageant. *I made the whole third grade sound bad. *Can you imagine what that
does to a little kid? *It's not like Broadway critics were coming to hear
us. *Very cruel of them, and obviously I've never forgotten the slight. *I
was given the triangle to play instead. *Ding

When our school choir did the "Messiah" I was told to open my mouth
but make damn sure no noise came out!

I can't sing at all- Dave and me used to drink in this pub where they
had karaoke and they'd have prizes for the best and the worse singer-
You can guess which one I walked away with every time can't you? I
also cannot play any musical instrument my guitar tutor after 6 months
told me, with tears in his eyes, that he had never failed to teach
anyone before. I have no sense of rhythm when playing a guitar, I
could put my fingers on the right fret, in the right position and
strike the right number of times but could I make a tune at the same
time?

Odd thing is I love dancing- I put some sounds on 2-3 times a week and
work out for 20-30 minutes and I really like it. I've never felt any
lack of confidence when dancing in public even through for a long time
I wasn't sure I was any good I didn't care it just felt right. But
over the years I've had many compliments.

Dave can sing and he plays pretty good guitar- he can hear a tune and
quickly work out where on the neck of the guitar he needs to go to
make the same sound.

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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On May 31, 9:22 am, wrote:
On May 29, 8:02 am, "Karla" wrote:

I was pulled out of the third grade choir while practicing for the
Christmas
Pageant. I made the whole third grade sound bad. Can you imagine what
that
does to a little kid? It's not like Broadway critics were coming to hear
us. Very cruel of them, and obviously I've never forgotten the slight. I
was given the triangle to play instead. Ding

When our school choir did the "Messiah" I was told to open my mouth
but make damn sure no noise came out!

I can't sing at all- Dave and me used to drink in this pub where they
had karaoke and they'd have prizes for the best and the worse singer-
You can guess which one I walked away with every time can't you? I
also cannot play any musical instrument my guitar tutor after 6 months
told me, with tears in his eyes, that he had never failed to teach
anyone before. I have no sense of rhythm when playing a guitar, I
could put my fingers on the right fret, in the right position and
strike the right number of times but could I make a tune at the same
time?

Odd thing is I love dancing- I put some sounds on 2-3 times a week and
work out for 20-30 minutes and I really like it. I've never felt any
lack of confidence when dancing in public even through for a long time
I wasn't sure I was any good I didn't care it just felt right. But
over the years I've had many compliments.

Dave can sing and he plays pretty good guitar- he can hear a tune and
quickly work out where on the neck of the guitar he needs to go to
make the same sound.

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Forgive for pointing out, due to your mention of dancing, that what
came in
first place in the big UK "Brit Talent" Idol facsimile, some form of
dancers
wook the prize. Now I had read that either BBC or maybe the station
that
carries that show was going to black it out last Sat. night for the
finale we
had so many in rpca wanting to view. I was elsewhere in RL last Sat.
night
but would like to see what went on and especially these dancers who
must
have been really good to come in #1. Does anyone have a link to some
way
we can view that finale of last Sat. night? I believe possible YouTube
viewing
might have been made possible...

Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwVfJqBfms

I still preferred Susan Boyle, but it's almost impossible to compare singers
to dancers (especially with completely different styles). It's sort of like
comparing apples to oranges.

MaryL