Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 18:42:53 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-02-09 1:20 p.m., Graham wrote:

On 2025-02-09 8:08 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:

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Johnny Cash was another matter. I didn't care for him for years.

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My room mate at Uni played his records incessantly!
Cash never sang in tune with the "white keys" nor the
"black keys" but always on the cracks in between.

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There are those who sing other people's songs well and those who write
their own songs but fall down one the voice part.  My wife hates it when
I play John Prine. I know his voice was not great but his lyrics are
great.  I have heard Leonard Cohen songs sung beautifully by other
people.  One problem I have with a lot of modern singers is that they
can't seem to hit a note accurately and hold it. Instead they warble
their way up and down the scale singing through notes. Just listen to
the way they do national anthems these days. I cringe all the way
through them.

Writing your songs and owning them is an awesome thing. Being able to
perform them is even awesomer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCseIkwbio