GT49er
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Bloody amateurs!
It's a skill that has to be learned, just the same as learning the chord shapes for the guitar or which keys to hit on the piano.
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[Music] Singers who read the words while singing
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drew
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Couldn't it be they just have the track listing on the phone rather than on a piece of scrap paper stuck to the stage?
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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A woman is accused of beating her husband half to death with his guitar collection.
The judge looks down at her and asks, "First offender?"
The woman replies, "nope, first an Ibanez, then a Gibson, then a Fender."
- Jul 10, 2003
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How many female vocalists does it take to change a lightbulb ?
Just the one. She holds the bulb and the world revolves around her
Just the one. She holds the bulb and the world revolves around her
Super Steve Earle
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Only ever learned and retained the lyric to Take it Easy by Eagles and Harvest by Neil Young. Never been able to remember words since as a choirboy when other lads remembered hymns and I had the songbook in front of me. And I was head choirboy!
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Give the guy a break - he is 73 years old. Having the autocue there as a backup is something many of the veteran singers have these days.
Publius Ovidius
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I prostrate myself at such an talent you have.
GT49er
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Quite possibly. The set list is the only prompt that is acceptable.
GT49er
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I said 'us', not 'me'. Most of us would not dream of not learning the words and reading them off an autocue or a scrap of paper taped to the guitar. I make no claim to any more talent than thousands and thousands of other guitarists up and down the land.
Did you mean Harvest Moon by Neil Young? If so you retained the lyrics - but forgot 50% of the title. Great track though.
GT49er
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Perhaps he learned all the words of 'Harvest', which was a Neil Young LP. Wouldn't be a major task.
Fair play, that’s 10 tracks. Sounds a major task to me.
OzMike
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I sing and play instrumental parts and have to admit that it is harder to remember words to songs than the notes to play.
They do get easier to remember with familiarity but it takes a while, I usually need the words to half the songs.
In many cases I only need to see the first word of a verse as a prompt, but have to have all words on display to see them.
Have to admit that the songs I don’t need them for are played with a better degree of freedom, though I did forget the words to Light My Fire once and sang the first verse four times though each in a slightly different way and got away with it.
They do get easier to remember with familiarity but it takes a while, I usually need the words to half the songs.
In many cases I only need to see the first word of a verse as a prompt, but have to have all words on display to see them.
Have to admit that the songs I don’t need them for are played with a better degree of freedom, though I did forget the words to Light My Fire once and sang the first verse four times though each in a slightly different way and got away with it.
maffew
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Not both together i hope, because that could be part of the issue? HTH
Super Steve Earle
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Just for clarity, I meant 'Harvest' the title track from the album of the same name