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Hello All,
Don't know how I missed this thread originally, but thanks to all involved, I've sat at the computer and had a really good belly laugh, I'm even still smirking writing this reply at the things said.
I have been singing karaoke for about 15 years, when I was a kid we had movies with a dancing ball to sing-a-long with such classics as "Two lovely Black Eyes"
I am 68 so a considerably old OLD FART.
Last night I sang a cracking up tempo SGB version of Sinatra's
"Fly Me To the Moon",
"I Love this Bar" Toby Keith's recent Country No1.
Dierk Bentley's amusing "What Was I Thinking"
Matt Monro's beautiful ballad "Portrait of My Love"
and Travis Tritt's version of T-RO-U-B-L-E
We are all used to hearing the same people trotting out the exact same songs, week in, week out.
We are all aware of the "Young Ones" who don't know anything if it wasn't written last week and yes there are old farts who are somehow lost in 1963.
Lauraine and George have it right a good song has a melody and
strong, clever lyrics, the writers of the 20's and 30's were near genuis's when it came to writing rhyming, singable, memorable songs.
But there are still writers out there today, writing good tunes, which is one of the reasons I like country
Regards from across the pond
Garry
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