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Topic: Interesting Cultural Faux Pas |
Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 10:43 am |
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I've seen another clip where Welk himself introduces this as "a new GOSPEL song"!! (Well, they do sing, 'Sweet Jesus'!  )
So, that tells me that he had them sing it at least twice on his show.
Interestingly, these clips are posted at YouTube by none other than Tom Shipley himself, who searched high and low (no pun intended) to find them for years. He and Mike Brewer are just laughing their butts off that Welk and company could be soooo naive...! |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 10:46 am
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Oh, man, that is funny. "And there you've heard a modern spiritual by Gail and Dale."  |
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 10:48 am
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| You've just heard a modern spiritual with Gail & Dale... |
Yeah, the Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. are gettin' spiritual right now 
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Mike Winter
From:
Portland, OR
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Richard Sevigny
From:
Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 12:25 pm
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I was gettin' flashbacks from that last one....everything was blurry and the colours, MAN the COLOURS!! 
...oh nevermind... it was the video 
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 12:41 pm
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Disco square dance, anybody? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuObcMwGxA
Yeah, some of this stuff is pretty kitschy. But you know - none of this takes anything away from the level of musicianship of Welk's band. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 2:07 pm
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| Dave Mudgett wrote: |
| But you know - none of this takes anything away from the level of musicianship of Welk's band. |
Yeah, and some of them had to know what this was about, and thought it was so funny they couldn't bear to tell ole Larry. |
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 2:09 pm
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Yes, Welk's band was always top notch. You also have to realize that he was running a variety show... something unheard of nowadays. Back then it was natural to have a TV program that had a little bit for everybody.
Nowadays everybody bitches if what they're listening to doesn't have 100% of the content they expect...
I stop being the crotchety old codger now..
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 2:59 pm
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| What's really funny is Myron coughing when he was introducing the act. Sounds like he was in the green room doing a little tokin' himself. |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 4:13 pm
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| That's...just...so...wrong! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 5:43 pm
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Clueless, totally clueless. ROTFLOL.
Modern spiritual! HAH!
It's attitude adjustement for sure.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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John Steele
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 5:52 pm
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I don't know if you guys read all the accompanying comments, but some wag wrote:
"Champagne - the Gateway Drug".
-John |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 8:28 pm
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| This is where I get embarassed for caucasians. Even as as a kid I knew those people had no soul. Totally devoid! I doubt that anyone on that show knew what that song was about or else it would have never been on there. There is a pedal steel in the background though. Oh my gawwwwwwwwwed! Get off the stage! Right now! |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 9:00 pm
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Read a bio not long ago about the Welk band,talked about some of the guys getting a little cockeyed when they were on the road,They WERE musicians after all.DYKBC.
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Hard headed, opinionated old geezer. BAMA CHARLIE. GOD BLESS AMERICA. ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 9:16 pm
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He was a hold over from
a time that stopped
a long time before
he ever did.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 8:35 am
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I kept trying to figure out who the heck was singing in that group? Could you tell? 
Man, that must've been Welk's idea of 'slumming' it. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 8:40 am
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There once wss a gal named gale
Who sang with a chap named dale
They sang of a toke
But didn’t know that the joke
was on them for no mention of the exhale |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 8:58 am VU
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| Thank you, Donny, that's always a great way to start the day! |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 10:34 am
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| Nobody was singing on that Welk video Donny posted, 'cause the audio was dubbed. Here's what they were really playing: Chicken Polka |
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