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Gary C. Dygert
From:
Frankfort, NY, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2006 1:48 pm |
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| Maybe this should go in the humor section, but I just happened to think of a gig I was playing with a bluegrass band, where we were supposed to be doing Dear Old Dixie. Half of the band was playing Down Yonder, at least in the same key. It turns out the tunes are close enough in parts not to sound too horrible when played at the same time. Eventually, the Down Yonder side got the message and morphed into Dear Old Dixie. At least we all ended together. Hi diddley dee, a musician's life for me! |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Mar 2006 1:58 pm
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| Yep,, aint it fun??? |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 8 Mar 2006 5:00 pm
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Next time try singing the words to Pinball Wizard to the tune of Fulsome Prison.
you can confuse both the rockers and the country music fans.
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 8 Mar 2006 8:31 pm
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Maybe your band needs an intercom system, or to stand a little closer together?
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Gary C. Dygert
From:
Frankfort, NY, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 6:32 am
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| This reminds me--the words & tunes of Amazing Grace and the Gilligan's Island theme are interchangeable. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 7:35 am
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Tony Harris
From:
England
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 8:13 am
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| In England we have a radio comedy show which includes a round called "One Song To The Tune Of Another". The idea is to sing....oh, you can probably guess... |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 1:53 pm
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| Any '50's rock ballad. |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 2:52 pm
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. . . and if you'd like to go further afield, you'll find that you can sing any poem by Emily Dickinson to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas."
. . . as I said, further afield. |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 3:00 pm
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Speaking of interchangeable tunes... try swapping San Antonio Rose with House of the Rising Sun.
It works both ways. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 3:44 pm
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In the early '70's I was playing guitar in a band on the Oregon coast and we were learning a Creedence song. I wish I could remember which one it was exactly, but no... anyway, somewhere in this song we somehow changed into Lodi and we never knew it until we'd get to "Oh Lord, stuck in.... DOH!" Never even knew where we made the switch. It happened several times, until the guitar player/singer actually just put his face in his hands. Can't say it wasn't funny.
[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 09 March 2006 at 03:46 PM.] |
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Michael Barone
From:
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 5:03 pm
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Jim, maybe it was "Who'll Stop the Rain".
That's how it happened with me long ago. Same mistake, every time, into Lodi. The leader decided to morph it into a 3rd song, and call it a Creedence Block, to end all confusion. But you still never knew when the change would happen.
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 5:05 pm
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| YOU TOO? LOL! Yes, I was thinking "Who'll stop the rain", but I'm not totally sure. Most likely that was it. Funny. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 5:41 pm
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Speaking of House Of The Rising Sun, Ronnie Gilbert (of the Weavers) recorded a beautiful rendition with just a single jazz influenced acoustic guitar played by fellow Weaver Fred Helleran.
Her version really brings out the pathos and emotional turmoil of the lyrics.
For me, it is the definitive version of the song.
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 5:56 pm
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and as Chet showed many years ago, it's possible to play Yankee Doodle and Dixie at the same time
not sure how many would want to ... |
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Dave Brophy
From:
Miami FL
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 6:14 pm
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| Jethro Burns used to refer to Chet doing that,and announce that he was going to play 3 songs at the same time:Theme From Dr Zhivago,Somewhere My Love,and Lara's Theme. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2006 3:15 am
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| Many years ago, I heard a version of "Gilligan's Island" sung to the music of "Stairway to Heaven" on a DC radio station by Little Roger and the Goosebumps. I've been looking for it ever since, supposedly Led Zeppelin's attorneys had all the copies destroyed. [This message was edited by David Mason on 10 March 2006 at 03:25 AM.] |
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Gary C. Dygert
From:
Frankfort, NY, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2006 7:57 am
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| At the risk of belaboring this, "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and "Old Joe Clark" all have words and tunes interchangable with "Gilligan's Island" and "Amazing Grace." There must be dozens more. This is how verses drift from one traditional song to another. (I've got too much time on my hands! I'll go away now.) |
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Joe Miraglia
From:
Jamestown N.Y.
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Posted 22 Mar 2006 10:05 am
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| There are two other songs that come to mind are MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE and THE BRITISH NATIONAL ANTHEM are the same melody. Our national anthem has the same melody of an old British drinking song. So now let's MERRILY WE ROW ALONG with MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB! Joe |
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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 22 Mar 2006 5:55 pm
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| The Blind Boys of Alabama sing Amazing Grace to the tune of House of the Rising Sun. Awesome. And I guess that ties together a bunch of other songs mentioned above. |
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2006 8:28 pm
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| "Wabash Cannonball" and "Darcy Farrow". |
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