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TIYP  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm Still Voting for Obama -A personal look back to a song I wrote 4 years ago

That you playing and singing?

Lot going on an 'dat geetar, very nice.





thenewgreen  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, it's me. Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it. I have a number of other ditties I've posted to Hubski under that #tng tag. Also, I recorded the intro song for my #tngpodcast that I post here.

TIYP  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

very nice, I fancy myself as a singer and have good enough pitch so that when there is bad singing it causes suffering.

thenewgreen  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, then DO NOT listen to any of my songs ;-) That said, David Byrne once said, "the better the singers voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying"

Stole that from this post. If you're a David Byrne fan, you ought to check it out.

Been quoting that a lot lately and should give credit to hamburger for pointing out that line.

You ever record music? If so, drop some on Hubski, I'd like to check it out.

TIYP  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, record, I am so rusty, I did blow my kids away a couple of years ago.

Rock Band was a deal with them and none of them would sing, Mr. Mike was laying there all lonely and shit as they played along and I go, hey may I sing? there was a lot of eye-rolling. I did "Hard to Handle" by the Black Crows and "Fortunate Son" by Creedence, jaws were dropped, both songs are a reach for me as I am in the Jackson Browne / James Taylor register and on a good day I can pace David Crosby as a backup singer, always reaching. I grew up singing to the AM radio, had no shame.

TIYP  ·  4394 days ago  ·  link  ·  

well that explains, Dylan and Neil Young. My son says there are two kinds of people in the world those that love Neil Young and...

I always liked that railing that he does.

thenewgreen  ·  4394 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure who the other kind are, but I'm the kind that loves Neil, though I hear a southern man don't need him around anyhow.... but I grew up in Michigan. So screw that.