OK. I am getting lost. This post was supposed to precede the Royal Sons post, so I have returned the other post, which you may have already read, back to the queue and republished this. I do get in messes from time to time.
We present Johnny Cash and June Carter performing Jackson in an old tv show that looks corny now. They perform with one mic, and I love it. I can understand the words and hum the tune, and it is only 2 minutes long or so. (I will resist commentary on much current music.)
I wonder about the date of that show, but the single mic has me remembering how back in the mid-sixties, some friends and I began a gospel quartet. We sang grouped around one mic of very dubious quality.
We were terrible, and I was the worst of the four, but I filled a need because my voice was low enough to sing the bass part.
I was not good, but I could usually hold a note more or less on key. Now, I can't. I try to sing, mostly to the cat, and my voice wavers all over the place. It's both frustrating and embarrassing because I like to sing my little ditties. I do somewhat better at whistling. I am not sure why there is a difference, but there seems to be.
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I know I can't sing.
My grade four teacher told me not to sing! I took it to heart and only sang to babies, who don't give a fig. I was a tamborine shaker in the 60s. They wouldn't let me sing either. These days I only sing in the car with the windows rolled up, the AC on, with the radio or CD blasting, LOL.
JB knows all the words to The Sound of Music, but he's not allowed to sing it!
I used to sing much better than I do now. Perhaps our vocal cords get old just like the rest of us?
Well, if you can whistle, you are better than me.
The cat is a forgiving audience. Sing to your heart’s desire, AC.
The long ago years bring changes to some voices...the ones of us who don't sing any more. Our voices need to be used. I think it used to be called practice.
Just keep singing, it's good for you.
Johnny Cash and June Carter were great performers.
I have never been able to sing and my two girlfriends in 8th grade used to try to throw me off by singing in harmony very loud next to me. Gave up trying a long time ago.
I can hear when notes are off key, but I cannot make my voice behave when I try to sing. I sure enjoyed Johnnie and June in the day.
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