tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post54388451020006815..comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Comments on Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: Sea Shanties and old Celtic FolksongsAmalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-24695272904118805992010-01-12T13:10:30.481-05:002010-01-12T13:10:30.481-05:00Trinza-- What an odd coincidence!Trinza-- What an odd coincidence!Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-75698737075791699242010-01-12T05:25:40.370-05:002010-01-12T05:25:40.370-05:00I haven't been able to stop listening to celti...I haven't been able to stop listening to celtic folksongs and the like since starting my novel.<br /><br />Tell Me Ma as done by Gaelic Storm is perhaps the finest song ever. Well, aside from their "Johnny Tarr" -- when that song comes on and I'm driving, watch out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-49164956361930962272010-01-09T19:21:18.719-05:002010-01-09T19:21:18.719-05:00Great post! There are no new stories, only new way...Great post! There are no new stories, only new ways to relate them. I think we sometimes get so caught up in our pretty sentences that we forget we're storytellers first and foremost.<br /><br />Oh, and I would so buy that cd! I'm addicted to the Van Morrison version of <i>I'll Tell Me Ma</i>. It reminds me of being in an Irish pub.VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-9490499361321689862010-01-08T20:54:12.385-05:002010-01-08T20:54:12.385-05:00So true, so true.
And I can relate to the randomn...So true, so true.<br /><br />And I can relate to the randomness of music invading the brain. I'm on a recent kick of Adam Lambert and Owl City. Classic case of "Wtf? I don't know, but oh well."Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437698825217730840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-38756692786346073912010-01-08T18:05:44.159-05:002010-01-08T18:05:44.159-05:00I like the way you compared folk songs to stories ...I like the way you compared folk songs to stories and how they share similarities as well as variations due to culture. Well done.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-62685562826741186092010-01-08T14:09:25.751-05:002010-01-08T14:09:25.751-05:00I would snatch up a CD like that too. Very cool!I would snatch up a CD like that too. Very cool!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616276555920544920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-32639290686061737372010-01-08T13:20:07.007-05:002010-01-08T13:20:07.007-05:00I know all about The Three Little Pigs every night...I know all about The Three Little Pigs every night before bedtime. And every day when I come home. Good thing we have multiple versions to choose from!<br /><br />That Homer was one smart guy!Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.com