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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Home is behind, the world ahead
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
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Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: Rose in RoseBear
What a list. There'll never be another Sinatra. He was cool before bein' cool was cool.
And Aretha. She sang AT you, not to you, and when you've been sung at by Aretha, you know you' been sung at. Nobody can touch her.
The only singer that really sings anything anymore, aside from some good country voices out there (that's where the voices seem to be going...) is Harry Connick, Jr. He might end up in that class.
But there sure is a poverty of voice outside of that.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:07:16 AM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Mel Tormé, aka "The Velvet Fog" for his smooth singing style, was another great jazz singer. However, he also wrote a lot of songs, including "The Christmas Song." You know, the one that starts, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ..." We were discussing that during the Christmas production (used part of the song for a scene intro).
As the story was told, he was doing a live special with Judy Garland, and they apparently hated each other. So, they're singing "The Christmas Song" on live TV. He's at the piano.
Judy is singing the wrong words.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:07:48 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Ramius
Mmm...Harry Conick Jr... I also like that he plays as well as sings - there are sadly very few who do that anymore.
Did I mention I need more CDs?
To: Ramius; Rose in RoseBear
Have you heard much of Michael Buble?
Glenn Beck was pretty excited about him. But I stopped listening to Beck for the holidays.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:10:36 AM PST
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Corin Stormhands
(The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
To: Ramius
<smile>We're starting to sound like old fogies, Ramius.
Now you see why I stick with country music!
Though ... I do find country rap amusing ... and I've developed a fondness for Emimem here recently.
I suspect senility is just around the corner!
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:12:41 AM PST
by
Rose in RoseBear
(HHD [... he *is* the Real Slim Shady! Wonder if he plays chicken with the train ...])
To: Corin Stormhands
No... can't say that I have. What's he do?
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:12:52 AM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Rose in RoseBear
~deep sigh~
Marvelous. Just marvelous.
Thank you for introducing me to Billy Eckstine!
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:14:23 AM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Corin Stormhands
My sister got one of his CDs for Christmas - she's been telling me I need to hear him, but I haven't yet.
To: Rose in RoseBear
Though ... I do find country rap amusing ... and I've developed a fondness for Emimem here recently. Uh... um... um... but... well, that's... uh... um...
[/speechless] :-)
There's such a thing as country rap? Is this maybe one of the signs of the apocalypse? [peeking outside] [trying to picture Johnny Cash doing rap version of "Ring of Fire".
Emineminumunum. Munnah munnah. Munnah munnah.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:19:24 AM PST
by
Ramius
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To: no one in particular
*Listening to clips of all of these on the itunes music store*
To: RosieCotton
He's relatively new. Got a crooner's voice, he does!
Check out a clip or two on Amazon. ;-)
Clickee the linkee.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:21:19 AM PST
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RMDupree
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To: Ramius
4,752
posted on
01/06/2006 10:21:29 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
To: Ramius
Drat, could'a sworn I had 'Ring of Fire' on my pod but I only have 'Ghost Riders in the Storm'
To: Ramius; Rose in RoseBear
When I hear "country rap", I think of things like "Hot Rod Lincoln" and "Boy Named Sue", but I guess those don't really qualify...
To: Ramius
Sounds like Benny Hill....
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:23:06 AM PST
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RMDupree
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To: Ramius
Dang...now I've got that "Munnah munnah" (however it should be spelled) thing stuck in my head.
Doo doo-doo doo doo...
To: RMDupree
Did he use that for a theme song? I didn't know.
To: RosieCotton
Yup.
At least, I think so.....
Dang 80s fried my brain...
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:26:28 AM PST
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RMDupree
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To: RosieCotton
Listening to "Hot Rod Race". Similar sound as "Hot Rod Lincoln".
To: Corin Stormhands
Michael Buble is good, and so is Brian McKnight. Alicia Keys has something to say, as well. And Mariah has a voice.
But I find myself playing the old stuff --- Motown and Stax and Atlantic, and good old Sunday gospel you'd hear on the radio. The only new stuff I listen to is country.
I was rather surprised that I could find Marshall Mathers interesting, if profane ... I guess I'm not so old, after all!
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