Singing

[shiels]

Usually about not letting other people get me down and how I'm the best

I sometimes break into song when I have narcissistic fantasies too, sometimes break into runs as well, just start a wee gallop because I’m fucking brilliant

 

[luka]

I prefer not to think of them as 'narcissistic fantasies' myself but I guess it's all a matter of taste!

 

[yyaldrin]

my problem is that i can't remember texts. the only texts i seem to have remembered are the ones we had to learn in school repetitively until we could sing them and so now i sometimes catch myself singing billy joel - goodnight saigon or phil collins - groovy kind of love. i think i'm gonna try and memorize the texts of some of my favourite r&b tunes so i can sing those instead.

 

[luka]

Me and Craner like this and we do actually know all the lyrics it's not a joke


I didn't mean it when I said
I didn't love you so
I should have held on tight
I never should have let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I was lying to myself
I couldn't have fathomed
I would ever be without your love
Never imagined I'd be sitting
Here beside myself
Guess I didn't know you
Guess I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt

The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
Oh what I wouldn't give to have you lying by my side
Right here,'cause baby
I didn't mean it when I said
I didn't love you so
I should have held on tight
I never should have let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I was lying to myself
I couldn't have fathomed
I would ever be without your love
Never imagined I'd be sitting
Here beside myself
Guess I didn't know you
Guess I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt

The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
Oh what I wouldn't give to have you lying by my side
Right here,'cause baby

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When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back, baby, please,'cause
We belong together
Who else am I gonna lean on when times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby baby
We belong together

I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Singing to me
"If you think you're lonely now"
Wait a minute, this is too deep(too deep)
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial tryin' to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
"I only think of you"
And its' breakin' my heart
I'm tryin' to keep it together
But I'm falling apart

I'm feeling all out of my element
Throwing things, crying tryin'
To figure out where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
Ain't even half of what I'm feeling inside
I need you, need you back in my life baby

When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back, baby, please,'cause
We belong together
Who else am I gonna lean on when times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby baby
We belong together

When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back, baby, please,'cause
We belong together
Who am I gonna lean on when times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby baby
We belong together

 

[luka]

Delightful phrasing and very tricksy. You have to be so nimble and delicate to sing it. Another one when the phrasing is tricky like that is another favourite of ours, Never Too Much by Luther Vsndross

 

[shiels]

Never too much never too much never too much

 

[shiels]

When someone sings in an absent minded or joyful way you can hear a little playful and vulnerable side which is enjoyable. It’s nice if you catch them singing to themselves. Sometimes you hear the performance in people with the little spontaneous lines and it makes you wince.

 

[yyaldrin]

i used to sing a lot when i was working as a cook actually. me and my mate in the kitchen together. singing loudly along with whatever was playing on the radio. it's great when you're doing physical work, when you're moving around and doing things you've done so often that you can do them without thinking so you can focus on the radio and singing while your legs and hands just go on by themselves doing the work.

 

[luka]

I used to work for self employed builders, men used to working by themselves and they always sang along with the radio (and insulted it, teased it affectionately, abused it, joked with it)

 

[shiels]

That’s brilliant. And very primal. It’s one of the best feelings in the world to make loud noise in sync with other humans

 

[shiels]

You have to get over yourself a little bit, takes a while, and that shaming check keeps circling back around

 

[shiels]

That’s brilliant. And very primal. It’s one of the best feelings in the world to make loud noise in sync with other humans

I hate humans used in this way instead of People. Disgusts me. Yet here it is.

 

[luka]

You have to get over yourself a little bit, takes a while, and that shaming check keeps circling back around

Are you singing like a lad though or actually proper singing, beautiful and touching and tender?

 

[shiels]

It’s usually mimicry so that gives you some distance

 

[luka]

Like a reggae voice?

 

[shiels]

Have you ever been in a bar in Ireland when someone starts singing a folk song solo and the whole place goes quiet in solemn respect? That’s special. As long as they don’t rip the arse out of it.

 

[luka]

That doesn't happen it's a myth propagated by the tourist board totally cynical

 

[shiels]

It does and it gets your hairs standing up and a lump in the throat

 

[luka]

That's like me pretending London is always covered in a great fog you can't see your hand in front of your face. Cheerful tramps are roasting chestnuts and street urchins are picking your pocket with a wink and a cheeky grin

 

[shiels]

Well yes you do get this internal wrestle of oh for fuck sake come on raglan road again I’m trying to have a drink and talk we’re talking about bitcoin here ffs but then it’s completely undeniable and raw and teetering on awkward