Comments on: Can I Play a Rhapsody?

By: eyegillian

eyegillian — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:33:36 +0000

That’s a great choice for a theme song, Lavenderbay! I used to own an album (that’s LPs — 33 1/3s, not 78s!) of Burton Cummings hits, but I think my favourite was “Stand Tall”. Lots of memories there!

By: lavenderbay

lavenderbay — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:40:50 +0000

Thank you, Marvelousinnature! Apparently Keith, Ken, and Frank are Canadian too. Keith coulda done a better job conducting at the beginning, but once Ken and Frank got their tempo they were fine. Not professional, but definitely con anima!

By: themarvelousinnature

themarvelousinnature — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:05:02 +0000

Well, it’s not Burton Cummings, or even a professional cover… but it is the song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vqreP9Mc9Y

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By: Shelley

Shelley — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:51:45 +0000

LOL!! I won’t tell you my George Carlin story then

By: lavenderbay

lavenderbay — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:35:25 +0000

I guess not, Goodbear. A cup of hijiki, maybe?

Thank you so much, Urban Thought. “Seeking the good in all things” isn’t such a bad aspiration either.

Get out! Shelley, if you have any more claims to fame up your sleeve, we’re gonna hafta start calling you “my lady” or “dame” or something. I guess it’s too late for Burton’s autograph…

Sorry, Bobbie, I’ll fix that right away! Let me know if you do recognize any of Cummings’s stuff; you might know a song without having ever put an artist’s name to it, like I found with the Lovin’ Spoonful’s music. There were so many pieces I recognized on their “Greatest Hits” list the other day, that I went and bought the CD!

By: The Right Blue

The Right Blue — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:09:36 +0000

P.S. Thanks for mentioning Brutus the Barracuda in your article. It made me chuckle. But my name is Bobbie, not Bonnie. No worries. You are forgiven. I’m sure it was just a typo. ;-}

By: The Right Blue

The Right Blue — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:07:43 +0000

How is it that I never heard of Burton Cummings until I read your post? I shall have to find some of his stuff now — because, based on what you have said, I’m sure I would like it.

See, this is another aspect of “blogging friends” that is so valuable: learning things you’d probably never have learned otherwise.

Yes, I value my blogger friends, too, and I love the sense of community that sneaks into some of those relationships over time. Although we all visit scads of blogs — rarely , if ever, returning to many — along the way we find a handful that really strike a chord in us, and those become our “regulars.” I have much more in common with many of my blogger friends than I do with most people who live in my physical neighborhood. Just fact.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:06:48 +0000

Many of my close personal friends are people that I never would have had the opportunity to meet, if it hadn’t been for the computer age (yourselves included!)

Another bit of trivia for you. Before fame and the Guess Who, Burton Cummings was in a small Winnipeg band called “The Mongrels” with my husband Bill, who was a guitar player for the band.

By: Urban Thought

Urban Thought — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:28:56 +0000

And an aspiration of such a magnitude has no place in a pile of failure. You will succeed. And I believe you have achieved.

Excellent selection. You had me going.

By: goodbear

goodbear — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:18:30 +0000

i definitely consider my blogfriends to be friends! and i certainly like everyone on my blogroll a heck of a lot more than i like my coworker!

i wouldn’t have a cup of sugar anyway….