Tag: elvis presley
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What I can do with a guitar
In which I geek out about the various things I can do with a guitar and the things I want to learn to do with a guitar! By the numbers, I actually know more songs and chords than I thought I did!
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Une histoire de canards
Et maintenant, une petite histoire, pour pratiquer mon français–une histoire de canards!
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For the record, I have indeed seen this
16-year-old boy in Quebec channels Elvis. As a fangirl of both Elvis AND Quebec music, this is Highly Relevant to My Interests!
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Yeah, I’ve seen this plot before
My alarm clock has a long and glorious history of jolting me out of dreams before they get to the really good part. This morning, it interrupted my subconscious just as it was trying to, of all things, act out an Elvis movie! Now as you know, Bob Internets, I have seen many an Elvis…
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Alan Doyle kills me DED FROM SWOON, 5/22/2012
Those Francophone boys I’ve fallen in love with these past many months may have been heavily distracting me, but I’m tellin’ ya, people, when it comes to downright ability to take me right out at the knees, The Doyle Himself is still unparalleled. I still prefer him in the company of Great Big Sea, just…
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Let me sing for you the songs of my people
I’ve mentioned before that something I ardently respond to in both Quebecois and Newfoundland trad music is how many of the bands and singers I’m following have learned their music from their parents, who learned it from their parents, etc. I.e., they grew up with this music, and it was woven into their lives so…
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Song prequel giggles
Those of you on Twitter may have seen the #songprequel trending topic, wherein the idea was to post titles of songs that came before actual songs. Much hilarity ensued! With a hat tip to , , , and , here are the Great Big Sea ones we all came up with so far: Young Brown’s…