I was totally told I was tone-deaf as a child and believed it. I didn't realize that just the fact that I could *hear* the changes in the music meant I wasn't, so until tzikeh told me so. I was singing "Que Sera" with her iTunes and apparently there was a keychange and I went with it.
Now I am kind of astounded that there are people who *can't* hear that. I think I am still a bit "Tone Illiterate."
Man - see I love John Hiatt so much that if people told me they disliked him I'd feel bad cause he is a really nice guy. And he wrote "Everybody Went Low" -- how can you not like this man? And I like Springsteen as well. So, for everyone who *doesn't* like the artist in question, ya gotta know there are several of us who *do* -- we probably aren't as vocal with "I love this song!" as we could be (I do know that "Valentine Heart" had an extremely favorable song response and that pleased me immensely.
It can be wearing to hear the same thing time after time -- I can totally commiserate with that. Usually I am prepared, but sometimes for the wrong thing. When I decided to vid Starbuck, I knew there were going to be the people who did not think the song was appropriate. I was ready for the crit. I was standing at that base fully attentive. Turns out, no one really said that -- but a lot of people *don't* like Emmylou Harris. A lot of people didn't like the song - which is my *favorite* Bob Dylan cover, ever.
Once I got over "How can you not like Emmylou Harris? She's Emmylou! She's GOD!" I was okay. But dude. Still a bit shocked cause I thought Emmylou and chocolate were pretty neck and neck as far as personal preferences go.
And I had to worry that I had done the song a disservice because while I was ready for the critical reaction regarding my pairing this song with this material and any quibbles someone had with my cutting style or my interpretation of lyrics -- I really couldn't stand to hear someone (not on my LJ, mind you) refer to Emmylou as earbleeding (I think). It felt so wrong.
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Now I am kind of astounded that there are people who *can't* hear that. I think I am still a bit "Tone Illiterate."
Man - see I love John Hiatt so much that if people told me they disliked him I'd feel bad cause he is a really nice guy. And he wrote "Everybody Went Low" -- how can you not like this man? And I like Springsteen as well. So, for everyone who *doesn't* like the artist in question, ya gotta know there are several of us who *do* -- we probably aren't as vocal with "I love this song!" as we could be (I do know that "Valentine Heart" had an extremely favorable song response and that pleased me immensely.
It can be wearing to hear the same thing time after time -- I can totally commiserate with that. Usually I am prepared, but sometimes for the wrong thing. When I decided to vid Starbuck, I knew there were going to be the people who did not think the song was appropriate. I was ready for the crit. I was standing at that base fully attentive. Turns out, no one really said that -- but a lot of people *don't* like Emmylou Harris. A lot of people didn't like the song - which is my *favorite* Bob Dylan cover, ever.
Once I got over "How can you not like Emmylou Harris? She's Emmylou! She's GOD!" I was okay. But dude. Still a bit shocked cause I thought Emmylou and chocolate were pretty neck and neck as far as personal preferences go.
And I had to worry that I had done the song a disservice because while I was ready for the critical reaction regarding my pairing this song with this material and any quibbles someone had with my cutting style or my interpretation of lyrics -- I really couldn't stand to hear someone (not on my LJ, mind you) refer to Emmylou as earbleeding (I think). It felt so wrong.