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Gwyneth's avatar

Simply fabulous!

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

Makes me want to get up and dance like a gypsy with a tarantula on my back!

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Gwyneth's avatar

Why a tarantula?

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4izpeXAg2-I

"The Tarantella is an old Neapolitan dance that was said to have originated as a treatment for the bite of the tarantula spider. People would often go on dancing for hours "as though bitten by a tarantula", driven on by the furious playing of violins and guitars, reinforced with noisy percussion and shouts of encouragement from bystanders."

Sorry this rendition is about as sedate as someone O.D.ed on valium but it's the fastest I could do on short Know Tice.

There's always this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuKI7zP1osA

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Gwyneth's avatar

The second video was far superior. Shooting the tarantula toupée was priceless.

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

I'll probably stop what I'm doing on Substack and just do reviews on Life Lessons from The Boys.

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Mahwah Azet's avatar

… probably by dancing you sweat a lot and you release lots of toxins, hence bite toxin from tarantula 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

See? I'm not worried about myself... I've been exposed to so many toxins - what's another? I'm worried about the spider. If it bites me - it might not make it...

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OK's avatar

Rock on! This is thrilling. Thank you Master Jordan for this "I-want-to-rip-your-throwt-owt metal style" piece. I just might pick up musik lessons since my violin lessons 60+ years ago.

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

Now I know why you became a tile-layer: to replace the ones that you cracked while head-banging!

True Story:

My fingers got caught in a cardoor so I went to the ER and the doctor did xrays and said that nothing was broken.

I asked: "That's good news. Will I be able to play violin?"

He said: "I don't see why not."

I said: "That's good because I've never played violin before."

He did not like that.

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Mahwah Azet's avatar

… priceless hahaha

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Mahwah Azet's avatar

… co Čech to muzikant😅😃

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OK's avatar

Skoro pravda. Já nejsem muzikant. Já jsem anti muzikant. Vyhodili mně z hudební školy. Asi nejsem Čech. HA! HA! HA!

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Mahwah Azet's avatar

… are you telling us you’re an exception from “every Czech is a musician”?😃 I learned to play piano by ear and 3 years into my “study” we had a rehearsal and the teacher was sitting next me watching until I flipped the page prematurely and that was when he found out that I can’t read music 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I always managed asking him”can you play the piece for me so I can get the “rhythm “? I was actually remembering the melody 🤩

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

CHEATER! you're not supposed to display Natural Talent. You're supposed to be a transcriptionist for all of those little black and white dots and let the paper tell you what kind of emotions to have!

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OK's avatar

Uncle and his two kids played the akordeon. Older sister played piano. Grandpa played violin. I am the exception.

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

Are exceptions stringed instruments or wind instruments?

I could believe that you might be a wind instrument due to all of the hot-air coming from you..

BA DUMP BUMP!

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OK's avatar

I know that I tend to talk too much, so you are spot on about the hot air. HA! Ha! Ha!

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

I'm thinking of doing balloon tours. I can narrate as we float above the cities. No energy costs. Just talking.

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OK's avatar

Ha! Ha!Ha! You Funny!

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

Ha! Ha!Ha! My forehead hurts....

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Mahwah Azet's avatar

… Grin Reaper said the following:

“classical music is metal without distortion and electricity”

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Mahwah Azet's avatar

… and shared this

https://youtu.be/s9ztwL4L1Kw?si=UtINOl0UcJaiOKWS

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One Man Intelligence's avatar

Heard this guy, Larry Mitchell? Pretty nice and mellow (I only heard 7 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnijq9Hduuw

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Patrick Jordan's avatar

Thanks. I was sent this link years ago put it on and listened to it straight through. Great stuff. Playing it again, Sam....

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Purple Passions's avatar

KEEP ON ROCKIN IN THE NEW WORLD.

HUGS

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