And oh yeah, one more thing

[annathepiper]

It is May 17th, and accordingly, it is ALAN DOYLE DAY, the birthday of the lovely and talented lead singer of Great Big Sea! In honor of this glorious occasion, I now provide this link off to one of the pics of Alan on the new site for Russell Crowe's album My Hand, My Heart. Just because I love me a pretty Newfoundlander with a guitar.

And I call upon all Great Big Sea fans on my Friends list to take the time today to belt out a rousing chorus of your favorite sung-by-Alan GBS song. Not that we wouldn't be doing that anyway, but give it extra special verve today, folks! I want to hear "Lukey" and "Rant and Roar" and "Clearest Indication" and "Boston and St. John's" and "Goin' Up" and "Something Beautiful" and ESPECIALLY "Ordinary Day" resounding all over Livejournal!

Comments

[damara.livejournal.com]

"Way hey hey, it's just an ordinary day?"

[annathepiper]

"And it's all your state of mind!"

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

I think we should have a singalong. *reaches for the low section of her range*

And it's go boys go
They'll time your every breath
and every day you're in this place
you're two days nearer death

[annathepiper]

(Where's a bodhran player when we need one? HEY branwyn32, I'm looking in your direction!)

Well a process man am I, and I'm tellin' you no lie

You missed a line! ;)

[me-fein.livejournal.com]

I work and breathe among the fumes that tread across the sky
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair

(I even had a bodhran image for an LJ-icon, that I haven't prettied up yet! I have to go back to playing my bodhran...I miss it and I'm out of practise!)

Re: You missed a line! ;)

[annathepiper]

(Whoops! I blame it on Alan's voice warbling in my headphones. He's distracting that way. ;) )

*sings harmony--and DOES, in fact, have a harmony line for this chorus*

And it's go, boys, go, they'll time your every breath
And every day you're in this place, you're two days nearer death
But you gooooooooooo

Re: You missed a line! ;)

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

There's overtime and bonus opportunities galore
the young men like their money, and they all come back for more.
But soon you're knocking on and you look older than you should
for every bob made on the job you pay with flesh and blood

(This is hard. I am not a natural baritone.)

Re: You missed a line! ;)

[annathepiper]

And it's go, boys, go, they'll time your every breath
And every day you're in this place, you're two days nearer death
But you gooooooooooo

(Neither am I! Who cares? SING LOUD! ^_^)

[me-fein.livejournal.com]

But you gooooooooooooo


This is my absolutely most favourite song!!! Oooh. Shiver!

[spazzkat.livejournal.com]

Okay that's funny. It's my dad's birthday too.

[annathepiper]

And, as I recall, he too can play the guitar. ^_^ Happy birthday Paul's dad!

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

wheeeeeeeeeee :)

[annathepiper]

And a good Alan Doyle Day it has been! ^_^

[branwyn32.livejournal.com]

*pounds the last measures of the bodhran outro like hell* rock!
i actually was just trying to learn this song yesterday...it's really hard!

now then, to Alan's bday...grab a chair and raise a jar to the King!

[annathepiper]

Consider that jar raised!

And indeed, the drum line of that song is indeed complex and difficult. When my now-defunct jamming group played with this ditty, I definitely respected mamishka's efforts in that area! (She was one of our primary singers as well as the provider of percussion. She's got a bodhran, a djembe, and other drums as well.)

[kathrynelaraine.livejournal.com]

Woo hooo! A round on the house! I'd pay, but I'd also pass on the drinking, underage and all....wait a second, if I was in Australia, I wouldn't be underage, hmmmm, *Kate virtually transports herself to Oz so she can legally buy y'all a round, lol*

[annathepiper]

And given that Alan has just made music in Oz with Russell, this is in fact appropriate! ^_^