tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post6751972906467223387..comments2023-05-02T10:48:33.593-04:00Comments on The Hanged Man: Music of the Subwaysthe hanged manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06705748701233182866noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post-59713806067677188182007-03-09T21:44:00.000-05:002007-03-09T21:44:00.000-05:00"I gave her a dollar."Art and commerce meet.My sub..."I gave her a dollar."<BR/><BR/>Art and commerce meet.<BR/><BR/>My subway experiences of late seem to involve stepping over and around other people's vomit. Maybe they heard renditions of "Ave Maria" that were less polished.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and rats. I think it's getting way worse down there. Not pre-Giuliani worse, but bad enough.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post-67168193456979783572007-03-06T23:22:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:22:00.000-05:00Actually, I've been thinking of taking my videocam...Actually, I've been thinking of taking my videocamera out and taping some of the buskers' performances. Might make a nice musical documentary.<BR/><BR/>One of my recent faves were a group of teenagers that were like a mini-marching band. They had a tuba, two trumpets, two saxes, drums and trombone and they sounded great.the hanged manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705748701233182866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post-29718914670597693472007-03-04T10:58:00.000-05:002007-03-04T10:58:00.000-05:00Actually, I love the music in the subways (or the ...Actually, I love the music in the subways (or the tube, if you like.)<BR/>Whenever I start singing something that I think is "appropo" to a moment or a situation, Erin always says to me, "You know, Mom, life is NOT a musical." Well, it should be!!<BR/> MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post-4152453979735189202007-03-03T20:29:00.000-05:002007-03-03T20:29:00.000-05:00Y'know, I used to think that movie musicals had an...Y'know, I used to think that movie musicals had an air of fantasy because no one really walks down the street and breaks out into song. Then I moved to Baltimore and started going to Lexington Market on my lunch hour. And, right there on Lexington Street, I did indeed see people stop their walking and break into song (gospel, to be exact). Of course, the lady who carries along a suitcase-sized amplifier, complete with microphone, sort or takes the charm out of this phenom.<BR/><BR/>London also has great subway & subway station musicians. The open guitar/violin/trumpet case doesn't bother me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post-27121339876107141052007-03-03T20:23:00.000-05:002007-03-03T20:23:00.000-05:00Don't dis the blues. Remember: "The blues ain't ...Don't dis the blues. Remember: <BR/><BR/>"The blues ain't about making you feel better. They're about making everybody else feel worse" <BR/>-- Bleeding Gums MurphyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16549117.post-45907683693214231962007-02-27T09:57:00.000-05:002007-02-27T09:57:00.000-05:00I'm glad I wasn't there as "Ave Maria" is one of t...I'm glad I wasn't there as "Ave Maria" is one of those songs that causes me immediatly to cry (just because it's so beautiful) and I would have felt like a fool crying on the subway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com