Comments on: How famous musicians shouldn’t grow old. http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/ Curious | Cute | Comical | Crazy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Corrie http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39483 Corrie Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:36:00 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39483 Ouch - that was very painful to watch! And yes it is a travesty by the 1828 dictionary definition and today's! Ouch – that was very painful to watch! And yes it is a travesty by the 1828 dictionary definition and today’s!

]]> By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39434 Chris Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:15:27 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39434 So true. I remember seeing the Pink Floyd airship floating over our driveway in Erie many years ago as we were getting into the car one afternoon. I said half-jokingly, "Are those guys still touring? When are they going to grow up and get real jobs?" Then preteen Melissa said, "You mean those guys were famous when YOU were kids?"(ancient times, you know) Yet I can't blame them for keeping on. So true. I remember seeing the Pink Floyd airship floating over our driveway in Erie many years ago as we were getting into the car one afternoon. I said half-jokingly, “Are those guys still touring? When are they going to grow up and get real jobs?”

Then preteen Melissa said, “You mean those guys were famous when YOU were kids?”(ancient times, you know)

Yet I can’t blame them for keeping on.

]]> By: carmen http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39397 carmen Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:25:57 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39397 Is that John Mayer under that hair?? lol I've got some old family photos with brothers and uncles that look just like that. All in all, I love this song. I put it on my ipod a couple months ago. PS. I agree with @Valerie!! Is that John Mayer under that hair?? lol I’ve got some old family photos with brothers and uncles that look just like that.

All in all, I love this song. I put it on my ipod a couple months ago.

PS. I agree with @Valerie!!

]]> By: linda s http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39392 linda s Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:32:07 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39392 lol! oh my. lol! oh my.

]]> By: Jen http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39385 Jen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:11:51 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39385 First time commenter, long time reader and one thing I LOVE about your blog is that I frequently have to head to my dictionary :) In my early childhood, any time I asked what a word meant, I was told to "look it up!" Not because my mom didn't have the time or energy, but because she was made to do the same and ended up loving the discipline of using a dictionary. It's quite a shame to both the author AND reader when the meaning of a word is mistaken for something else, and therefore, the whole intended meaning lost. With that said, I headed to my dictionary before viewing (glad I did as I was thinking something akin to tragedy) and then audibly laughed out loud at the second clip. I use the 1828 Webster's and just for your pleasure, the second sentence of the definition... "Travesty may be intended to ridicule absurdity, or to convert a grave performance into a humorous one." And all the comments made me laugh today too... thanks! First time commenter, long time reader and one thing I LOVE about your blog is that I frequently have to head to my dictionary :) In my early childhood, any time I asked what a word meant, I was told to “look it up!” Not because my mom didn’t have the time or energy, but because she was made to do the same and ended up loving the discipline of using a dictionary. It’s quite a shame to both the author AND reader when the meaning of a word is mistaken for something else, and therefore, the whole intended meaning lost.

With that said, I headed to my dictionary before viewing (glad I did as I was thinking something akin to tragedy) and then audibly laughed out loud at the second clip. I use the 1828 Webster’s and just for your pleasure, the second sentence of the definition… “Travesty may be intended to ridicule absurdity, or to convert a grave performance into a humorous one.”

And all the comments made me laugh today too… thanks!

]]> By: Abraham Piper http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39380 Abraham Piper Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:59:31 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39380 No, I meant <i>travesty</i>, though <i>parody</i> is similar. I'd guess the meaning of <i">travesty</i> is changing because it sounds similar to <i>tragedy</i> and because in many contexts it can seem to mean something akin to <i>tragedy.</i> But <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travesty%5B2%5D" rel="nofollow">the older definition of <span style="font-style: italic;">travesty</span></a> is definitely still around. In fact, for now it's the only one listed in most dictionaries, I think. I feel a post coming on about it. No, I meant travesty, though parody is similar.

I’d guess the meaning of travesty is changing because it sounds similar to tragedy and because in many contexts it can seem to mean something akin to tragedy.

But the older definition of travesty is definitely still around. In fact, for now it’s the only one listed in most dictionaries, I think.

I feel a post coming on about it.

]]> By: Bill B http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39377 Bill B Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:37:51 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39377 I am sure that by now Love is not the only thing that hurts. I am sure that by now Love is not the only thing that hurts.

]]> By: Aaron Root http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39376 Aaron Root Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:27:40 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39376 My audio isn't working, but might you mean parody instead of travesty? Ridiculous songs of youth become more so when you're no longer youthful. Even if you can still sing. My audio isn’t working, but might you mean parody instead of travesty?

Ridiculous songs of youth become more so when you’re no longer youthful. Even if you can still sing.

]]> By: Valerie http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39363 Valerie Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:34:10 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39363 The first very notable difference is the key was changed. The original sounds like it is in the key of G but the newer version somewhere around E (approximately a minor third lower) but the second recording is very warped and the pitch isn't true. But this can't be a realistic comparison anyway as the first was more a studio version and the second a live from "within" the audience, probably not on professional equipment. I think all the crackling we hear is actually the audience singing over his voice. We hear more of them than we are hearing him. Recording rock bands from within the audience never gives you a realistic sound. I think your premise is true (the voice deteriorates with age) But the second video makes them sound worse than they are due to the poor quality. The first very notable difference is the key was changed. The original sounds like it is in the key of G but the newer version somewhere around E (approximately a minor third lower) but the second recording is very warped and the pitch isn’t true. But this can’t be a realistic comparison anyway as the first was more a studio version and the second a live from “within” the audience, probably not on professional equipment. I think all the crackling we hear is actually the audience singing over his voice. We hear more of them than we are hearing him. Recording rock bands from within the audience never gives you a realistic sound. I think your premise is true (the voice deteriorates with age) But the second video makes them sound worse than they are due to the poor quality.

]]> By: Myrddin http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39351 Myrddin Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:56:31 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39351 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaPjYPyyGU" rel="nofollow">Better?</a> Better?

]]> By: ruthie http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39348 ruthie Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:24:04 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39348 and the 'old' version was longer.......oh the pain! and the ‘old’ version was longer…….oh the pain!

]]> By: Jon http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39341 Jon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:30:54 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39341 At least he wasn't wearing the same outfit as 1974... At least he wasn’t wearing the same outfit as 1974…

]]> By: Kyle http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39340 Kyle Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:24:39 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39340 Oh my....so that is what I get to look forward to when I get older...oh my.... Oh my….so that is what I get to look forward to when I get older…oh my….

]]> By: Mark http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39339 Mark Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:11:54 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39339 My vocal chords hurt! Is this what's called aging gracefully or refusing to grow-up? :) My vocal chords hurt!

Is this what’s called aging gracefully or refusing to grow-up? :)

]]> By: Laurie Lynn http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39337 Laurie Lynn Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:58:25 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39337 I'm sure aging musicians would agree that they shouldn't grow old... No amount of love, peace and "hippy drugs" could prevent it! Wow. That song hurt in 1974... (tokin' with friends) but it hurts worse in 2008. I’m sure aging musicians would agree that they shouldn’t grow old… No amount of love, peace and “hippy drugs” could prevent it!
Wow. That song hurt in 1974… (tokin’ with friends) but it hurts worse in 2008.

]]> By: Laura http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39336 Laura Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:54:41 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39336 Just one more example why sounding "cool" in your youth may be a bad thing. That was...painful. Just one more example why sounding “cool” in your youth may be a bad thing. That was…painful.

]]> By: Andy http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39334 Andy Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:38:03 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39334 AWESOME! AWESOME!

]]> By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39333 Chris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:35:56 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39333 He's been rode hard and put away wet He’s been rode hard and put away wet

]]> By: Lisa notes... http://twentytwowords.com/2009/07/30/how-famous-musicians-shouldn%e2%80%99t-grow-old/#comment-39332 Lisa notes... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:32:48 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=3896#comment-39332 Okay, that hurt. You made your point quite well. :-) Okay, that hurt. You made your point quite well. :-)

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