Ohhhh Orlandooooo.... Another blog entry about you...
Why is it that ever since I have been down here I have been asked/approached with "Lady of Spain" more in my life than ever before?
I have a serious issue with this song as it represents everything that I do not stand for an a musician, accordionist and performer. Cheesy, hokey, sappy, lame American standards in music have dominated many accordionists repertoire, this I know, and this is something I dealt with less and less while performing back on the West coast of Canada.
I seem to have dropped in to some kind of poor taste black hole/twilight zone down here, where everyone is suffering from being stuck in a Consensus trance, where acapella groups, dinner/theatre shows, terrible restaurant chains, and "Lady of Spain" medleys thrive.
I had a drunk fan the other day assume we were best friends during my performance at work, only because she claimed to play the accordion as well. She attempted to hit my keyboard, hovered for a bit, and demanded "Lady of Spain" from me. It wasn't pleasant to say the least.
I love watching Lawrence Welk, and Myron Floren, but only out of irony! Those cats know how to put on a wholesome show, but that show is OVER. What is left is people still pairing together the accordion with horrible music, "All of me", "Swanee River", "Roll out the barrel"...The Golden Age of the Accordion has PASSED people! (See video):
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Why is it that ever since I have been down here I have been asked/approached with "Lady of Spain" more in my life than ever before?
I have a serious issue with this song as it represents everything that I do not stand for an a musician, accordionist and performer. Cheesy, hokey, sappy, lame American standards in music have dominated many accordionists repertoire, this I know, and this is something I dealt with less and less while performing back on the West coast of Canada.
I seem to have dropped in to some kind of poor taste black hole/twilight zone down here, where everyone is suffering from being stuck in a Consensus trance, where acapella groups, dinner/theatre shows, terrible restaurant chains, and "Lady of Spain" medleys thrive.
I had a drunk fan the other day assume we were best friends during my performance at work, only because she claimed to play the accordion as well. She attempted to hit my keyboard, hovered for a bit, and demanded "Lady of Spain" from me. It wasn't pleasant to say the least.
I love watching Lawrence Welk, and Myron Floren, but only out of irony! Those cats know how to put on a wholesome show, but that show is OVER. What is left is people still pairing together the accordion with horrible music, "All of me", "Swanee River", "Roll out the barrel"...The Golden Age of the Accordion has PASSED people! (See video):
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Refusing to play "Lady of Spain" is entirely consistent with trying to save the world. Of course, when they request it, you can say yes and just play something else. They probably don't know the difference...
Or else fake an accent and pretend you don't understand.
Great rant. As for pigeon-holing..hard to do if someone takes the time to look over your resume to date, no?
This made me laff..."Miss Enquist continues to "Save the world with the Accordion" and yet refuses to play "Lady of Spain". Maybe someday you'll front a rock band and play catchy numbers like this one: http://www.loslobos.org/site/player/index.html. click on The Neighborhood Album track 9..rock on
M-LRM
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