Hi Phil

Tommy is an opera as it is a dramatic work in which all the text is sung to musical accompaniment.

Does Hair have spoken dialogue?  I've never seen it but dialogue would make it a musical by your definition.

Is a concerto purely music?  If there are no words, it cannot be an opera.

Concept albums?  Surely just albums!

Hi all

As far as i can tell everyone on chordie sails straight down the middle of the road as far as posting is concerned so what would concern me is that if there were boundaries it encourages people to 'explore' them and that would surely have the opposite effect?

Two of my songs so far in the songwriting section have sparked debates, one about religion and one about either politics or current affairs.  One of the comments was that:

"Any song that brings up this amount of debate / discussion has to be great. That's what music is all about".

That was from an administrator!

Long live freedom of choice!!!!

What's Golf?

It's a pepper shaker!  Go figure!

Hey, KAP54!

Bonedaddy's no smoking course - yours FREE in association with Chordie!!!

Step

1, Smoke a lower tar brand for a while - no taste at first but stick with it as you will adapt

2, When you smoke, concentrate on how it feels going over the oesophagus, try to feel that 'catch' you used to get when you first started smoking.  If you don't feel it, you been doing it for too long!

3, As you smoke try to feel the burn in your lungs you used to get when you first started, these are the body's defence mechanisms you have overridden for years!

4, As you take each drag, remind yourself how awful it felt on your first cigarette, try to relive that throat clenching gag reflex when you almost swallowed instead of inhaling.

5, Smoke only at certain times of the day, One after breakfast, one on the way to work, one on morning break, two at lunch, one on afternoon break, one on way home and three or four max in the evening.  When you have done this for two or three weeks, stop smoking!  Don't 'try to give up' or 'attempt to kick the habit' just don't light up!  Your body will be less dependant on nicotine because of the lesser tar brand, you will be in the habit of smoking less because of your routine smokes, your body will only miss the smoking at those times of the day when you led it to expect a hit, the craving will last for about the length of time it would have taken you to smoke a cigarette and then go away!  Just pick up a guitar or something instead

6, That's it!  Simple as! No more smokes, ever!  If you smell someone else's cigarette, just remember how loathsome it felt when you first started!

Sorry to bend your ear but I gave up this way, no need for patches or gum which IMHO set you up to fail.

St Somewhere now in the Songwriting section, thanks Zurf, Old Doll, KAP54, Cameron and Badeye.... in no particular order!!!

hi guys

I smoked for about 12 years and have not smoked in the last 14 years or so...  IMHO everybody should just quit smoking!  l still can't sing and don't have a massive range but I don't care as I only really sing to please myself!

The thing about smoking being good for calming the nerves, I don't believe it for a second - poisoning yourself and replacing your oxygen with carbon monoxide et al is good for you? I don't think so!  Not worrying about the price of killing yourself slowly and in great discomfort - priceless!!!

I can't believe I forgot O Brother!  One of the best films ever... even though I don't fancy George Clooney!

I just wet myself!

How about

Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson
Cars and Girls by Prefab Sprout

and "We're loadin up my Woody with the board inside" Was from Surfin Safari by the Beach Boys

Hi all

I've been a labourer, a vegetable processor, a kitchen assistant, a frozen vegetable processor, nine months in the Royal Navy, shop worker, telephone operator, taxi driver, shop assistant, team leader and shop manager.  Currently full time bus driver and part time Police Officer - hoping to do that full time... 

There is such a variety of profession/trade on this site all bound together by the love of music... don't see any politicians though!  Read into that what you will

You jammie beggar!!!!

Sounds like more fun than Britney baiting!

Take care

First was Motorhead in Leeds Queen's Hall (pretty much a garage) in 1982.  Best was either

U2 Unforgettable Fire Tour 1984 Brixton Academy
Bon Jovi New Jersey Tour Birmingham NEC
Stereophonics Shepherds Bush Empire 2005
Bob Dylan/Van Morrison Sheffield Arena 2004 ish

But probably Green Day Milton Keynes Bowl American Idiot in 2006