Yesterday... and Today

[penfield]

Happy birthday to the Maestro. If you see him today, buy him a drink.

(But don't get him drunk, or you'll have him singing a cappella music six inches from your face all night. You've been warned.)

Comments

Without Accompaniment

[instant-ethos.livejournal.com]

While I hope that the Maestro didn't spend his birthday sans accompaniment, it must be pointed out that the phrase "singing a cappella music" is redundant and at the same time doesn't really make sense. He may be "singing a cappella" (performing vocally without instrumental accomapniment) "six inches from your face" and that would indeed be music. But "a cappella" is really an adverb and should only be used as an adjective when referring to an "a cappella choir, " an "a cappella performance" or "a cappella flatulence." Yes, "a cappella" is a genre of music, but that's kind of like saying "rock 'n' roll music" or "jazz music" and that's pretty dorky sounding if you ask me. Then again, so is this entire comment.

So, to remedy this situation, I recommend that the Maestro start travelling around with his own backup band or tape track to accompany his drunken singing. This will help alleviate such confusion in the future.

Re: Without Accompaniment

[enchanted-pants.livejournal.com]

You are probably right, I should have just said "singing a capella six inches from your face..." to eliminate any appearance of dorkiness. Though I should point out that the Maestro is rather likely to sing selections from Rockapella or House Jacks or the Yale Whiffenpoofs, etc., artists who operate solely within the genre of a capella, and whose songs could be classified as a capella music. This is far dorkier than anything you or I could write here.