The last several months have been a whirlwind for me. Early morning and late nights have meant very little "me" time, with my mind and body suffering for it. I finally got a chance to catch my breath last night for about an hour while my wife and daughters were having a salon night at home working on their hair.
Flipping through the channels, I happened to catch the PBS replay of the Ernani opera at the Metropolitan Opera House. Now, I've never been to an opera, but I'm not exactly a stranger to classical opera-style signing. Having taken voice lessons from an opera vocal coach (never really followed through after the first semester), I know that it takes a lot of effort on top of talent to make it.
So, I briefly watched the opera, and listened to the actors perform their parts after years of training and months of rehearsal.
As they sang of love and murder plots, I marveled at their talent and kept coming back to the same thought.
"I have a structured settlement and I need cash now!"
I am so sorry.
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I also took a couple semesters of voice while pursuing a music degree, and I can't really stand opera. It's an amazing thing to develop one's voice to that degree, but I don't want to hear the results.
I'd say "so sue me", but perhaps this is the wrong venue for that remark. :)
Now I have that stuck in my head. Thanks so much.
I'm a truly rare voice type (I'm a contralto), so opera has never really been my cup of tea, mostly because I can't sing along with the women like a good girl. Nope, I can freak out men by hitting notes in the bass clef. (That's fun!)
Even among my own personal music, you'll rarely find solo female voices. There's almost always a guy in the mix that I can sing along with. And if there's not...well, I must really like the song.
It's an ear worm, indeed. I'd also guess that it follows my rule of advertising;
"The better the commercial, the worse the product or service being sold."
If you're the "Lawyer with th Gun" ....you must be " Billy Gunn".
We heard about Toronto and Shand.
So, one's into explosives, and the other 's into guns?
That's the " CUNTRY".
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