personal VOM1T back up and running: The Dance

[kwakatak]

Last night I burned the midnight oil and recorded another take of something different after my VOM1T Xi submission: a fingerstyle arrangement of a cover song called "The Dance" which was made famous by Garth Brooks. I'd been playing this arrangement for a couple of years but given this time of year I found myself playing it more because I've been thinking of old friends who I haven't seen in a long time and they happen to be Garth Brooks fans.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqATdL3HUEw

[rhancox]

That was cool.

 

Very good videography as well, with the fireplace. Tone down the light on the mantle, though, so as not to throw the camera's perception off too much.

 

That's a nice setting for many a piece.

[Queequeg]

Second time this tune has come up on this forum today. I was not familiar with it.

Nicely done, Neil.

[Dances w/carp]

That's the version I'm working on, on a Larrivee too. I don't have it down as well as you do though. Very nice.

[Frets99]

Beautifully done! A beautiful song in it's own right. It's one of my wife's favorites.

 

Here are the lyrics:

 

Looking back on the memory of

The dance we shared beneath the stars above

For a moment all the world was right

How could I have known you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything

For a moment wasn't I the king

But if I'd only known how the king would fall

Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

Yes my life is better left to chance

I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

[Hudman]

Nice job Neil.

[Queequeg]

 

Beautifully done! A beautiful song in it's own right. It's one of my wife's favorites. Here are the lyrics: Looking back on the memory of The dance we shared beneath the stars above For a moment all the world was right How could I have known you'd ever say goodbye And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance Holding you I held everything For a moment wasn't I the king But if I'd only known how the king would fall Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance Yes my life is better left to chance I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

 

strange that (and I'm assuming you copied and pasted these lyrics in here & didn't type them out yourself) the grammer in the refrain is so dead wrong.

"but I'd of had to miss the dance" makes no sense at all.

This should be, I'd have had to miss the dance.

[totamus]

"I'd of" is in common use. I believe it is really a triple contraction consisting of "I would have", which could possibly be represented as "I'd've", but instead is best written as "I'd of" - which is how it sounds.

 

In the south its "Ida". As in "Ida gotten some beer, but I forgot".

[Queequeg]

 

"I'd of" is in common use. I believe it is really a triple contraction consisting of "I would have", which could possibly be represented as "I'd've", but instead is best written as "I'd of" - which is how it sounds.

common mis-use.

yes of course it is a contraction (a double by the way not triple) for I would have and it does get pronounced that way. but it should never be written with a word which is not part of that contraction and makes no sense whatever. Now I ax you- am I right or am I write?

[Hudman]

 

strange that (and I'm assuming you copied and pasted these lyrics in here & didn't type them out yourself) the grammer in the refrain is so dead wrong. "but I'd of had to miss the dance" makes no sense at all. This should be, I'd have had to miss the dance.

 

 

Garth Brooks is edu-ma-kated pretty good.

 

The Dance is a popular wedding tune....

[totamus]

mis-use of course. But the language follows the use. Of course I wasn't saying it was correct - just that it did make sense as a double contraction (you are right of course about not being a triple.

 

Ida made it clearer, butcha no wut I ment, doncha?

[Queequeg]

 

mis-use of course. But the language follows the use. Of course I wasn't saying it was correct - just that it did make sense as a double contraction (you are right of course about not being a triple. Ida made it clearer, butcha no wut I ment, doncha?

 

Shore due.

"I'd have" and "I'd of" = one-in-the-same

(as opposed to one-and-the-same which of course is not the same thing, "irregardless".)

[totamus]

 

I see. I guess I just misunderestimated him. Shore due. "I'd have" and "I'd of" = one-in-the-same (as opposed to one-and-the-same which of course is not the same thing, " irregardless ".)

 

 

LMAO. Love "irregardless". The most used non-existant word on the planet. People just don't speak the way they used to. But then, I guess they never did.

[Queequeg]

 

LMAO. Love "irregardless". People just don't speak the way they used to. But then, I guess they never did.

 

Now that's where I have to take issue with you.

Things are more like they used to be than ever before in history.

[Hudman]

 

I see. I guess I just misunderestimated him. Shore due. "I'd have" and "I'd of" = one-in-the-same (as opposed to one-and-the-same which of course is not the same thing, " irregardless ".)

 

 

 

In all seriousness, I doubt Garth Brooks wrote that song. Many top country artists rely on songwriters to supply them with material. Nashville is full of song writers.

[totamus]

I suspect you are fan of George Tirebiter and Nick Danger (as am I).

[Queequeg]

well, Hud & Tot, I don't really care. Just one of my pet peeves.

Ya reckon we oughta return this hijacked thread to Kwak where it belongs?

Now I gotta go look up George Tirebiter and Nick Danger and find out who these guys are.

 

[if I was gonna buy a song, I'd of bought one from a songwriter who knew the dif'ernce tween a verb (have) and a preposition (of).]

[daklander]

"Dance" was written by Anthony M. Arata.

 

Variations:

EVENING SHADE

DANCE THE ARATA

THE DANCE

DANCE THE

DANCE (THE)

 

Info from ASCAP....

 

By the way, another listing shows those words as "Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance ".

[Queequeg]

"Dance" was written by Anthony M. Arata.

dude can't even spell his own name right. [How fitting.]

Errata:a list of errors and their corrections inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigenda.

but then Einstein couldn't spell either. it's I before E. He got it wrong twice in his own name.

All seriousness aside, thanks, Dak.

[Whalebot]

 

In all seriousness, I doubt Garth Brooks wrote that song. Many top country artists rely on songwriters to supply them with material. Nashville is full of song writers.

 

 

Maybe I should go and write country songs...or not. Great song Neil, I enjoyed it.

[rhancox]

I read, once, one of the most popular country stars, George Strait, has not written any of the songs he's recorded. Don't know if he's ever tried to write one. I don't know, there's just something wrong with that. I guess George wouldn't pass the "What's a Musician" thread here.

 

Don't get me wrong, I don't write music either, but then I'm not out making money off of other people's music, nor am I calling myself a musician.

[threecar]

I think I need to sign up for a english lit class. By the way nice tune Neil.

[Sparhawk]

Well done Neil. Beautifully played and the setting was great as well.

 

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[kwakatak]

Thanks, everyone. The true credit for the song goes to the songwriter and the arrangement to some schlub on power-tabs.net.

 

As for the songwriter angle, there's actually a pretty big market for it in Nashville, IIRC. A favorite local musician of mine regularly travels to Nashville solely for songwriting endeavors. He still records his own stuff but it seems like he writes/performs just for the love of it.

[brianwahl]

I've always liked that one from GB. You did a great version of it - very nice!