Members kwakatak Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 Second time this tune has come up on this forum today. I was not familiar with it.Nicely done, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dances w/carp Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 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 ofThe dance we shared beneath the stars aboveFor a moment all the world was rightHow could I have known you'd ever say goodbyeAnd now I'm glad I didn't knowThe way it all would end the way it all would goOur lives are better left to chance I could have missed the painBut I'd of had to miss the danceHolding you I held everythingFor a moment wasn't I the kingBut if I'd only known how the king would fallHey who's to say you know I might have changed it allAnd now I'm glad I didn't knowThe way it all would end the way it all would goOur lives are better left to chance I could have missed the painBut I'd of had to miss the danceYes my life is better left to chanceI could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 Nice job Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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 ofThe dance we shared beneath the stars aboveFor a moment all the world was rightHow could I have known you'd ever say goodbyeAnd now I'm glad I didn't knowThe way it all would end the way it all would goOur lives are better left to chance I could have missed the painBut I'd of had to miss the danceHolding you I held everythingFor a moment wasn't I the kingBut if I'd only known how the king would fallHey who's to say you know I might have changed it allAnd now I'm glad I didn't knowThe way it all would end the way it all would goOur lives are better left to chance I could have missed the painBut I'd of had to miss the danceYes my life is better left to chanceI 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 "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". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 "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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 I suspect you are fan of George Tirebiter and Nick Danger (as am I). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 15, 2008 Members Share Posted December 15, 2008 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).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 "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 painBut I'd have had to miss the dance ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 "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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Whalebot Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members threecar Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 I think I need to sign up for a english lit class. By the way nice tune Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sparhawk Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 Well done Neil. Beautifully played and the setting was great as well. }{awk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted December 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brianwahl Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 I've always liked that one from GB. You did a great version of it - very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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