[Dixielandjazz] Re: SONGS FOR THE GRAY TRADE.

[Stephen Barbone]

Yeah . . . and

The Old Gray Mare, She Ain't What She Used To Be.
Strangers In The Night
Once In A While
Ghost Of A Chance
That Old Feeling
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
I Get Along Without You Very Well
There's No Tomorrow (O Solo Mio)
Auf Weiderseh'n
Old Folks
Older Women (O'Hara,1981)
Feels Like Heaven (Goldberg,1992)

Bill Biffle wrote:

> Gray, Turning Grayer Over You

> "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com> wrote
>
> > Red Cells In The Sunset
> > When Your Liver Has Gone
> > Sentimental Gurney
> > How Lung Has This Been Going On
> > Ory's Creole Thighbone
>
> > > > s3856lpa at webtv.net (Harold Smith) wrote (polite snip)
> > > >
> > > >If you listmates think that the "Music for the Gary Trade" was in bad
> > > >taste, offensive, and downright insensitive, wait until I start a thread
>
> > > > on the new Medicare/Prescription Drug Bill, passed by our glorious
> > > > Congress.
>

Harold & Listmates:

> > >That would be "Music for the GRAY Trade". Describes the current USA OKOM
> > >audience
> > >perfectly. I'll start with the first song for "Gray Trade". (Songs must
> > >satisfy
> > >both the "Gray" areas of both musical and medicare objectives)
> > >
> > >1) "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You."
> > >
> > >The above song also satisfies the wishes of the younger generations. They
> > >are
> > >decreasing as a percentage of the total population here and they will not
> > >be able
> > >to fund the medical needs of all of us old folks. And they would much
> > >rather spend
> > >that money in a more relevant area. And they could care less about OKOM
> > >as played by most bands today.
> > >
> > >Note well that out of 105 musical categories for the GRAMMY'S, with 4 or
> > >5nominees
> > >per category, there is NO OKOM. Unless you consider Brian Setzer's
> > >"Nutcracker
> > >Suite" OKOM. ;-) (it's in a Pop category)