[Dixielandjazz] FH5+2

[Marek Boym]

Not the siren, Ron.  And "screaming" was a deliberate overstatement.
"Shouting" might have been more accurate.
Cheers

On 31 May 2012 21:53, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
> I wonder if the "Screaming" was the siren that they used occasionally.
> Drummers have had all kinds of sound effects as part of their traps for
> ages.
>
> Ron L
>
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> Screaming?  Marek, screaming is what a man does when they dip him in boiling
> oil.
> They are shouting for joy!!  It's part of the song, and part of their
> act.   They are performers.
> "Extra-musical noises" is a perception on your part.  If you ever saw them
> in person, you /might/ understand.... probably not.
>
> Rick Jolley
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What a shame everyone couldn't have experienced live the happy sounds
>>> & sights of the FH5+2.  How can you resist that back-beat?
>>>
>> I cannot.  But the screaming made me reluctant to listen to the number
>> again.  I don't care how much fun they had, or their audience, and
>> appreciate that a jazz band has to make a living (in their case - most
>> were making their living in the Disney studios).  A band you remembr
>> live is always a nostalgic experience.  I judge the band only on the
>> merits of its music, where it is not marred by extra-musical noises.
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>>>Perhaps that's why non-American listmates like the band less than
>>>>Americans
>>> - we have not seen the Firemen in person, and judge solely based on
>>> their music, not nostalgia.
>>>
>>> Not so much nostalgia, Marek, rather a realization from having seen
>>> them perform that theirs was/is a happy music played by happy musicians.
>>
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