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Most over sung songs?

Jan 06, 2010 21:25

I travel between kingdoms often, and each and everyone of them as a list of songs that are over sung, beaten into the ground, heard at every circle, and groan inspiring no matter how well performed ( Read more... )

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kateryndraper January 7 2010, 05:41:34 UTC

Oddly enough, I almost never hear Greensleeves in the SCA, and I've been active in bardic activities for over 20 years (in the Oaken Region of the Middle Kingdom.) I contantly hear complaints about how often it's performed, though.

The Scottsman would top my list of most over-sung songs.

children_of_lir January 7 2010, 15:45:55 UTC

Hey, didn't we do this around this time back in '06? ;)

bluestocking January 7 2010, 21:17:55 UTC

The link on the article doesn't work - might you have the list in another form?

children_of_lir January 7 2010, 21:39:27 UTC

Yeah, it was a casualty of the GeoCities shutdown. >:|

I've been exploring alternatives - the Wayback Machine, old files (even used to have the results in pie-chart and bar graph form!) - without success. There IS still a saved email folder with all the votes, they just need to be re-tallied.

The Bottom Five, while split by two and three-way ties in places, probably surprised no one.

bluestocking January 8 2010, 18:53:50 UTC

*nod*

Well, if you ever find an alternative or decide to re-tally, I'd love to see it.

Or send it to me, and I'll re-tally for you?

children_of_lir January 7 2010, 15:50:29 UTC

Anecdotal evidence has it that once upon a time, this (overplay of Greensleeves, and the annoyance thereof) really WAS the case.

If the populace turned against the song very early in the SCA's history, it could explain why it's so rarely heard today.

Pity a couple of the groaners mentioned above can't follow suit. :P

mistresshawk January 7 2010, 17:17:59 UTC

Heh. I think the reason is that Greensleeves is so popular/overheard even outside the SCA/mundanely that yeah, EVERYONE is pretty sick of the damn thing. But songs like Old Dun Cow seem to go through phases -- they'll sort of fade away for a while, then someone will think ' I haven't heard that song for a while! ' and either request or sing it.

So it'll get sung for a few events, requested by newbies, memorized by some people who will revive it for a while, get sick of it, let it fade away... and be revived.

bluestocking January 7 2010, 21:16:36 UTC

The Scotsman. Good lord, yes.

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