InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoAre you inspired? Can you write one?hexbear.netimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1imageAre you inspired? Can you write one?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·4 months agoThe foundation of any good shanty is stealing the tune and half hte lyrics from another shanty
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoI think I once heard Utah Phillips describe the IWW songwriting process as something to the effect of stealing the hymn tunes 'cause they’re pretty and changing the lyrics so they made more sense.
The foundation of any good shanty is stealing the tune and half hte lyrics from another shanty
I think I once heard Utah Phillips describe the IWW songwriting process as something to the effect of stealing the hymn tunes 'cause they’re pretty and changing the lyrics so they made more sense.