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A Band Nerd's Passion
SweetPain

It is a language that transcends culture, time and
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space.
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Simply constructed by the
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soprano,
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alto,
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tenor,
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and bass.
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And their interchanging
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melodies,
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harmonies
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and chords.
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Then sprinkled through are the
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accents,
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stac-
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cato,
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and l e g a t o
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rhythms.
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Mushed and melded all together
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it can put you in THE mood,
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vault you into burning rage,
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or get you hips a shaking.
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It's the symphony, playing Beethoven,
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in a state of it's art building.
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The dirty, starved band jamming alt-rock style
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in a cockroach's play house for an apartment.
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And it's that sultry singer, singing sex
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in that smoke filled black lacquer lounge.
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It can all be described as one thing.  
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Music.
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9 Nov 05

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oh i love this. ;-) nice job.

(i'm not a band nerd, i'm a music dork in case you are wondering)
 — lonelygirl

What happened to all the comments?  Was this reposted?  
 — Isabelle5

yes mam. i wanted to give it a second chance. thanks lonelygirl(music dork) and isabelle for commenting :D
 — SweetPain

Interesting poem that takes an unusual slant on that which assails our ears,liked it.

Larry old fiddler Lark
 — larrylark

spank you larry old fiddler lark !
 — SweetPain

Poem is decent, but the title seems a little trite.
 — jerotich

Band Nerds and Music Dorks Unite! play your music! play play play!!!!
 — unknown

lol YESS!
 — SweetPain

I play the flute like a sexy mama. OOOOOH burn
 — Blonde

nice.  a nice little poem about music.  well done, especially bringing the experience down to the basement and into a smoky venue and then back again to the band nerd days.
 — mmoneypenny

wow thanks
this band nerd is quite happy.
 — SweetPain

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