Give My Love To Rose or How To Sing And Play Without Choking Up

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Johnny K

These are great replies everyone! Thank you so much. Keep them coming.

It is a bit of paradox to be sure:
On the one hand if you as a performer get too emotionally caught up in the emotion, then your performance can suffer.

Yet as a performer playing music you do not personally identify with, can come across as contrived. Or simply technical craftsmanship at best.

To my mind to be a convincing performance the audience should get the feeling the performer feels and believes what they are saying and is emotionally convinced by the song. But that credibility factor should not disrupt the flow

That said here is an example of song that for me does stir the emotion, not so much in a (break down in tears) kind of way, but more of thought provoking, profound and somewhat poignant observation, about the possible twists and turns of life.
Not to mention a stark contrast from Buffett's beach bum persona They lyrics are a outstanding example of simple yet meaningful. This song IMO is one of those rare songs, that at the same time is both an intensely specific individual story but also has shadow universality floating in the background throughout.




Here is a song by Eliza Gilkyson, that I think is outstanding and one that I had intended to perform at my mother's burial ceremony, but I was not able to so, because even though it is full of hope it was far too intensely personal .

[Johnny K]

Originally Posted by JonPR

Great. Never seen Johnny look so much like Elvis...

That was my first thought too!

[RockyRacc00n]

Originally Posted by Johnny K

Does anyone else have a hard time playing and singing a song like Johnny Cash's Give My Love To Rose without choking up?

I've been pondering this because it is not the only song i play that makes me do this.

How do some of you seasoned guys suppress the overwhelming emotional wave that comes with trying to perform a sad song or a song that pushes all the buttons?

I would really learn the trick to suppressing that emotional wave.

Never heard that song before. For a dying man on the tracks, he sure communicated very poetically. But seriously, that was a sad song. I got a lump in my throat as I was picturing the scene.

I had to listen to "A Boy Named Sue" after that one.

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by Johnny K

…I would really learn the trick to suppressing that emotional wave.

Hi Johnny K

Not one of my goals (to suppress emotion).