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"You have to hold the poker close for an Al Martino song!"

Sean explains how front room singers using a poker instead of a microphone have to hold it the right way.

"What a great, great poker song!" Sean says. He's been playing Al Martino singing Spanish Eyes for Stretch. "I want to ask you this now, Stretch. When your uncle, or whoever was singing that song, using the poker for the microphone, when they came to the high parts, did they take the poker away from their mouth? I bet they did!"

"Yes!" Stretch says. "Not only should the poker be held away at the high part - when a man hit the high part he held the poker away from his mouth - but the last line particularly in a slow ballad, should be spoken and not sung!"

"I remember that!" Sean says. "And the man would have held the poker closer to his mouth, in case the people wouldn't hear him!"

With music from Jimmy Cliff, Talking Heads, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and more (including Al Martino!).

56 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Jul 2023 15:04
大象传媒 Radio Foyle

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Music Played

  • Neil Diamond

    The Boat That I Row

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Wonderful World, Beautiful People

  • Talking Heads

    Road To Nowhere

  • Herman鈥檚 Hermits

    There's A Kind Of Hush

  • The Everly Brothers

    Just One Time

  • Dolly Parton

    Coat Of Many Colors

  • Gene Watson

    Dreams Of A Dreamer

  • Terence Morrison

    Remember Me

  • Bobby Darin

    Mack The Knife

  • Bette Midler

    This Old House

  • Elvis Presley

    You're The Devil In Disguise

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Down On The Corner

  • Al Martino

    Spanish Eyes

  • Big Tom

    My Rose Of The Mountain

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Jul 2023 15:04
    大象传媒 Radio Foyle