I think that this was my second year of being the Last Post guy on ANZAC Day in the Nui.
25/4/2016
It's just before 6.25am and I've just done my second Last Post for the day. One to go. I think it has gone pretty well - it's pretty easy to crack a note or two in the cold of the morning; standing outside on damp grass. I'm putting the trumpet in the car when a volunteer fireman approaches.
"It's on YouTube." he says excitedly.
No need to answer because he's got a story to tell.
"Mark Knopfler playing the last post on guitar, would you believe it? Fantastic! So moving. He's the best guitarist in the world!"
I can't really answer; he'll just think I'm bitter.
So I think it.
"Who says he's the best guitarist in the world? How did you decide that? Have you listened to everyone else? How did you tally up the marks? No pun intended.
Do you know that there are only five different notes in the Last Post? A bit of overdrive and sitting in a warm studio, and doing as many takes as you need. I don't really think you'd have to be the best guitarist in the world to pull that off. Hey, trumpet is my fourth best instrument. It's early in the morning and I'm playing in the cold morning air. I'm not getting paid, but that's fine because this is what you call community service and I like doing that. I practised the trumpet for three weeks to do this gig. Before that I hadn't even touched a trumpet for months. I'd like to see Mark out here with a bloody trumpet; now that would impress me!"
Okay, okay. He's a volunteer fireman; doing community service too, bless him. Maybe he puts in kitchens through the week? Probably listens to classic hits radio. He's probably had very little musical experience other than that. He probably just got excited when he heard that tune that Mark Knopfler played and just had to share it. Maybe I should have told him that I know a guy who is a real fireman? Bitter ol' me!
It's just before 6.25am and I've just done my second Last Post for the day. One to go. I think it has gone pretty well - it's pretty easy to crack a note or two in the cold of the morning; standing outside on damp grass. I'm putting the trumpet in the car when a volunteer fireman approaches.
"It's on YouTube." he says excitedly.
No need to answer because he's got a story to tell.
"Mark Knopfler playing the last post on guitar, would you believe it? Fantastic! So moving. He's the best guitarist in the world!"
I can't really answer; he'll just think I'm bitter.
So I think it.
"Who says he's the best guitarist in the world? How did you decide that? Have you listened to everyone else? How did you tally up the marks? No pun intended.
Do you know that there are only five different notes in the Last Post? A bit of overdrive and sitting in a warm studio, and doing as many takes as you need. I don't really think you'd have to be the best guitarist in the world to pull that off. Hey, trumpet is my fourth best instrument. It's early in the morning and I'm playing in the cold morning air. I'm not getting paid, but that's fine because this is what you call community service and I like doing that. I practised the trumpet for three weeks to do this gig. Before that I hadn't even touched a trumpet for months. I'd like to see Mark out here with a bloody trumpet; now that would impress me!"
Okay, okay. He's a volunteer fireman; doing community service too, bless him. Maybe he puts in kitchens through the week? Probably listens to classic hits radio. He's probably had very little musical experience other than that. He probably just got excited when he heard that tune that Mark Knopfler played and just had to share it. Maybe I should have told him that I know a guy who is a real fireman? Bitter ol' me!
8 commenti:
Your trumpet playing was excellent and I told you so at the cemetery.
Oh, thanks.
But it's just a conversation that happened in 2016.
Yep.
Yep?
I guess that a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man.
Un cenno è buono come un occhiolino per un cieco.
Oh right.
I've heard of something similar. Mine is:
Un uomo con gli occhiali ha un asino di nome Nod che si masturba ed è felice. Questo è bello.
I think that I'd do quite well as a linguist.
La vita è una malattia mortale a trasmissione sessuale.
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