Anyway, I mention it because I've seen a few other pub singers lately. I try to catch them when I can. Initially, I went to learn, to pick up some tricks. These days, I learn what not to do.
I don't want to sing those crappy 'sixties' songs, for a start. Sometimes you get these old dears saying 'do some sixties' but they don't mean the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who. They mean the songs that were in the chart for a few weeks in February 1963 while they were keeping their hands on their ha'pennies behind the bike sheds at the youth club. I saw this bloke last year, slashed black shirt, permatan, syrup and medallion complete. He introduced one song '...and ladeez and gennelmen, Mr.....Bobby.....Vee!' No, mate, it isn't. It's you.
Sometimes people say 'play something I know'. What - I have to run my set list through the sieve of your ignorance? I just did a Dusty Springfield song and you don't know it? Do I need to get clearance? Why can't you listen to something you don't know? I bet you knew most of the songs I played so far, stupid.
Everywhere I go people make an effort to come and talk to me. They tell me they really appreciate the fact that I don't do the same songs as everyone else (actually, I do some of those songs, but only the good ones). So I know I'm right about this. Generally, make an honest effort, sing properly, don't take the piss and people will appreciate it.
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