accordion

n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

How awful! And I don't even listen to the Pogues.

Oh, the Pogues. I love love love the Pogues. I had tickets to see them in their Joe Strummer-fronted incarnation, in Madrid, playing a double bill with Public Enemy, if you can believe that. But I, uh, got lost. Took the wrong train. And missed the show. That was over 15 years ago and it still make quake with grief.

Excuse me a moment... *turns away, wiping eyes.*

I thought it might have been a particularly vigorous GBS concert. ;-)

Actually, it's the Pogues.

Great Big Sea has a very good buttonbox player but he also plays fiddle, flute, mandolin, and about fifteen other things. And he does not fling himself all over the stage. He's busy... well... playing. And singing incredible harmony.

Really??? He didn't do that when they played at Wolftrap. *miffed*

SoG, say it ain't so! And jennarenn, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that chained is talking about Great Big Sea. Yes, c_b?

Oh no! What did the poor little accordion say to get you so stirred up?

c_b, I *need* the name of that band.

That makes me sad, SoG. It means you haven't heard good accordion music. Or buttonbox... or concertina...

Of course, I'm not known among acquaintances for enjoying subtle music...

God, I hate the accordion!

That *is* playing accordion, c_b. That's the spirit! Lady of Spain indeed. :-) And by the way, try to pick up one of TDA's black t-shirts emblazoned with a flaming accordion (and more flames up the sleeves). It's one of my favs.

No glowsticks. Not that I noticed, anyway. Oh well....

One of my favorite bands has an accordion player. In fact the gentleman's rather famous among the fans for ruining his clothing during concerts, from sweating profusely and flinging himself all over the stage, falling onto his knees, playing while flat on his back, etc. Now *that's* playing an accordion!

If your audience didn't have glowsticks, it didn't count.

I've played *in* a trance. But I guess that's different. ;-)

Did you ever play trance? Makes all the difference in the world.

Ah, u, you know not what you say. I am a former accordionist, you see. (I've recovered.)

An instrument that sounds surprisingly good in techno music. This must be experimented with more. Where are all my polkaravers?