Or should that be Instruments
From Hell? If you go to the "other place", which of
course the highly-saved readers of this blog probably won't, what do you expect to hear?
"Welcome to Hell."
This started off as a battle between accordion-haters and guitar-haters, but it soon became clear
that there were many other instruments that people didn't want to hear. So let's settle it
with a World Cup (then, when we have the 2nd
World Cup of Bad Hymns later in the
year, we shall know what instruments to play the winners on).
Scotsmen love this. Others, less so.
Here are the nominations so far (apologies if I missed any). If you have others, then please leave
them in the comments, or as replies to the Twitter tweet advertising this.
accordion
bagpipes
clarinet
didgeridoo
(electronic) organ
(electronic) piano
fiddle
guitar
harpischord
kazoo
recorder
spoons
tambourine
triangle
ukelele
vibraphone (also known as vibes,
but not the good vibes that Pope Francis wants)
vuvuzela
washboard
We'll start when we reach 32 (a convenient number), or whenever I think we've got all
we're going to get.
As recommended by the Spirit of Vatican II.
Addendum: We now have 32 nominations and will kick off tomorrow.
Never cared for spoons, but ok in ice cream. I love all other kinds of music 'cept when they play Mr. E. Of Faith.
ReplyDeleteI think the geezer (is he The Deacon ?) (can one still say that, these days ?), at the back of the Sanctuary (can one still say that, these days?), behind The Priest (is it OK to say that, these days ?), is playing The Paper and Comb.
ReplyDeleteMay I put The Paper and Comb forward for consideration in your Instruments From Hell ?
Meanwhile, a big Thank You, Eccles, for your continued erudition and proper Catholic Teaching. The World needs you, Eccles.
Will you be going to Rome for any Conclave in the future and will you put yourself forward ?
Pope Eccles The Great has a certain ring to it.
Thank you. We now have 32 nominations. Off to do the draw for round 1.
DeleteZ - of course I shall do as last time, gate-crash using the red biretta I borrowed last time.
I'm too late to nominate the autoharp. I do hope someone else did!
ReplyDeleteI think playing the fool should be banned...
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