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Subject: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: GUEST Date: 17 Jun 06 - 05:42 AM My mother asked me if I knew this song. Apparently Terry Wogan used to play it on the radio. She thinks it was Australian. Any ideas? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Leadfingers Date: 17 Jun 06 - 06:37 AM I Like to Have a Drink With Duncan - And YES its Australian - But I am having a Senior Moment and cant remember the guy who wrote it - Except its the guy who wrote Pub with No Beer |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Leadfingers Date: 17 Jun 06 - 06:45 AM Slim Dusty ?? Interesting that he had only two 'Hit' records in Uk , with a twenty something year gap ! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Rasener Date: 17 Jun 06 - 07:27 AM Did Slim Dusty meet with HipFlaskAndy then? Was this song written as a dedication to Duncan McFarlane? :-) Slim Dusty and a Pub with no beer - oh yes I remember it well. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Andrez Date: 17 Jun 06 - 07:49 AM Mediocre, vapid and mundane. None of these words rhyme but they are all applicable to this song known locally as "I'd like to have a beer with Duncan" or Duncan for short. Slim wrote some passably good songs in his time and is considered to be a country legend in Australia with some justification but that song and its music rates as an entry for an entry in the worst Austarlian songs of all time category and a low point in a great career IMHO. In its time here it even had some kind of hit status in radio so someone out there must have liked it. Everyone I know just turned the radio off. Dont bother spending any time learning it there are heaps of better songs around. Cheers, Andrez |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Leadfingers Date: 17 Jun 06 - 08:03 AM You like it then Andrez ? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: RobbieWilson Date: 17 Jun 06 - 11:14 AM my mum likes it. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: DUNCAN (Patrick Alexander) From: RobbieWilson Date: 17 Jun 06 - 11:22 AM I love to have a beer with Duncan I love to have a beer with Dunc. We drink in moderation And we never ever ever get rollin' drunk We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love to have a beer with Duncan 'Cause Duncan's me mate, yeah I love to have a beer with Colin I love to have a beer with Col. We drink in moderation And it doesn't really matter if he brings his doll We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love to have a beer with Colin 'Cause Colin's me mate, mm-mm-mm I love to have a beer with Kevin Oh I love to have a beer with Kev. We drink in moderation And he drives me home in his big old Chev. We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love to have a beer with Kevin 'Cause Kevin's me mate I love to have a beer with Patrick I love to have a beer with Pat We drink in moderation And it wouldn't really matter if the beer was flat We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love to have a beer with Patrick 'Cause Patrick's me mate - Change key I love to have a beer with Robert I love to have a beer with Bob We drink in moderation Just one more and back on the job We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love to have a beer with Robert 'Cause Robert's me mate I love to have a beer with Duncan Oh I love to have a beer with Dunc. We drink in moderation And we never ever ever get rollin' drunk We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love to have a beer with Duncan 'Cause Duncan's me mate I love to have a beer with Du I only had to look at 3 slim dusty sites to find lyric. Thanks v much tel. My mum is just learning computering and was very impressed. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Joe Offer Date: 17 Jun 06 - 01:38 PM Hi, Robbie - can you give us a song title and songwriter name? Here's the thread (click). Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Willie-O Date: 17 Jun 06 - 03:29 PM There is or was a legendary bush pilot in northern Canada known as "Drunken Duncan". Interestingly I don't think he ever crashed. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Margret RoadKnight Date: 17 Jun 06 - 09:09 PM Btw, Slim Dusty didn't write "Pub With No Beer", but his version is responsible for it's popularity. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: RobbieWilson Date: 18 Jun 06 - 05:31 AM It's as Andrez said above: "I'd like to have a beer with Duncan" or "Duncan" for short and by Slim Dusty as far as i can make out. My mum likes it because her father and my brother are called Duncan and one of the verses mentions Robert or Bob which is my fathers name. It sounds like it is one of those songs were the value lies in the performance which is somewhat at odds with the very sober lyrics. It is not hard to imagine extremely dull versions by people who think they are funny. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Andrez Date: 18 Jun 06 - 11:06 PM To the query above, no it goes down with me like a lead balloon and Its no consolation at all to know that there are even worse songs out there as well..... but thats another thread. Songs by Slim that do have something going for them include "When the rain tumbles down in July" or "Losing my blues tonight" which are right up there in the Aussie song lexicon for poerty, imagery and melody. I guess that in the end its horses for courses so that no matter what the song if someone can make a connection with it thats great. So I can relate to the fact that a mum can connect with the song. It doesnt make the song any better when considered from any perspective of merit though and in my view might properly be seen to be something that is only performed in private between consenting adults. Cheers, Andrez BTW: I always thought "Pub" was Slims song and wasnt aware that it had different origins. Would Marg or anyone else have a link or reference to the original authorship of the song? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Jim Dixon Date: 21 Jun 06 - 11:17 PM See this thread: Lyr Req: (I Love to Have a Drink with) Duncan |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: Bob Bolton Date: 22 Jun 06 - 02:37 AM G'day Andrez, The "credit" to Pub with No Beer will be to Gordon Parsons. I have a CD made from a sort of a "pirate" recording of one of Slim's concert's up in Toowoomba ... around 1956 ... where Gordon sings the song, not Slim. However, the words are a localised "retread" by Gordon of Paddy Sheehan's 1943/4 poem A Pub without Beer - published after the beer shortage from celebrating Allied victory in the Battle of the Coral Sea ... and the tune is simply the first half of Stephen Foster;s Beautiful Dreamer. I gather this sort of loose handling of credit is common in the US end of 'country music'. Regards, Bob |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: JennieG Date: 22 Jun 06 - 03:25 AM "Duncan" isn't meant to be a work of great literary value - it's just a bit of fun. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Getting drunken with Duncan From: HipflaskAndy Date: 22 Jun 06 - 03:32 AM Now now Villan! Nowt to do wi' me. Never been drunk in m' life....er, have I? Can't remember anything... hic! Cheers - HFA (Duncan, sober) |
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