Let me talk about this post, which is probably a failure

February 22, 2018 5:34 AM

Susan Cahill is failing. So is Corey Schutzer.

Composed by Tom Johnson. More self-referential music courtesy of Ask MetaFilter.

posted by metaquarry (6 comments total)

(In fact, this post was almost a failure from the start. Until I went to preview it, I didn't realize I had started composing it as an Ask MetaFilter question.)
posted by metaquarry at 5:35 AM on February 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

Thanks, that was fun! (Failing is about failing...)
posted by languagehat at 6:55 AM on February 22, 2018

You gave me the biggest shit eating grin by posting this - I loved every second. Thanks so much!
posted by barchan at 8:09 AM on February 22, 2018

Way enjoyable, and already re-posted to the most musical family I know and love, whose legendary Robbie Burns celebration I now miss, a house full of acoustic and singing, and scotch.
Now off on a bass extravaganza following the two performances. I am reminded of the amazing way Stravinsky creeps around with his bass, The Firebird, The Soldiers in R&J. Great stuff!
posted by Oyéah at 11:19 AM on February 22, 2018

Delightful!
posted by storybored at 10:28 PM on February 22, 2018

Ah! I heard this piece decades ago, on the radio, I think, and have occasionally thought about it ever since, but I never thought to look it up on YouTube. Susan Cahill's performance was much better than the version I heard long ago.
posted by Casuistry at 11:29 PM on February 23, 2018