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Choir of Hard Knocks

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Ally

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22-May-2007 03:44
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Choir of Hard Knocks

What an awesome documentary - I got all teary listening to the solo auditions

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daycat

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22-May-2007 04:18
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Its great to see many different pepole from different backgrounds doing their bit.

I did not see the whole thing, but only saw a snippet blurb advert.

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22-May-2007 04:21
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Dammit dammit! Why the hell can't I find a paper round here with a frikken tv guide in it???? I've missed the bloody show because I got distracted by bloody Bert Newton! ARGH! I've been thinking about it ALL week! What a twit. Will have to buy it now. GRRR

daycat

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22-May-2007 04:28
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Argh indeed, I had to work, but you sao, purrmeow...! Shame, shame, shame, as Darren Hinch used to say before he became the spokesperson for that stool food thingo.

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Ally

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22-May-2007 05:57
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saoghalberg, i stumbled on it and was inspired to buy their cd which I will so dont worry it will be money well spent

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ryb

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22-May-2007 14:52
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nette

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22-May-2007 17:23
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loved how the guy who's organised it all kept bawling through the solos. too cute! a nice counterpoint to the reality tv singing show judges who prefer to use the post-solo ambience to abuse teenage girls about the size of their bellies.

Ally

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22-May-2007 20:16
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every time one of the possible soloists sang Hallelujah I just lost the plot, more useful for people is thei link

you can pre-order cd now, it iwll be in shops on June 2

do yourself a favour!

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22-May-2007 21:30
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All is not lost #2, its a 6 part series; 5 more to go.

The girl with the long clean hair has a lovely distinctive voice.

And the poor schizophrenic at the end. He must have had a nice voice once upon a time but couldn't articulate the words due to what exactly: I suspect its not the meds, as suggested by the narrator, but some street drug or other, cause i don't think medication has that effect.

And its lovely how much effort they are all putting in to getting it together so that they can particpate in this project. The big trick, I suppose, will be keeping them all on the straight and narrow for long enough to get the job done.

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22-May-2007 22:22
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And the poor schizophrenic at the end.


that guy had star quality.

nette

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22-May-2007 22:45
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the shaky guy? he only shook while singing. seemed fine when he stopped. don't know what drug would make you selectively shake. if he is mentally ill then maybe it's just an issue of anxiety that causes the shaking. hell, i'm not mentally ill, but i shake when i'm extremely nervous. doesn't happen often but when it does, it's really obvious. violent shivering, teeth chattering and everything. i put it down to adrenalin. it's a fairly gut-level fear response.

NewIslander

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22-May-2007 22:51
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Alcohol makes you shake. I think people get the shakes when they are in withdrawals from something, don't they? I shake when i'm extremely nervous too but i was talking about the way he slurred his words. Maybe that was nervousness too.

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Ally

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23-May-2007 04:15
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see he was the one that had me sobbing. The song is not supposed to be sung perfectly - ok Jeff Buckley did - but it was the wavering voice that had me hooked

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nette

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23-May-2007 16:14
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i just thought it was telling that he didn't tremor or slur the moment he stopped singing. either or. i guess my point is that like his audience, he seemed very affected by the singing of the song too.

Timsky

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25-May-2007 02:07
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So i just created this account to say this:

Choir of Hard Knocks is easily the most emotional doco ive ever seen. Its purely amazing.

Ive been telling all my friends to watch it. lol.

And yes, the schizophrenic guy, had me tearing up as well. And i would love to know his name, even just his first name would be great.

Its changed my whole perspective of homeless people. I would love to buy the DVD if it ever came out.

Anyway, thats it from me, thanks guys!

Timsky

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