tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post6786776158309826666..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Haunted AccordionBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-557309361247836302010-04-26T04:22:56.180-07:002010-04-26T04:22:56.180-07:00I agree: accordions are much unappreciated. There&...I agree: accordions are much unappreciated. There's a lovely little Italian movie: Bread and Tulips: featuring an accordion playing middle aged woman, on the run and finding friends and love in Venice. Beautiful. <br />And if you've ever heard a good Russian accordion player....incredible.<br />I blame it more on bad polka bands than Welk (somehow, every song sounds exactly the same).Scribble A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913068719563987820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-16840082404947241582010-04-24T23:16:19.885-07:002010-04-24T23:16:19.885-07:00Not Stan Boreson?
--mlNot Stan Boreson?<br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-30652478408722541482010-04-24T19:43:04.191-07:002010-04-24T19:43:04.191-07:00Lawrence Welk.
The man has been dead for twenty y...Lawrence Welk.<br /><br />The man has been dead for twenty years now, but he made accordions completely un-hip for generations of American youth. Accordions for anybody who grew up in the Welk area are inextricably associated with fat German men in lederhosen, and they've passed down their prejudices to their children. Of course, that doesn't apply to folks who know the zydeco, which inherently revolves around the accordion. But we're not the majority ;). <br /><br />- Badtux the Accordionated PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-57889159507386761972010-04-24T19:32:10.670-07:002010-04-24T19:32:10.670-07:00I really don't get why accordions and concerti...I really don't get why accordions and concertinas and harmoniums et al are looked down upon. Guess I sux.<br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.com