PAVLOVIAN APPLAUSE

2 days ago by @conuladh

PAVLOVIAN APPLAUSE

conuladh

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Liner Notes

I think I coined the term Pavlovian Applause as part of humorous exchange with another music. I jotted in a notebook as a prompt to write a song about it. I came to mind today and the (ropey) lyric flowed fasted from pen to paper. I want to upload it fast and made this #acousticonetake without any plan The first chord I hit was D so it has D and related chords. There a rickety structure that I need to work and I think I can make a decent song from this.
N.B. This is a piece of fun and normally don't mind people talking...except for recent occasion when some people gathered round a table and appeared to be having a noisy board. I started singing ' if you don't take it down, I'm gonna crank it up' louder and louder until they stopped talking. No hard feelings and we all became friends afterwards. 😀

Lyrics

‘PAVLOVIAN APPLAUSE’
You will forgive me won't you
If I don't join in your conversation
And if my voice gets louder
Advance apologies
For any disruption to your heady tete-a-tete
And understand, I hope you can
That my guitar is much loud than my voice

I'm singing gentle songs of love and life
But you can safely assume
That if you all don't take it down a notch
Then I'll step it up a gear
And this rig does 11 and hell
I can push it to 12!

You sitting, not listening
Talking without a pause
And only reward
Is Pavlovian applause

Is a weird contradiction
Like wearing a blindfold in a gallery
And saying how much you love the exhibition
I'm not being precious
No artistic tantrum
But you're out there
Seems it's an event we can all take part in.

I'm not singing my soul
Doing my job it's that simply stated
Don't know what you do for a living
But don’t you like it
When you work is appreciated?

You sitting, not listening
Talking without a pause
And only reward
Is Pavlovian applause

No applause please
Stop clapping - I know you don't mean it

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