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  • 3/9/2025
Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran's character comedy show about music, falling in love and attempting somethi | dG1fUHZXWTdveEY2REU
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00:00I went off to Callum's homecoming drinks that night,
00:03fully expecting to be reunited with the love of my life.
00:07Callum, hey, how's it going?
00:14Kiran, yeah, I'm good, thanks.
00:19How are you? How was your vacation?
00:21It was great, yeah.
00:22Although turned out to be quite busy in the end,
00:25I decided to teach myself Sprechgesang.
00:29It's this vocal technique from Schoenberg's Gura Lieder,
00:31where the words are only half sung.
00:33So it sounds a bit like,
00:35Herr GĂ€nsefuss, Frau GĂ€nsekraut,
00:38nun, durcht euch nur geschwind,
00:40denn des sommerlichen Windes wilde Jagd beginnt.
00:43Die MĂŒcken fliegen Ă€ngstlich auf dem Schilf durchwachsen ein,
00:46in den sehr gut bewinnt seine SilbespĂŒren ein.
00:50Wie schlimm kommt es, hat er euch nur je gedacht,
00:53wie schaurig in dem Buch Brunetten lacht,
00:56das ist Sankt Johannes Wurm mit der Feuerzunge rot,
00:59und der schwere Wiesenhebel ein Schatten bleibt und tot.
01:03Just a bit like that, yeah.
01:14Cool.
01:15Um, listen mate, are you hanging around for a bit?
01:19I'd love for you to meet my friends.
01:21Absolutely, yeah, I think there's a deal on Doom Bar,
01:23so I'm set for the night.
01:25Cool, well, I'm just coming to the live,
01:27I'll catch you in a sec.

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