Brazilian free-tailed bats supposedly sing ballads to woo their prospective mates. My immediate expression was the cliched 'So sweet.' That is something very unique as singing ballads were the terrain of the homo sapiens so far! Reading through the article made me wonder on the disappearing species of men who used to sing ballads to woo their lady love. Of course this tribe has not entirely vanished, they still do exist in some pockets of the world.
Theories like Feminism, terms like 'male gaze,' etc. has rendered some beautiful aspects of the whole episode of romancing and mating very cerebral. Come on, now who does not like to be wooed by a man/woman who sings for you. These days there is no time for songs nor the leisure for taking the time to write an exclusive ballad for your 'special' person. These days the internet offers a range of products and ideas that the old fashioned 'singing for your love' has gone out of beat (using a musical expression). But I am glad as I still come across special people who sing and express their love.
Three cheers to the Bat world which is not threatened by the internet, media or any other gadgets. Lucky (female)bats who get ballads during the mating season. Sigh Sigh. I have nothing to complain. You know why.
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ReplyDeleteBlog Name: Welcome to my world -Benny... thx Susan!
Hey Benny. Thanks for the nice words. I shall check out your blog. Thanks for letting me know. BTW do you sing?
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ReplyDeleteHi Susan, certainly we need some good singers who would make us to cross the river of life. A friend of mine shared a beautiful song with me, the words are as follows:
ReplyDeleteThe water is wide -I can't cross over
And neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row... my love and I.
There is a ship and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep - as deep can be
but not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not how I sink or swim.
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row... my love and I.
Moses: I am so glad that your friend is talented enough to write a song. Whom did he sing it to?
ReplyDeleteDoes romance exist only in the animal kingdom now? Sad! I should learn how to do a bat song then!
ReplyDeleteLa la lalala la... break for tea... Lalaala la laaa.
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I think some woman wrote that about bats to makes us men feel we should.
ReplyDeleteSo what do they sing?
"I'm batty about you."
"Let's hang out together."
Or that old favourite "You are the wind beneath my wings."
Something so romantic about hearing a man sing to a woman:)
ReplyDeleteAJ:
ReplyDeleteSad, isn't it? Which man sings to woo his maiden today? Long Siggghhhh.
AG:
You are a guitar player so you would've sung a song to woo your woman!
Jim:
ReplyDeleteCynic.
Mary:
I know. I wish men sing to women these days. But no one has the time nor creativity :)
Oh Susan! You take me back to those times when serenading was a way to a woman's heart.... How sweet it will be if there's still a man to ever do that though.....:)hehe
ReplyDeleteTragic. I have a friend whose man sings to her romantic love songs over the phone. I haven't had one sing me a serenade in ages. Where has all the romance gone? Wake up men!!
ReplyDeleteJorie:
ReplyDeleteSigh. I wish men were half as romantic as that.
Rimly:
Wow! Lucky friend.
Pam:
Not romancing the bat, Pam. I wish. Crooning men are a lost species, you know. All of them are in the rat race now so they cannot bother to sing.
Susan - Your last line confused me - I was so happy that you had someone to sing to you...but then in your comments it seems not. Did you ever watch the movie 'A Walk in The Clouds'- the serenading scene there is ever so funny. I'm afraid I'm the one who has to do the serenading out here :(( The man is tone deaf!!
ReplyDeleteInteresting fact about the bats! I did not know that. I think a ballad for your loved one is quite romantic!
ReplyDelete@ Susan, every once in awhile I can still bribe my husband into singing for me. The kids laugh at him so I grab him, pull him close and break out in a slow dance! They laugh even louder, but I know that will be a memory of their parents that they hold onto forever:)
ReplyDeleteNo wonder the men keep running away from me! I have been doing this the other way round! I need to stop singing and for a change let them sing.....
ReplyDeleteCorinne:
ReplyDeleteI wrote this one long time ago, Corinne. Let me check. Keanu Reeves, right? I liked that one :)
Nelieta:
Ofcourse it is darn romantic.
Mary:
How sweet! I wish I could see you dance. And, it is a very sweet memory to be savoured.
Savira:
Ah! You must know how to woo a man well :)