Sound familliar? Maybe Ivor came across an activator at some time - or was one himself 
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Wonderful stuff, the man was a genius. Is that real morse heās singing? - I donāt have a clue myselfā¦
Yes. Singing it āstraight key styleā - āHERE I AMā.
Damn, the batteryās gone!
Brilliant!
oh dearā¦ it is funny thoughā¦
well, better than the fellows on the tower with the unresolved melodies ending in the minor seventhā¦ leaving you in suspenseā¦
Surely thatās a sus4 not a m7? Anyway in your context you must mean a dominant seventh, not a minor seventh.
I challenge anyone to surpass this level of pedantry today.
To be honest Tom, I donāt know what Iām talking about. My father used to talk about such things and I never learned enough theory to know what it was about. It is a seventh though, Iām pretty sure, whatever chord normally resolves into the major key of the signature. (edit: I am probably [edit: definitely] wrong.)
I assume you know the video clip Iām referring to though. People standing at various points up a very tall tower, dressed in dinner suits or such, singing a song like āwhy donāt you join us on the airwavesā. Would be findable on youtube. But in my opinion, an awful tune.
There you go, is that pedantic enough?
Thanks for that Iād never heard of Ivor Cutler but you spawned a most interesting trawl of YouTube 
I think you may have discovered the worldās most unlikely earworm :-s
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Priceless! 
ā¦especially his last line ādamn the battery is goneā ā¦canāt tell you how many times Iāve said those exact words with a cold bum and numb fingers! 
73, Steve/wGOAT
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There was a programme on BBC Radio 4 about Ivor Cutler a few months ago. Iād heard his morse song but was driving at the time and couldnāt decode it. He was in the RAF and for a while at least was a radio operator.
John
G4YTJ
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