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Unrelated question: > with feeling and 4 part harmony What do you mean by this in this context? I tried googling it, but only found results on musical theory.

by sedeki 4y ago

Unrelated question: > with feeling and 4 part harmony What do you mean by this in this context? I tried googling it, but only found results on musical theory. I guess you mean this as a (funny) metaphore?

wiredfool 4y ago
It's from Alice's Restaurant.
- TillE 4y ago
  I got the reference immediately, but astonishingly, Googling the slightly misquoted phrase utterly fails to turn up a link to the song lyrics, or the Wikipedia page on the song which contains the phrase.
rtb 4y ago
Yes, a metaphor for doing it "even more". He means that they will be angry and will do more than just reverse the transaction: they will punish the merchant who fraudulently debited your account. They will levy a fine on them (any merchant who is plugged into the ACH system will have signed a contract with their bank agreeing to accept such fines and possibly put up a bond), or even perhaps ban them from making any future transactions, seriously harming their business.
combatentropy 4y ago
Yes, in fact it's two metaphors in a row. "Once more, with feeling," is a cliche that a conductor might say to an orchestra during rehearsal. Presumably professional orchestras usually play with feeling, even on the first attempt. So the conductor means, somewhat condescendingly, more feeling. It has been said so many times by so many conductors that it has become a running joke. If you were doing a comedic impression of a conductor, you might insert that phrase. Four-part harmony is the performance of a song by four singers (or four groups of singers): soprano, alto, tenor, bass. You could have just one person sing a song, but if you have a whole chorus sing it, it will sound fuller (though not always better). It was a funny way to say that the bank not only will require the money from the person who began the transaction but also will impose severe fees.

by sedeki 4y ago

wiredfool 4y ago

It's from Alice's Restaurant.

TillE 4y ago
I got the reference immediately, but astonishingly, Googling the slightly misquoted phrase utterly fails to turn up a link to the song lyrics, or the Wikipedia page on the song which contains the phrase.

rtb 4y ago

Yes, a metaphor for doing it "even more". He means that they will be angry and will do more than just reverse the transaction: they will punish the merchant who fraudulently debited your account. They will levy a fine on them (any merchant who is plugged into the ACH system will have signed a contract with their bank agreeing to accept such fines and possibly put up a bond), or even perhaps ban them from making any future transactions, seriously harming their business.

combatentropy 4y ago

Yes, in fact it's two metaphors in a row. "Once more, with feeling," is a cliche that a conductor might say to an orchestra during rehearsal. Presumably professional orchestras usually play with feeling, even on the first attempt. So the conductor means, somewhat condescendingly, more feeling. It has been said so many times by so many conductors that it has become a running joke. If you were doing a comedic impression of a conductor, you might insert that phrase. Four-part harmony is the performance of a song by four singers (or four groups of singers): soprano, alto, tenor, bass. You could have just one person sing a song, but if you have a whole chorus sing it, it will sound fuller (though not always better). It was a funny way to say that the bank not only will require the money from the person who began the transaction but also will impose severe fees.