Day 8

[cpratt]

Day 08. A song that you know all the words to

One of my great weaknesses is an inability to remember all of the words to just about anything. Even as a child, the most terrifying things I had to do were to memorize poems (to read in class) or (even worse) music (for recitals). Every single God damn time I had do that it just didn't work: no matter

Comments

[ednixon]

The barkeep falling over is one of Jerry Lewis' better punch lines.

[cpratt]

The man is undeniably talented (even if I don't particularly care for what he does).

[gorkabear]

The numbers song is super awesome... I also know it by heart... In Spanish:

You can hear how the syllabes don't match the original English ones (nueve/nine) so it's sung too fast :)

[cpratt]

Yo tambien, güey - I grew up in farm country in northern California. Needless to say, we had a lot of Spanish speakers. :)

Other candidates

[muckefuck]

Pink Floyd's "One of These Days"? (Twelve words in all.)
Dead Kennedy's "I Like Short Songs" (Four words--unless you count the six in the intro line.)

Re: Other candidates

[cpratt]

Yeah, I was thinking one of Steve Reich's early pieces, but those have got intros that I couldn't remember. Similarly, the only DK that comes to mind is "Dog bite / On my leg / Not right" - don't know that one you mentioned.

Re: Other candidates

[muckefuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj1lpr5Ypvw

[gunslnger]

What about Row, Row, Row Your Boat? Or similar?

[cpratt]

Ugh, rondo. No thanks.

[mlr]

Same kind of thing from another generation, written by Bob Dorough. Scott, one of my friends in town and aged 85, keeps in touch with Bob, and I so I hear a lot about him.

[cpratt]

My generation's version is this:

[mlr]

wow - i'll show this to scott