Brings back memories! Our babysitter brought her 45's with her to play. She was afraid my brother and I would become "stuffed shirts" because all our mom played for us was "classical" music!
Ha, Vicki, like most kids of a certain age, the classical music I grew up with came via cartoons and old movies on television. I "discovered" classical in my later teens, and yes -- amazing. My grandmother in her youth studied classical piano and organ under Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia. But she was mentally impaired by a car accident and so I didn't get the benefit of her direct influence. But our son inherited a great gift of perfect pitch and perfect musical recall -- hampered by significant autism. Nevertheless, we discovered his gift when he was a small child and tried to foster it, After about two years of piano lessons, he announced that he ONLY wanted to do classical music. It was more interesting to him, and so we found him a great teacher, and at age 18 he moved on to studying church organ. So our house was filled with classical music for a lifetime. The loss of music from the general culture is a great sadness, whether classical or great popular song. We were truly blessed as kids to have access to both!
Brings back memories! Our babysitter brought her 45's with her to play. She was afraid my brother and I would become "stuffed shirts" because all our mom played for us was "classical" music!
Hahaha! You kids must have had a great time with her when Mom was out! And no complaints about bath time!
We did, kind of. Both of us prefer "classical" music. The older I get, the more I like Bach!
Ha, Vicki, like most kids of a certain age, the classical music I grew up with came via cartoons and old movies on television. I "discovered" classical in my later teens, and yes -- amazing. My grandmother in her youth studied classical piano and organ under Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia. But she was mentally impaired by a car accident and so I didn't get the benefit of her direct influence. But our son inherited a great gift of perfect pitch and perfect musical recall -- hampered by significant autism. Nevertheless, we discovered his gift when he was a small child and tried to foster it, After about two years of piano lessons, he announced that he ONLY wanted to do classical music. It was more interesting to him, and so we found him a great teacher, and at age 18 he moved on to studying church organ. So our house was filled with classical music for a lifetime. The loss of music from the general culture is a great sadness, whether classical or great popular song. We were truly blessed as kids to have access to both!
"...the classical music I grew up with came via cartoons..."
E.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9hVt0ex-W8
Yes, and we all got that music stuck in our heads! Great job, children's entertainment industry!
I thought it might be Wooly Bully but later realized pop songs lend themselves to reduplication "hooks" all the time.
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharohs
Hocus Pocus by Focus (you have to say the song name that way!)
Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Boom Boom - Johnny Lee Hooker
Bony Moronie - Larry Williams
and, of course,
Wango Tango - Ted Nugent
It's actually quite the list one could make. Splish Splash is perfect for the subject.
Cin cin!
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Ah, you remind me of another I could have done, too. Maybe I will send it around later as a bonus!