A harried mom filks the most mis-identified piece of classical music ever

[thatcrazycajun]

Thanks to evawhitley for this link: Christian evangelical and comedienne Anita Renfroe has come up with a distillation of all the things she and every mother who ever lived have had to say to their kids, and set it to the tune of "The William Tell Overture" by Giachino Rossini (no, it's not "The Lone Ranger Theme," silly; Jack Wrather just used it in his radio show because he was too cheap-assed to pay a living composer for a real theme). The result is here, with lyrics posted on the YouTube page so you can follow along. It's a hoot and a half, whether you are a mother or just have/had one (though I note she forgot to include one classic Mom-ism: "Your face will freeze that way!").
--> The Mom Song

Comments

[banjoplayinnerd.livejournal.com]

Well, actually it is the Lone Ranger theme; it just happens to be the William Tell Overture first and foremost. The most comprehensive of cultural historians will also tell you that Lark Cigarettes co-opted the music as well -- "Try-a-Lark, Try-a-Lark, Try-a-Lark to-day" -- as well as the background music to one of Doodles Weaver's masterpieces with Spike Jones and the City Slickers, and many other contexts.

I heard this bit a long time back:

Q: What's the definition of a classical snob?

A: A guy who can listen to The William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

>>I heard this bit a long time back:
Q: What's the definition of a classical snob?
A: A guy who can listen to The William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.<<

Way I heard it, that was the definition of a grown-up...but then, I never claimed to be that mature. :-)

[mshollie.livejournal.com]

I have a link to the Mom Song on my pageant blog.

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

A year ago last spring I got invited to the touring spectacle that is the Women of Faith event (couldn't get out of it).

However, Anita's was the absolute best performance that I took away the memory of. She taught me something new that I actually had need to know: women going in for a mammogram need to abstain from deodorant. (The aluminum in the chlorhydrate shows up on the radiograph).

Anita's joke was that, on the one day you REALLY need to wear deodorant . . .

What got me to repeatedly bring up this point, was that when I went in for my first mammogram a few months later, I EXTENSIVELY searched my major health provider's website and all instructions that I was given, and that important piece of info was nowhere to be found.