Music on Mondays — A little restraint would be nice
A recent post of mine (I wanted to follow you but, uh, no) has sparked a couple of reblogs and a great follow-up article by Marcus Ampe (Alternative four-letter words).
Marcus’s article reminded me of music, how it used to be fun, used to tell a story, used to be listenable, used to be singable…. Then it got corrupted with vileness and vulgarity.
I thought for today’s Music on Mondays we would go back to 1959, to the song “Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton.
At the 1:09 mark is the phrase, “Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave them, well, we fired our guns….” Of course, the listener is wont to change “well” to “hell.” What the listener does is beyond Horton’s control, but I love him playing with us. If only most of today’s music, especially rap and hip-hop but I’m not going to let rock and pop off the hook, would exercise a little restraint….
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Posted on July 16, 2012, in Music on Mondays and tagged battle of new orleans, greatest hits from 1959, johnny horton. Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.
Oh yayyyyyy! I used to hear this playing in the house, incessantly. This, and to keep in line with your storytelling music (my mother was a lover of the troubadors): Rolf Harris’ “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” and Harry Chapin’s “30,000 Pounds of Bananas”….
Both in my collection. My wise old grandmother would play Rolf Harris incessantly, and a couple of decades later when I was switching to digital, it was almost impossible to find.
OMG I haven’t heard this song in a million years! LMAO
You don’t look a day over 30………..
LMAO
I remember that song very well.
For some crazy reason I still recall the words of this song. Thanks for the memories.
So what you’re saying is that Music on Mondays brought back Memories. Seems like we should be having some M&M’s too!……….lol
I was just singing that the other day!
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I love “the Battle of New Orleans”. My grandmother in Vancouver used to play this over and over again in the car and I ended falling in love with this tune. A golden oldie! Thanks for sharing!
You’re a smart cat, Zoey—fillin’ your master’s head with all this good stuff— to bring back memories and make us smile. I love this blog.
Blessings – Maxi
Whoa! Hold on, Maxi! You’re laying it on pretty thick and giving Zoey the Cool Cat a head so big I won’t be able to tolerate her for the rest of the day!……..lol