Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 04/04/2009 10:34:38 AM PDT by kimmie7
Okay guys, while I applaud the entrepreneurial (sp?) spirit of the young men down the street, while they wash cars for folks they keep their stereos going.
Surprise of all surprises, they never play a lovely concerto or opera. They play ghetto "music". All you can hear is bass and the occasional obscenity.
Because I am an old, um, severely un-tanned woman, I plan to play music as I wash the minivan, weed the flowerbed, walk to the mailbox, whatever...whenever they are playing their music. That's right folks - a regular Battle of the Bands!
Keeping in mind they would love much of the very "music" we hate...I'd like your suggestions to add to my boom box sitting on the front porch. Opera, Polka, what do you suggest? And to keep them interested I'll need a good variety.
Because these concerts will end when they realize they need to turn theirs down (and they will, I think. They don't seem to be bad kids...just kids) the selections will need to be cheap and easily obtained.
Gene Kelly.
Hopi Indian peyote chants always do the trick.
My DDH used to get his neighbor who lived below him to shut off his stereo by taking his own speakers, placing them on the floor (the neighbor's ceiling) and blasting the 'cannons' section of Tchiakovsky's 1812 Overture at him.
Puberty Love from “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”
Always a classic.
Is it racist to suggest that rap music be put on the list?
I’m gonna go with REO Speedwagon “Keep On Loving You”
Oranikka, oranikka, heyney, heyney, ora ...
This....
This will send anyone running far, far away:
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one.
There are people dying and it’s time to lend a hand
To life - the greatest giff of all.
We can’t go on pretending day by day
That someone somewhere will soon make a change.
We are all a part of God’s great big family
And the truth
You know
Love is all we need.
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving.
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives.
It’s true
Well make a better day
Just you and me.
Well
Send them your heart
So they’ll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free.
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand.
We are the world
We are the children
. . .
We are the world
We are the children
. . .
We are the world
We are the children
. . .
We are the world
We are the children
. . .
We are the world
We are the children
Nilsson or Bread.
Yeah, polka and opera are good. How about some Barry Manilow, Wayne Newton, Lawrence Welk...Tony Orlando and Dawn!
You could also throw some Rush Limbaugh in there live during his broadcast hours just in case you get tired of your own music.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Shopping Mall Hopes Manilow Tunes Will Repel Teen Vagrants
by Lee Bains, posted Mar 6th 2009 at 1:12PM
Community leaders in Christchurch, New Zealand hope that the songs of Barry Manilow will deter juvenile delinquents from congregating at the town’s outdoor mall, according to an AP report at Yahoo! News.
While recent auditory repulsion techniques have met disapproval from certain quarters, Christchurch’s Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale hopes that piping Manilow tunes through the mall’s P.A. will be less controversial. “The intention is to change the environment in a positive way .. so nobody feels threatened or intimidated,” he explained to the AP. Manilow, pictured above (no, that’s not Rod Stewart’s older sister), has long been known for his unobtrusive songs and mellow croons.
Say what he will, Lonsdale has to know that “Mandy” is to teenagers what kryptonite is to Superman. While we’re pretty sure that this plan — if implemented — would deter teenagers, we’re also afraid of the prospect of an entire town being populated by clones of this dude. [From: AP Via: Neatorama]
“Casino Royale” by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Catchy, yet indescribably irritating.
Otherwise, I’d just play booming classical music. Holst’s “Mars” from “The Planets”, etc.
SnakeDoc
Anything by Brave Combo. Polkasonic is a good CD. You can probably download it. “Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Polka” from that CD should drive them crazy.
LOL!
I have a Jimi Hendrix Christmas CD with the long version of “Little Drummer Boy”.
If that doesn’t irritate them, nothing will.
Lawrence Welk. Montavani Orchestra. Any bubble gum pop from the 60s. Showtunes.
Maybe you should consider the mosquito sound that is just above the range of hearing of most adults, but younger people can still hear.
Get a couple outdoor speakers that look like rocks, so they won’t necessarily see where the sounds are coming from.
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