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.
Play Mah-Na Mah-Na
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA
in an endless loop. Even when you stop playing it and/or you chase them away, it will still be stuck in their heads for 3 or 4 days
Any of those teen dying songs from the 50's and 60's - like Teen Angel and Last Kiss.
ABBA...
/shudders
Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
1-2-3 Redlight, Quick Joey Small, My Green Tamborine, Yummy Yummy Yummy, and Down at Lulu's! Go for it!
The Star Spangeled Banner on “Loop.”
The Geezinslaws “Help I’m white and I can’t get down”
Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrkle
Theme from the Banana Splits..
Also, the “Woody Woodpecker Song”..
Ohhhhhhhh....play Mars, the Bringer of War from Holst’s The Planets.
"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks.
"Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns.
Yes. It is hugh and series. The theme song from “The Lone Ranger” is a classic (don’t know what the piece is called nor who composed it, but it’s good and can be played LOUD). Also, Handel’s Messiah intimidates anybody and is good music to play LOUD, especially the Hallelujah Chorus.
Lives could even be inspired to listen to good music.
“Honey” by Bobby Goldsborough...or anything by Shostakovitch.
Get a copy of ‘Banking Queen’. That’ll strip their paint.
Uh, ‘Afternoon Delight’, ‘Muskrat Love’, ‘Havin’ My Baby’ and ‘Baby, Imma Want You’. I really hate those songs!
When I was younger, I’ll admit that I (and some friends) played the music too loud. Neighbor stuck his stereo in the window and tried to drown us out. We found the same station and played along. He came out and asked us to turn it down. We asked why he didn’t just ask in the first place?
Ask them to turn it down.
McArthur Park
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