"Do-Re-Mi" - THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

youtube ^ | 1965 | Rodgers & Hammerstein

[DallasBiff]

Rodgers & Hammerstein's® cinematic treasure, “The Sound of Music” is the winner of five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. In this true-life story, Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, a spirited young Austrian woman who leaves the convent to become a governess for Captain von Trapp’s (Christopher Plummer) seven unruly children. Her charm and songs soon win the hearts of the children – and their father. But when Nazi Germany unites with Austria, Maria is forced to attempt a daring escape with her new family

[DallasBiff]

What would the present left woke crowd do with this song? First Julie Andrews character would be a trannsie, and "Do a deer, a female deer", would be "Do a deer, a transgendered deer".

[crusty old prospector]

Quay, a name, I call myself.

[TBP]

One of my favorite movies, adapted from a Broadway musical. This happens to be one of my least favorite songs from the show.

Richard Rodgers, BTW, is one of only 19 people ever to win EGOT — Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. In fact, he was the first to do it. How many of the others can you name?

[hoagy62]

Although the clip doesn’t go all the way to the end of the scene, at the end when Dame Julie hits that note....oh, it just makes me smile.

[Huskrrrr]

The boys would be wearing dresses.

[rlmorel]

[Romulus]

It would never do for R&H fans to find out that there is a real source for the names of the notes in the musical scale — and it isn’t this insipid song. It’s a hymn to St John the Baptist, which begins “Ut queant laxis”. Secular liberal culture is always on the lookout for ways to suppress Europe’s Christian heritage.

[dfwgator]

Do - The stuff that buys me beer
Re - The guy who sells me beer
Me - The guy who drinks the beer
Fa - The distance to my beer

So - I think I’ll have a beer
La - La la la la la beer
Ti - No thanks I’m drinking beer

And that will lead us back to.......D’OH!

[EarlyBird]

I went on the Sound of Music bus tour in Austria. Very nice - but the actual geography made it impossible for the Trapp family to get to Switzerland as the movie depicts. But still my favorite movie also!

[antceecee]

LOL! We have watched this with the 4 and 7 year old grand daughters this month. They loved the songs and are singing them everyday.

[antceecee]

7 yr old grand daughter was very interested in their story. It also brought the opportunity to share their Great Grandfather’s WWII service…. Radioman on B17, shot down on their last mission over Swiss territory…prisoner of war…escaped and fought with the free French. She was highly interested in his story after seeing Sound of Music.

[roving]

When I was married, my wife loved this movie. Whenever it came on, I would get my car and go for a long drive.

[EarlyBird]

Hmm, maybe one of the reasons you’re not married anymore, LOL! You should watch it now. The music is really to die for and will put a tear in your eye!

[Fiji Hill]

I interpret the song as being a description of a drug deal.
Do—a dear, a female dear
A female dear can be a loved one—mother, aunt, sister, grandmother, etc.—but in this context, she’s more likely a gangster’s moll.
Re—a drop of golden sun
Golden sunshine is a street name for marijuana.
Mi—a name i call myself
Why would you call yourself by a name other than your own unless you are doing something illegal?
Fa—a long, long way to run
From the mountains of Laos to the streets of LA is a long, long way to run illegal drugs.
Sol—a needle pulling thread
A “thread” is a dose administered through a hypodermic needle.
La—a note that follows Sol
An additional fix.
Ti—a drink with jam and bread
“Jam” is another street name for marijuana, this time mixed into a drink and paid for with cold cash—bread.
That will bring us back to Do
The deal is complete.

[EarlyBird]

Very creative! I guess we know where you mind is at! LOL!

[4 Libertys sake]

Went as well, in 1989. Those hills they climbed would have put them in Germany...Ha!!

[cherry]

well, we actually went to the Trapp family lodge restaurant in Stowe, Vt 49 yrs ago...I think I had Hungarian goulash...

[MayflowerMadam]

I despise that song, along with “My Favorite Things”. Inane. (Julie Andrews is amazing, though.) Never saw the movie.

[Adder]

Perfect!

[KingLudd]

“Richard Rodgers, BTW, is one of only 19 people ever to win EGOT — Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. In fact, he was the first to do it. How many of the others can you name?”

Richard Rodgers also won the Pulitzer Prize. He and Marvin Hamlisch are the only two to ever win PEGOT.