[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[MayflowerMadam]

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

[Pollard]

gay

[GreenLanternCorps]

The play and film are good, but there are real people behind it:

[MayflowerMadam]

I remember when Made Magazine did a parody of this, e.g., 🎶 “The hills are alive with the sound of money”.🎶

[Dan in Wichita]

I'm barely old enough to remember when this movie came out. Some of the kids in school and teachers were talking about how wonderful it was.

Many years went by and I never saw the movie until 2014. Now I understand why it is one of the most beloved movies of all time. Quite charming and emotional. As a side note, my cousin was named after Liesl.

[Albion Wilde]

I don't want to brag, but... OK, I do want to brag.... While I never saw Sound of Music live onstage, I saw Julie Andrews onstage, in the pre-Broadway run of Camelot at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, when she was 25 years old. Her voice was crystal clear, with an indescribable, meltingly liquid tone, accompanied by her precise diction and joyful, sweet, loving persona that reached all the unhardened hearts in the audience all the way up to the second balcony.

And speaking of the second balcony, I could see Sir Lancelot's astoundingly blue eyes even from that distance — they belonged to the equally astounding baritone Robert Goulet. The production starred Richard Burton's gravely Welsh voice and superb acting as King Arthur.

This was in 1960; I was a very young teenager. Even so, I recognized while sitting there transfixed that I would rarely, if ever, see such a magnificent ensemble performing together in my lifetime, and it has been largely true.

Julie Andrews and Richard Burton (L); Robert Goulet (R)