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Angry McPisseron
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Posted: 17 Jul 2015 at 11:09pm |
The ice cream truck that comes by here several times a day plays this merry little fucking tune. Does anybody here know what this jingle is called? |
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Thor
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Isn't that Turkey in the Straw? It's the same tune the ice cream truck in my California 'hood always plays. |
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That DOES sound familiar! Can't put my finger on it but I've heard it before way back in elementary school!
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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
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Apparently the origin of that song is so racist, that searching for the name used by ice cream trucks only nets you news about the racist origin.
Of course, that means it will be removed from ice cream trucks soon, and torment you no longer. |
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Found something!
Compare with this: I don't know if its racist or not. |
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That's the 1942 version, in which case Thor is correct. Dig deeper, circa 1916.
I'm not posting the vid.
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EEEEts All so REEEdEEEculous
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^ I dug a little deeper myself and you're right... the ORIGIN isn't racist, just an early 1900s adaptation, that adaptation being extremely racist.
For his creation, Browne simply used the well-known melody of the early 19th-century song "Turkey in the Straw," which dates back to the even older and traditional British song "The (Old) Rose Tree." The tune was brought to America's colonies by Scots-Irish immigrants who settled along the Appalachian Trail and added lyrics that mirrored their new lifestyle.
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^ Kinda like Weird Al changing lyrics to older songs, I guess. |
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Another song played by the ice cream truck in my old 'hood is The Entertainer (theme from the movie The Sting).
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Weird Al and Gallagher, as the adaptation involves watermelon.
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Eeyup.
Pretty much a "come and get your watermelon" song.
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I must be a little black, too. When I get a good watermelon, I'm in heaven. |
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Thank you everybody for the speedy replies!!! Another ice cream truck comes by here a few times a week playing such "hits" as: The Entertainer Theme from the movie, "The Godfather" Theme from the movie, "Love Story" Twinkle Tinkle Little Star Mary Had a Little Lamb
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How do you know that's not the ABC Song or Baa Baa Black Sheep? ;) |
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That tune linked in the OP is also the one we used to sing as little kids with these words...
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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EEEEts All so REEEdEEEculous
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