Now I’m it
I’ve been tagged for this meme by I Should Be Working (who I’m secretly pleased isn’t working as she wouldn’t have time to write such a top blog otherwise). Anyway, the drill is to select a song which always makes me smile and to then tag others with the same request, adding a comment about their blogs which should be smile-inducing.
I’ve spent the weekend pondering over which song to choose because well, quite frankly every song I bung on this blog makes me happy – so what makes this selection different from any other?
To make this ’special’, I’ve decided to be (kind of) radical. I’m throwing away cool and embracing honesty. This tune has probably never been written about in the pages of the NME, The Word or The Wire. My DJ heroes like Giles Peterson, Norman Jay and Stuart Maconie would probably prefer to die than play it. And if you actually listen to the words, you will soon discover that they are so naff that Morrissey’s larynx would probably choose petrol gargling and sword swallowing over singing them.
No right minded music snob should like this song. Come to think of it, no right minded feminist should like a song from a musical whose key message is that domestic abuse is fine and dandy if you love someone.
But hey, we all have failings and this is mine. Rogers and Hammerstein make me happy, and this song says happiness best. Even in November.
‘June is Bustin’ Out All Over’, from Carousel, 1945
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Now to spread the joy, I’d like to tag Mr Hoops Hooley over at Horse Overboard. Although we share a common love of Teenage Fanclub, classic pop and tuneful softrock, his ever-enthusiastic musings about his recent musical discoveries always remind me that there is more out there. He is also one of the few people in the world who actually makes me think that I really should get out more and see some live music.
Tags: memes bloody memes
November 24th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
You gotta love a song that rhymes ‘Junior’ with ‘Loonier’, haven’t you? We used to sing this to each other at school, when we were about 13 and just getting bras.
Great choice.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I’m willing to make a bet, ISBW, that you are the only person who thinks that this is a ‘great choice’!
I’m also impressed about the er… literalness in your choice of songs as a 13 year old. You weren’t singing it to a young woman named June as well were you?
November 24th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Oklahoma’s a favourite of mine – Surrey with the Fringe on Top in particular – what a song. There’s not enough show tunes on the blogs, perhaps we should start a revival
PS yes the BBM competition’s open to anyone
November 24th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Well, boy have I misjudged um, at least two readers. My interest in musicals is usually greeted by snorts of derision from absolutely EVERYONE I know. But you’re right Mondo yes! More show tunes are needed on blogs. The revolution starts here!
November 24th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
obviously you’d never find this sort of shamefull terribleness round mine…
and i do like the idea of one day being able to answer the dreaded ‘what sort of music do you like then?’ with ‘tuneful soft rock’.
x
November 25th, 2009 at 8:37 am
It was mainly sung to my Best Girl Gill, but could have featured any of the girls around us, hence (in the case of my school) it might have gone “Bridget/Assumpta/Mary/Bernie/Dymphna/Orlaith/Finola, etc….is bustin’ out all over..”
*has appalling flashback*
November 25th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Yes, Ally, ‘tuneful soft rock’ indeed?! I can’t even believe that I wrote that now! I hope I haven’t inadvertently offended Hoops. Is there a polite way of saying that we both like say, Steely Dan?
And anytime you want some more shameful terribleness, just let me know.
ISBW, so there really are people called Assumpta or Dymphna?! It’s like something out of a novel.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I knew a family where the sisters were/are called Assumpta, Concepta and Loyola. What’s the bet that at least one of them ended up on the game??
December 1st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Er, hello. Having rather belatedly come to terms with meme etiquette, I’ve now posted a song. Tuneful soft rock indeed very much the order of the day. Hope you approve…