Comments on: Poetry in jazz: Goldilocks and the Three Bears http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026586 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026586 Reminds me of the wonderful "Mary Had a Little Jam" by the Five Red Caps. A hip jive band worth tracking down. Reminds me of the wonderful “Mary Had a Little Jam” by the Five Red Caps. A hip jive band worth tracking down.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026342 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026342 Me too. JK? Me too. JK?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026349 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026349 How bout the those crazy kats, the 3 little bops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_ck7AHKKE How bout the those crazy kats, the 3 little bops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_ck7AHKKE

]]> By: jhhl http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026354 jhhl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026354 Check out Sam "Mr. Rhythm" Ulano's Three Bears: http://bomarrblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/sam-ulano-three-little-bears.html Much more "Happily Mutated" than the smooth jazz combo above. Check out Sam “Mr. Rhythm” Ulano’s Three Bears:
http://bomarrblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/sam-ulano-three-little-bears.html
Much more “Happily Mutated” than the smooth jazz combo above.

]]> By: RustyTrawler http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026102 RustyTrawler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026102 Love that 5 string bass! Love that 5 string bass!

]]> By: rikomatic http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026103 rikomatic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026103 I'm swaying and nodding at my desk listening to this. Sweet, swingin, laid-back sound. I’m swaying and nodding at my desk listening to this. Sweet, swingin, laid-back sound.

]]> By: RobertBigelow http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026105 RobertBigelow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026105 It might have been something that might have been featured on "Your Hit Parade." Cute little tune, nice "hooks" and good musicianship on all counts but this is what I call, "jazz" http://youtu.be/BwNrmYRiX_o :-) It might have been something that might have been featured on “Your Hit Parade.” Cute little tune, nice “hooks” and good musicianship on all counts but this is what I call, “jazz” http://youtu.be/BwNrmYRiX_o :-)

]]> By: kspraydad http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026361 kspraydad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026361 WOW....blast from the past...performed/learned this for a grade 3 play back in 1975! I never knew it existed outside my memory....my kids are grown now but I sang it to them as a lullabye too. Cool stuff. WOW….blast from the past…performed/learned this for a grade 3 play back in 1975! I never knew it existed outside my memory….my kids are grown now but I sang it to them as a lullabye too. Cool stuff.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026108 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026108 Very cool stuff indeed....and that 5 string bass is rare! Very cool stuff indeed….and that 5 string bass is rare!

]]> By: Brooklyn_Nanny http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026387 Brooklyn_Nanny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026387 My elementary school P.E. teacher would do this song as a handclap game for circle time at the end of class. We all loved it, and I wondered where she had come up with it. I teach it to kids that I babysit for now. Thanks for sourcing it for me. My elementary school P.E. teacher would do this song as a handclap game for circle time at the end of class. We all loved it, and I wondered where she had come up with it. I teach it to kids that I babysit for now. Thanks for sourcing it for me.

]]> By: bunaen http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026412 bunaen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026412 Let's take things up a notch. This is a song about a mutant, sung by a mutant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Swpw9yZ5w Let’s take things up a notch.

This is a song about a mutant, sung by a mutant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Swpw9yZ5w

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026165 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026165 Totally learned a version of this song in girl scout camp as a kid (circa late 70's). A few changes, but pretty much the same. I had no idea it was actually a recorded song! Totally learned a version of this song in girl scout camp as a kid (circa late 70′s). A few changes, but pretty much the same. I had no idea it was actually a recorded song!

]]> By: Trojanwarhero http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026193 Trojanwarhero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026193 Those are the guys from Yolanda Be Cool's We No Speak No Americano video! Those are the guys from Yolanda Be Cool’s We No Speak No Americano video!

]]> By: Bloo http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026197 Bloo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026197 This and the <a href="www.boingboing.net/2011/01/29/three-little-bops-19.html">Three Little Pigs</a>! Man, this is the beginning of a "Mutha" Goose DVD that <a href="boingboing.net/2011/01/17/suzuki-beane-lost-19.html">Suzuki Beane</a> would love! Seriously, someone should curate a jazz/beat collection of stuff like this for children. This and the Three Little Pigs!

Man, this is the beginning of a “Mutha” Goose DVD that Suzuki Beane would love!

Seriously, someone should curate a jazz/beat collection of stuff like this for children.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026218 robcat2075 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026218 But I wish someone hadn't felt it was necessary to hipsterize the video by stretching it horizontally. It's not a Youtube artifact because the test pattern at the front has properly shaped circles. But I wish someone hadn’t felt it was necessary to hipsterize the video by stretching it horizontally.

It’s not a Youtube artifact because the test pattern at the front has properly shaped circles.

]]> By: gellfex http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026241 gellfex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026241 I learned this version in summer camp 35 years ago from a counselor who did it around the campfire a cappela. I learned this version in summer camp 35 years ago from a counselor who did it around the campfire a cappela.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026803 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026803 There is a jazz cartoon of the 3 pigs. It had the cool line at the end when the wolf went to hellfire "You got to get hot before you can play cool." Sorry couldn't find it on line There is a jazz cartoon of the 3 pigs. It had the cool line at the end when the wolf went to hellfire “You got to get hot before you can play cool.”

Sorry couldn’t find it on line

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2011/02/13/poetry-in-jazz-goldi.html#comment-1026301 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1026301 We riffed on this in our own bebop version of The Three Bears: http://www.ruffusthedog.net/2010/10/06/the-three-bears/ I knew the Troup song from my own childhood and wanted to use it in our production but the guy we were trying to license the rights from wanted an INSANE amount of cash up front and a massive continuing royalty. Too rich for a low budget kids show like ours. So we had our composer JP Houston jazz together an underlying riff and played it from there. Sorry, Estate Of Bobby Troup, we tried - we really did. Bit Of Trivia: Troup also acted in film and television. He's the solidier driving the jeep in Altman's M*A*S*H who says: "Goddamned Army!" Just so ya know. We riffed on this in our own bebop version of The Three Bears:

http://www.ruffusthedog.net/2010/10/06/the-three-bears/

I knew the Troup song from my own childhood and wanted to use it in our production but the guy we were trying to license the rights from wanted an INSANE amount of cash up front and a massive continuing royalty. Too rich for a low budget kids show like ours. So we had our composer JP Houston jazz together an underlying riff and played it from there. Sorry, Estate Of Bobby Troup, we tried – we really did.

Bit Of Trivia: Troup also acted in film and television. He’s the solidier driving the jeep in Altman’s M*A*S*H who says: “Goddamned Army!”

Just so ya know.

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