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At Least It's Not "It's A Small World After All"
Lileks has an insight that is unique in its ability to be simultaneously banal, powerful, and idiotic:
The other day I thought: why did it never occur to me that the Alphabet Song employs the same melody as ?Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?? Did I always know it and just forget it, or have I just realized this now? I mentioned it to my wife, and she had the same reaction.
I'm approaching a half century of age, and I'd never realized it either. What did we ever do before James Lileks?
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 23, 2002 09:50 PM
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Don't forget "Baa Baa Black Sheep". If you have a small child who likes Sesame Street, you find out about this fact in some Sing-Along video when Telly sings "The Alpha-Baa-Baa-Twinkle Song". Just knowing this information makes me feel lame.
Posted by Tom at January 24, 2002 11:50 AM
Mmmm.. nice old tune. Even Mozart loved it.
For a great MIDI of it,
go to http://www.classicalarchives.com/mozart.html
You may have to get there through the main page,
http://www.classicalarchives.com/
as Pierre Schwob prefers access through the front door.
Look for
"Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je maman', K.265/300e (69k) (F.Raborn) {¶}"
Enjoy.
Posted by Quinbus Flestrin at January 24, 2002 12:38 PM
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