(Not the) Sound of Music
Speaking of Karyne’s performance, in our after-the-fact discussions (via email, of course), she mentioned that she was glad I’d come to the Friday show since there’d been some line flubs in Saturday’s penultimate performance.
That got me thinking, and I came up with a Top Ten list that I sent to her. It was a quick little thing, and I like how it came out, so I share it now with you.
Here now, the Top Ten Alternate Lyrical Interpretations of Songs from “The Sound of Music.”
10. “She is sixteen / Going on seventeen / In a thirty-five mile zone…” (Clarence “Enos” Gustafsson, Hendrick Theatre-in-the-Square, Beaumont ND)
9. “Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
‘Oh, that’s just Jewel a-yodeling her song words,’
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo” (Glenda Kirklinger, Plays ‘n Rays, Monroe FL)
8. “Edelweiss, edelweiss… How I long to spell your name…” (Duncan Devore, Seward Middle School, Seaucold AK)
7. “The hills are alive with the sound of… wait… oh my GOD! I CAN’T HEAR ANYTHING! I’VE GONE DEAF!” (”Smitty” Jones, street corner just outside the building, just now)
6. “She’s fond of wicked men who taint / And served me orders of restraint / How can love survive?” (Nelson P. Felton, Felton Playhouse, Poughkeepsie NY)
5. “Somewhere in my youth or childhood / Began my love of wood.” (Annabelle Tillinghast, Carpentry Theater, Flyspeck AR)
4. “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye… This par-ty bites; you all can choke and die…” (Simon Nichols, Snobby Fine Arts Festival, Snobby IN)
3. “Climb ev’ry mountain / And rout those insurgents!” (G.W. Bush, White House Briefing Room, Washington DC)
2. “Open the door and then close it again,
Wash my hands so much the world starts to spin,
Step over cracks and avoid silver rings:
These are a few of my OCD things.” (Emilie Santos, Esminot Playhouse, Tolerance GA)
And the number one alternate lyrical interpretation of a song from “The Sound of Music”:
1. “D’OH! A deer!” (Homer Simpson, Groening Arts Council, Hollywood CA)
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