Monday, May 07, 2007

music

Do any of you recognize this song? Mare-zee dotes and dozey dotes and little lambsy divey, a kiddley divey too wouldn’t you? WHAT? You don’t recognize this?? It is a staple of childhood songs. I believe I was 30 years old before I knew that those weren't the real words. My entire life I thought it was a song made of nonsense words. I had a eureka moment one day and realized that the words to the song actually DID make sense if you sang them the way they were written. This is just one of the times in my life when I thought, shit, I am so stupid. When it comes to music I lip-synch with the best of them. I have to, because usually I have no idea what the words really are. I am one of those people you see driving down the road singing at the top of my lungs and when you see my lips stop moving or what appears to be me saying "la, la, la" it is because I have no clue what the words are. For some reason it is the melody that gets registered into my brain and the words are a distant second, though some are clear, many blend into one long word or phrase. (I do kick ass at the choruses though). I also can't tell you the names of the bands or the names of the singers. Big D is freakishly amazing in this department. A song will come on and he will know not only the band and the artist singing but what band the guy started with in 1968 and the name of his first song, who it was written for and what time of day the guy has his first drink. I like all kinds of music though. Anything from the Beatles, Steppenwolf, whose song Magic Carpet Ride I DO KNOW THE WORDS TO-YAY FOR ME! to current bands,The Fray, Snow Patrol, and there are a bunch more, but I don’t know their names. Son #1 for some mysterious reason loves the music of the 60’s and 70’s. The kid is 18 and you would think he would be jammin with some hip hoppers but I love it when he cranks up his music and takes me back to my high school days. Some of the songs immediately transport me to a party at Auggies house, or riding in Glenn’s Chevy Nova with the massive wheels in the back. Then there is John. My first real love. I was 16, he was 18 and absolutely the best looking guy in the world. We dated for over a year and he broke my heart by dumping me for that skanky little waitress from Perkins Pancakes. The one he ended up marrying. I even dedicated a song to him in my senior yearbook…it was Elton Johns song about the sun going down..don’t remember the name sorry. Speaking of John…(mine not Elton) about 6 months ago an old friend of mine ran into him and he told her that he has always regretted the way he treated me, that I was so nice, didn’t deserve the way he treated me and that he had really made a mistake…I hate to say it made me smile, but it did. When someone breaks your heart it is nice to know if they are truly sorry for it, even if it is 33 years later. Shit that makes me sound so old! How come my body is old but often I feel like I am still 18? There is some cosmic unfairness going on here. By the way the real words to the song are: Mares eat oats, and doe’s eat oats and little lambs eat ivy, kids will eat ivy too wouldn’t you? (at least I think those are the real words).

10 comments:

Shinny said...

TOTALLY know that song. My mom used to sing it when we would go visit the grandparents, back in the days when radios weren't standard in cars. Does that date my age any? ;)

Dr. Deb said...

This song always makes me feel "light".

Mary Ellen and Steve said...

I know that song too!! It used to be on one of my sing-a-long tapes when I was little.

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Anonymous said...

My fourth grade teacher Mr. Swanson would sing that to us. And the kids would show their appreciation with spitwads. Ah, childhood memories ;)

PCOSMama said...

I think everyone knows that song! Funny, cuz I was just thinking it the other day. I need to teach it to my daughter....

Stephanie said...

I agree, it is always nice to hear someone that did you wrong express sorrow for what they did. I also find great revenge when I see those snotty girls I used to know and realize that I have done so much more with my life than they ever will. I know that sounds horrible, but they caused a lot of pain back in my younger years.

Unknown said...

I love it when old boyfriends end up regretting letting me go; even when I did the dumping! It's just a little ego boost. Nothing huge, just nice to know you did have an impact afterall.

And I am one of those that knows the words to all the songs, but do not ask me who sang them or when or even how the hell I know them. And why I can remember some GoGos tune I haven't heard in 15 years, but not the names of some of those old boyfriends (0:

Richard A Schoor MD FACS said...

I liked your post about Flea's demise. Free speech right? A misunderstood concept. The 1st Amendment protects citizens from prosecution by THE GOVERNMENT for things they say or write. It does not protect anything, and I mean anything, else. The 1st amendment does not protect a citizen from being fired from a job or from being dropped by your insurer because of things they say or write. The fleas has been collared!

The Curmudgeon said...

I think it's "a kid will eat ivy, too" -- a "kid" as in a young goat.

It continues: Oh, it may sound queer/ And funny to your ear/ A little bit jumpy and jivey/ Singing mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy....