The Circus Song

[chrislc]

I thought we had a conversation about this a couple of years ago here but I can't find it.

Anyway - there was The Show Must Go On and Sideshow and Tightrope - and Palisades Park and Goodbye Cruel World back in the early 1960s - all sampling Entrance of the Gladiators by the dangerously named Julius Fucik. If I'm leaving one out I can't remember it right now. Oh Wikipedia lists Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph. Good call, Wikipedia!

And yesterday I heard another one. Hint - it's a song we only hear this time of year and it isn't played much, which is probably something to be thankful for.

So - what song am I talking about???

[dth1971]

Even Marge sang that Entrance of the Gladiators part in a 1995 Simpsons episode - At the 1:37 mark of this clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTR5o9nUzI

[jlthorpe]

Without cheating, I'll guess "Alice's Restaurant".

[chrislc]

It's not Arlo or Marge. Here is Hint #2. The song also samples Pop Goes The Weasel. Yes, it's pretty bad.

[dth1971]

Nov 26, 2022 12:50:01 GMT -5 chrislc said:

It's not Arlo or Marge. Here is Hint #2. The song also samples Pop Goes The Weasel. Yes, it's pretty bad.

And it's not the 1991 rap song by 3rd. Bass called "Pop Goes The Weasel", I guess.

[slf]

Nov 26, 2022 12:50:01 GMT -5 chrislc said:

It's not Arlo or Marge. Here is Hint #2. The song also samples Pop Goes The Weasel. Yes, it's pretty bad.

I think I got it. It's the Beach Boys' cutesy---and bad---rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town".  (I agree it is quite cringe-worthy.  But I do like "Little Saint Nick".)

[chrislc]

Nov 26, 2022 16:29:47 GMT -5 slf said:

Nov 26, 2022 12:50:01 GMT -5 chrislc said:

It's not Arlo or Marge. Here is Hint #2. The song also samples Pop Goes The Weasel. Yes, it's pretty bad.

I think I got it. It's the Beach Boys' cutesy---and bad---rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town".  (I agree it is quite cringe-worthy.  But I do like "Little Saint Nick".)

As Kenny and Michael sang, This Is It!