As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Sunday, February 13, 2022

More musical merriment from New Zealand

Weaponizing “Baby Shark” – have they no shame???

 

This time from The Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/11/new-zealand-parliament-protests-canada-sprinklers/

 

The cacophony outside New Zealand’s Parliament building continued on Sunday as officials upped the ante in their attempts to scatter protesters, blasting “Baby Shark,” “Let It Go” and other songs after sprinklers failed to deter the crowds.

 

The efforts did not appear successful, as the people protesting pandemic measures were heard singing along to a cringe-inducing recorder cover of “My Heart Will Go On,” standing their ground amid cries of “freedom!”

 

The anti-protest playlist included James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful,” to which protesters swayed their arms in the air, as well as “Let It Go” from the Disney movie “Frozen,” and the viral children’s hit “Baby Shark.” Decades-old Barry Manilow songs and the 1990s hit “Macarena” also reportedly made appearances.

Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard was taking song requests on Twitter for tunes to be added to the queue, tweeting out YouTube links to various songs. (The latest on Sunday was a suggestion by political commentator Emma Espiner for Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.”)

 

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