Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Persistent earworm alert XVII

After watching a documentary about Jim Henson last week, I started thinking about the Muppets.  This, in turn, made me recall designing and working with puppets during speech/drama class in middle school and watching other students' puppet shows.  One memory of two puppets dancing to an Irene Cara tune in that class has stayed with me.  Most listeners who remember Cara's music would think of her biggest hits, "Fame" or "Flashdance...What A Feeling," first.  However, the puppets in this particular show danced to Cara's 1983 hit, "Why Me?"  The song, although it sounds pleasant and upbeat on the surface, isn't particularly cheerful lyrically.  As far as I know, the students who chose it didn't tie it in with the plot of their script.  At least, I'm fairly certain they didn't.  I'm pretty sure one of the puppets didn't betray the other one.  In any case, the song stays with you once you hear it and would segue with the theme from the sitcom, "The Facts Of Life."  There's a college or noncommercial FM station segue waiting to happen...