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Topic: Spongebob cartoons: Mrs Puff's driving school... |
Craig Prior
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Posted 30 Sep 2005 12:50 pm |
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Okay, this is a little embarrasing to admit... but I love Spongebob cartoons. I started out listening to the great steel guitar music accompanying them but now I'm hooked on that lil' yellow sponge.
In the cartoon about Mrs Puff's driving school (where Spongebob is taking directions radioed from Patrick the Starfish so he can pass his driving test) there is this great polka ... excuse me, "Hawaiian march"... playing in the background
Anyway, here's the question: what tune is this? Is this an original arrangement or is it based on an old work? What instrument is it performed on (obviously a resonator guitar, but the quick decay tells me single cone. Of course, I could be wrong about that).
Boys and girls?
Craig. |
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Cliff Kane
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the late great golden state
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Posted 30 Sep 2005 2:54 pm
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| Yes! Give it up for the sponge! I don't know the name of the tune, but Sponge Bob is great. I started watching it with my five-year-old daughter (she loves it) and now I'm hooked, too! I know the episode you're talking about. Have you seen the episode were Squidward gets a marching band together, and they end up become stadium rockers? SB sings like Paul Rogers. The music is great....for some reason i think it's the steel player from The Blue Hawaiians? Do you know for sure who plays the steel and does the music for SBSP? [This message was edited by Cliff Kane on 30 September 2005 at 03:55 PM.] |
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 30 Sep 2005 3:47 pm
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| Thanks for the great info, Rick. Sponge Bob rules in our house, too. My daughter has developed an ear for recognizing steel guitar, due to hearing me play and watching SBSP. We play a game when we're in the car were we see how long it takes her to pickout the different instruments in songs on the radio (mostly jazz, so there's good arrangements), and she has to mimic the playing (like air guitar). This is good ear training for a child. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 30 Sep 2005 4:07 pm
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I believe the tune in question is "Honolulu March".
I have that very recording that they play on the show from a CD called "Beautiful Hawaii". |
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Jeff Strouse
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2005 8:35 pm
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| Spongebob is the best. I'd have to hear that particular segment...I've seen that episode a few times, but several different themes are used in the series. I hear 12 street Rag alot. |
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Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 1 Oct 2005 5:49 am
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| Whenever I play to an audience that has a large number of kids I gliss from the 2nd fret to 14th and they all yell out "SPONGEBOB!" |
I predict a HUGE resurgence of interest in lapsteel playing because of SBSP. I think a lot of these kids, as they mature out of their electronica/metal haze, will be searching for something else, and they'll want to seek out that wonderful sound that reminds them of SB, and puts a smile on their face.
I'm 45, and didn't have SB of course, but that sound of the non-pedal steel, from old recordings of westernswing and Hawaiian music, was calling me as I got less and less interested in rock. About 5 years ago, I finally HAD to get a steel (Fender Champion was my first steel) and learn how to get those sounds and that feeling.
Every time I play it, I always get that BIG smile on my face. It really is an addictive instrument.
Spongebob Squarepants -- keeping it alive!
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Todd James Weger/RD/RTD
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Chandler RH-4 Koa semi-hollow lapsteel (open G); Regal resonator (open D or G)
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Craig Prior
From:
National City, California, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2005 1:23 pm
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Thanks, all. I'm gratified to learn that I'm not alone in appreciating the 'Pants!
Thank you for the info. If I locate the DVD with the driving school episode I'll tab it, resurrect this thread, and post it.
Give it up for the Sponge!!
Craig. |
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 1 Oct 2005 7:28 pm
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Whenever I play to an audience that has a large number of kids I gliss from the 2nd fret to 14th and they all yell out "SPONGEBOB!".
In my day we'd hear that and go, 'E-duhba-eh-duhba-eh-duhba-ed-duhba..That's all folks! 
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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Craig Prior
From:
National City, California, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2005 8:04 pm
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BTW... I looked up the DVD and the correct title is "Boating School." Mrs. Puff's boating school.
Now I really should have known that!!
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Craig Prior
From:
National City, California, USA
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 3 Oct 2005 10:39 am
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I do love the Spongebob show - also started watching to catch the steel, then got 'hooked'. And that's a fav. episode, where they ride fishing hooks up to the surface and jump off.
I laugh when Mrs. Puff, puffs up when she gets upset or surprised, or they're cooking on campfires. Very creative stuff. It's a Sat. morning treat.
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Chris Kennison
Colorado
www.book-em-danno.com
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