the pop-poop-folk continuum

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

following up frank's query re the classical equiv of karaoke here, i suggest that if a version is bein sung to a toddler during toilet-training IT IS BECOME FOLK (cf the comments thread)

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Classical equiv of karaoke is Come'n'Sing Handel's Messiah concerts wot happen often (no rly) innit.

halle POO yah

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

trudat

[koganbot]

What if being sung by three-year-old riding tricycle?

Move it like this
Move it like that
Drop that bottom

(Which of course has toilet training potential.)

Anyway, in answer to Mark's question (he's referring to comment 33 in the second link), the use of that song in that instance is folk, but the song doesn't necessarily become "folk" outside that family unless that use (or lots of other everyday uses, of which that is one example) becomes common in a lot of families or by a lot of groups.

Music: L'Trimm "Drop That Bottom"

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

cf also #11 and #25

[koganbot]

Ah, my skills at scanning quickly for pooper content are clearly in decline.