One of them Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Days

"It happened on one of them Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Days. Now that's the kind of day where you can't open your mouth without a song jumpin' right out of it!"

This actually isn't a post about my wonderful feeling, or my wonderful day. But rather my wonderful friends...I guess you could say that, at least.

In case you've never realized this about my draw to Disney, I'm not interested by just the fuzzy animals, or simply the animation, or even the vast array of characters. One of the reasons Disney has and always will capture my heart is its music...now, that is just ONE of the reasons, and the other three I mentioned alone could probably span multiple posts. But this one takes the cake for today.

My friend Christine lent me her "Classic Disney Volume 1 and 2" CD's, and they were beautiful companions to my homework and my favorite songs are going to feel right at home amidst my already purchased Disney songs. Although MOST of the songs I adore on those CD's are already part of my array of music, there are some songs, like "Candle on the Water", "Best of Friends", and "Dance of the Reed Flutes" to name a few that are not only some of my favorite songs, but also impossible to find on iTunes. And, no offence, Pete's Dragon, I don't want a CD of background music or 50's Disney Music.

That's right...I dare to admit that I'm not a fan of the earliest of the Disney songs. For pure purposes of listening to them, the live-action musical songs tend to have voices and sound-quality that only work with the matching screen visuals. I watched most of Summer Magic whilst babysitting, and I really did enjoy it. Burl Ives was a big treat. However, listening to "Ugly Bug Ball" when you're trying to find the quantity of square root of x-1 multiplied by the quantity of the square root of x+1 to equal 2 times the square root of x-3 isn't exactly pleasurable. Probably an easy question, but it certainly isn't under the circumstances. Speaking of that, (not math, the music) "Let's Get Together" is an adorable song...but the singers...are more adorable on screen. D:

I can't feel too guilty, though, because I grew up with songs like "I'll make a Man out of You" (oh, how ironic..."Ugly Bug Ball" just turned on) and "Be Prepared", so songs with dialouge or dance breaks, scratchy music, or random choirs don't thrill me as much as they could.

I also have to mention that I heard pretty much ALL these songs before in Emily's car, on the way up from Logan with them. It's absolutely wonderful to have a sister who finds similar thrill in Disney (and their music), and also absolutely wonderful to have a sister-in-law who can get my brother to sit and watch and ENJOY these movies. I think my favorite part of watching Jungle Book at your house was knowing you guys loved it, too. And Mark, your comment about the animation being beautiful before the movie started solidified my week as a good one.

Now, even with these CD's I still don't have many of the songs I would love, but since everyone I know only has the first two volumes (apparently 3-5 are hiding from society in shame) I'm probably going to have to scrape through iTunes for some odd songs. And, I'm going to have to go and find the Hercules soundtrack and the Oliver and Company soundtrack...because those two are completely filled with 90's-licous songs I just love. C: Since I'm on the topic, it's worth noting that Oliver and Company was one of the most "artistically" inspirational movies of my childhood and one of the reasons I prefer cartoon dogs over any other cartoon animal. Plus its music is addictive, FUN, upbeat, and just plain good. And Hercules isn't the coolest cast of characters, plots, dialouge, or animation, but the music is simply FUN, and the artistic design of modernized Greek pottery designs was simply inspired brilliance. Delicious. Or, you know, someone could get them for my birthday. :D Please note the working hyperlinks. ;)

As much as I enjoy these CD's, I don't think I'll be looking for 3-5 anytime soon. I found the list of songs online and those that I don't already have that are even remotely interesting number three or four on each CD. Volume 3 seems pretty interesting, and I might actually enjoy the majority of them. But none of them are songs on my MUST HAVE list, except for "Little April Shower", which has been hanging out on the "meh...only if I find it and happen to have a spare buck some bored Saturday" side of the spectrum for years, it seems. A summary of 4 seems to be as many of the 60's and 50's live-action/themepark themesongs as they could pack in, with a few really random songs from things like A Goofy Movie to trip you up from catching a theme. And then 5...poor, rejected Volume 5 seems to hold all the songs at the bottom of the barrel. Yes, many are from my beloved generation, but even these seem out of the mix....seriously.

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Now, on a very unrelated note...Happy Birthday, Emily!!

I have something in the works for you that, apparently, I thought I could finish by today.

Heh.

Heheh.

Expect it by the month's end. ;) And with it, a proper Birthday greeting. I'm sorry for waking you and then ending up to never call you, I feel like I should finish your 'gift' first or something.