A friend just sent me a link to this song, entitled "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell." It's really only worth listening to the first ten seconds, because it's quite painful. You'll get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8ViYIeH04
But it got me thinking about our fast food culture (what doesn't?). And then I remembered a song we used to sing at church camp, the premise of which is pretty much just repeating the names of fast food chains to a catchy refrain. I remember always being vaguely annoyed by it, but probably more because I was an outcast in 3rd grade Sunday school (oh, the irony) and thought it was dumb (my outcast status probably had much to do with this sort of disdain) and less because of the implications of glorifying fast food through song.
Does anyone else know this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JsYqN0v4iw
(You only have to watch the first 30 seconds, if you can take it that long.)
Apparently this is the original version. I had no idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayOr5wd219Q
Finally, you can get creative and add your own favorite fast food spots, as Girl Scout Troop 1440 in Wakefield has done:
http://cheesecakeandfriends.com/Troop1440/songs/PizzaHut.htm
What are those Girl Scouts Thinking!?! Long John Silver's in no one's favorite anything. They should stick to cookies.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad if being an outcast led to you straying away from fast food and into the arms of Tufts nutrition.
Whatevs, the Girl Scouts obviously are anti-food since they only sell food-like substances. That is why LJS is on their list at all... or why there is even a song about fff... and why they're bothering to sing it. fff: that's f*in fast food, in case you were curious. Yes, it's a total fail.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why didn't we name the blog "cheesecake and friends"? I guess deifying one particular bakery item wouldn't have been fair to all the others... I digress.
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