He’s Freaking Everywhere!
posted in General |I heard Boy Named Sue again on Charlie; it prompted me to find out who wrote it.
Shel frickin’ Silverstein.
I was laughing about this unicorn taking a stroll, when I decided to find the lyrics to one of my favorite children’s songs. It’s called “the Unicorn Song,” surprisingly enough, and it explains why the unicorns aren’t around today (they were playing unicorn games and didn’t make it onto the ark). And who wrote this?
One of my favorite of his poems was “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (Would Not Take The Garbage Out),” and I thought he was just … a funny poet, for kids, you know; a kid’s guy, like Raffi, but edgy, twisted. But every month I’m stumbling over him in new ways. Adult ways. Scary ways.
I had one of his books around here; I think I wound up selling it back to the bookstore. It was an example of me buying a book that I think Miss B would like (well, ok, that I hope influences her enough to keep her from being completely mainstream), but Miss B didn’t show any interest in it. Maybe I ought to find another copy. Or at least some good music.
Oh and by the way, that thebards.net site has some great free celtic mp3s.
