Recently WSJ had an article on the history of a certain country music institution. In the mid-19th century, European grand opera was such a rage among the young dandies of the South that a group in Nashville undertook a concert of simple music of American origin, to combat its siren song. From that event stems the distinction between Grand Opera and the Grand Old Opera.
Hard to believe? All right. Let’s go to Pal-Yat-Chee.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:51 am
It’s a sign of how good that song is, that it works, and works well, translated into this idiom.
And of course how good Hayseed Dixie is that they could do the translation so smoothly.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Recently WSJ had an article on the history of a certain country music institution. In the mid-19th century, European grand opera was such a rage among the young dandies of the South that a group in Nashville undertook a concert of simple music of American origin, to combat its siren song. From that event stems the distinction between Grand Opera and the Grand Old Opera.
Hard to believe? All right. Let’s go to Pal-Yat-Chee.