antipopper

*Alexander Graham Bell

Well, he knew darned well

That he could find the only way

To talk across the USA

Telephone, telephone

Never be on your own

Many many years ago

He started something with his first “Hello, hello”

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham, Alexander Graham

Alexander Graham Bell*

It doesn’t get much better than this, kids. I’ve been meaning to post some novelty songs for a while, so here are two priceless ones about persons of note: The Sweet’s 1971 hit “Alexander Graham Bell” and The Beach Boys’ “Johnny Carson”, from their 1977 lofi masterpiece, The Beach Boys Love You. Creepy, no? They both have such a cheesy, hagiographic breathlessness to them. But let’s not confuse camp and irony with sarcasm; there’s true affection here — the songs really do love their subjects, and I, in turn, really do love the songs.