The Wolf Whistle is the way we show our appreciation for the feminine form. And the ladies love it! From construction worker catcalls to cartoon wolves, blown in private or openly with two fingers, the “wheeeet-whooo” is a distinctly sexist melody. Can a melody be racist? Is there Classist Music? Tex Avery used the Wolf […]
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Me Chinese Melody
There is a cliché in popular music used to evoke the Far East flavor—Chinese, Japanese, Nipponese, you-name-it-ese. It goes like: “di di di di di, di, di, di, diii.” Click the score below to listen (or stop). Warning: Recorders! The Oriental Melody dates as far back as the mid-1800s. Quartal parallel harmonies in a pentatonic […]
