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After Cark played its impromptu no-practice show in 2018, my girlfriend described it as "Playskool My First Punk Band," and I was like a bit offended. The next day, one of Dustin's kids asked me if I was "the everybody scream guy." I bitterly said, "yes." Apparently she had a point.
After that, she started encouraging me to make kids music, kind of like Johnny Karate from the TV show, Parks and Rec.
Since she planted the idea in my head, I would occasionally get ideas for kids songs, and scribble them down. All were based on my simple thesis that what kids want is a bit of anarchy. After being bossed around and fenced in and scolded all day, what really appeals to them is the chance to embrace and release the squirliness they spend the rest of their time battling. They don't want the band to be The Wiggles; they want to release the wiggles. They want someone to say emphatically and without question: "EVERYBODY SCREAM!"
So I wrote songs about animals going crazy, and not wanting to go to bed, and this one about how fun it is to blow fart noises with your lips. It seemed strangely right for Cark, so we put it together with some really fun syncopation, a mouth-noise solo, and a tongue-in-cheek Rage Against the Machine reference for the parents.
Sometimes when I busk on the streets, parents will send their little kids over to drop money in my case, and when they do, I offer to play them this song. It is a true joy to watch their eyes go wide as they realize that music is a place where they can go nuts without getting reprimanded.
You can hear Dustin's kids at the start of the song, doing a tribute to kids show scene from the classic Weird Al film: UHF.
I really like this recording, though in retrospect, I kind of wish we had added a key change after the solo. Mostly, I hope that, Pixar-like, it's something kids and their beleagured parents also looking for a chance to scream at the ether can both appreciate.
lyrics
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like ppph, and waaa, and ooh, and meow
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like lalalalalalalalala yow!
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like fart fart fart fart fart fart ka-plow
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like wow wow wocka wow wow!
Your mouth is a hole in your head
That can make cool sounds
So if you hear a sound in your head
Then open your mouth and let it come out
And go....
(Noises in rhythm)
Cause sound is fun
for everyone
and your mouth is how
You get the job done
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like ppph, and waaa, and ooh, and meow
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like lalalalalalalalala yow!
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like fart fart fart fart fart fart ka-plow
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like wow wow wocka wow wow!
Your mouth is a hole in your head
That can make cool sounds
So if you hear a sound in your head
Then open your mouth and let it come out
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like ppph, and waaa, and ooh, and meow
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like lalalalalalalalala yow!
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like fart fart fart fart fart fart ka-plow
It’s fun to make noises with your mouth
Like wow wow wocka wow wow!
Cause sound is fun
for everyone
and your mouth is how
You get the job done
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