I have a confession to make.

When I started this thread, I was hoping to find the name of the group that recorded a song that I heard on a tape that I had years ago but that tape has long since gone to whatever heaven music tapes you love go to.

What was the name of this song? I couldn't remember. All I know was it was about the three little pigs and it sounded like a rap song with a rocking instrumental riff or whatever you call that repeated sound that I can't describe since I'm not a musician.

So I just knew when I started this thread that somebody out there in Mudcatville was gonna post this song as an example of Mother Goose characters in grown-up children's songs. And someone did-or at least he almost did. On Oct 5th, Neil D wrote
"There was a Heavy Metal version of "The Three Little Pigs" but I don't remember by whom. Pretty funny though."

Thank you Neil D.!

When I read Neil D's post, I said to myself, "Well, alright now!". Yeah, baby! All I gotta do is sit back and wait, and Boom chicka boom! somebody's gonna post the name of that three little pigs song.

But I waited and waited. And no body posted nothin more about that song. Now the world didn't end or nothin. But since I'm not good at waitin, you could say that the last week of so I was not a happy sistah.

Now don't get me wrong. I really thank everybody who have posted examples to this thread. It's been interesting to read them, and I hope that more examples keep comin.

And, by the way, it don't make me no never mind if these examples are children's Mother Goose characters or are from Grimm's fairy tales, of from some other source of children's rhymes and stories. It's all good- as the hip-hoppers say or as Tony the Tiger says, "They're Grrrreat!

But it occurred to me when I was sittin here tryin to remember who the heck recorded that three little pigs song, that I shouldn't be waiting for someone else to post the answer to a question that I might be able to find out for myself if I exerted some effort to do so.

Btw2, you'll note that I said "heck". That shows you what a good girl I am. That's the whole truth...really and truly...Well, mostly anyway.

But back to the three little pigs song-as I was saying, I decided that God helps those who help themselves, and so I figured that I would find out the answer to the burning question of what is the name of that little piggy song that I remembered from long ago.

And I did it, with a little help from a friend...

YouTube.

I went to YouTube and I posted the key words "three little pigs" in the search box, and Boom Chicka Boom! There it was-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm9W4Ts-tw0

That's it!!! Yeah, baby!!

La de da de da. La de da de da. What is the name of that song?
[hat tip to Sesame Street]

That's song's name is Three Little Pigs.

Duh.

And it was recorded in 1993 by the group Green Jelly.

So didn't I watch this video three times in a row?! {Yeah, I know. I need a life. But I am so geeked!

And the clay figures in the visual are so cool! I'm lovin it! {Though the Rambo part at the end is a real bummer. I am so not into violence}.

But I've decided to play pass this downer and wallow in my enjoyment of this song and its video

just

because

I wanna.

So there!

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