reddish-green theme song

Subject: reddish-green theme song
From: leeneia
Date: 22 Jul 20 - 11:51 AM

Lately my dear husband (the DH) and I have been watching the Red Green Show on YouTube after supper. The show is Canadian, and it started in the 1990's, apparently because somebody figured that public tv needed masculinity. And masculinity it's got - duct tape, workshop, fart jokes, car parts, etc. Red (the main character) ends many episodes with "And remember, keep your stick on the ice." We figure this is Canadian for "Don't give up on life."

The show has a jaunty theme song played on a squeezebox of some kind, and I thought it would be fun to write it down and play it. First I searched to see if somebody else had done the notation, and I found this:

theme song first version

As the saying goes, that not folk music, that's algebra. There are parts of that where I can't even figure out what the notes are, let alone decipher the timing. So I was ready to give up. But then I told myself to keep my stick on the ice. I now knew that the key was C and the timing was 4/4. (That is a real help.) After making the notes twice as big, and by using triplets and ornaments where the First Version uses ties and 32nd notes, I finally got the melody down. (I don't notate ornaments. I pencil them in where they are comfortable for me after everything else is done.)

The melody is still copyright, so I'm trying to keep my head down here. But if trusted Mudcatters want the sheet music, I will send a JPG. Just PM me. You can ask for it in C or D.

Subject: RE: reddish-green theme song
From: Helen
Date: 22 Jul 20 - 03:55 PM

Hi leeneia, my Hubby & I used to watch the Red Green Show on TV and then he bought the videos, which we can't watch any more unless we break out the old video machine. That show was very clever, very funny. Thanks for reminding me of it.

I don't need the sheet music, but congratulations on figuring out the notation.

Subject: RE: reddish-green theme song
From: leeneia
Date: 22 Jul 20 - 06:32 PM

Yes, we get some good laughs, that's for sure. My mother introduced me to the Red Green show back in the 90's. I had never seen a show where dialog is accompanied by chainsaws before.

They sure have a funny-looking possum on the Possum Lodge sign, though.