It’s funny how essential it is nowadays for music lovers like me to enjoy a song not only with the ears but also with the eyes. Back in the 60’s and 70’s I was a young girl then a young woman who loved listening to songs of those days, and after trying in vain for nearly an hour to find a suitable song which I loved back then and still zealously remembered, which should have an appropriate music video, I finally found a treasure in the music video Knock Three Times by Tony Orlando and Dawn.
Before I explain why I said this music video is a treasure, let me talk a bit about the singer, Tony Orlando. Tony is one of America's best loved personalities and no entertainer can move and excite an audience like he does. As one of America's most endearing and enduring stars, Tony and America recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of his recording of Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree. He has received three American Music Awards and a People's Choice Award, and for outstanding achievements to the entertainment industry, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990.
The song, Knock Three Times, was a pop song released in November 1970 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1971, eventually selling six million copies, and also claiming the number-one spot on the UK Singles Chart. It sold more than 100,000 records a day in New York City alone for ten straight days. The composers, L. Russell Brown and Irwin Levine, wanted to write a song about tenement living and created this song about a guy who has fallen in love with a woman living directly below him. He does not know whether she is interested in him so he asks her to respond by either knocking three times on the ceiling for YES or banging twice on the pipe for NO, and in the chorus are sound effects of the two choices.
Now, that is all about the song, and what I want to say is, songs are more interesting when they come with sparkling music videos and the first video I came across for Knock Three Times features Tony Orlando and Dawn. However, as the time of real music videos did not appear until 1981, this Knock Three Times music video, with due respect to its creator, was not very lively as Tony Orlando and Dawn were just moving their bodies to their music. Then I found a treasure in another music video with vivacious visualization of the song. So let’s watch both versions for pure enjoyment.
KNOCK THREE TIMES
Composers: L. Russell Brown and Irwin Levine
Artists: Tony Orlando and Dawn
And here is the visualized Music Video of the song.
Hey girl, what ya doin' down there?
Dancin' alone every night
While I live right above you
I can hear your music playin'
I can feel your body swayin'
One floor below me
You don't even know me, I love you
**Oh, my darling, knock three times
On the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
(knock, knock, knock)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Oh, twice on the pipe (clang, clang)
Means you ain't gonna show
If you look out your window tonight
Pull in the string with the note
That's attached to my heart
Read how many times I saw you
How in my silence I adored you
And only in my dreams did
That wall between us come apart
**Oh, my darling, knock three times
Oh, I can hear the music playin'
I can feel your body swayin'
One floor below me
You don't even know me, I love you
**Oh, my darling, knock three times
IF YOU LIKE ME, WOO ME
This Thai song/music video, Chob Kor Jeab, or If You Like Me, Woo Me, is performed by Rueangrit Siriphanit, or Rit The Star, an artist under Exact entertainment. Rueangrit is a 4th year student at Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Medicine. He is a popular teen idol and role model for many students and young adults.
Rueangrit has had several hits, but today I would like to present this music video which I think is quite vitalizing and fun to watch. The song tells about a guy who wonders why a girl keeps on looking at him without saying a word so he invites her to woo him if she likes him because he is not so good at it; he would have wooed her himself if he were brave enough. In the music video, after every girl he comes into contact with is dazzled by him, it turns out that he has been dreaming about it all as the music video director finally shook him out of his slumber!
I have put the Thai words into ka ra o ke form as well as translated the words of the song into English in case you would like to sing along to the tune.
Chob Kor Jeab (If You Like Me, Woo Me)
Composer: Kasi Nipatsiripol
Artist: Rit Rueangrit Siriphanit
na na na na Woh Ho
na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na Oh yeah
Mong-ter-dai-tae-mong-mai-roo-jong-tam-mai
Mun-mai-kao-jai-loey-sak-tee
Lae-krang-tee-nai-ta-pai-kra-tob-kon-dee
Poo-chai-kee-eye-fao-song-sai
Look you only look, wonder why you do it
I never will understand
Many times my eyes have alighted on you
This shy guy keeps on wondering
Yarg-roo-jai-jing-err-wah-ter-kid-yang-ngai
Harg-rak-tak-tai-gone-dai-mai
Ya-tam-chan-kern-bab-nee
Wonder what’s on your mind, what you are thinking of
If you love me, come and greet me first
Just don’t embarrass me like this
Chob-kor-jeab-loey-chob-kor-jeab-loey-si (chu-wap, chu-wap)
Yorm-hai-jeab-loey-yorm-hai-jeab-loey-na, yor-or-orm
Kow-ma-jeab-loey-kow-ma-jeab-loey-si (chu-wap chu-wap)
Chan-mai-keng-rueng-nee-mai-keng-rueng-nee-worn-ter-tam-gone
*If you like me, then you woo me, please, chu-wap-chu-wap
I will gladly let you to do it, so-o-o glad
Come and woo me, come and woo me, then, cho-wap, chu-wap
I’m no good at this, no good at this, beg you to go first
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na Woh Ho
na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na Oh yeah
Ta-chan-klar-kwa-nee-chan-je-kao-pai-eng
Mai-mua-tae-kreng-tae-rang-ror
Chuay-rerm-gone-dai-mai
Tah-ter-man-jai-por-wah-yark-ja-mob-jai-hai-chan
Were I braver than this, I would go to you
Would not just shrink, not just wait
Please won’t you just start
If you are so sure that you could give me your heart
Yarg-roo-jai-jing-err-wah-ter-kid-yang-ngai
Harg-rak-tak-tai-gone-dai-mai
Ya-tam-chan-kern-bab-nee
Wonder what’s on your mind, what you are thinking of
If you love me, come and greet me first
Just don’t embarrass me like this
**Chob-kor-jeab-loey-chob-kor-jeab-loey-si (chu-wap, chu-wap)
Yorm-hai-jeab-loey-yorm-hai-jeab-loey-na, yo-or-orm
Kow-ma-jeab-loey-kow-ma-jeab-loey-si (chu-wap chu-wap)
Chan-mai-keng-rueng-nee-mai-keng-rueng-nee-worn-ter-tam-gone
*If you like me, then you woo me, please, chu-wap-chu-wap
I will gladly let you to do it, so-o-o glad
Come and woo me, come and woo me, then, cho-wap, chu-wap
I’m no good at this, no good at this, beg you to go first
Yarg-roo-jai-jing-err-wa-ter-kid-yang-ngai
Harg-rak-tak-tai-gone-dai-mai
Ya-tam-chan-kern-bab-nee
Wonder what’s on your mind, what you are thinking of
If you love me, come and greet me first
Just don’t embarrass me like this
**Chob-kor-jeab-loey-chob-kor-jeab-loey-si (chu-wap, chu-wap)
**If you like me, then woo me, chu-wap, chu-wap
(Chorus)
**Chob-kor-jeab-loey-chob-kor-jeab-loey-si (chu-wap, chu-wap)
**If you like me, then woo me, chu-wap, chu-wap
(Chorus)
Na-chuay-borg-tur-na-chuay-borg-noi-na
Kor-jai-ter-gone
Please I beg of you, say you’ll surrender
Your heart to me first
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na Woh Ho
na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na Oh yeah
Ah, the grown up feeling of being 16 cannot be matched at any other age. Maybe that’s why there are songs written in tribute to this fabulous age of sixteen, and today I’m going to take you back to the 60’s when these songs were climbing up charts. I like these two songs very much and am sure they will stir up memories or new feelings for you too.
YOU’RE SIXTEEN
Songwriters: The Sherman Brothers
Artist: Johnny Burnette
You're Sixteen was written by the Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman) and was first performed by American rock singer Johnny Burnette, whose version peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960 and number 3 in the U.K. in 1961. The original 1960 version of You're Sixteen by Burnette is notably featured on the 1973 motion picture soundtrack of the film American Graffiti.
Ooh, you come out of a dream,
Peaches and cream,
Lips like strawberry wine,
You're sixteen,
You're beautiful and you're mine.
You're all ribbons and curls,
Oh, what a girl!
Eyes that twinkle and shine,
You're sixteen,
You're beautiful and you're mine.
You're my baby, you're my pet,
We fell in love on the night we met.
You touched my hand, my heart went "pop",
And ooh, when we kissed we could not stop.
You walked out of my dream,
Into my arms,
Now you're my angel divine,
You're sixteen,
You're beautiful and you're mine.
You're my baby, you're my pet,
We fell in love on the night we met,
You touched my hand, my heart went pop,
Ooh when we kissed we could not stop.
You walked out of my dreams, and into my car,
Now you're my angel divine,
You're sixteen, you're beautiful, and you're mine.
Happy Birthday Sweet 16
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen is a pop song released in 1961 by American pop/rock singer, pianist and composer Neil Sedaka who wrote the music and performed the song, while the lyrics were written by Howard Greenfield. The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Sedaka’s career has spanned nearly 55 years and his records have sold by the millions. He has written or co-written 500 songs for himself as well as for other artists.
Happy Birthday Sweet 16
Lyrics: Howard Greenfield
Music and Artist: Neil Sedaka
Tra la-la-la-la la-la-la-la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la-la-la-la la-la-la-la
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tonight's the night I've waited for
Because you're not a baby anymore
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen,
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
What happened to that funny face
My little tomboy now wears satins and lace
I can't believe my eyes you're just a teenage dream
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
When you were only six I was your big brother
Then when a you were ten we didn't like each other
When you were thirteen You was a funny valentine
But since you've grown up Your future is sewn up
From now on you're gonna be mine, so
If I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
If I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Happy birthday sweet sixteen
Tra la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Happy birthday sweet sixteen
[Fade]
Have you ever fallen in love with a beautiful, heartrending voice? If you’ve never, maybe you will with this many times produced 1928 American traditional song Corinne Corinna which was recorded by Ray Peterson in 1960 and climbed up to #9 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Ray Peterson was an American pop singer blessed with a four-octave singing voice which means he had a large vocal range like that of Julie Andrews (Mariah Carey has a five-octave vocal range).
Let’s listen to Ray Peterson’s voice and see how his vocal range appeals to you.
Producer: Phil Spector
Artist: Ray Peterson
I love Corinna, tell the world I do
I love Corinna, tell the world I do
I pray at night she'd like to love me too
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
I love you so
Oh little darling where you've been so long?
Oh little darling where you've been so long?
I ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
I love you so
I left Corinna way across the sea
Oh me I left Corinna way across the sea
If you see Corinna send her home to me
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
I love you so
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
I love you so
Oh darling don't you know
I love you so
Darling don't you know
Another song made famous by Ray Peterson is the teenage tragedy song Tell Laura I Love Her which was an American Top Ten popular music and a hit in 14 countries. This song is about a teenage boy Tommy who wanted to buy a wedding ring to get married to his girlfriend Laura so he entered a racing car championship. His car, however, overturned and burst into flame and his last words “Tell Laura I Love Her” could be heard by Laura when she sat and prayed for her Tommy in a chapel.
Songwriters: Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh
Artist: Ray Peterson
He wanted to give her everything
Flowers, presents,
But most of all, a wedding ring
He saw a sign for a stock car race
A thousand dollar prize it read
He couldn't get Laura on the phone
So to her mother, Tommy said
Tell Laura I love her
Tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura I may be late
I've something to do, that cannot wait
He drove his car to the racing grounds
He was the youngest driver there
The crowed roared as they started the race
Around the track they drove at a deadly pace
No one knows what happened that day
Or how his car overturned in flames
But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck
With his dying breath, they heard him say
Tell Laura I love her
Tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura not to cry
My love for her will never die
Now in the chapel where Laura prays
For her poor Tommy, who passed away
It was just for Laura he lived and died
Alone in the chapel she can hear him cry
Tell Laura I love her
Tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura not to cry
My love for her will never die
Tell Laura I love her
Tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura not to cry
My love for her will never die
Do you agree with me about Ray Peterson’s awesome singing voice? It squeezes your heart, somehow.
Growing up in an era when lyrics to songs were realistic and easy to remember and life was carefree and happy, I enormously enjoyed the scores of songs coming out of the United States and England each week. I remember well in 1961 while I was attending a boarding school in Goulburn, Australia a song by Sue Thompson, pop and country music singer, called Norman which was climbing up the charts on the radio every Sunday afternoon when the nuns at my boarding school took us 1st and 2nd year students on our weekly walks and picnic. Needless to say, our walks became very lively and vigorous whenever Norman was heard on the portable radio one of my friends was carrying. There were no Soundabouts or smart phones in those days, fortunately, and so our group of girls enjoyed singing along quite loudly with the song during the walks.
Sue Thompson, whose poignant yet lovely voice could always make me sing along, signed on with Hickory Records in 1960. In 1961, Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) became a No. 5 hit on the pop charts, and she followed this up successfully with Norman, which reached No. 3. Both of these hit singles were written by songwriter John D. Loudermilk, sold over one million copies, and were awarded with gold discs.
So, let’s listen to both these songs, beginning with the bubbling Norman
NORMAN
Words and Music: John D. Loudermilk
Artist: Sue Thompson
Norman, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Norman, Norman, my love
Jimmy called me on the phone but I was gone, not at home
Cuz I was out parked all alone with darlin' Norman
Bill invited me to a show but I said no, cannot go
There's a dress that I've got to sew and wear for Norman
Norman holds me close to him, Norman kisses me and then
Norman knows my heart belongs to him and him and only him, oh
Norman, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ohh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Norman, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ohh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Norman, Norman, my love
Joey asked me for a date, he wanted to take me out to skate
But I told Joey he would have to make arrangements with Norman
Norman is my only love, Norman's all I'm thinking of
Norman gives me all his lovin', kissin', huggin', lovey-dovin'
Norman, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Norman, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Norman, Norman, my love
Released as a single in 1961, Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) was Sue Thompson's first song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at No. 5. The song also reached the top of the Billboard Easy Listening chart. Although Thompson was in her thirties when she recorded Sad Movies, her singing style and young-sounding voice appealed to many young people of that era. Songwriter John D. Loudermilk was inspired to write this song after a girlfriend of his related to him that after seeing a movie and the lights came on at the end of the show, the person she went with had tears in her eyes and said, 'Sad movies make me cry'.
SAD MOVIES
Lyrics and Music: John D Loudermilk
Artist: Sue Thompson
Sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
He said he had to work so I went to the show alone
They turned down the lights and turned the projector on
And just as the news of the world started to begin
I saw my darlin' and my best friend walk in
Though I was sittin' there they didn't see
And so they sat right down in front of me
When he kissed her lips I almost died
And in the middle of the color cartoon I started to cry.
Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
And so I got up and slowly walked on home
And mama saw the tears and said “what's wrong?”
And so to keep from telling her a lie
I just said “sa-a-a-d movies make me cry”
Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Sa-a-a-d movies make me cry-y-y
Have you ever known a song which lifts your heart up to the clouds and fills you with happiness whenever you hear it? I have; the song is called That’s Amore (Amore, of course, means love in Italian). That’s Amore is a song written by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Jack Brooks in 1952 and became a hit for Dean Martin in 1958.
I came across the song when I was watching a 1978 movie called Moonlight, starring Cher and Nicholas Cage. There was no Youtube at that time so it was left to luck alone that I could hear it now and then on the radio. It was only towards the end of working life at the office when I had quite a lot of spare time and Youtube was a tool which could take you to music heaven with its song clips and music videos that I experimentally typed in the words “That’s Amore - Dean Martin” and waited with trepidation to see whether the lovely song would still fill my heart with happiness and love for all beings.
Well, as soon as the first notes of music filled my ears, I knew my waiting years had not proved me wrong. The song was as beautifully tuned, worded and sung as ever. I remember saving it in my PC and listening to it continuously for days until my boss walked out of his room to tell me to get back to work! Anyway, I was too happy to mind him. Now I would like to share this beautiful and heaven-sent song with you, and if you sing along with it, you may discover that you love it as much as I do.
That’s Amore
By Jack Brooks, Harry Warren
Artist: Dean Martin
(In Napoli where love is king
When boy meets girl here's what they say)
When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool
That's amore
When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not
Dreaming signore
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli
That's amore
(When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
Lucky fella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool)
That's amore
(When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not
Dreaming signore
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli)
That's amore
Incidentally, the beautiful actress Cher, herself, has been a singer since the 60’s when she was half the husband-and-wife singing team, Sonny and Cher. One popular song performed by her is The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss), which was written by Rudy Clark in 1964 and was recorded by dozens of artists and groups around the world in the decades since. It became an international hit when remade by Cher in 1990. I like it and hope you also will.
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Songwriter: Rudy Clark
Artist: Cher
Does he love me I want to know
How can I tell if he loves me so
Is it in his eyes?
Oh no! You'll be deceived
Is it in his sighs?
Oh no! He'll make believe
If you want to know if he loves you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
Is it in his face?
Oh no! That's just his charms
In his warm embrace?
Oh no! That's just his arms
If you want to know if he loves you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
Kiss him and squeeze him tight
Find out what you want to know
If it's love, if it really is
It's there in his kiss
How about the way he acts
Oh no! That's not the way
And you're not list'nin' to all I say
If you wanna know if he loves you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
Hug him and squeeze him tight
Find out what you want to know
If it's love, if it really is
It's there in his kiss
How about the way he acts
Oh no! That's not the way
And you're not listnin' to all I say
If you wanna know if he loves you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
You know, I sometimes feel like a frustrated “paper” DJ who has plenty of long play records to put on the turntable but no time to do it.
Tonight, having a one-hour free time before my midnight bedtime, I thought now is a good opportunity as any to put one of my favorite all time songs on the “paper” turntable. As Australia was the land I grew up in as a teenager, all the songs during my stay there were like gifts from heaven to somebody who wanted to learn English by listening to songs. Now, after deciding on writing another music blog tonight, the song which burst out from deep inside me was this one….”My Boomerang Won’t Come Back” by Charlie Drake. I think what makes me love this song, besides its catchy tune, was the lyrics. I adore songs which can make us laugh because of what they say. Here, the boy who is crying that his boomerang won’t come back although he waves it all over the place is told by one of the elders of his tribe that he has to throw it before it comes back. Isn’t that priceless? Let’s hear this hilarious song together then, “My Boomerang Won’t Come Back” by Charlie Drake, an English comedian, actor, writer and singer who makes us believe that he was really the Aboriginal boy in the song who madly waves his boomerang and forgets to let go until the local witch doctor takes pity on him and informs him that if he wants his boomerang to come back he first has to throw it!
Producer: George Martin
Singer: Charlie Drake
(Oom-yacka-wurka, oom-yacka-wurka, oom-yacka-wurka)
In the bad backlands of Australia
Many years ago,
The aborigine tribes were meeting,
Having a big pow-wow.
(Oom-yacka-wurka, oom-yacka-wurka)
"We got a lot of trouble, Chief,
On account of your son Mack."
DRAKE: My boomerang won't come back.
"Your boomerang won't come back?"
DRAKE: My boomerang won't come back,
My boomerang won't come back,
I've waved the thing all over the place,
Practised till I was black in the face,
I'm a big disgrace to the Aborigine race,
My boomerang won't come back.
DRAKE: I can ride a kangaroo (yeah yeah)
Make kinkajou stew (yeah yeah)
But I'm a big disgrace to the Aborigine race,
My boomerang won't come back.
They banished him from the tribe then
And sent him on his way,
He had a backless boomerang
So here he could not stay.
DRAKE: [Spoken] This is nice, innit? Getting banished at my time of life. What a way to spend an evening: sitting on a rock in the middle of the desert with me boomerang in me hand. I shall very
likely get bushwhacked.
(An animal roars; Drake shrieks back.)
DRAKE: Get out of it! You nasty bushwhacking animal.
Think I'll make a nice cup of tea.
(Doing, doing, doing...)
Good gracious! There goes a kangaroo. I must have a practice with me boomerang: hit him right
behind the left earhole. Now then, slowly back.
Gruff voice: If you throw that thing at me, I'll jump right on your head. (It chuckles and bounces away.)
DRAKE: Innit marvellous? Got a land full of kangaroos and I had to pick that one.
For three long months he sat there
Or maybe it was four,
Then an old old man in a kangaroo skin
Came a-knocking at his door.
"Well, I'm the local witch doctor, son,
They call me George Alfred Black.
Now tell me, what's your trouble, boy?"
DRAKE: My boomerang won't come back.
"Your boomerang won't come back?"
DRAKE: My boomerang won't come back,
My boomerang won't come back,
I've waved the thing all over the place,
Practised till I was black in the face,
I'm a big disgrace to the Aborigine race,
My boomerang won't come back.
"Don't worry, boy, I know the trick,
And to you I'm gonna show it.
If you want your boomerang to come back,
Well first you've got to... throw it."
DRAKE: Ooh, yes! Never thought of that. Daddy will be pleased. Must have a go, nyuh-huh! Excuse me.
Now then, slowly back... and throw.
(Boomerang whizzes away; Sounds of a plane approaching and then falling from the sky.)
DRAKE: Ooh my God! I've hit the flying doctor. Eee-hee-hee! Can you do first aid?
Witch Doctor: Don't talk to me about first aid, boy, you owe me fourteen chickens, you know, when I learned you to throw the boomerang, you know, first things first.
DRAKE: Yes, I know that, but I mean, I think on this occasion, you know, you could be a bit more
perspective...........
