28 October 2020 — 0522 mdt

Hitting the high notes on Covid-19 containment

During a prowl of YouTube last night, I chanced upon a page of songs on contemporary politics and the pandemic. Most were lowbrow attacks on Joe Biden, but amid the muck I found a couple of playful — and well produced — songs on containing the Covid-19 virus. The first inserts new words into the Sound of Music’s Do Re Mi. The second, by Ray Stevens, unmasks Stevens’ legendary wit in an uncharacteristically gentle manner.

Following the Covid song, for a change of pace, an a capella performance of Down by the Riverside by a massed choir at the 2015 Shenandoah Christian Music Camp.