Showing posts with label Raymond Scott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raymond Scott. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

"Powerhouse" - Raymond Scott

Today (as I'm during the week and no reviews to be posted til Friday), but I feel that I ought to share a song that I've always liked a lot, and also used in a lot of Looney Tunes cartoons - Raymond Scott's Powerhouse. Powerhouse was first written in 1937, and it's best known to have been played in many cartoons.

This is a very good music video in which it shows Raymond Scott and his band that play Powerhouse. The song has been used in many Looney Tunes particularly in the cartoon Baby Bottleneck in which it's played during the assembly line, which is the most famous cartoon that has the song used. The music has also been briefly heard in cartoons like Falling Hare, Porky's Pig Feat, and even on Duck Dodgers and the 24 1/2 Century.

(Here is Baby Bottleneck - you'll hear some Powerhouse in there).

The song has also been played in shows like Ren & Stimpy, Animaniacs, and The Simpsons. I don't know about you lot, but I find this piece of music very inspiring and fascinating.