Stuck Poop!

In all my teaching music to both kids and adults, one of the things I always insist on is “the perfect ending.” As the last notes echoes into silence, don’t move or make a sound. Give at least five seconds to savor that silence and keep the mood the music created still alive and vibrant. I always give an example of the old days listening to radio when a beautiful tender ballad is playing and just as the last note fades away, a jarring too-loud ad intrudes:

 “Big sale at Al’s Used-Car Lot!!! Don’t miss it!!”

 

 Now I have a new example.

 

After writing yesterday’s post titled “Old Friends,” I later remembered the Simon & Garfunkel song with the same title. I found it on Youtube and while listening to this lovely song, read some of the comments. So many to the effect of “I used to listen to this song when I was 18 and now I’m 70. Hearing it now again, I’m filled with a sweet sadness. Where did all those years go?” Fully immersed in the tenderness of it all, the song draws to a close and immediately up pops a woman’s shrill voice accompanied by a disturbing image shouting,  “Here’s the best way to push out stuck poop!!!”

 

Well, that was a mood-killer.