Prompt: "A song that you'd share with your grandmother"
Selected by Pam
"Polka Face"
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alpocalypse, 2011
Until about two years ago, all of my grandparents were still living, which is crazy. Willow and Martha had eight living great-grandparents (via divorce and remarriages) between both mine and Joe's sides of the family. In 2023, on my side of the family, my mom's parents are still alive. Apparently, a psychic told one of my aunts that my grandpop is going to live past 100. I don't doubt it. They go to the gym and are more active than most of their grandkids. We just celebrated my grandmom's 88th birthday on Sunday.
I've never discussed music with my grandparents, but I'm pretty sure they listen to all the Golden Age crooners like Perry Como and Nat "King" Cole. There's a home movie of my grandmoms from my mom's and my dad's side dancing at a block party to "In the Mood." But that's all I've got in terms of knowing a song she would like. My grandparents are also 100% Polish. And I have known them to dance to a polka or two in their day. I doubt they have ever heard of "Weird Al" or any of the songs he parodies in "Polka Face," but I think my grandmom would find it funny, and would love the polka aspect.
I've never discussed music with my grandparents, but I'm pretty sure they listen to all the Golden Age crooners like Perry Como and Nat "King" Cole. There's a home movie of my grandmoms from my mom's and my dad's side dancing at a block party to "In the Mood." But that's all I've got in terms of knowing a song she would like. My grandparents are also 100% Polish. And I have known them to dance to a polka or two in their day. I doubt they have ever heard of "Weird Al" or any of the songs he parodies in "Polka Face," but I think my grandmom would find it funny, and would love the polka aspect.
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