0:00:02 > 0:00:06# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:06 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- Hey...
0:01:07 > 0:01:12A scoop of butter brickle in a waffle cone. Heavy on the sprinkles.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Actually, better make it two scoops. - Bad day, George?
0:01:16 > 0:01:21I got a C on that geography test. I got a rip in my jeans
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- and my head got stuck in my locker. - It can't get any worse.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I take it back.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Hi, Alan. A strawberry swirl for me
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- and a fudge fantasy for my friend Koko.- Wait! You're Koko Taylor?!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- The one and only, honey. - I have every one of your albums.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44My favourite is Force Of Nature,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Why, thank you. It's always a pleasure to meet a Blues fan.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51You should come over on Sunday.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- We're having a pot-luck and a jam session.- You're invited too.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01And bring a couple of pints of this fudge fantasy too.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07- Who's that?- Koko Taylor?! You've never heard of her?- Not really.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Mom, I've got to go home. I'm with George and he's never heard Koko.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16This is going to cheer you up a lot more than ice cream.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Big Horns George!
0:02:22 > 0:02:26# There may be snow On the mountains
0:02:26 > 0:02:30# But it's fire under the heel... #
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I've never heard a voice like that.
0:02:33 > 0:02:39- I know. It's a mixture of Bessie Smith and Muddy Waters.- Muddy who?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42You haven't heard of Muddy Waters?!
0:02:42 > 0:02:46You don't know what you're missing. Take some CDs home with you.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50My dad introduced me to the Blues when I was five. I love them.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I've even written a few songs.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57BLUES INTRO
0:02:57 > 0:03:01# 3.141 - That's the number we call pi
0:03:01 > 0:03:06# 3.141 You know I'm talking 'bout that pi
0:03:06 > 0:03:08BOUNCY BLUES
0:03:08 > 0:03:11# It's used to find circumference
0:03:11 > 0:03:15# That's a truth You can't deny. #
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You wrote a song about math?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Blues isn't about getting your heart broken or losing your job.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27So a kid could write a song about hanging out with a wooden dummy?
0:03:27 > 0:03:32So long as he sang it with honest emotion. That's what the Blues is.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Hi, Mrs McGrady. I brought lutefisk.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Thank you, George. Come on in.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54George, what's with the tie?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I got dressed up to perform.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Are you going to play that harmonica?
0:03:59 > 0:04:04I was going to... Why? Were you planning on playing harmonica, too?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06No way. I'm not playing anything.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Neither am I.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Why embarrass myself? - Whatever you do, don't sing.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I've heard you sing. It sounds like Nemo when I give him a bath.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19# Put the pot on
0:04:19 > 0:04:23# Put the pot on We've got the pot on. #
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- Woo!- All right!- Yeah!
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Thank you. Thank you kindly.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Well, who's next? How about you with the big beautiful horns?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Come on. You brought your har. Let's put it to work.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- All right, George.- Go, George!
0:04:41 > 0:04:46'My lips are dry. I need water, water.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51'Everyone's waiting. I've got to do something.'
0:04:51 > 0:04:56This is a song I wrote called The Pinocchio Blues.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02SOFTLY: # I once had a good friend
0:05:02 > 0:05:06# And his head was made of wood
0:05:06 > 0:05:11# Yeah, I once had a good friend
0:05:11 > 0:05:14# And his head was made of wood
0:05:14 > 0:05:18# But he listened to my problems... #
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- What's he saying? - # ..Just like a...
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- He sounds like a mouse. - We can't hear you, honey. >
0:05:24 > 0:05:30Wait up a sec! We all get nervous sometimes.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35I've been singing for over 50 years and I still get butterflies.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Why don't you stay and have some ice cream?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39No, thank you.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45Well, OK, but you come back and play for me anytime, Big Horns.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46I mean that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- Come on. It can't have been THAT bad!- No-one could hear me.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Even if they could have, it still would have been terrible.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04- I can't sing, Wally.- That's not true. You have a beautiful voice,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- especially when it comes through ME! - No-one else seems to think so.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12I'm going to return the CDs Brain lent me.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15"Taj Mahal." I never listened to this.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Put it on. What's the rush? You got a train to catch(?)
0:06:19 > 0:06:25BLUES MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:37 > 0:06:41"Tuning Fork, Mississippi. Population 10."
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Not a very popular place, is it? Let's get something to drink.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I'm parched.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Hello, boys. Sure is hot out there.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Can I interest y'all in some lemonade?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- I prefer furniture polish, but if that's all you've got.- Ah-h!
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- That'll be five dollars, please. - I don't have five dollars.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07How about a watch instead?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11If you can't pay, I'm gonna have to call the Sheriff.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14SHERIFF!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16All right, you two. You're coming with me.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20I'm the Sheriff too.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Wait! Isn't there some way we can pay you back?
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- Can you sing?- Well, I did just write a song, but...
0:07:27 > 0:07:29OK.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Ahhhh!
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Try to make back what you owe me. I'll give you until sundown,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39then it's the hoosegow for you.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41The hoosegow! Not the hoosegow!
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- What's a hoosegow?- I don't know, but it doesn't sound good.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- We'd better start singing. - You sing, I'll do drums.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53# I once had a good friend
0:07:53 > 0:07:55# And his head was made of wood
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- # Oh, I once had a good friend... # - I do declare!
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- That moose sounds just like a mouse! - # ..His head was made of wood. #
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- That's it? No second verse? - Why bother?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09You heard her. I sound like a mouse.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14So? A mouse has feelings, doesn't it? Put some feeling into it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18# But he listened to my problems
0:08:18 > 0:08:22# Just like a good friend should! #
0:08:22 > 0:08:26There you go. You singin' it like you mean it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29You know what? You got talent. Don't be afraid to show it.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37HE STARTS SINGING What about me?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Don't I have talent?
0:08:39 > 0:08:44# Bet your own life Your sweet wife
0:08:44 > 0:08:46# Can catch more fish than you
0:08:46 > 0:08:50# Many fish bites if you got good bait
0:08:50 > 0:08:53# Here's a little tip... #
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Pitch up!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Sorry.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Wow! Nice guitar. Can I see?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Careful!
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- It's out of tune. - No, it's your hand position.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Put your fingers on the frets to make a chord.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- STRUMS A CHORD - Hey, that's not bad. You know some other ones?
0:09:31 > 0:09:36As your dummy, it's my duty to advise you not to do this.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Why? Koko said I should play for her.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- I think I'm ready.- Take me, too!
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- I'll warm her up with a couple of knock-knock jokes.- Sorry, Wally.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- I must do this alone.- Don't think I don't know what's going on here.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Things haven't been the same since you made that guitar. I'm musical!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I can sing while you drink a glass of water! Can your guitar do that?!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Hi, Mrs McGrady. Is Ms Taylor around?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06She is, but that's Koko to you!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Come on in! I was just waitin' for a friend to stop by.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Looks like I got two for the price of one.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19I wrote a new song. It's really rough, but...well, here goes!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21DISCORDANT NOTES
0:10:21 > 0:10:26- I'm sorry - my hands are a little sweaty.- Relax, honey!
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It's just Koko - not Mr Ratburn!
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- DOORBELL RINGS - I'll be right back!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36# Sometimes, I feel so blue
0:10:36 > 0:10:41# I just don't know what to say
0:10:41 > 0:10:43# Yeah, sometimes
0:10:43 > 0:10:46# I feel so blue
0:10:46 > 0:10:50# I just don't know what to say
0:10:50 > 0:10:56# But with this here guitar I'm gonna play my Blues away... #
0:10:56 > 0:10:57PING!
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Oh, forget it!
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- Is that it? No second verse?! - You... You're...
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Taj Mahal. Pleased to meet you!
0:11:06 > 0:11:11This is George! He came over to play me a song he was working on!
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Don't stop on MY account. I liked what I was hearing!
0:11:15 > 0:11:20- But my string broke.- I can fix it! I always carry a few extra with me.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24In the meantime, maybe I can accompany you.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29I believe you were doing 12-bar Blues with a 4/4 beat, right?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31HE PLAYS BLUES TUNE
0:11:31 > 0:11:35# I have these big antlers It makes it hard to find a hat
0:11:35 > 0:11:41# Yes, you got some mighty antlers It must be hard to find a hat... #
0:11:41 > 0:11:43You could borrow mine sometime!
0:11:43 > 0:11:48# ..But my head is never cold The Blues takes care of that... #
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I-I forgot the next verse!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55So make one up!
0:11:55 > 0:12:00# Oh, I just forgot the next verse So I'll sing this one instead... #
0:12:00 > 0:12:03That's right, Big Horns!
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- # ..We just forgot the next verse - So we'll sing this one instead... #
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Sing those Blues!
0:12:09 > 0:12:15# ..And I'll keep singin' the Blues Until I have to go to be-e-e-ed! #
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