A Randy Newman-style novelty song to help save newspapers a la Weird Al Yankovich
A novelty song to help save newspapers in the digital age
For Danny Bloom, longtime newspaperman from Springfield, Mass., the prospect of seeing print newspapers disappear someday as they are replaced by Internet news site, got him to thinking. And
humming. And a song was born!
Bloom calls the song "I Just Can't Live (Without My Daily Snailpaper)". He asked a retired dentist
in Big Spring, Texas -- J. Gale Kilgore -- to record the song and arrange the music, and the it's now on
YouTube for all newspaper-lovers to see and listen to.
The video displays the lyrics of the song in a scrolling fashion as the words are sung. It's fun to watch,
and also food for thought.
Bloom, who used to deliver newspapers on his bicycle as a part-time job after school, and later went on to study journalism at Tufts University in Boston, has lad a long career working for print newspapers around
the world, from Washington D.C. to Alaska, with side trips as well to English-language newspapers in Tokyo and Taipei.
"This song is a nostalgic trip down memory lane," Bloom says. "I hope it makes people realize how important newspapers are in American life, and what a sad day it will be if we ever lose print newspapers completely. I'm not
a Luddite, and I love the Internet, too, but I am a big fan of print newspapers, and this song is my love song to
newspapers and newspaper people (and newspaper readers!) everywhere."
One wit in Washington told Bloom his song was "the world's first musical obit for newspapers." Although he realizes
the remark was made in jest, he also knows that time will tell what will happen to newspaper culture in the futrure.
"We might be reading all our news on the Internet by 2025," Bloom says. "So my song is a love song, and maybe a swan
song as well. Still, I soldier on with my love for print. I hope newspapers survive."
To hear the song and see the lyrics, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZKIk1Krp8
For Danny Bloom, longtime newspaperman from Springfield, Mass., the prospect of seeing print newspapers disappear someday as they are replaced by Internet news site, got him to thinking. And
humming. And a song was born!
Bloom calls the song "I Just Can't Live (Without My Daily Snailpaper)". He asked a retired dentist
in Big Spring, Texas -- J. Gale Kilgore -- to record the song and arrange the music, and the it's now on
YouTube for all newspaper-lovers to see and listen to.
The video displays the lyrics of the song in a scrolling fashion as the words are sung. It's fun to watch,
and also food for thought.
Bloom, who used to deliver newspapers on his bicycle as a part-time job after school, and later went on to study journalism at Tufts University in Boston, has lad a long career working for print newspapers around
the world, from Washington D.C. to Alaska, with side trips as well to English-language newspapers in Tokyo and Taipei.
"This song is a nostalgic trip down memory lane," Bloom says. "I hope it makes people realize how important newspapers are in American life, and what a sad day it will be if we ever lose print newspapers completely. I'm not
a Luddite, and I love the Internet, too, but I am a big fan of print newspapers, and this song is my love song to
newspapers and newspaper people (and newspaper readers!) everywhere."
One wit in Washington told Bloom his song was "the world's first musical obit for newspapers." Although he realizes
the remark was made in jest, he also knows that time will tell what will happen to newspaper culture in the futrure.
"We might be reading all our news on the Internet by 2025," Bloom says. "So my song is a love song, and maybe a swan
song as well. Still, I soldier on with my love for print. I hope newspapers survive."
To hear the song and see the lyrics, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZKIk1Krp8
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