You know, the more I work on this site the more I learn about things that exist. Sing Me A Story has probably been the most surprising to me of all the articles here at the Spotlight. I have learned things about old songs via research for this articles that I never would have before. How “Mack The Knife” has ties to an old opera, or “Ghost Riders In The Sky” was inspired by Norse mythology despite a Christian leaning. I found out that “Pass The Dutchie” was based on a drug song but not a drug song itself. I even reassessed “Same Old Lang Syne after learning the song’s origins. It’s a weird journey I have here, and here’s another leg on that trip.
While trying to re-embed videos for my article on the Royal Guardsmen series of songs where Snoopy went up against the Red Baron, YouTube informed me of something I didn’t know. Not only is the band still around, but they actually produced ANOTHER Snoopy song. This time the famed German pilot wasn’t his target, but Osama bin Laden! Charlie Brown I think is even referenced (though a song lyric page I checked out spelled it “Charley” who else would they reference?), which is a first for the Guardsmen trilogy plus two, or now three. I couldn’t find a video with lyrics but I gotta let you guys know this exists if you don’t already. And if you did…why did nobody tell ME?
