Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 21, 2008
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Transcript:
Petey: Mom says that Grandma wants to go to my oboe recital! Alice: Is she going to bring her dog? Petey: You mean Big Shirley? I don't thinks so. Alice: Because music soothes the savage beast, but watch out! One wrong note and ROAR!! She's all over you, fangs, claws, the whole works! Petey: Can Alice go away now? Alice: I'm just trying to inspire you to play better - Mom: Bath time!
The REAL quote is:
“Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”
— William Congreve (1670–1729), The Mourning Bride. Act i. Sc. 1., 1697
(“Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. I’ve read, that things inanimate have mov’d, And, as with living Souls, have been form’d by Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound.”)