Sam Eagle Presents WeirDONT'S: How Not To Be A Weirdo, Monday, Period Five, 5/22

[but_mostly_america]

Once again Sam was standing, back straight, in front of a flag and behind a podium. Once again, Sam began speaking as soon as the clock ticked over to the first scheduled minute of class.

“Welcome back, students! I am glad to see all of you are here in continued pursuit of normalcy!”

Not you, Beaker.

“Today we will be discussing music. The arts are a fine and wholesome pursuit! At least in some cases. Today I will be introducing you to my favorite musical act of all time. The wonderful, wholesome, decent, delightful, Wayne and Wanda! Unless, of course, you are already familiar?”

Sam paused briefly, hoping his students might already know the incomparable Wayne and Wanda.

“Wayne and Wanda were frequent guests at the theater where I once worked.” Frequent guests who never once finished a song, alas.

Where had the screen come from? And the projector with the remote that Sam was now holding? No matter!

“I shall now show you some clips of some of my favorite performances of this wonderful duo! We shall begin with ‘Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered’!”

Sam frowned when the clip had finished. “Odd! I thought that was a complete performance! Perhaps ’Some Enchanted Evening’ will be better!”

It was not. Nor were the next several clips that Sam tried. All ended prematurely and Sam was glowering (even more than usual) at the screen by the time the last one ended.

“This is unacceptable,” Sam said, glowering at the screen and jabbing at the remote. “There must be one complete performance here! How else will you all understand how wholesome and uplifting and decent and most importantly not weird this pair of performers truly is?”

He poked at the remote once more and a new video started playing. Started and would not stop no matter how hard Sam tried to make it do so.

“No no no! This is far too weird! This band is not wholesome at all!” Sam had not expected The Electric Mayhem. Few people did.

“Class! Let us ignore that final, weird, song! Instead, let us discuss some other wholesome musical acts! Who would like to volunteer to begin by suggesting something?”

Comments

Sign In [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

Musically!
Or weird.
OR BOTH.

Re: Sign In [5/22]

[furrybluefreak]

Kurt Wagner

Re: Sign In [5/22]

[what_big_teeth]

🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵 🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵

Re: Sign In [5/22]

[meepmeepmeep]

Re: Sign In [5/22]

[pun_king]

Re: Sign In [5/22]

[two_idiots_one_body]

Arthur Lester (and John Doe)

Listen to Sam [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

And the music, obviously!

Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

Tell everyone about your favorite musical act and what makes it not weird. Or what makes it weird. Sam can't exactly stop you.

You could even talk about The Electric Mayhem or Sam's beloved Wayne & Wanda if you like.

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[furrybluefreak]

Kurt had listened to Sam talk about the music group and he had started to look up some videos online. And by chance... luck... Fandom curse maybe... he happened to find one in particular he decided to share.

Sorry, not sorry Sam :P
(I had to!)

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

"Young man! I assume this was a mistake on your part!"

Sam did not assume that. Sam was trying, for some reason, to offer an out.

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor gave a small smile before lifting her hand to contribute her own thoughts, which she suspected would only strengthen Mr. Eagle's misguided opinion on how she was apparently the poster child for Being Normal.

It was, in a way, a little encouraging that she could keep up appearances, at least. After all, around here, it was almost even true!

(Okay, no, it definitely wasn't; she was still pretty sure she was pretty weird, even at Fandom, but if no one ever realized just how weird? She'd be perfectly fine with that).

"I actually don't listen to a lot of popular music," she admitted. "But I know how to play the piano. I don't know if it's cheating, but I've always just liked it best when my family gets together after dinner, and one of us plays while the others sing along. Does that count as a favorite musical act? My sister, my cousin and I really do harmonize pretty well."

There was a tinge of sadness, to the smile at the end, though, for the loss of the piano, and, even more, the potential loss of ever harmonizing like that again, with what she'd done to Rhys.

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

"That seems very wholesome young lady," Sam said with an approving nod. "The piano is an excellent instrument and harmonizing is much better than discordance!"

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[meepmeepmeep]

Was that an invitation to sing Danny Boy? No, it was not. Was that going to stop Beaker? No, it was not.

"Meep mee meep meeeeeeeeeeee--"

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

"Stop that this instant," Sam snapped!

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[meepmeepmeep]

Did you say "get louder?" Because that's what Beaker heard! Beaker was incredibly unhelpful.

And weird.

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[pun_king]

"Oh, I love all sorts of music!" Graham said, with a chuckle, when it came to be his time to give his answer. "I'm not very musical myself, though, unfortunately, so that just makes me all the more grateful for those who are! And my favorite musical act is definitely, no-question, hands-down my good friend Charlie! She's amazing! She plays a couple different instruments and even goes out and performs for people all the time! She's great! If you see her, she'll happily play for you! She even works in a music store!"

He could probably gush about it all day, if he had the chance, but he did have to stop to breathe eventually.

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

"Knowing your limits is admirable," Sam said. "And appreciating artists is as well. Well done, young man!"

Re: Class Activity: Talk About Music! [5/22]

[two_idiots_one_body]

"Most of the music I know is from a century ago," Arthur offered a bit warily. "I...do know 'Stormy Weather', though I've never played it myself. Of the more modern music, I'm partial to jazz."

A lot of the rest seemed...well, weird, yes. But he was hesitant to agree with anything this particularly judgmental instructor said.

Talk to Sam [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

But why?

OOC [5/22]

[but_mostly_america]

I'm alone in the library today, again. Meh.