Ragtime frog12/13/2023 ![]() The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. These days, you can just love frogs as they are.ĬRAZY FROG: (Singing) This is the Crazy Frog. SHAPIRO: No need to kiss them and turn them into a human. HAASCH: It just boils down to the fact that frogs are cool. MCCAMMON: And Insider's Palmer Haasch says there doesn't need to be any deeper meaning to why frogs are suddenly everywhere. They're weird in a cute way, and in that sense, they make for prime meme subjects. SHAPIRO: There are now recipes for frog-shaped bread, along with just plain old frogs, lots and lots of frogs. MCCAMMON: Like delighting in frog screeches or videos of frogs posing in cowboy hats or taking baths. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: I think I just found my new favorite bodily sound. HAASCH: A lot of what we see now is just cute and wholesome and fun. But this recent wave of Internet frogs is different. A renowned authority on Joplin and the author of the acclaimed and widely cited Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History, Berlin redefines the Scott Joplin biography. Kermit the Frog was used to troll people, and the cartoon-faced frog Pepe was co-opted by white nationalists. SHAPIRO: Frogs had a darker moment not too long ago. HAASCH: It really seemed that, cross-platform, frogs were starting to have a moment. She saw similar jumps on Google, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Tumblr. MCCAMMON: Haasch discovered that frog posts on Reddit more than doubled this spring compared to last year. And from that point on, I just started seeing more and more and more frogs showing up across social media platforms. ![]() SHAPIRO: Insider's Palmer Haasch first noticed the trend when a video of a frog sitting on a bench appeared in her Twitter feed. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: If you're seeing this, you're on the frog side of TikTok. MCCAMMON: And now frogs are hopping all over the Internet. SHAPIRO: That creature would only sing for one man who tried and failed to get him into show business. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ONE FROGGY EVENING")īILL ROBERTS: (As Michigan J. In the 1950s, there was a "Looney Tunes" cartoon about a singing frog. The Brothers Grimm had "The Frog Prince." Aesop used them, too, in his tales. Recorded in the legendary 1857 Mechanics Hall, this is a genuine “must have” disc for both the casual listener and the seasoned ragtime enthusiast.Frogs have had a role in storytelling for ages. Beautifully played and handsomely recorded, this CD is a highlight of Paragon’s distinguished 26-year career as leading performers of Scott Joplin’s music. A trove of rare photos, period illustrations, and score excerpts, this booklet reveals fascinating new information on Scott Joplin based on recent, cutting-edge research. Complimenting the music is a whimsical 12-page, full color booklet created by the noted artist and ragtime scholar Chris Ware. Included are favorites like the “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer,” along with the world premiere recordings of seven original early 1900s orchestrations which were only recently discovered. With this 72 minute disc, the PRO pays rousing tribute to the “classic” rags of Scott Joplin and his disciples Joseph F. Moreover, these orchestral performances are more relaxed, lightly swingingĪnd possessed of greater period charm than most others of their kind.” “…to use the parlance of the era, this Rialto disc is ‘tops’: the PRO’s use of period percussion and its greater understanding of the underlying rhythmic punctuations of this musicĮven exceeds that of the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble of old.
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