Young at Heart Page #4

firs t s tab at the next new song...

an R&B track by Allen Toussaint

called "Yes, We Can Can. "

Gosh almighty, yes, we can

I know we can can

Home again.

One, two, three, four, one.

I know we can make it

I know that we can

I know darn well

we can work it out

Oh, yes, we can

I know we can can

Yes, we can can, why can't we

if we wanna, yes, we can

[ Stephen Narrating] It rapidly becomes clear

that this is one of those songs...

that's going to drive everybody insane

over the next few weeks.

- For one thing, the word "can "

crops up no less than 7 1 times.

- I know we can can

I want you guys to sing-

Oh, yes, we can, I know we can can

Yes, we can can, why can't we if we wanna

Yes, we can can

And you're gonna respond-

Oh, yes, we can, I know we can

- Yes, we can, great gosh almighty

yes, we can, I know -

The thing that you do

by yourselves earlier.

So on the third one

it's call and response. Okay?

I will write this all down.

- - I know we can make it -

- - I know that we can -

- I know we can make it if we try -

- I know we can

I know we can can -

[ Stephen Narrating ] To cope with a song which

sounds like an extended tongue twister...

Bob picks three of his most

reliable singers for the solos...

including Joe, whos famous for memorizing

entire songs in an afternoon.

- Why cant we if we wanna

Yes, we can can -

- Oh, yes, we can, I know we can can

Yes, we can can -

- Great gosh al mighty

Yes, we can, I know we can can --

- Whoo!

- [ Chattering ]

I love this rehearsing.

No, I think, uh, singing

does a lot for your whole body.

Your lungs and everything.

I love it.

Everybody take out "Schizophrenia."

Where'd Eileen go?

[ Stephen ] Up next is the song which seems

to me by far the craziest of Bob's ideas.

How he's going to get the chorus to make

sense of such a weird track, I've no idea.

But one thing's for sure- they all hated

"Schizophrenia " from the word "go "...

and still do.

- My future is static -

[ Bob ] Okay, I dont need you

to make fun of the song, so if-

- I don't know where it goes!

- It's just said.

We used to sing things like

"Yes, We Have No Bananas"...

and, uh, " Honey Bun."

Even with Bob-

He would pick those and-

- Yabba-yabba-yabba

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Da-da-dat dat-dat-dat-dah -

I doubt you remember that. It was

too far back for you. [ Chuckling ]

I want you to talk to each other here.

Just say these lines to each other.

Okay, so it's- My- Don't worry about the-

Just talk to each other.

My future is static.

- It's already had it.

- Okay, talk to each other.

So you say, "My future is static. "

- I had a dream -

- - And it split the scene -

- -- [ Bob Singing Along ]

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