Use An Accordion, Go to Jail! Its the Law!

Remember the old bumper sticker, "Use an Accordion, Go to Jail!  Its the Law"?  There's a reason why that sticker resonated with so many of us.  The accordion is, well . . . lets just say it . . . an obnoxious instrument.  Yes, I know I will offend some of you--my dad even played one.  But if you are not in a polka band, you really should consider taking up something else!

On some level, certain things are just plain wrong.  I thought you'd enjoy a couple of them. 

The first is "The Accordion Hero" game controller.  Those of you who have seen your kids play "guitar hero" will appreciate this--well, you'll know why it is just plain wrong.

And then there are these two videos on YouTube.  Click here: YouTube - Korsakov - Flight of the bumble bee - by Alexander Dmitriev and Click here: YouTube - Dmitriev - Bach - Fuga in d-moll BWV565.  Somewhere Korsakov and Bach are not amused. 

Yup . . .   "Use an Accordion, Go to Jail!  Its the Law!" 

Comments

[Johnny T. Helms]

What is an optimist? An accordion player with a beeper.

[Robin]

"Welcome to Heaven, here's your harp. Welcome to Hell, here's your accordion" -- Gary Larson


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[Robin]

Korsakov to police:

"Back-Off! I have an accordion and I know how to use it."

r.

[JJS]

Listen to the Decemberists, and then repent in sackcloth and ashes.

[Terry Stauffer]

What's the best use for a set of bagpipes?

Firewood for buring an accordian.

(I liked the beeper one)

[Chris Sherman]

Ah yes, the classic instrument of Weird Al.

[Wayne Rohde]

Accordians are to musical instruments what dispensationalism is to sane theology.

[Chris Sherman]

I just realized that you can substitute the word "accordion" for the word "lawyer" in many of those great lawyer jokes.

What do you call 5000 accordions at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start!

What do you do if you run over an accordion?
Back over it to make sure. Then, make another notch on the steering wheel.

Why don't accordions go to the beach?
Cats keep trying to bury them in the sand.

Why does California have the most accordions in the country, and New Jersey have the most toxic waste sites?
New Jersey got first choice.

[John Cerny]

Say what you will about the acordian, but you can't deny the remarkable skill of the man playing the Rimsky Korsakov and Bach. There are many classical pieces played by other instruments that might not appeal to the general public, but they are interesting. How many different renderings of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" are there? I don't think that Modest would have liked the Emerson, Lake and Palmer version, but it sure is interesting. The pipe organ version is like the accordian version of the Bach - interesting, but not mainstream.

[ToBeFair]

I took up the accordion about 6 months ago, and I love it. I even bought one for my son and he loves it. Thanks for letting me know about Accordion hero.

I am in the market for a new accordion, but they are running around $13,000 so if you find some that you want to throw away, send them to me instead.