Polka Version of "When I'm 64"

[MarcB]

Just was flipping through the stations and came across a Polka Version of "When I'm 64" on Sophie Zembruski's Polka Show on WATR 1320 out of Waterbury, CT. When I heard the song I thought "Way too cool." The Zembruski Polka Show has been on WATR since the station signed on in 1934 most likely one of the longest running radio shows in all of Connecticut.

WATR is independently owned by the Gilmore Family and features a mix of Oldies/Classic Hits (Local and Bird-Fed), Talk (local and Bird-Fed), and Ethnic Programming Sunday Mornings into early Sunday Afternoon. (Polka 805-10AM. Italiano Programming 1005AM-2PM).

http://www.watr.com/

Note: The program schedule needs to be update. The John Gibson Show airs Weekdays 1PM-3PM and The Alan Colmes Show airs Weekdays 10PM-1AM. News updates are from FOX rather than AP. And of course The Good Times Oldies Channel from Jones was replaced by Dial Global's Classic Hits network when the 2 services merged.

 

[Ultimajock]

...nothing really new. When I was a teenager, Dick Rodgers' polka band http://www.internationalpolka.com/rogers.htm had a TV show syndicated throughout the Upper Midwest through WLUK/11 Green Bay, on which, one week, somebody requested they do a version of Danny O'Keefe's 1972 hit "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues." Rodgers did it, and I was amused by it but I don't think I'd like to hear it again too many more times ;-) ...

 

[Prais]

Actually, there are MANY "polka versions" of pop songs. I've even heart "Hotel California Polka." 2/4 beat works well.

 

[anotherguyTN]

Weird Al Yankovic has had several polka medleys of pop and rock songs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_"Weird_Al"_Yankovic_polka_medleys

 

[gr8oldies]

One of the comedy services offers up polka versions of oldies and classic rock songs for contests and bits

 

[cyberdad]

The opening of Claudine Longet's version (of all people) of "When I'm 64" is not far removed from Polka.