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What song did the Ice Cream Man use when you were a kid?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by DarkHorse, Feb 12, 2011.

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What song did the ice cream man use in your neighborhood?

  1. The Entertainer

    30 vote(s)
    41.7%
  2. Turkey in the Straw/Do your ears hang low?

    16 vote(s)
    22.2%
  3. Greensleeves

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Pop Goes the Weasel

    20 vote(s)
    27.8%
  5. Music Box Dancer

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Yankee Doodle

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%
  7. London Bridge

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%
  8. Other

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%
  9. We didn't have an ice cream truck

    3 vote(s)
    4.2%
  1. DarkHorse

    DarkHorse Contributing Member

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    I had a conversation with some friends about this recently, and I thought it was pretty fascinating that different places seemed to have a different song, and had never heard of one of the other ones being used. For me, it was always "The Entertainer."

    If I had my own truck, I would definitely use Ice Cream Man by Van Halen. :)

    The Entertainer:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fPmruHc4S9Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Turkey in the straw:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k_I3dJdTrfA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Greensleeves:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TcSQVsfgmys" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Pop goes the weasel:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gcjHfkLaNeA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Music Box Dancer:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/q1yLBDlKMbI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Yankee Doodle:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AwHvyqNDUvE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    London Bridge:
    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WHE4dPr9cWY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    percicles Contributing Member

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    dont remeber.
     
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    Ice Ice Baby! Yeah, it went out of business fast....

    Pugs
     
  5. DarkHorse

    DarkHorse Contributing Member

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    Now with Youtube so you know what all these songs are. :)

    (we had to look a lot of them up)
     
  6. bigtexxx

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    always the entertainer

    Greensleeves? I'm used to that one as "What Child is This?"....the Christmas carol
     
  7. Deckard

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    Pop Goes the Weasel. We could hear that sucker from 3 blocks away. Dreamsicles!
     
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    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i2RKWJD5ops" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Best. Ice. Cream. Truck. Ever.
     
  9. geeimsobored

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    The Entertainer although sometimes I heard Do Your Ears Hang Low.
     
  10. Kam

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    I always hear one that plays music, I can't remember which, and then it goes HELLO!?




    We used to let the ice cream man pass our house, and then when he was well down the street, we would yell and shout at him to slow down we were coming. And we would slowly jog maybe a few feet and then go back to the porch and sit around and do nothing. He would give us an angry look.




    We used to have this old creepy looking man in a blue van sell ice cream. A real ice cream van. Not sure what happened to him. I was probably 8 or 9. And then we started having these ice cream vans made from minivans. They were creepy for another reason.

    Now, I only see dudes on trikes, selling ice cream made with fruit, and cups of corn.
     
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    Ditto.

    Flinstones popsicles where the best.
     
  12. tmoney1101

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    Fixed. :grin:
     
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    Spawn doesn't care for ice cream men

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    Mr. Chill-ee


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    Rocket River
     
  14. tmoney1101

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    He was a cho-mo.
     
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    This right here
     
  16. weslinder

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    The one in my neighborhood played both "The Entertainer" and "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" I voted for the second, because that's what I thought of more often.

    Side question: Why aren't there as many ice cream trucks anymore, and when did they start going away? I remember them all through my teenage years (up to 10 years ago), but rarely ever see them now.
     
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    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qGbfymq9rAg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
  18. SpaceCityKid

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    I would be playing "WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT! NO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
     
  19. dback816

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    turkey in the straw
     
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    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VlfCD7jcKDw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     

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