# Identify this song within a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606 "2012-06-28T17:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/1 "2012-06-28T17:38:13Z")
We’ve all heard the theme being played in the following link. I seem to recall it being in cartoons from the 40’s or 50’s. Rush plays the “hook” of the song in the middle of La Villa Strangiato right where [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNilsLf6eW4&feature=player_detailpage#t=355s) begins. Does it have anything to do with the section title “The ghost of the Aragon”? searching youtube for that brought me to a Deadmaus song and the video I started at. So, what’s the song and writer or composer? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/2 "2012-06-28T17:42:40Z")
[Powerhouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDqR4fqIWE), by Raymond Scott. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/3 "2012-06-28T17:52:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > [Powerhouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDqR4fqIWE), by Raymond Scott. Awesome, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/4 "2012-06-28T17:59:05Z")
You’re welcome. Kinda surprised I was first to answer, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/5 "2012-06-28T19:50:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You’re welcome. Kinda surprised I was first to answer, actually. Yeah, and you certainly took long enough! I mean, four whole minutes?!? Try not to get caught asleep on the job next time… ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/6 "2012-06-29T01:03:44Z")
> **[Powerhouse (instrumental)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_(song))** > > "Powerhouse" (1937) is an instrumental musical composition by Raymond Scott, perhaps best known today as the "assembly line" music in animated cartoons released by Warner Bros. > In scripted comments read on the First Anniversary Special of CBS Radio's Saturday Night Swing Club, on which the Raymond Scott Quintette performed, host Paul Douglas announced that "Powerhouse" had been premiered on that program in January or early February 1937. > Scott's Quintette (actually a sextet) first recorded "Pow... ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/7 "2012-06-29T02:21:40Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > [Powerhouse (instrumental) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_(song)) Your link is slightly broken, but thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-within-a-song/626606/8 "2012-06-29T02:45:28Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Yeah, and you certainly took long enough! I mean, four whole minutes?!? Try not to get caught asleep on the job next time… Seriously. Four minutes?!? How much are we paying this guy? 😉 I mean, how long does it take to 1) notice a new thread the instant it’s posted, 2) recall the answer even if it’s slightly obscure, 3) navigate to youtube and find a decent copy of a song that was made 50 some years before youtube even existed, 4) copy that URL, 5) reply to the post and format the text into something readable in a concise manner? I’m thinking that even 2 minutes is _waay_ too long to wait for a personally answered request for something random from the internet. Why was everyone on the internet not informed that I had a question? Thanks Obama :rolleyes: /faux sarcasm This does kind of illustrate why I love this place so much though, it’s like being at a party where everyone is Ken Jennings, with added wit and humor. I was hooked immediately based on the answer to my first post. GBTD