# Music you wouldn't know were it not for Looney Tunes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432 "2014-01-22T03:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/1 "2014-01-22T03:56:28Z")
I’ll just throw out a few off the top of my head (Some may not be the actual titles) “Powerhouse” of course (The industrial music) “The Barber of Seville” “I’m looking over a four leaf clover” “We were sailing along” “Baby Face” “Hello ma Baby” “I’m Just Wild About Harry” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/2 "2014-01-22T04:12:26Z")
The _William Tell Overture_. Not the _Lone Ranger_ part, the storm and clearing part. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/3 "2014-01-22T04:14:12Z")
Kill the Wabb…er, Ride of the Valkyries. Along with all of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/4 "2014-01-22T04:17:32Z")
“Ain’t we got fun.” What an “Overture” is. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/5 "2014-01-22T04:22:31Z")
“We’re in the Money” “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” (My favorite Bugs moment!) “Captain of the Clouds” (Though I heard it in the movie of the same name much later.) “Over the Waves, Let’s Go, Men!” (“We’re Shovin’ Right Off Again!”) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/6 "2014-01-22T04:29:07Z")
The “Bird Trudging through the Jungle” music. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/7 "2014-01-22T04:38:00Z")
Thought of a couple more: “My Momma Done Told Me” (Heh. Youtube says this is actually called “Blues in the Night”) “Singing in the Bathtub” “The Old Grey Mare” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/8 "2014-01-22T05:12:39Z")
Fingal’s Cave (Die Fingalshöhle), composed by Felix Mendelssohn > **[The Hebrides (overture)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides_Overture)** > > The Hebrides (/ˈhɛbrɪdiːz/; German: Die Hebriden) is a concert overture that was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830, revised in 1832, and published the next year as Mendelssohn's Op. 26. Some consider it an early tone poem. > It was inspired by one of Mendelssohn's trips to the British Isles, specifically an 1829 excursion to the Scottish island of Staffa, with its basalt sea cave known as Fingal's Cave. It was reported that the composer immediately jotted down the opening theme for his composi... That Mina bird walk tune was unforgettable and got me to love the work of Mendelson. Nowadays the Mina Bird shorts are not shown much as the main character was Inki, a pigmy with a very stereotyped look. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/9 "2014-01-22T05:52:25Z")
[Peer Gynt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rh8gMvzPw0). Much of its other pieces were used a lot in _The Smurfs_ also. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/10 "2014-01-22T06:34:36Z")
[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H99FM6S8rU) by Liszt. I’ve been getting that one caught in my head since I was little. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/11 "2014-01-22T07:48:12Z")
Freddy The Freshman Lady in Red Lullaby on Broadway Also completely off subject I memorized the first couple of lines from Hiawatha because of a Looney Toons cartoon ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/12 "2014-01-22T12:54:29Z")
[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOg2wL9W_Vs). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/13 "2014-01-22T13:41:57Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > “We were sailing along” Actual title: [“Moonlight Bay”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Bay). [The Grand Canyon Suite](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVKVB0MImOg&t=1m28s) ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/14 "2014-01-22T13:49:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Peer Gynt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rh8gMvzPw0). Much of its other pieces were used a lot in _The Smurfs_ also. Oh yeah. _Morning_ is a popular one in cartoons. I hear _In the Hall of the Mountain King_ every once in a while (a bit is in the theme of “Sonic the Hedgehog”), and _March of the Dwarves_ shows up sometimes too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/15 "2014-01-22T13:53:35Z")
Elaine to Jerry: “You know, it is so sad. All your knowledge of high culture comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons.” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/16 "2014-01-22T14:03:14Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > [Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H99FM6S8rU) by Liszt. I’ve been getting that one caught in my head since I was little. I still can’t hear “The Blue Danube” without going, “Quack quack. Quack quack.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/17 "2014-01-22T14:25:16Z")
I can’t hear “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” without singing it in Elmer Fudd’s voice, ending it like a singing telegram (“signed Miles Standish”), and demanding payment. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/18 "2014-01-22T14:28:18Z")
The\*[Anvil Chorus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uFZoaTCrggQ#t=61)\* from Verdi’s _Il Trovatore_ (starts at 1:00) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/19 "2014-01-22T14:31:37Z")
Franz von Suppé: “Light Cavalry” Overture [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0zheXhq50eo/hqdefault.jpg "Franz von Suppé: "Light Cavalry" Overture (Laka konjica, Leichte Kavallerie)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zheXhq50eo) Hearts and Flowers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xnXOr8GvKcQ/hqdefault.jpg "Hearts and Flowers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXOr8GvKcQ) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432/20 "2014-01-22T14:32:21Z")
“Somebody’s Rocking My Dreamboat” [“Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVBYDZrQqyM) And along the lines of **Dale Sams** “quack quack” to “The Blue Danube,” I cannot hear Brahm’s Lullaby without singing, “Go to sleep, go to sleep, close your big bloodshot eyes…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-wouldnt-know-were-it-not-for-looney-tunes/679432.md?page=2)