# What's the name of that stereotypical music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629 "2005-09-27T04:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/1 "2005-09-27T04:08:45Z")
Italian: The kind that you start hearing when you’re mixing your spaghetti and sauce. (LUMP da-DUH da-DUH da-DUh, da-DUH da-DUH da-duh-duh-DUH) Russian: The kind that you hear when you squat down hand give out a leg kick. (duh-duh-LUMP duh-duh-LUMP duh-duh-LUMP dum, dum-dum dum-dum dum-dum _kick!_) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/2 "2005-09-27T04:09:51Z")
:smack: “. . . squat down _and_. . . .” ---
**Author:** ![unophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/41988e/32.png) [@unophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unophobia)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/3 "2005-09-27T04:32:29Z")
I think the first one is Tartanelli something. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/4 "2005-09-27T04:45:57Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > Russian: The kind that you hear when you squat down hand give out a leg kick. (duh-duh-LUMP duh-duh-LUMP duh-duh-LUMP dum, dum-dum dum-dum dum-dum _kick!_) Whenever I squat down and give out a leg kick, I hear the theme from [Zorro, the Gay Blade](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083366/). Actually I hear that pretty much all the time for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/5 "2005-09-27T04:46:41Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > Russian: The kind that you hear when you squat down hand give out a leg kick. (duh-duh-LUMP duh-duh-LUMP duh-duh-LUMP dum, dum-dum dum-dum dum-dum _kick!_) You might be thinking of either _Meadowland_([number 2 on this playlist](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000SHS/qid=1127797000/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-1661041-0100821?v=glance&s=music)) or ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/6 "2005-09-27T04:47:46Z")
…or Volga Boat Song (which I can’t find online). I posted a bit early above- happens to all men from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/7 "2005-09-27T04:48:44Z")
I know I read the name of that kind of dance once. I can’t remember it and I’ve never been able to find it again. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/8 "2005-09-27T05:07:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I know I read the name of that kind of dance once. I can’t remember it and I’ve never been able to find it again. The classic italian music is the Tarantella Hm, the russian one is possibly the Sabre Dance, or possibly Meadowlands [which i think is also called Oh Fields, My Fields [my copy is off The Best of the Red Army Choir - The Definitive Collection Disc 2] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/9 "2005-09-27T05:09:46Z")
I do know Sabre Dance- but the name of the Russian _dance_ (the one where you keep your back straight while kicking with your butt almost one the floor) is what I can’t remember. I think it starts with a K. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/10 "2005-09-27T05:11:40Z")
You mean Cossacks? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/11 "2005-09-27T05:12:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > You mean Cossacks? I thought that was the people, not the dance. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/12 "2005-09-27T05:18:29Z")
FOr the Italian one, I know exactly what you’re talking about. I remember it because waaay back when, McDonald’s had pizza. And the commercial was kind of like this: “It’s a pizza Happy Meal! Pepperoni and cheese… Da-duh da-duh da-duh da-duh May I have more please?” To THAT TUNE. I get it stuck in my head all the time. In fact, THANKS a LOT! 😉 ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/13 "2005-09-27T05:27:29Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I thought that was the people, not the dance. It’s both, really. Kazaki = Cossacks. [Linky](http://www.barynya.com/barynya/Cossack's_Dance.htm) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/14 "2005-09-27T12:19:35Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > The classic italian music is the Tarantella > > Hm, the russian one is possibly the Sabre Dance, or possibly Meadowlands [which i think is also called Oh Fields, My Fields [my copy is off The Best of the Red Army Choir - The Definitive Collection Disc 2] More than you wanted/needed to know: “Tarantella” is Italian for “spider.” The tune comes with a legend (undoubtedly bogus, but all good stories are). Supposedly, in olden times, if you were bitten by a poisonous spider, it was believed the only cure was to sweat out the venom… and the only way to work up enough sweat was to make you dance endlessly. Hence the tune, which is supposed to have irresistible powers to make you dance. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/15 "2005-09-27T12:23:33Z")
I thought ithe Cossack dance was called a gopak You know; where the dancers bounce and kick on their haunches, while funneling funds to Republican Party candidates. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/16 "2005-09-27T12:27:42Z")
Maybe I’m reading your duh’s and lumps wrong but the Spaghetti-music you made me think of is : “Funiculi, Funicula” listen [here.](http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/funiculifunicula.htm) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/17 "2005-09-27T12:30:06Z")
> [@Slithy Tove](#): > > I thought ithe Cossack dance was called a gopak > > You know; where the dancers bounce and kick on their haunches, while funneling funds to Republican Party candidates. [According to this site](http://www.barynya.com/dances.stm), the gopak/hopak seems to be a different dance. The Cossack dance is simply called the Cossack’s Dance on that reference, which is also how I’ve always known it. ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/18 "2005-09-27T15:44:33Z")
I’m no expert in Russian folk dances, but my understanding has always been that the squat-kick dance was the gopak/hopak (Ukrainians pronounce the Cyrillic г as an aspirated ‘h’, hence the variant spelling). There is however also a dance called the _kazachok_ (“little Cossack”), which according to my (Russian) wife also involves folded arms and kicks, but no squatting. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/19 "2005-09-27T15:57:32Z")
> [@Millit the Frail](#): > > FOr the Italian one, I know exactly what you’re talking about. I remember it because waaay back when, McDonald’s had pizza. And the commercial was kind of like this: > > “It’s a pizza Happy Meal! > Pepperoni and cheese… > Da-duh da-duh da-duh da-duh > May I have more please?” > > To THAT TUNE. I get it stuck in my head all the time. In fact, THANKS a LOT! 😉 You bastard. I had that song, with those lyrics, stuck in my head for YEARS, and it didn’t help that every time you scored with the Boston Bruins in NHL94, it would play that song. Before I got to this post, I thought the OP was talking about the Olive Garden theme song, which is Mendellsohn’s Symphony 4. I still have no idea what that song actually is, other than the Pizza Happy Meal song… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629/20 "2005-09-27T16:37:09Z")
> [@Timchik](#): > > I’m no expert in Russian folk dances, but my understanding has always been that the squat-kick dance was the gopak/hopak (Ukrainians pronounce the Cyrillic г as an aspirated ‘h’, hence the variant spelling). There is however also a dance called the _kazachok_ (“little Cossack”), which according to my (Russian) wife also involves folded arms and kicks, but no squatting. Actually, looking at my site again, the gopak/hopak does fit the stereotypical description of the Cossack dance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-stereotypical-music/323629.md?page=2)