100 Happy Days: Day 65

Today, the brass players asked me if I could play the trumpet part in Jason Derulo's 'Trumpets'.  I don't really follow pop music so didn't know what they were talking about.  This shocked them and it's their reaction that made me laugh, and still makes me laugh each time I think of it.  Really, you needed to be there but the conversation went along the lines of ...

 

8yr old boy: "Can you play the trumpet part in 'Trumpets'?"

 

Me:  "I don't know that song, so no" 

 

8 yr old boy: " It goes like this" .... and all four of them sing it to me, although it sounds like four different tunes as they start at different times!

 

Me: "No I don't know it"

 

They sing it again  ... and again ... and again, getting more and more shocked that I don't recognise it.

 

Me:  "What is it called and who sings it?  I'll search for it when I get home and listen to it." 

 

All four answer at once:

 

10yr old girl: "you need to use an app called YouTube ..."

8yr old boy: "it goes like this .... [sings it again]"

10 yr old boy: " it's by Jason Derulo"

9yr old girl: "you need YouTube ..."

 

This is the bit that made me laugh, the thought that I didn't know what YouTube is! I'm obviously very old in their eyes.

 

Anyway, I've found the sheet music for it and they should all be able to play it, so hopefully I have redeemed myself!