Feb 16: Everyone's A Little Bit Racist

** NOTE ** The context to one of the worst songs on today's show, the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson medley (starting with 10 Little Indians) wasn't given on KPBX, due to my own editing error. The PRX version IS CORRECT. Listen to this episode on PRX (free account required - it's worth it!)


Here's the text of what you should have heard on the radio:

One rock musical takes populist government to task by examining Andrew Jackson's presidency through the lens of today's youth. Andrew Jackson is a self-centered rock star, and he and his followers demean everyone else, from the Spanish to the upper class. Native Americans are the target of most of the abuse. Jackson did force the Trail of Tears, but the musical seems to push even further with the characters' visceral hatred of Native Americans. Here's a little bit in context, from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

I'm an Indian, Too - Mary Martin, Annie Get Your Gun [TV Soundtrack] (Angel)
Ugg-A-Wugg - Mary Martin/Sondra Lee, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA Victor Broadway)
What Made the Red Man Red - Disney, Peter Pan (Walt Disney Records)
Ten Little Indians/Populism, Yea Yea/Crisis Averted - Company, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Original Cast Recording) (Ghostlight)
I Hate Music: A Big Indian and a Little Indian - Blanche Thebom, Leonard Bernstein The Early Years IV (RCA)
Colors of the Wind - Judy Kuhn, Pocahontas [Original Soundtrack] (Walt Disney)
I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) - Carmen Miranda, Funny Songs (Master Classics Records)
I Make My Money With Bananas / Babalu - Cast, 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria! (DRG)
All You Have to Do Is Wait - Shawn Elliott, City of Angels [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Taxi - Jared Crawford/Raymond King, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (BMG)
Message From a Nightingale - Original Cast Recording, The Drowsy Chaperone (Sh-K-Boom Records)
Muquin (after "Mammy") - Francis Jue/Harriet Harris/Ken Leung, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA Victor)
Swanee (originally in Sinbad) - Al Jolson, The Encyclopedia of Jazz (Recording Arts)
Great White Father - Joyce Brown, Purlie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Southern Days - Original Off-Broadway Cast, The Scottsboro Boys (Jay Records)
Uncle Huck-A-Buck Song - Ann Duquesnay/Baakari Wilder/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (BMG)
Yes, I's Finished on Y'all's Farmlands - Darius Nichols, Ato Blankson-Wood, Brandon Pearson, Tommar Wilson, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Ghostlight)
I'm Black - Darius Nichols, Bryce Ryness, Will Swenson, Gavin Creel, Sasha Allen, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Ghostlight)
Colored Spade - Lamont Washington, Hair [Broadway Deluxe Collector's Edition] [Original Broadway Cast] [RCA] Disc 1 (Victor)
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist - Ann Harada; John Tartaglia; Jordan Gelber; Natalie Venetia Belcon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)