tadpole-596-918256 Review of The Barnyard Concert

The Barnyard Concert (1930)

In the 1930's, many philosophy professors loved to say . . .

[6/10 · 20 December 2021]

. . . "Mickey Mouse is to Music like a backroom meat shop worker is to a side of beef: They both love to butcher their material." Even though this is all before my time, I can pretty much see--and hear--these ancient pendants' point, just by viewing--and listening to--such primary source material as JUST MICKEY, FIDDLING AROUND, A CRYING SHAME and THE BARNYARD CONCERT. Even if the soundtracks for these cacophonous cartoons fall short of fingernails on blackboards, it's not by much. At the very least, they evoke cat claws on a whiteboard. It's not a pleasant--or tuneful--experience.