Cmdr_Crimson
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I think Ron Schnieder (original Dreamfinder) did it the best..
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So You Can't Stand The Small World Song, Eh?
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Brer Oswald
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It’s my second favourite Disney song. I love all the different variations composed for the countries in the ride. It truly was a pioneer in theme park soundtracks.
Centauri Space Station
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That and Great big beautiful tomorrow are awesome. World’s fair gave us two bangers.
Tom Morrow
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Hot take: People say they hate the It's a Small World song because saying you hate it is a thing that people say and have said for years. People are saying it to fit in, not because they actually have a deep seething hatred of it.
The other misconception is that during the ride and in line you are hearing the entire song and vocals blaring at you the whole time, but this isn't true. You don't hear it in the queue, and throughout the ride it has enough variations to not be repetitive. Unless you get stuck before unload.
The other misconception is that during the ride and in line you are hearing the entire song and vocals blaring at you the whole time, but this isn't true. You don't hear it in the queue, and throughout the ride it has enough variations to not be repetitive. Unless you get stuck before unload.
Brer Oswald
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This is true. For the longest time I was one of those people.
The Empress Lilly
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I never quite understand why the IASW music would be disliked, much less why disliking it is carried around as some sort of insider badge of honour.I like the song.
'I'm too cool for Disney'?
A remnant of 90s Disney - 'I do Disney ironically'?
Genuine dislike?
Either way, I could sit in that boat and listen to the music all day long.
donaldtoo
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I have a fondness for the song based in nostalgia. IaSW is the first attraction we ever rode at Disneyland, when we first visited in the summer of 1968. I was a few months shy of 6 years old.
Our mother used to sing the song to us, and she still loves it at age 86.
Good memories, actually…!!!
SyracuseDisneyFan
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I really like it
It's way too repetitive. It could stand to have a second motif alternating with the current verses.
The vocals are 'thin'... because it's a children's choir. They don't produce a more full-bodied sound.
The instrumental orchestration is clunky and percussive. Since it's appealing to children, it hammers the score with a pounding rhythm. Almost like trying to replicate a calliope. What's wrong with a calliope? Nothing if it can do more than one song.
If you're on MK's IASW, pay attention to the Pacific Islands room. The main melody doesn't work in that room, and so, all you hear are the 'local' music. That is, the tune of IASW but performed by Pacific Island orchestration. What a relief it is to get to that room.
The other rooms also have varied instrumentation and orchestration, but the main soundtrack mostly drowns it out.
Without getting rid of the song, it is in desperate need of updating to turn it from playground music to all-ages music.
Agent H
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Speak for yourself I love the song