Comments on: What tune does the worlds smallest violin play?

Question: What tune does the worlds smallest violin play?

fossphur — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:41:44 -0800

What tune does the smallest violin in the world play?

I seem to remember many years ago hearing/seeing the cliche'd "sad violin" tune in a movie (comedy I think?) when someone was explaining some long, sad, tear-jerking exaggerated tale of woe.
And thus miming the playing of a violin used to be a way of sarcastically indicating to someone that you don't really care what they were carrying on about. These days it seems like people care so little that they use the smallest violin in the world to project their sarcasm! But still, I think that violin would still be playing the same cliche'd sad tune. I'd love to know what it is. I can hum the first few notes of this tune. In fact the people I've seen doing the violin mime and humming the tune all seem to be humming the same tune so I believe its a real tune not just one my memory has imagined. But I've tried using the Parson's code for the tune on search sites and so far haven't found it. Does anyone have any clues? Am I right that this is a real piece of music, or maybe it was just a snippet used for that one scene. I was *sure* it was more widespread than that though.

By: jennyjenny

jennyjenny — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:45:35 -0800

"My heart bleeds for you"!

By: epugachev

epugachev — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:34:54 -0800

I thought it was "My Heart Cries for You."

By: tomble

tomble — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:36:36 -0800

Is that the one that Fat Tony plays in the Simpsons episode where Krusty's daughter turns up?

By: flying kumquat

flying kumquat — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:40:45 -0800

I think it's called "Hearts and Flowers".

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:48:47 -0800

The classic is either a tiny violin gesture, or more likely, rubbing the thumb and forefinger in circles. "It's the world's smallest record player, playing my heart bleeds for you." That's how old that joke is, record players were state of the art. (It was a high school joke, 100 years ago.)

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:51:07 -0800

"'Hearts and Flowers,' just for you."

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:56:16 -0800

Sympathy for the Devil

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:58:55 -0800

Here's a midi of Hearts and Flowers - wait a few seconds for the bit you're probably most familiar with.

By: Dunwitty

Dunwitty — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:01:14 -0800

... playing "My Heart Bleeds Purple Peanut Butter For You".

You with the Purple Panther Piss, you come from tough people.

By: I Foody

I Foody — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:29:17 -0800

More information on the worlds smallest violin here.

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:20:28 -0800

Wow! "Hearts and Flowers" really is that "I lost all the money that was supposed to save the orphanage from being run over by the train and thrown into the river and now the orphans can't afford the operation that would let them walk again. And it's snowing." music.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:12:55 -0800

Freebird.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:55:12 -0800

I doubt it's what you're looking for, but to me the world's smallest violin must be playing the Losing Horns from The Price Is Right. But without the horns. And with more violin.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:07:53 -0800

Philip Glass.

By: justonegirl

justonegirl — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:32:02 -0800

Wow, we never specified...we always said "Hear that? It's the world's smallest violin playing the world's saddest song."

By: vanoakenfold

vanoakenfold — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:20:06 -0800

"a sad, sad song" and demonstrated by rubbing the backside of the middle thumb knuckle with the index finger of the same hand, back and forth in a sawing motion. Used to sarcastically a "boo freaking hoo" emotion.

By: fossphur

fossphur — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:56:38 -0800

HOORAY thanks so much guys. Hearts and Flowers is definitely it. But I'll look up the other tunes mentioned. I'll now be able to sleep at night. You people are my heroes.