Talk:Alphabet Of Nations
They performed the song live at the London Astoria gig in September. It was absolutely fantastic. (Mr Tuck)
Albany saw it too. ^_^ In fact, the Astoria and Egg set lists are really similar. I thought the song was great, too. The Johns seemed to have a silly smile on that said, "We just memorized this whole thing and we're really proud about it, just listen!" -_^ Kazen
And, I mean... 'West Xylophone'? How can we not love this song? BrotherGlenn
- Wonder when they are going to start selling those oval shaped car stickers with country initials in them. I'm looking forward to slapping a "WX" on my car! Jlavezzo
- Cool! Check out the West Xylophone Tourism Board! They're selling stickers.
I remember an alphabet book as a child that did countries. Including West Xylophone. Has anyone else read it?
When they performed it at the House of Blues in Anaheim, they said it was the first time they'd ever perfomed it on stage.
During the Anaheim HoB show, they actually read the lyrics while singing... but it still rocked!
After viewing the brief video clip for this song on the Disney website, one wonders how 'West Xylophone' is going to be identified on the map of the world..
Has any one bothered to verify the existence of the other countries names? Just wondering - fingertips
Yes, I did when I added the lyrics. -TDK
Ok, cool, thanks.
Some kids are going to hear "West Xylophone" and get messed up. - wt
At the 2/16 in store, they mentioned that there's no such place as West Xylophone: that's the colonial name, the modern name is "Marimba". GersonK 02:16, 17 Feb 2005 (EST)
- You might be interested in the history of West Xylophone
Marimba is another musical instrument, not a country: http://www.marimba.org/en/modules/tinyd0/index.php?id=3
- Shouldn't there be a seperate page for the extended live version of the song heard on the Spine tour and Conan?
In the DVD version of Alphabet (presumably the CD version as well), they pronounce Kazakhstan differently in the second verse than in the first verse. Any speculation as to whether this was intentional? --(Heath) 66.32.132.157 00:32, 10 Mar 2005 (EST)
W
The article says, "There are no countries whose name begins with the letters 'W' and 'X'. Instead, 'West Xylophone' is used." However, it's worth mentioning that Wales is described by Wikipedia as a country or nation (though not a sovereign one, but it has the same status as England, Scotland, or Ireland). Furthermore, there are Wallis and Futuna, which is technically a French territory, and the disputed Western Sahara.
Thanks to whoever put this up! I was coming here to post the same thing! --Cam00023
"it has the same status as England, Scotland, or Ireland" Not Ireland. Northern Ireland. ;)
Alphabet of Nations' critical flaw
Beyond the possible disputed existence of 'W' countries, "West Xylophone" occupies the 'W' and 'X' spots in the song, yet it is only a single entry. Though "Xylophone"'s existence is implied by the existence of its western neighbor, technically 'X' has been left out of the song entirely.
The proper thing to do would be to issue a recall of Here Come the ABCs! to correct this distressing error.
First Performance
At the House of Blues in Anaheim on 8/17, they said that was the first time they were performing that song in public.
- Feel free to add it to that show's setlist, by finding the show page via Shows. The song's page will be automatically updated once it sees Alphabet Of Nations on another setlist. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 13:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
PBS?
So right now, on PBS, a portion of this video just aired with an introduction by the puppet Johns. The segment was titled something along the lines of "profile of an artist" but whether or not that is exact, I am unsure. Just thought I'd tell you guys. --Josherz 21:05, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
