Or is it?
Monotonous, backward, old-fashioned –
A blond boy in knickers
Shouting from the hilltops.
Echoing.
“Ewigi Liebi.” And no amount of
Telegenic yodeling or
Hip hop fiddling is going to change it.
It echoes still.
Today, tomorrow – Yodeling is enjoying
A pop revival. It is
Flinging itself into the cool Swiss air,
Over the hilltops,
No longer echoing.
It is prized by
Connoisseurs and aficionados.
Banished by the radio.
It is gone.
And rightly so, since that allows it to
Preserve its craggy authenticity
Instead of whoring
After fickle
Popular taste.
--Maura Roth
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