"One intriguing candidate for the Oldest Song in the World was stamped on a clay tablet in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit around 1400BC. Professor Anne Draffkorn Kilmer spent 15 years trying to crack the cuneiform notation before releasing a simple recording of it, apparently an untitled hymn, in the 1970s. To the post-Disney listener, the number has a surprising rhythmic and tonal similarity to Peggy Lee's Siamese Cat Song. Actually, it sounds more like Hilary Duff's version."
That paragraph was taken from this article which was published in the Melbourne, Australia newspaper The Age. The article talks about today's pop music (especially Britney Spears), and how it can resemble music from the past... the distant past that is.
So, The Siamese Cat song that was recorded by Hilary and also Haylie, sounds a lot like the oldest song in the world. I always thought it sounded a little old fashioned, but who knew it was 3400 years old?
Siamese If You Please
