Taiwan's Musical Garbage Trucks

In case anyone's wondering, the music played by this truck is "A Maiden's Prayer" by Tekla B?darzewska-Baranowska.

Haha, I actually remember this when I was in Taiwan. Oh, the good times...

What strikes me as strange is that the people load their own garbage. What if you had a job?

I am stunned at the small amounts of trash people are carrying. That would never happen in America - everybody would get hernias from their wastefulness.

A better choice? Anything from the current top 10 pop chart :p

My Rotary Club used to work very hard to buy used trash trucks and send them to rural towns in Mexico.

Sanitary trash removal can be a major health initiative. In the States, we take for granted that mail delivery is secure and reliable. It is generally the same for trash removal, but that is less well respected.

amazing post....i wish we had that here,but i wouldnt like it if they came as early as my garbage man...i would have to throw clothes on and try to catch him.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the Mid-day Sun!

I've been living in Taipei the last several years. I hate trash collection lol

... what's appropriate for the trucks ?
anything by lady gaga-rbage ?

I lived in Tainan in the seventies and remember the musical garbage trucks. :-)

Japanese garbage trucks play music as well--helps warn people the truck is on its way (you were not allowed to leave your trash outside the night before). I remember more than once having to throw on a robe and dash outside with my trash bags when the truck arrived early.

Relating classical music with trash. What could possibly go wrong?

A couple of song ideas:

Mighty Mouse Theme ("Here I come to save the day!")

The Wells-Fargo Song

Hold On- I'm Comin'!

Here Comes Santa Claus

I used to live on the top floor of an old apartment building with no elevator and sound announced the start of my morning exercise as I grabbed some clothes and ran down the narrow stairs hoping that the truck hadn't go too far down the road. Now it just means that I have to be extra careful driving to avoid all the people focused on getting their garbage to the truck - the joys of living in a Taiwanese city with no sidewalks.

Interestingly some cities have tried using the trucks to teach English , the only footage I can find is on this blog
http://www.filination.com/blog/2009/04/18/english-teaching-tainan-garbage-trucks-are-you-hungry/

Searching for the footage I came across musical garbage trucks in Japan, and Mongolia

Song?
Garbage Truck, by sex bob-omb from Scott Pilgrim
Duh