Members rasputin1963 Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 My all-time favorite nonsense lyric has to be "Let It All Hang Out" by The Hombres (1966): I preach my dear friends you're about to receiveon John Barleycorn, nicotine andThe tempations of Eve. No parkin' by the sui-sign,Hot-dog! My razor broke,Water dribblin' up the spout,But I don't care, LET IT ALL HANG OUT. Hangin' from a pine tree by m'kneesSunshine through the shades,Nobody knows what it's all about,It's too much, man, LET IT ALL HANG OUT. Saw a man walkin' upside-down,My TV's on the blink,Made Galileo look like a boy scout.Sorry 'bout that, LET IT ALL HANG OUT. Sleep all day, drive all night,Brain my numb, cain't stop nowFo' sho' ain't no doubt,Keep an open mind, LET IT ALL HANG OUT. It's rainin' inside a big brown moon.How does that mess your baby up, Leg?Eatin a reuben sandwich with sauerkraut,Don't stop now, baby, LET IT ALL HANG OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted February 2, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 It's hard to beat "ooo bop sha-bam, a-gloogamop" (Ella Fitzgerald's Take The A Train) It's even hard to spell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 The Big Lalula Kroklokwafzi? Semememi!Seiokrontro - prafriplo:Bifzi, bafzi; hulalemi:quasti basti bo...Lalu lalu lalu lalu la! Hontraruru miromentezasku zes r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dougsthang Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Actually when I write songs I usually come up with the riff first then play it over and over until it's almost a trance. Then I just sing what ever comes out, it's usually about the phrasing of the words thats important. From there I'll listen back and pick up on a few key phrases of words and build outward from those few words. I can understand how the process happens. I can always hear myself asking my writing partner "what did you just sing there?" and he'd be "I'm not sure"... ahhh the creative process... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echoshock Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Sorry I just have to: Supercalifragilistic Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 2, 2007 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2007 Good call on Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious... Think about Police era Sting for a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Then there's that funny little verse of mock-Spanish/Italian/Portuguese in The Beatles' "Sun King": Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathonMundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasolQuesto abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Chim Chim Cher-ee has some of that as well and that won an Oscar. I think I see a connection with traditional songs and nonsense lyrics. There is a line in traditional forms that is called a "burden" (or burdon or burthen - it goes back a ways). who can forget:Keedle up a keedle up a turp turp tay, Tum a lum a do, castle on my nay Really, there should be a TimeLife collection of these. here's some links http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/master/kemokimo1.htmlhttp://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=18292 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dougsthang Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 and who can forget these touching words from Kid Rock.. "bawitdaba da bang da dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogie said up jump the boogie " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Extreme Mixing Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Not nonsense at all, but I always loved:If ever oh ever a wiz there wasThe Wizard Of Oz is one becauseBecause, because, because, because, because!!!Because of the wonderful things he does!Rum pum pum pum pum pum pum (by the orchestra) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted February 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Actually when I write songs I usually come up with the riff first then play it over and over until it's almost a trance. Then I just sing what ever comes out, it's usually about the phrasing of the words thats important. From there I'll listen back and pick up on a few key phrases of words and build outward from those few words. I do the same, Doug. That's my process as well. Sounds first, coalescing (hopefully) into semi-coherent syllables and words. - Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 I don`t know about you guys but I often mishear a lyric as well... Two of my more embarrassing moments singing along to tunes and having someone point out my mistakes... 1. Last night I dreamt of some bagels (from a Madonna song, not sure which one) 2. Guilty feet have got no rhythm. (George Michael actually wrote "give 2 feet, I`ve got no rhythm") Personally, I think my lyric is better. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doug osborne Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 Think about the middle section of the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues"...You gotta roll, roll, rollYou gotta thrill my soul, all rightRoll, roll, roll, rollThrill my soulYou gotta beep a gunk a chuchaHonk konk konkYou gotta each you punaEach ya bop a lubaEach yall bump a kechonkEase sum konkYa, ride...These parts are every bit as memorable and singable as any with actual words. I'm saying that we need more utter nonsense in music. Who's with me!?!?!?!?- Jeff Dude, get the Doors Perception box set. Among the extras are about six work versions of Roadhouse Blues. Apparently, Jim came into the sessions with the first two lines and nothing else, and the lyrics were built around his improvisations. It's fascinating to hear the process, and to hear what stuff that started as nonsense made the cut, and what didn't. Listen to the Shins new album. The lyrics to me are poetic nonsense, but they fit and they flow. They were probably not improvised, but fussed-over. Meaning is highly overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boffinry Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 I once read an interview with the guy from Def Leppard, and he called his lyrics "deep and meaningless" Hehe, I also seem to recall reading an interview with someone from Def Leppard saying something like they always felt reticent to include lyric sheets with their albums because they reckoned they were too dumb! (Big Def Leppard fan BTW) No-one's mentioned Underworld? Karl Hyde apparently generated a lot of his early lyrical content while "under the influence of alcohol". They had a major hit in the mid-90s with "Born Slippy". All gibberish, but the way it's pieced together is remarkable and evokes emotions one wouldn't associate with such a random string of words and phrases - bit like Cocteau Twins in that regard (who I also love!). Pearl's Girl: "white room. sun room. shadow room. night transmitting cars across the room. these things sent to dance across the room. eye watching from your bed. returning to you. rioja. rioja. reverend al green. deep blue morocco. the water on stone. the water on concrete. the water on sand. the water on fire. smoke. the wind. the salt. the bride boat coming. dave in the water. old man. einstein on top of his house. white deep blue andalusia red yellow red yellow black car. red light. far. black place. walls. blue chair. morocco. hamburg. paris. the pieces of the puzzle are waiting. the water of the dark boats gliding. the bride boats gone out to sea and dave is floating. dave is floating. and old man einstein crazy in his attic. crazy." Sing along with Underworld at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__WJa_Y_5HE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted February 2, 2007 Members Share Posted February 2, 2007 My band, The Seething Brunswicks uses wordless vocals only. You can hear some examples at http://www.oranj.com/seethingbruns.htmOne reason is that I didn't like the way our singer sings words, although I think he's a good singer overall. The older I get the less interested I am in the "deep" insights and emotional ups and downs of lovestruck people in their early twenties, so I mostly listen to instrumental music or lyrics in foreign languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted February 3, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 I don`t know about you guys but I often mishear a lyric as well...Semi-folklorists call those "Montegreens" after "They have slain the Earl of Murray and laid him on the green" became "Theh have slain the Earl of Murray and Lady Montegreen." Of course there's the famous "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kendrix Posted February 3, 2007 Members Share Posted February 3, 2007 Even the Chairman of the board did it. And he used top flight songwriters. "Doobie doobie doo la da da dee da" If he only knew what a doobie was. doobie doobie doo indeed. Of course the most famous nonsense phrase is spoken not sung. Yabba dabba doo. Now combining these two I believe you get something like: Doobie doobie doo Yabba dabba do Now we've got something with some real meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members parrotheada1a Posted February 3, 2007 Members Share Posted February 3, 2007 Who could forget Cab Calloway singing scat on "Minnie The Moocher" from the Blues Brothers flick? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chipmcdonald Posted February 4, 2007 Members Share Posted February 4, 2007 Actually, I just remembered something related in a funny way... A student's cover band long ago had a guy that was a great singer, technically, but he was basically a stereotypical frat-boy didn't really care attitude kind of guy.... He tended to forget lyrics. But at loud frat parties, with an inch of beer on the floor, it's probably not *that* big of a deal. Particularly when you absolutely have to play freaking Louie Louie as a closer... One time they made a board tape; but *just of a send off the vocal channel...* This guy was ad libbing phonemes to maybe 50% of the lyrics... "In a free house ahhh leetel bit onnnnnnnn... I saw a inhuhhhh, a fraiiiiiin on.... Driver 8, take a break, you can reee out that estiahhh shun..." "calling oww, innaaa anza, calling oww, inana assa, radio free europe, radioooo..." "I would allkk you anah theirrr just to get you off of my mind angu aaa ah nevuhr, ohahhh... I would try ooo afffff ungghabut, ingggnny mind... iwould talk uhhhhhbuhhhhgahhhit, beee fuhhh tears in my eye, because boys don't cry..." That was such a classic tape... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted February 4, 2007 Members Share Posted February 4, 2007 Don't forget this classic from Trout Mask Replica: ...Bubbles pop big And a lipstick kleenex hung on a pointed forked twig Reminds me of the bobby girls Never was my hobby girls Hand full of worms and a pole fishing Cork bobbing like a hot red bulb And a blue jay squeaks His beak open an inch above a creek... More here Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Han Posted February 4, 2007 Members Share Posted February 4, 2007 In the sixties we had a band called 'Shocking Blue', they had a number one hit in the US of A with 'Venus'. The very beautiful lady singer passed away recently. Here's one of their other songs: Shocking Blue Inkpot Put some love in your heart like you put the ink in the inkpot. Learn it and you will enjoy it baby to put the ink in the inkpot. Shu-bi-do-ah shu-bi-do-ah shu-bi-do-ah shu-bi-do-ah. Notice that the last four lines are just brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chipmcdonald Posted February 4, 2007 Members Share Posted February 4, 2007 Don't forget this classic from Trout Mask Replica: I prefer "Making Love to a Vampire (with a Monkey on My Knee)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted February 4, 2007 Members Share Posted February 4, 2007 Best to try and get your ad-libbed nonsense in the heat of improvisation. _~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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