JSngry Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Posted November 23, 2004 Only Jim could get two pages of responses on a thread like this. Hey, I just start'em. The rest is the voice of the people! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 You must have heard of free popcorn, free peanuts, free beer, free Huey, free jazz. Well, this is free poll. Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Posted November 23, 2004 I embrace the trite, lest it embrace me. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 I embrace the trite, lest it embrace me. Too late Jimmy. Quote
7/4 Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Don't Ya Jes' Love It? Chick-A-Boom Chick-A-Boom Quote
RDK Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 not to mention... Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp Bomp Bomp) Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 not to mention... Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp Bomp Bomp) I think it was Paul Whiteman. Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Posted November 23, 2004 Nah, it was Barry Mann. But that's close! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Nah, it was Barry Mann. But that's close! Barry Mann,,,,,,let's see - curly haired Jewish New Yorker - right? Nah, couldn't be him. We are AMERICANS and this is OUR music. Quote
Leeway Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Pay the man: NONSENSE SYLLABSES A.K.A. NON-MEANING SONG TITLES Scat-talking nonsense syllabses-phrasing is one of the taboos of rhythm'n'blues and novelty rock'n'roll. It dates back (previes) from the swingin' days of Slim Gaillard and Cab Calloway, and bases on doowop vocal group's harmony-syllabses such as "bum-buh-buh-bum-bum", "dit-lit-lit-lit-lit", or "day ron day ron day, bop a doo ron". These simple, childish, no-meaning hocums started sounding humorous when they were taken off from the normal doowop song, and added to wild rock'n'roll tunes as "Tutti Frutti". In most cases, they also gave the name for these wonderful songs, that unfortunately way too often ended up to be just some silly LP-fillers or the singles' flipsides. The prewar blues man Arthur "Blind" Blake wondered already in the 1920s in one of his songs: "I wish somebody'd tell me what Diddie Wa Diddie means". Well, no doubt he got his answer, 'cause sometimes even the nonsense-titles (or at least the parts of them) actually meant something. In spoken language these phrases may still be understable (meaning for instance a dance craze, a girl's name, or children's nursery rhyme) but they appear here 'cause you can't find 'em from any dictionary. Of course, for me, who doesn't speak all the languages in the world, also every Hawaiian, Spanish, Italian and Japansese lyrics sound like a total nonsense (and that's why there may be some foreign folk-songs included by mistake)! So, if you're listenin' a great tune but you don't understand a word they're tryin' to say, does it really matter? Naah! Just think it this way: any song which is named to "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo", "Boom Mag-Azeno-Vip Vay", "Ring Dang Doo Ting-A-Ling", "Shanga Langa Ding Dong", or "Fatty-Boom Bi Laddy" can't be bad ... or can it? Quote
RDK Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Jeez, Leeway. Did Aric write that? Quote
wesbed Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Jeez, Leeway. Did Aric write that? No. It wasn't all in caps. Quote
Leeway Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Jeez, Leeway. Did Aric write that? Certainly an, er, idiosyncratic style Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Posted November 23, 2004 You left out the "t", dude. Quote
maren Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 This reminds me of how Ringo Star played on all those Beatles records. AHA!!! The missing link??!! Album credits: Ringo Starr - Drums, Pipe, Mellotron, Main Performer, Synthesizer, Percussion JayDee Mannes - Pedal Steel Dick Monda (aka DADDY DEWDROP) - Vocals (Background) ... Don't Ya Jes' Love It? Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Posted November 23, 2004 Chick-A-Boom Chick-A-Boom! Quote
JohnS Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 What's wrong with BOOM-JACKIE-BOOM-CHICK Swings more? Quote
maren Posted November 23, 2004 Report Posted November 23, 2004 Chick-A-Boom Chick-A-Boom! Jest so's ya know -- Daddy Dewdrop tape played in my head the minute I read your thread title (confirmed by subtitle!) -- and seriously (well, as seriously as this warrants ), I always kinda thought maybe Roger Miller ("Chug-a-Lug") should get a little cut of Chick-a-Boom's radio play royalties! Quote
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