Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Onomatopoeiac Songs!!?!!

The Onomatopoeia Challenge begins here!

We've already had:
Umm - Scritti Politti
How I Sang Dang - Arcie Bronson Outfit
Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros
Gesunteit - People Like Us
Pissing - Low
Boing Boom Tschak - Kraftwerk
from Shoegazer

And I'm going to add "Cannonball" by The Breeders, because it has the lyric: "Crash! I'm the last splash!" which is a double point score!!!

'Spillers: On your marks...set....GO!!!
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74 comments:

  1. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 9:22 PM

    "Wham
    bang
    mon chat "Splash" gite sur mon lit a bouffe
    Sa langue en buvant trop mon whysky"

    as copied and pasted from t'internet!!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:23 PM

    Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.

    Would the chorus line from Werevolves Of London count?

    Dagnabit, Blimpy, you're about to ruin another supposed admin-work evening!

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  3. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 9:23 PM

    Comic Strip by Serge Gainsbourg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOyXH4z2H7U

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  4. DarceysDadJuly 29, 2008 at 9:25 PM

    Trio - Da Da Da.

    Christ, I'm parameter-pushing already!!

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  5. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 9:25 PM

    Ooh new version with Jacques Dutronc and Jane Birkin!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMx4qPzHL-M

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  6. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 9:30 PM

    As much as I love "Da Da Da" (the Elastica version mostly) - i don't think it counts.......stretching it there a bit Darce!!

    ( whither abahachi?? he'd be able to sort this one out....)

    ***will follow other links shortly****

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  7. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    Can I just say, it took me 10 minutes of googling, and then some correct spelling from the wonderful Mrs McFlah before I could work out the correct spelling for "Onomatopoeia".

    I'd had it pegged as "onamatapaeia" due to, um, onomatopoeiac reasons.....

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  8. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day by Michael Jackson
    Oop Bop Sh'bam by Dizzy Gillespie
    Chica-Chica-Boom-Chica by Rolano & Luiz Antonio/Les Etoiles
    Boom! by The Roots
    Higga Boom by Gene Harris
    Boom by Royce Da 5'9"
    Cleck Cleck Boom by Voltair

    Matter of fact, most of these were in my noise post a few weeks ago.

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  9. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 9:34 PM

    Whoo! Alright-Yeah... Uh Huh by The Rapture

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  10. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:39 PM

    Onomatopoeia (also spelled onomatopœia, from Greek: ονοματοποιΐα) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as "click," "bunk", "clang," "buzz," "bang," or animal noises such as "oink", "slurp", or "meow".

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  11. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:41 PM

    "Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Boooom!"

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  12. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:44 PM

    Careful (Click, Click)

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  13. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 9:48 PM

    I thought of new world water by Mos Def, cause it sounds watery, but that's not quite the idea, is it?

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  14. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:51 PM

    I'm sure in "Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" by Kid Creole & The Coconuts, near the end the backing singers are going "ono - ono - onomatapaeia. ono - ono - onomatapaeia".

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  15. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:52 PM

    Who let the dogs out? Whoof Whoof Whoof!"

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  16. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 9:53 PM

    @daddypig - really? that's awesome!!!

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  17. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 9:53 PM

    clang boom steam--Tom Waits

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  18. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 9:55 PM

    "Bang" - Blur

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  19. saneshaneJuly 29, 2008 at 9:55 PM

    I'm back with..
    SHOOMP De La Soul

    got loads to read and listen to, so don't let me play...

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  20. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:56 PM

    "Splish Splash I was taking a bath"

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  21. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 9:57 PM

    "Boom Bang A Bang"

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  22. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    Get It On (Bang A Gong)
    (Bang Bang) My Baby Shot Me Down

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  23. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 9:59 PM

    Saneshane!! Where did you go this time?

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  24. ShoegazerJuly 29, 2008 at 10:00 PM

    Crash Bang Wallop - Tommy Steele

    Wish had remembered that one for "noise" songs.

    Crash Into Me - Dave Mathews Band

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  25. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:01 PM

    Tomb of the Boom--Big BOi
    Return of hte Boom Bap--KRS One
    Boomin system--LL cool J.

    Or are they all just songs with "boom" in them? I guess that's different.

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  26. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:02 PM

    "Kevin Carter" - Manics

    "Click, click, click, click. Click yourself under"

    (already in RR archive)

    "Bang bang! On the door baby!" - 'Loveshack' - B52s

    "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" -Wham "you put the boom boom into my heart"

    "Whip Crack Away" - Doris Day

    "Click Click Click Click" - Bishop Allen

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  27. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:02 PM

    OOh--Lupe Fiasco Kick Push I&II--Ii love the way he does the skateboard sound.

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  28. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    Kukoom-kukoom-kukoom

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  29. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    "Bang Bang Rock N Roll" - Art Brut, and does their song "Nag Nag Nag" count?

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  30. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:05 PM

    "JINGLE BELLS!!!"

    or even

    The Ronettes doing the one that goes "sleigh bells jinglaling, ring ting tingaling too" ----is it "Sleigh Ride"?

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  31. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:06 PM

    Yeah, like that. Love it.

    Is this the fastest-comment-accruing post EVER?

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  32. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    I don't know, but it's the first with the word "accruing" I think.

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  33. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    Jingling, Baby--LL Cool J

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  34. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    "Crash" - The Primitives

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  35. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:11 PM

    Is the (new word) "Bling" onomatopaeic?

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  36. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:12 PM

    "Pow! (Forward)" - Lethal Bizzle

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  37. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:13 PM

    It is actually, based the visual equivalent of onomatopoaeia i think

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  38. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:15 PM

    Beastie Boys--Pow.

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  39. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:20 PM

    "Bump N Grind" - Dave Lee Roth

    MWA HA HA HA HA!!

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  40. ShoegazerJuly 29, 2008 at 10:23 PM

    Bang a Gong (Get It On) - T-Rex
    Go Bang - Shriekback

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  41. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:24 PM

    "The wind is whistling, through my house" that Kate Bush song - is that onomaopaeieieieieic?

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  42. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:25 PM

    Did DLR cover the R. Kelly song? Chilling...

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  43. ShoegazerJuly 29, 2008 at 10:26 PM

    Click Click - The Beat

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  44. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:26 PM

    Bang a Gong must be double points, cos "gong" is also the noise a gong makes, no? Or should the song have been called "Gong A Gong"???

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  45. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:27 PM

    R Kelly? ? ......chilling..........

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  46. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:27 PM

    wait..a..minute...did we have sound of Da Police yet? woop woop

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  47. ToffeeBoyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM

    There must be lots of doo-wop - how about 'Shaboom' by The Chords?

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  48. DarceysDadJuly 29, 2008 at 10:31 PM

    Bloody Hell!

    Onomatopoeia diarrhoea.

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  49. ToffeeBoyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:31 PM

    ... or 'Ka Ding Dong' by The G-Clefs...

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  50. ShoegazerJuly 29, 2008 at 10:31 PM

    I'm still looking for triple points for "Boing Boom Tscak". Or quadruple because the only thing else in the tune is "ping".

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  51. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:32 PM

    Fa-fa-fa-fa and Dum-dee-dum-dum by Otis Redding

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  52. ToffeeBoyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:33 PM

    And talking of dongs, there's always 'Ding! Dong!" by Sufjan Stevens

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  53. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 10:33 PM

    TickTick Boom

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  54. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:34 PM

    @steen - that's triple points right there!!!!

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  55. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    Hand Clapping Song-The Meters and its follow-up Clap Your Hands by ATCQ

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  56. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:42 PM

    55 comments in 90 minutes! Imagine if that were a topic on the mothership.

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  57. steenbeckJuly 29, 2008 at 10:46 PM

    onomotopaiodonds for hand clapping song. Became very fond of that during noise subject.

    Tick tick boom made me think of War by outkast, cause that's the refrain, isn't it?

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  58. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    Crash! Boom! Bang!

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  59. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:56 PM

    "Smack My Bitch Up" - Prodigy - -- it's about kissing, no?

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  60. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 10:57 PM

    Yep, I feel like there should be more from them, by the way, Steen, new Big Boi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_J2vBnugDQ

    There's also Blah Blah by Lady Sovereign

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  61. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 10:58 PM

    "Drip Drop Teardrop" - The Cardigans (terrible song, but triple points title!!!)

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  62. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 11:01 PM

    "Beep Beep I love You" - Malcolm Middleton

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  63. saneshaneJuly 29, 2008 at 11:02 PM

    Splash 1 by Bongwater
    think this gets two subjects in one.

    has mushaboom been said by ejay yet?

    Boom by Big Dog (kermit from black grape)

    (that gives you a line from a band called Head "I like it doggy style, I like it RUFF")

    night all..will have to do some work soon...

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  64. ejaydeeJuly 29, 2008 at 11:05 PM

    Oh so I'm the resident saddo who enjoys a bit o Feist then? Well, I guess... i did think of Mushaboom, but wasn't sure if it was onoma[...]ic.

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  65. BlimpyJuly 29, 2008 at 11:10 PM

    "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" - The Munchkins

    "Baa Baa Black Sheep" - Trad

    "Summer Is Icumin In" - Trad Eng. from The Wicker Man:

    Summer has come in,
    Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
    The seed grows and the meadow blooms
    And the wood springs anew,
    Sing, Cuckoo!
    The ewe bleats after the lamb
    The cow lows after the calf.
    The bullock stirs, the stag farts
    Merrily sing, Cuckoo!
    Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing, cuckoo;
    Don't you ever stop now,
    Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.
    Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!

    QUINTUPLE POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR MORE!

    Also,,,,,is yoedeling onomatopaeic?

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  66. DarceysDadJuly 29, 2008 at 11:41 PM

    Hang on ... getting some movement on the ouija board underneath the photo of me and gordonimmel:

    D
    E
    E
    P

    P
    U
    R
    P
    L
    E

    H
    U
    S
    H

    Oh, it seems to have stopped now.

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  67. DarceysDadJuly 30, 2008 at 12:10 AM

    Why Gordon can't use text messages whilst he's on holiday like the rest of us I don't know. I suppose it is expensive from Europe on a mobile?!

    ;o)

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  68. steenbeckJuly 30, 2008 at 12:23 AM

    Jungle Brothers--Sounds of the Safari!! I might have to spill this one

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  69. BlimpyJuly 30, 2008 at 12:32 AM

    @darce - ssssssshhh!

    (oh, that reminds me of "it's oh so quiet" by little ms puffin-eater herself)

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  70. AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM

    Drip drip drip little April showers ????

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  71. AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 1:40 PM

    ... or The Marvelous Toy (Tom Paxton)- if no one has mentioned it yet?

    "It went "zip" when it moved and "bop" when it stopped,
    And "whirr" when it stood still.
    I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will."

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  72. ejaydeeJuly 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM

    Tag Team's Whoomp!! There It Is
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnrLloO7nFQ

    Oh and then there's this little nugget:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYHiOsjxS8

    And finally, as a reminder of the second Blimpcast, the Rumpshaker: All I wanna do is Zoomazoomazoomzoomannaboomboom
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKKONgfNONU

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  73. treefrogdemonJuly 30, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    Does the onomatopoeia have to be in the title? Because if not, there's Les Trois Cloches by Les Compagnons de la Chanson (with or without Edith Piaf) where they make the bell sounds and tune in the chorus.

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  74. Marconius7August 2, 2008 at 6:26 AM

    Do Wacka Do by Roger Miller Lyrics at http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/miller-roger/do-wacka-do-1165.html

    Also Beep Beep by The Playmates

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