Question of the Day

[yendi]

[Poll #607235]

Impressive. After barely two minutes, the Beatles and, um, whoever sang "Witch Doctor" first are off to a jump start, with The Police in third, Wilson Pickett (or the WWF Superstars, if you prefer) in fourth, and Trio in last. I think it took about twice as long to get this many responses on my last poll. :-)

Comments

[ckd]

Ooo eee, specifically the Marvin Suggs Muppaphone version.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I have a dance mix of the Alvin version.

[trouvera.livejournal.com]

but what about da do run run run, and do wah diddy diddy dum diidy doo?

[yendi]

They'll get their due, right about the same time I deal with the rama lama ding dong.

[jocosa]

*gasp* No mahna mahna?!?!

[yendi]

Wouldn't be fair to the other competition.

[jocosa]

Hrm, good point.

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Do do, da doo doo.

[jocosa]

*GASP* I doomed myself with that original comment. Has been in my head ever since. *grin*

[jocosa]

*blink* No clue why I *gasp*'ed again. Brain was thinking *grin*, and fingers did their own thing.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[dhole.livejournal.com]

I think that pa-ra-pa-pa-pum would actually garner negative votes.

[yendi]

Very true.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'd have thrown it a vote, since that was my Nana's veryfavorite carol. :)

Gessi

[i-descend.livejournal.com]

I think it took about twice as long to get this many responses on my last poll. :-)

Well, you -did- say it was an important question. We couldn't leave you hanging!

[yendi]

True -- answering this should be a high priority for most people. :-)

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

What happened to the riffs from Blue Moon, Get a Job, etc.?

Where's the Doo Wop?

[yendi]

I need something for a follow-up next week!

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Or "Self-Esteem" ("La, la, la-la-la, la, la, la-la-la!" -- I actually scared someone once by singing that), if you're doing intros. Or "Shama Lama Lama Dinnnnnnnnnnng Donnnnnnnnng (yeah)." Or "Walk on the Wild Side" ("And the colored girls go Do, de-do, de-do, do-do-do-do, de-do, de-do"). Or "Two Princes" by the Spin Doctors ("Do-do-do, do-de-do-do, do-do-do, do-de-do-do")...

This is all strangely compelling and hypnotic.

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ooh-mow-mow-pa-pa-ooh-moo-mow-mow

Never forgot that song...especially after reading Howie Chaykin's AMERICAN FLAGG.

JSM

[jennasuze.livejournal.com]

That's my favorite one. :)

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Witch Doctor is Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Christmas Christmas time is here,
Time for joy and time for cheer...

No it is not. Shut up! Damn marketing experts.

[ckd]

"Witch Doctor" predates the Chipmunks; the speeded-up bit that David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian) did for that inspired him to use the same technique for his second novelty record. (History of the Chipmunks; irritating un-deeplinkable Flash alert.)

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

You beat me to it. :) It's scary sometimes, the little bits of trivia that lodge in my brain.

[tablesaw]

I was said that the "Na na" wasn't Katamari Damacy.

[yendi]

I haven't played the original KD, and I've only found one or two of the songs from that game.

[tablesaw]

The Galbadia Hotel is the place to head for game music. They have the whole soundtrack there.

The relevant tunes are the main theme and the load-game music. Both are extended versions of what's heard in the game.

[yendi]

Oh, wow. I'll be spending some serious time here. Thanks!

[hockeyrules88.livejournal.com]

You forgot Eep Op Ork Ah-Ah!

[yendi]

I wasn't going for TV themes, but I may do a separate one for them.

[ckd]

You forgot Eep Op Ork Ah-Ah!

Which, BTW, has been covered by the Violent Femmes.

[yendi]

That's the only version of it that I have. :-)

[bobthegoat.livejournal.com]

What, no "Dup-dweeee, dup dup dup dwee-dow"?

[yendi]

As I mentioned above to hockeyrules88, I wasn't doing TV themes. Plus, I couldn't in good conscience nominate something so vastly superior to the other choices.

[bobthegoat.livejournal.com]

Sorry, didn't read the other posts before I commented. (oops)

Good point, though. Wouldn't have been a fair contest.

[sirinek.livejournal.com]

Ugh that Beatles song drives me up the wall. Then Save Ferris found a way to make it worse.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

The World Wildlife Fund has superstars?

[yendi]

Heh.

Seriously, this was pre-lawsuit, back when the wrestlers still worked for the WWF.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

That Na na could be a few things...
"Offspring"
the Good bye song
Ramones

but I'm crazy..... and would always choose
Beep-Beep-Honk-Honk

and I don't even know what that's from...

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

comma comma down dooby do down down

[dragontdc.livejournal.com]

Especially the Victor Borge punctuation skit.

I will always be partial to:

[lordandrei.livejournal.com]

dumbadumbadumbadumbadumbadumbadumba
Ooooooweeoooop oop wa dooo.
doo doo doo waeee waoooo

ooooweeeooooo
oop wa dooo
oop wa dooo


With all due respect to the Tardis.