Best Use of Hand Clapping in a Song --

[Tuesday Afternoon]

here is one for your consideration:

Cecilia~Simon and Garfunkel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2vNEXqHo_o

Celia, youre breaking my heart
Youre shaking my confidence daily
Oh, cecilia, Im down on my knees
Im begging you please to come home

Celia, youre breaking my heart
Youre shaking my confidence daily
Oh, cecilia, Im down on my knees
Im begging you please to come home
Come on home

Making love in the afternoon with cecilia
Up in my bedroom (making love)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someones taken my place

Celia, youre breaking my heart
Youre shaking my confidence daily
Oh, cecilia, Im down on my knees
Im begging you please to come home
Come on home

Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I laughing,
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I laughing

[AccessGranted]

1. Please Don't Stop The Music by Rihanna

Hey, I like that song.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. reminds me of disco --

it has that driving beat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsRWpK4pf90

[pokerfan]

2. No Matter What

Badfinger

[carlyhippy]

9. YEAH! that was my choice

Carly

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. knock down the old gray walls --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1DontrSi0

[pokerfan]

28. Badfinger was awesome

Always liked their cover of Nilsson's 'Without You.'

[NanceGreggs]

3. Cat Stevens ...

... "Peace Train".

[Arugula Latte]

32. Oooh. Good one!

:thumbsup:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. yes --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1DontrSi0

[timtom]

4. The granddaddy of 'em all:

"Deep in the Heart of Texas"

[Arugula Latte]

35. That song always makes me think of this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QltlctqfY4E

[timtom]

37. That's EXACTLY what I had in mind, as well.

One of my all-time faves.

[Arugula Latte]

38. Hah hah. Great minds and all. Let's high five, but clap five instead!

:woohoo:

[mikeytherat]

5. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band

:hide:

mikey_the_rat

[Phillycat]

7. Agree!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. I'll second that.

I don't care if some of you hate that song.

Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is

[bif]

6. The first song on Ollabelle's first cd

[Pale Blue Dot]

8. That's easy!

Pia Zaroda - The Clapping Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH6bGsjQ6Mo






:hide:

[Gormy Cuss]

15. No no! Way cooler with Shirley Ellis herself singing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYWyry62WlU

3-6-9
The goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line...

[LynneSin]

10. If you're happy and you know it clap your hands

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. that made me laugh out loud....

thanks :D

[Sheets of Easter]

11. Either "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash,

or "Spiders & Vinegaroons" by Queens of the Stone Age.

[MissMillie]

12. There was a farmer who had a dog and

Bingo was his name oh

* I N G O

* I N G O

* I N G O

and Bingo was his name oh.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. You and LynneSin need to get together ...

:D

[B3Nut]

13. "Unsquare Dance" by Dave Brubeck

That whole album (Time Out) is outstanding...killer sound too. 1959 was a good year for jazz...Miles Davis's "Kind Of Blue" came out at that same time, recorded in the same studio (by unsung Columbia engineer Fred Plaut.) That old Columbia room had a killer sound...

[mitchum]

14. "No Fun"

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

17. Two obvious choices

either I like the night life baby by The Cars

or

Concerto for left handed farm boy with woodwinds by PDQ Bach

[Scarlett17]

18. Jack & Diane -- John Cougar Mellencamp

I can't help it. I'm a Hoosier.

[Westegg]

25. Are you suckin' on chili-dogs behind the Tastee-Freeze?

I've always loved the song, but that line still bugs me. I picture these kids licking and sucking chili-dogs like ice-cream comes, and become nauseous thinking of the buns getting all wet and gooey, until eventually these delicious sandwiches just fall part in their hands. Why are they sucking on them? Why aren't they munching them?

Or is it a reference to oral sex?

This is why I can't read books. I'm stymied by John Cougar Mellencamp lyrics.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

40. I saw him in concert once. Hella good show!

:toast:

[CBGLuthier]

21. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT

By the Bay City Rollers

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0cRxYKvTLgQ

OK, I am kidding but all the good ones have already been posted. :-)

[frickaline]

24. Like Wow Wipeout - Hoodoo Gurus

Its done with drums but it sounds like clapping to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63dWb-5KvD8

[BrotherBuzz]

26. Johnny Otis - Willie and the Hand Jive

Johnny Otis performs his monster hit "Willie and the Hand Jive" on his 50's TV show. The Three Tons of Joy singing backup. That's Lionel Hampton at the end, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrQTh_Cq7U&feature=related

Johnny Otis is one original renaissance man. Be it his involvement in political issues or talking red beans and rice, Johnny is the man!

[Swede]

27. Don't let me be misunderstood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vkVczmHYIc

[Tuesday Afternoon]

41. thanks for including the link. n/t

[CreekDog]

29. Centerfield by John Fogerty

:applause:

anything by John Fogerty is musical poetry.

[pokerfan]

30. Another One Bites The Dust

Queen

[Pendrench]

31. Maybe not the best, but the first one I thought of was In the Navy

by the Viking Muppets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eviSAp51KKE

[Arugula Latte]

33. Here's one: "Iko Iko" by the Dixie Cups:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D21nsqe0F-4

[southpaw]

34. We Will Rock You!

Queen

[newmajority]

36. Boston - Long Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6feZ2zWdo

And a few other songs on their first two albums as well.

RIP Brad Delp :(

[Zorro]

42. Quicksilver Messenger Service

Who Do You Love.

The clapping is from audience participation.