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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Wed Jan 24, 2018, 07:39 AM Jan 2018

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Name a song where the lyrics include random gibberish. [View all]

Last edited Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:04 PM - Edit history (1)

The Trashmen / Surfin Bird

Scatman John / Scatman

EDIT:
Found another good one:
Claude McLin / Jambo

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Name a song where the lyrics include random gibberish. [View all] DetlefK Jan 2018 OP

Louie, Louie dhol82 Jan 2018 #1

Minnie the Moocher rogerashton Jan 2018 #2

John Lennon: Dream hlthe2b Jan 2018 #3

It's the End of the World: REM chuckstevens Jan 2018 #4

Maybe I am remembering it wrong, but I don't remember a "jibberish" segment hlthe2b Jan 2018 #11

Most every doo wop song has giberish lyrics. This is among the earliest: MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #5

Witch Doctor no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #6

Thanks for the ... YvonneCa Jan 2018 #64

Lion Sleeps Tonight unc70 Jan 2018 #7

Going to see (what's left of) this group in about a week. Jay Siegel's Tokens anyway. MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #8

And of course, the pompitus of love. NBachers Jan 2018 #9

Tutti Frutti unc70 Jan 2018 #10

JJ Fad Supersonic dewsgirl Jan 2018 #12

Good Morning Starshine by Oliver yankeepants Jan 2018 #13

WKRP credit song sarge43 Jan 2018 #14

Really good one! MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #19

Thanks sarge43 Jan 2018 #20

It almost sounds like words lol MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #21

"The Name Game" Shrek Jan 2018 #15

Most any song by Cocteau Twins, esp early career NRaleighLiberal Jan 2018 #16

Took me a few listens to Treasure to realize she was singing gibberish. dawg Jan 2018 #66

Swingin' The Alphabet sl8 Jan 2018 #17

Three Stooges - Curly - Sounds that Curly made fits the bill, hence TlalocW Jan 2018 #37

(I met the) witchdoctor... samnsara Jan 2018 #18

See post #50. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #52

Cab Calloway- Minnie the Moocher Doc_Technical Jan 2018 #22

Louis Armstrong Heebie Jeebies MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #23

Donald Trump singing the National Anthem. n/t malthaussen Jan 2018 #24

Sad, but true. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #81

Straight Up -- Paula Abdul MissMillie Jan 2018 #25

Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah sl8 Jan 2018 #26

Be Bop a Lula- Gene Vincent redstateblues Jan 2018 #27

Somewhere there is video footage of Steve Allen reciting this song as a poem. MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #28

Right here: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #47

ROFL!!! MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #67

Steve Allen had a good TV show. My pleasure. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #69

I remember watching that show (possibly a re-run) red dog 1 Jan 2018 #48

Blue Swede's 1974 cover of "Hooked on a Feeling" gave us "Uga Chaka." n/t John1956PA Jan 2018 #29

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo BarbaRosa Jan 2018 #30

Obla di obla da shanny Jan 2018 #31

Here are 2 where the lyrics are almost all gibberish MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #32

Ooops on the first one! MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #33

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I had no problem listening to Bob Wills. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #53

LOL -- Yeah, I was going to tell you to get the peanut butter out of your ears RandomAccess Jan 2018 #85

Na na na na catrose Jan 2018 #34

IN A GADDA DA VIDA Elgin Jan 2018 #35

The entire Cocteau Twins catalog. nt Codeine Jan 2018 #36

Uncle Bonsai's, "Cheerleaders on Drugs" TlalocW Jan 2018 #38

Here's a favorite of mine Glorfindel Jan 2018 #39

The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Dulcinea Jan 2018 #40

a small package of considerable value will come to you shortly DBoon Jan 2018 #41

Hocus Pocus by Focus Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #42

Funny story: MrScorpio Jan 2018 #43

Torn on which version to post, but Iko Iko gratuitous Jan 2018 #44

Or some other New Orleans-flavored funk gibberish gratuitous Jan 2018 #72

I Am the Walrus - The Beatles red dog 1 Jan 2018 #45

Spike Jones, "Hawaiian War Chant" mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #46

You pretty much have to end the thread with Surfin' Bird. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #49

Witch Doctor mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #50

Fun trivia hurl Jan 2018 #83

Fantomas - Book 1: Page 11 hurl Jan 2018 #51

New Jersey Scum Swamp - Naked City hurl Jan 2018 #54

No Time by The Monkees DemocracyMouse Jan 2018 #55

Sundome - Battles hurl Jan 2018 #56

Most vocal music has unintelligible words today. rickford66 Jan 2018 #57

The Hut Sut Song Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #58

Maizy dotes and dozy dotes bobbieinok Jan 2018 #59

My mother used to sing this to me. llmart Jan 2018 #74

Yes. That was the song I heard it was a parody of bobbieinok Jan 2018 #86

The Beatles - Across the Universe lisa58 Jan 2018 #60

The Riddle--Nik Kershaw DFW Jan 2018 #61

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious lkinwi Jan 2018 #62

Come on DUers, you cannot forget this one. longship Jan 2018 #63

... jpak Jan 2018 #65

LIVE in Baghdad sakabatou Jan 2018 #68

She-Bop by Cyndi Lauper Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #70

The Boxer -- Simon & Garfunkel lpbk2713 Jan 2018 #71

I have absolutely no idea what the song is or who sang it but these are true gibberish! llmart Jan 2018 #73

I don't know if this is gibberish... llmart Jan 2018 #75

Las Ketchup! LuvLoogie Jan 2018 #76

Yeah, so for me, it would be "Piano Man". LisaM Jan 2018 #77

I gotta beep a gunk a chucha... LuvLoogie Jan 2018 #78

I wanna kiss you on your... LuvLoogie Jan 2018 #79

Get Out of My House - Kate Bush LiberalLoner Jan 2018 #80

What are words worth?... LuvLoogie Jan 2018 #82

The legend - Frank Sinatra! MyOwnPeace Jan 2018 #84

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