Songs with nonsense lyrics

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/20/13 at 3:26pm

There's a hotel in Vegas featuring "A Doodling Song" in its TV ads (Lyrics: doo doo doo doo, do de doo). Dr. Pepper featured "Menomena" in it's ads a couple years ago. (Lyric: Menomena. Menomena. doo doo de doo. Menomena)

It made me think of songs that have lyrics without words. Not just a few nonsense syllables, no actual words at all. Anyone?

[supportivemom]

Posted: 3/20/13 at 6:12pm

Ummm, have you looked into Nicki Minaj's "songs"?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 12:17pm

Joe, are you referring to the Muppets song "Mahna, Mahna"?

Kander & Ebb's "Boom Ditty Boom" comes to mind though I realize it's not exactly what you're looking for.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 12:20pm

Chickery Chick cha la cha la.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 12:43pm

It was indeed used on the Muppet show (among other places) and there seems to be no end to the possible spellings.
mah na mah na Wiki

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 1:14pm

Trolololo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FUR_nhGX8

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 2:26pm

"Lyrics" of any of you-know-whose oft-quoted here (but only by him) "songs" could fit in this category by default I think.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 3:22pm

the rather deliciously obscene chorus of Thurio's Samba from Two Gentlemen of Verona

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 4:08pm

Anything by the Cocteau Twins.

[Playbilly]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 10:06pm

Any Michael Jackson song. "Sh-more"

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 11:01pm

Check out the soundtrack to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. Except for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head", all the songs are "skatted" by the Swingle Singers. (I'm putting "skatted" in quotes because I think the word implies improvisation, while the Singers songs are obviously prepared.)

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 11:07pm

What's Kander and Ebb's Boom Ditty Boom from? I know there No Boom Boom from Zorba but that's all that's coming to mind.

I love the Butch Cassidy soundtrack--Bacharach liked to use (mainly female) vocalists doing that in his movie scores (and in his pretty awful easy listening albums of his hits released under his name.)

Is the original poster refering to songs where the lyrics are actual words that don't really make any sense, or made up words?

Similar to Cocteau Twins, as much as I enjoy a lot of early Duran Duran, and LeBon liked to claim they were all deep literary references, but they don't usually add up to much....

"The reflex is an only child he's waiting in the park
The reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
And watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre
Every little thing the reflex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark"

Yeah...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 11:11pm

Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore (and Sylvia Lewis) do doodle do The Doodlin' Song

http://youtu.be/I7u8r1Q63xA

Bet yer boodle...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 11:16pm

Judy Garland introduces a drunken June Allyson, who attempts to lip-synch to "The Doodlin' Song":

http://youtu.be/L6bjZElqJHg

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/21/13 at 11:23pm

Best version--the inimitable BLOSSOM DEARIE:

http://youtu.be/lgUFMa3wL0Y

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 3/22/13 at 1:16am

PalJoey, those were great! (Dick van Dyke clip is the only one I had seen before.) Thank you. You do tend to post the best YouTube links!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 3/22/13 at 5:03am

Good Morning Starshine is my favorite. The cast members always look so darn determined and passionate about whatever "gliddy glop gloopy," is.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/22/13 at 10:22am

Blossom Dearie has always been a favorite of mine. A few years ago she was a guest voice on Curious George- she didn't sing though.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/22/13 at 10:27am

The Muppet version was a cover. The original single of Menah Menah came out in 1968.

[Jon]

Posted: 3/22/13 at 2:05pm

"Boom Ditty Boom" is from 70 GIRLS 70. It refers to the sound of one's heart beating. In the show, it's sung by a group of senior citizens as they are preparing to commit a robbery.

BOOM DITTY BOOM DITTY BOOM DITTY DITTY DITTY
BOOM DITTY BOOM DITTY BOOM DITTY DITTY BOOM
(repeat 2 times)
DID HE DO A DITTY DID HE EVERY DO A DITTY DITTY

and so on...

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/25/13 at 9:25am

- Around the World by ATC (la da da da da da)
- C'est la Vie by B*Witched (oh oh, hey hey hey)
- Hey Jude by The Beatles (la la la la la la la)
- Mah Na Mah Na by Benny Hill (mah na mah na)
- Time of the Season by Big Blue Missile (ahhh ahhh ahhh)
- Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult (la, la la, la la)
- Song 2 by Blur (woo-hoo!)
- Life Is Short by Butterfly Boucher (oh oh oh; ba ba ba ba baaaaaa, ba da ba daaaa)
- Wild World by Cat Stevens (la la la la la la la la)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love? by The Chenille Sisters (thimba thimba; ooh wah, ooh wah)
- Mr Jones. by Counting Crows (sha la la la la la la, uh huh)
- Zombie by The Cranberries (hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...)



I will try to type more later, but have to head to work now.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/25/13 at 5:33pm

- (Tan Shoes with) Pink Shoelaces by Dodie Stevens (Woo-hoo, hoo-hoo)
- Theme song from Doug (doo doodoooo dooo dooooo)
- Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran (dooo doo dooo doo)
- I'm Blue (Da Be Dee) by Eiffel 65 (da ba dee da ba di)
- Rockafeller Shank by Fatboy Slim (ruh ruh ruh ruh ruh ruh ruh ruh)
- If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof (daidle deedle daidle digguh digguh deedle daidle dum)
- Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis (lululu lululu lululu lulululululu)
- La-Ti-Da by The Icicles (la, ti da, ti da)
- Die Alone by Ingrid Michaelson (badada, badada, badada, badum)
- If This World by Jaci Velasquez (nananananana, nanananana, ohhhhhh yeah)
- Domino by Jessie J (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
- On a Turquoise Cloud by Kristin Chenoweth (the entire song is vocalized on "ah")
- Be My Lover by La Bouche (la da da dee da da da da)
- Lady Marmalade by LaBelle (gitchi gitchi yaya dada)
- Bad Romance by Lady Gaga (Rah rah ah-ah-ah, Roma-ro-mama, Gaga ooh-la-la)
- Smile by Lily Allen (lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala lalala)
- This Love by Maroon 5 (whoa, oh, whoa)
- Ballroom Blitz by The Misfits (yeaaaaaah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
- Excuses by The Morning Benders (dun, da dun, da dun, da dun, da da dun)
- Shiver by Motion City Soundtrack (ooh-ooh-oooooh, ooh-ooh-oooooooh)
- Man Eater by Nelly Furtado (ohhhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhh ohhhhhhhh)
- The Right Stuff by New Kids on the Block (oh-oh-ohhhhhhh, oh-oh-ohhhhh)
- Disconnect the Dots by Of Montreal (ahhhh, oooooooooooo, la la-la-laaaa, la-laaaa)
- I Don't Want to Wait by Paula Cole (doot-do dooo doo dooooooo)
- Mah Na Mah Na by Piero Umiliani (mah na mah na)
- S.O.S. (Rescue Me) by Rihanna (lalala lalala la la lala la ohhh)
- Lonely No More by Rob Thomas (whooooa, whoooa)
- The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel (li la li, li la li li li li li, li la li)
- Sandcastle Disco by Solange Knowles (ooh ooh ooh ooh hoo hoo ooh
bay ba ba ba ba-by)
- True by Spandau Ballet (huh huh huh huuuuuh huh-nay)
- Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind (doot doot doot, doot-doo-doot-doooo)
- With or Without You by U2 (ohhhhhhhhh, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
- Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison (sha la la la la la la la la la la tee da )
- Don't Trust Me by 3OH!3 (woo-ooh, woo-ooh, ooh-ooh)
- Woo Hoo by 5.6.7.8's (woo-hoo!)

[SNAFU]

Posted: 3/25/13 at 6:13pm

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?