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18 Nov 15 - 05:53 PM (#3751921) Subject: happy noise (Flanders & Swann) From: keberoxu My reason for starting a thread about this song: that non-verbal exclamation in the chorus. Erm, WHAT is it? Okay, I grew up with this record. I have the sound of the very performance (the earlier mono version, Fortune Theatre) in my ear. And I'm not sure what Michael Flanders is hollering or how to spell it. Look / search online versions of the lyric, and usually it looks like QUEE / POP / OH! Well, maybe. I always thought it sounded like QUAAAACK / boom / DYYYYYEAAAAAD! You want context? I'll show you context: Sing this happy song with me ( the happy noise ) Just a simple melody ( the happy noise ) What tho' skies above are gray You can face the world to-day If you'll only learn to say ( the happy noise ) When your life is filled with care ( the happy noise ) You will hear it everywhere ( the happy noise ) Tho' the world may wear a frown Here's the way to win renown Tell them as they strap you down: Donald Swann utters a piercing shriek, and hits the final chord. The End. Much Applause. On the recorded show, "At the Drop of a Hat," this commotion is to be found under "Songs for Our Time / A Happy Song." What do you say that happy noise is? |
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08 Nov 16 - 08:48 PM (#3819130) Subject: RE: Flanders & Swann: Happy Song For Our Time From: GUEST,keberoxu I like this one, after surviving the presidential election. |
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18 Jan 23 - 05:25 PM (#4162867) Subject: RE: Flanders & Swann: Happy Song For Our Time From: GUEST “Quack, pop, yay” is how I hear it. |
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23 Jan 23 - 05:45 PM (#4163367) Subject: RE: Flanders & Swann: Happy Song For Our Time From: robomatic An old favorite since I was just past toddler-hood. It is probably the language lab from high school, but for the third sound I yell: "NYET" |
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26 Jan 23 - 02:51 PM (#4163616) Subject: RE: Flanders & Swann: Happy Song For Our Time From: robomatic I should add by way of explanation that I took Russian all through high school and there was an auditory language lab you periodically sat in to be introduced to proper pronunciation of the language. In the F & L Happy Song, the final sound is not 'NYET' but a kind of wolf-like "OWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" It is a great song for feeling good. There is also a song for how to say 'NO' in Tonga. |
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26 Jan 23 - 03:16 PM (#4163623) Subject: RE: Flanders & Swann: Happy Song For Our Time From: keberoxu "If I ever have the money, 'tis to Tonga I shall go . . ." |