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30 Jul 04 - 05:42 PM (#1237421) Subject: Oldies scat quiz From: Cool Beans With which oldie-but-goodie do we associate the following nonsense phrases: 1. Oohwah Oohwah Oo-oo wa-ah Oohwah 2. Oo ee oo-ah-ah, ting tang walla-walla bing bang 3. Comma comma comma, comma com com a comma 4. Poppa umma mau mau 5. A-BOP bop a loobop, ba lop bam boom 6. Be-doowee doowee doo, Be-dowee dowee doo, Be-doowee doowee doowee doo 7. Hot dog dooley wah 8. Fe fe, fi fi, fo fo, fum 9. Lincoln Lincoln bo Bincoln, banana fana fo Fincoln 10. Woe-oh-oo-oh-woe, Rata tata tata too-oo-ooh 11. Eye simoke-um Boon dye yay, eye simoke-um boo. 12. RAH ta-da, ta-da 13. Bahh ba-ba-bahh, ba ooomdap oomdap um wa-wa-wa 14. Doo-run-di, Rundi rundi, baba doo run 15. Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool cool kitty 16. Umbah-ookah, Umbah-ookah 17. Dom dom dom dom, dom-de-doody dom, wah wa wa wa-ah 18. Bum bum, hup-doo-waddy-waddy, Bum bum, hup-doo-waddy-waddy, 19. Yip yip yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip, boom-oom-oom-oom-oom-oom 20. Nee-nee nah-nah nah-nah noo-noo 21. Hey nonny ding-dong, a-ling a-ling a-ling 22. BAH bu-bu-bah, Bu-BAH-bu-bu-bah, Buh dang-a-dong dang, Buh ding-a-dong ding 23. Ba ba oom, ba ba Diddidip 24. Doo-Lang, Doo-Lang Doo-Lang 25. Dom doobie doo dom dom, comma comma 26. Puppa Oom-mee-mee, Puppa Oom-mee-mee, Puppa Oom-mee-mee, Puppa Oom-mee-mee 27. Imminy maa-maa-maa, Imminy maa-maa-maa |
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30 Jul 04 - 05:49 PM (#1237424) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: greg stephens Excellent quiz. I'll not answer a lot right away, let everyone have a think. But I guess i6 is Running Bear. |
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30 Jul 04 - 06:01 PM (#1237432) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: SINSULL Sad, isn't it? I think I know most of them. |
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30 Jul 04 - 06:25 PM (#1237439) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: PoppaGator Me too -- are we supposed to keep quiet for a while and not give anything away? |
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30 Jul 04 - 07:27 PM (#1237483) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: PoppaGator I think the proper procedure is to PM the quizmaster, so as to avoid giving each other our answers. I'm gonna start now. |
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30 Jul 04 - 07:31 PM (#1237486) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Amos Who let us be raised on such nonsense? What irresponsibility!! Ommpowpowmoppa ompowpow!! A |
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30 Jul 04 - 07:33 PM (#1237491) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Leadfingers I dont think I will bother as things like this depress me at my age . I feel a bit like Marvin the paranoid android - The diodes down my left side are really painful tonight . A brain the size of a planet and we get Quizzes on Bloody pop Music !!! |
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30 Jul 04 - 07:39 PM (#1237495) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: BuckMulligan It is sad indeed, I think I know most of them too, but where's "Oo-ga-chaka, oo-ga-chaka"? |
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30 Jul 04 - 07:59 PM (#1237507) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: RangerSteve A personal favorite: shoop shoop shoop shoop shoop shoop shoop} If you want to know if he loves you so } it's in his kiss. it doesn't get much easier than that. Oddly enough, it's called the Shoop Shoop Song. |
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30 Jul 04 - 08:08 PM (#1237512) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: PoppaGator Besides "The Shoop Shoop Song," here are a couple of other scat-titles: "Da Doo Ron Ron" ("Met him on a sunday and my heart stood still") "Rama Lama Ding Dong" (Two different songs with this title, actually: the original tongue-in-cheek song was uptempo, "I've got a girl named Rama Lama lama lama lama ding-dong..." -- written by one of the Brill Building regulars, a guy who usually wrote with his wife, I'm forgetting their names. And then there's the slow and much more impassioned almost-all-scat RLDD performed by Otis Day and the Knights in the movie "Animal House.") |
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30 Jul 04 - 08:11 PM (#1237513) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: nutty I must have led a very sheltered life .... the only one I know for sure is number 2. |
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30 Jul 04 - 09:18 PM (#1237549) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Jerry Rasmussen Well, Hoola-poppa cow pa pa! I PM'd you Cool. Some of these I find hard because without the rhythm (which sometimes is inherent in the nonsense syllables, some of these babies go right over my head. I can get about half of them. Jerry |
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30 Jul 04 - 09:42 PM (#1237562) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: jimmyt As a bassman in a do-wop group, I get to sing most of these!!! But darn, it sure beats memorising all those words you folk singers have to contend with! |
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30 Jul 04 - 10:06 PM (#1237571) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Jerry Rasmussen Hey, jimmy! Between us, we should be able to get all of these... I can only get half, or a little over, by myself.. Jerry |
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30 Jul 04 - 10:30 PM (#1237590) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Joe Offer Gee, I'm amazed at how many of these I know. -Joe Offer, who believes his real calling is doo-wop-
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31 Jul 04 - 04:24 AM (#1237712) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: fat B****rd A Rubber Biscuit !?!? |
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31 Jul 04 - 09:05 AM (#1237783) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: SINSULL My favorite? Shudupandshobydo shudupandshobywo shudupandshobywo shudupandshobywooooo In the still of ther night.... And: Whoooo -ooo-ooo-ooo ooo-ooo-ooo bedupidooo Desiree |
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31 Jul 04 - 10:25 AM (#1237802) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Cool Beans Mainly, have fun. There are no grades. I'll post the answers in a few days. I sold this quiz to Games Magazine some years ago, but they published only 10 or 12 of the questions, then reprinted the 10-12 questions in a couple of their anthologies; it was also re-published in an airline magazine. I got paid every time so I'm not complaining. I stumbled upon it in my computer the other day; this is the first time the quiz has appeared in its entirety. |
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31 Jul 04 - 10:28 AM (#1237804) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Dave Hanson 1. Bob Dylan 2....errrrrrr bollocks to it, eric |
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31 Jul 04 - 10:49 AM (#1237814) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: saulgoldie Great quiz! I can only get a few of them, but I am sure I will slap forehead (D'oh!) when I read the answers. |
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31 Jul 04 - 11:35 AM (#1237838) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: SINSULL Eric - How old are you? #1 is NOT Dylan but Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers. |
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01 Aug 04 - 04:01 AM (#1238175) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Dave Hanson Talking World War Three Blues ? ' Tell yer ma tell yer pa, our loves gonna grow owaa owaa ' |
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01 Aug 04 - 04:02 AM (#1238176) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Dave Hanson I'll get me coat eric |
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01 Aug 04 - 05:56 PM (#1238535) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Jeremiah McCaw You fergot: ooh mau mau, ah-ah-ma ooh mau mau! Lord, we are pitiful! |
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02 Aug 04 - 04:00 AM (#1238748) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Tracey Dragonsfriend It's got our office making the most peculiar noises! Can't wait for the answers... |
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02 Aug 04 - 11:20 AM (#1238943) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Cool Beans Here are the answers to the Oldies Scat Quiz. 1. Oohwah Oohwah Oo-oo wa-ah Oohwah "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" 2. Oo ee oo-ah-ah, ting tang walla-walla bing bang "The Witch Doctor" 3. Comma comma comma, comma com com a comma "Handyman" 4. Poppa umma mau mau "Surfing Bird" 5. A-BOP bop a loobop, ba lop bam boom "Tutti Frutti" 6. Be-doowee doowee doo, Be-dowee dowee doo, Be-doowee doowee doowee doo "Seven Little girls Sitting in the Back Seat" 7. Hot dog dooley wah "Hot Dog Dooley Wah" 8. Fe fe, fi fi, fo fo, fum "Charlie Brown" 9. Lincoln Lincoln bo Bincoln, banana fana fo Fincoln "The Name Game" 10. Woe-oh-oo-oh-woe, Rata tata tata too-oo-ooh "Little Star" 11. Eye simoke-um Boon dye yay, eye simoke-um boo. "Ling Ting Tong" 12. RAH ta-da, ta-da "Chanson D'amour" 13. Bahh ba-ba-bahh, ba ooomdap oomdap um wa-wa-wa "Baby Talk" 14. Doo-run-di, Rundi rundi, baba doo run "I Met Him on Sunday" 15. Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool cool kitty "Boy From New York City" 16. Umbah-ookah, Umbah-ookah "Running Bear" 17. Dom dom dom dom, dom-de-doody dom, wah wa wa wa-ah "Come and Go With Me" 18. Bum bum, hup-doo-waddy-waddy, Bum bum, hup-doo-waddy-waddy, "Little Darlin' " 19. Yip yip yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip, boom-oom-oom-oom-oom-oom "Get a Job" 20. Nee-nee nah-nah nah-nah noo-noo "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" 21. Hey nonny ding-dong, a-ling a-ling a-ling "Sh-Boom" 22. BAH bu-bu-bah, Bu-BAH-bu-bu-bah, Buh dang-a-dong dang, Buh ding-a-dong ding "Blue Moon" 23. Ba ba oom, ba ba Diddidip "Speedoo" 24. Doo-Lang, Doo-Lang Doo-Lang "He's So Fine" 25. Dom doobie doo dom dom, comma comma "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" 26. Puppa Oom-mee-mee, Puppa Oom-mee-mee, Puppa Oom-mee-mee, Puppa Oom-mee-mee "The Martian Hop" 27. Imminy maa-maa-maa, Imminy maa-maa-maa "Imagination" |
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02 Aug 04 - 01:01 PM (#1238998) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: PoppaGator Thanks for the answers. I had sent in my best guesses via PM -- only got a little more than half of 'em. Jerry's right; despite the good job Cool Beans did in spelling out these nonsense syllables, there's no way to "read" the correct rhythm. Now that I see the answers for the ones I missed, a couple are songs I never knew or had forgotten, but more of them are songs I know well enopugh, but I didn't have the imagination to read the sylllables in the cortrect rhythm -- for example, # 10 Little Staar and #23 Speedo. Well, it sure was fun, and I'm glad the the author made szome money on this endeavor elsewhere. (Sure wasn't going to make a profit here!) |
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03 Aug 04 - 10:40 AM (#1239438) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Metchosin Oh dear....I got way too many of them. I also believe that #5 could be Purple People Eater, as well as Tutti Frutti, as I'm pretty certain that is what the little fellow says in the last line of the song as it fades out. |
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04 Aug 04 - 07:52 AM (#1240108) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Tig Glad you put the answers up! I only managed an odd couple, The Badger took the quiz to his local and drove them mad with it as they argued about the possible answers. Just one question - are some of them purely American in release as I had never even heard of them? |
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04 Aug 04 - 10:48 AM (#1240183) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Cool Beans Yes, Tig, some are purely American; most were radio hits, a couple were pretty obscure. "Link Ting Tong" was a sort of undergbround hit because its refrain -- "eye simoke-um boon-dye yay" was in some quarteres misheard or interpreted as "I smoke-um boo all day." |
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07 Aug 04 - 06:44 AM (#1241613) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Roger the Skiffler I tried to emial the answers to a friend in local govt. Rejected by their offensive word software! Either Little Darling or Seven Little Girls were the problem, I suspect! RtS |
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07 Aug 04 - 11:37 AM (#1241730) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Cool Beans Then you won't be wanting to e-mail your friend about any reruns of "Leave It To Beaver". |
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07 Aug 04 - 07:26 PM (#1242093) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: rick-APX4a RangerSteve. Who sang it? (Originally, I've still got the original recording! Isn't that sad?) |
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31 Aug 04 - 04:24 PM (#1261004) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: GUEST,gigliocr@hotmail.com who wears short shorts who sang? |
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01 Sep 04 - 10:32 AM (#1261624) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: Cool Beans The Royal Teens sang "Short Shorts." |
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05 Dec 19 - 09:41 PM (#4022390) Subject: RE: Oldies scat quiz From: keberoxu Dear heaven, this is a HOOT. Worth refreshing. And yes, some of these I have never heard of in all my born days. I did, however, recognize Chanson d'A- mou ou our RRRRRRRAH ta-da, ta-da! |