Ding dong ding dong

[Basil]

https://biggeekdad.com/2013/11/carol-bells/

 

[NutmegCT]

That is EXCELLENT. Just figured out what I'm giving for Christmas!

Thanks for posting.

and ... Merry Christmas to you!

Tom

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I really like listening to a capella music but something always puzzles me about it: how do the singers decide what words they should use to make the notes they sing? ruddy ruddy bum tuddy rum tuddy bump bump

 

[NutmegCT]

A Cappella just means singing with no instrumental accompaniment. But the "ruddy ruddy fummy tud" etc are often called "scat singing" - nonsense syllables. That was used even in the 16th century - fa la la la la, la la la la (Deck the Halls ...)

(We won't go into the original meaning of the word "scat" ...)

Here's Al Jolson (1911) using scat:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Jolsonscat.ogg

And Louis Armstrong:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Armstrongscat.ogg

Ella Fitzgerald used lots of scat singing in the 1940s and 1950s. And of course:

To be is to do - Socrates.
To do is to be - Sartre.
Do be do be do - Sinatra

Tom

 

[Basil]

To be is to do - Socrates.
To do is to be - Sartre.
Do be do be do - Sinatra

Tom

And

Scooby do be do - Scooby Doo

 

[Basil]

If you liked that one, check this:

[video=youtube;qJ_MGWio-vc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUmv1CLT6ZcFdTJMHxaR9XeA&v=qJ_MGWio-vc#t=41[/video]

 

[Mickey Richaud]

One more - a bit different:

 

[Darwin]

These people are amazing!!!

 

[waltesefalcon]

I heard them on NPR the other day, cool group.