Ling Ting Tong
Pick your favorite version of this immortal classic. BTW, the nonsense phrase is officially rendered as "I sa mok em boo di ay, I sa mok em boo." Although I sometimes hear "...boo LI ay."
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I must have missed this one the 1st time around but I was only 6 and the people I hung out with weren't totally off their nut. Anyhoo, my coolie house boy, Won Hun Lo, and I pick "The Charms".
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/18/13 at 09:35 AM
I prefer the Five Keys version. The recording has a little more tempo to it.
You might be interested to look into the subject of misheard lyrics at KissThisGuy.com. Strangely enough my pick is on the list at #2 for funniest of the month for this song. To my ear, the phrase sounds like everyone likes to "smoke a boot, oh yea."
You might be interested to look into the subject of misheard lyrics at KissThisGuy.com. Strangely enough my pick is on the list at #2 for funniest of the month for this song. To my ear, the phrase sounds like everyone likes to "smoke a boot, oh yea."
Posted by KDP on 10/18/13 at 10:08 AM
I remember loving that "kiss this guy" book when it came out, pre-internet!
Posted by Paul on 10/18/13 at 04:39 PM
When I was in choir we did a rendition of the Pink Panther theme with nonsense lyrics since it has no lyrics.
be dot bedot bedot bedot bedot bedot bedee
buda doten dee...
be dot bedot bedot bedot bedot bedot bedee
buda doten dee...
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/18/13 at 09:05 PM
Having grown up in the UK, my favorite nonsense song is The Goons' "Ying Tong Song."
One of the HS choirs of which I was a member did a lot of Swingle stuff, so the Pink Panther sounds very familiar, although I don't remember performing it (of course, there were several concerts that involved underage consumption, so lack of memory is of small moment). The oddest song we did was Toch's "Geographical Fugue," which is spoken and includes the fact that "the Popocatepetl is not in Canada" - English schoolkids learning to pronounce Popocatepetl is painful, to say the least.
One of the HS choirs of which I was a member did a lot of Swingle stuff, so the Pink Panther sounds very familiar, although I don't remember performing it (of course, there were several concerts that involved underage consumption, so lack of memory is of small moment). The oddest song we did was Toch's "Geographical Fugue," which is spoken and includes the fact that "the Popocatepetl is not in Canada" - English schoolkids learning to pronounce Popocatepetl is painful, to say the least.
Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 10/18/13 at 09:28 PM
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