Pop songs that are vocalese takes on classical works
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Van Dyke Parks - "Number Nine" - from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Chorale" [mp3]
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The Free Design - "Kije's Ouija" - from Prokofiev's "Suite From Lieutenant Kijé," Op. 60 [mp3]
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The Toys - "A Lover's Concerto" - from Bach's "Minuet in G Major," BWV Anh. 114 [mp3]
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Allan Sherman - "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" - from Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda, Op. 9 [mp3]
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The Mindbenders - "A Groovy Kind of Love" - from Clementi's "Sonatina in G Major," Op. 36 No. 5 [mp3]
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April 8th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
For a training that I was a part of in October, we made each region perform a song that they wrote. I was in charge of coming up with a song for the state headquarters. We had nothing till the morning before the training started and I thought of "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" while I was in the shower. The training was at a camp called 'Bear River' or something. It is a very easy song to adapt the lyrics.
Something along the lines of :
Hello Muddah
Hello Fadduh,
I am writing
From Bear River
State staff's very...entertaining
And we're still unclear on absentee voting
'Hit your numbers'
'Enter data'
They don't have no
internet-a
Looked up 'organize'
on Wikipedia
and it sure as shit don't sound like earned media.
Everyone on the HQ staff went around and sang a verse on their department: Operations, Data, New Media, Voter Hotline, GOTV, Youth Vote. It was pretty great actually, I don't think a video exists anywhere, which is shame, I think it ended with everyone singing:
So mother, father
Don't you worry
about me
or Missouri
I've got healthcare
and I get paid
and tonight I'm really hoping that I get laid.
April 25th, 2009 at 8:19 am
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