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Inspired by Philip Sherburnes latest entry at needledrops. herberts mix of Fantasy by Blaze, Jay Z - It's hot, Cybotron - Techno City.

― ed, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

that outkast song...

― toby, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Miles Davis - Black Satin has the best clappy claps

― chaki, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Happy Clappy Melon Farmers" by The Goose.

It's incredible.

― Zanny G, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ODB - Got Your Money.

― DylanK, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

all songs with handclaps are good! and some of them are...

odb - got yr money
annie - the greatest hit
boogie wonderland!

― minna, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

curse my slow fingers

― minna, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

horrible man but gary glitters rock and roll parts 1 and 2 has good hand claps

― born clippy, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Clapping Music' - Steve Reich

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'The handclapping song' by The Meters

― Jacob, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure" by The Magnetic Fields.

― angela, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i was just about to put the meters.

also - gary glitter - rock n' roll / human league - rock n' roll

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oops - that was already up too, ilm - where someone always beats you to it.

gary glitter may have been a (very horrible man but i don't think his music should become taboo as really, he had almost nothing to do with the sound of the glitter band.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Force Mass Motion - Esthesis (on the "Escape" E.P.)

Clap-tastic!!

― Nick, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the glitter band as such has been tainted - id find it diff to listen to the hits of kenneth noye or jonathan king without thinking what a grubby bugger they were

― born clippy, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"1969" by the stooges

― unknown or illegal user, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Hey Lover" - The Aislers Set

― Mr Swygart, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pretty much any song with handclaps is a good song. Blah off the blah top of my head blah: Miles Davis - Black Satin
The Auteurs - Bailed Out
Martin Circus - Disco Circus
Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke
Morgan Geist - Resolved
Metro Area - Atmosphrique
Theo Parrish - Lake Shore Drive

― Andy K, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm sure some of these records must not have used real paws, but instead the wonderfully-named 'Claptrap' electronic clapping apparatus.
And I vote for this with the 1980 Stewart/Blunstone cover of 'What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted' (which, incidentally, Green Gartside turned down the chance to perform on...)
I bet by now there's a sample CD somewhere with 25 different handclaps on it.

Gary Glitter: yeah, music rendered creepy by associative guilt. Read a thread here somewhere which indicated the general view of ILMers was these things could comfortably be kept seperate, as long as they weren't contributing financially to anyone/thing they disapproved of.
Legacy of the 80's I suppose - 'I vote with my money'.

― Ray M, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i was just thinking of starting a similar thread the other day!

theres loads, but i can't think!

Red Planet ~ Star Dancer

― gareth, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember going into a studio about 1980 and when we said we wanted to do some handclaps the engineer supplied us with two pieces of wood each to bash together. He insisted that this was how the 'professionals' got a good handclap sound. I think maybe the Gary Glitter ones could have been done that way (this engineer seemed locked into slightly old methods so 1972 would've been about right). Anyway I didn't like the results particularly. Next time I insisted we used our hands and it sounded very nice - much more disco-ey.

― David, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i was watching the real gary glitter last night and it showed a line of wigan casino-esque fellows clapping out the rock and roll intro with hands so unless this was mocked so that the secrets of the studio stay in the studio i believe they were real hands in that there clap

― born clippy, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beatles excelled at this (good example: the anthology version of "I'm Looking Through You."

Sun Ra's "Kingdom of Not."

It's extremely common in the more upbeat styles of Arabic music (e.g., Milhem Barakat, Samira Tewfic), but I've also heard it, for instance, on the last Farida CD, although she is doing Iraqi classical music.

Very predictable answers from me.

― DeRayMi, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Umbabarauma' by Jorge Ben. The funkiest clappiest song ever

― dancity, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"I've Lost COntrol" by Sleazy D. Loads of lovely, slightly phased 808 claps.

― Microkomputer, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Wait a minute - it's been a while, but hasn't CV's 'Sensoria' got these great electronic handclappy noises all the way through ?

― Ray M, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Shake Appeal" -- Iggy & the Stooges.

― Colin Meeder, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Come Out 2 Nite"!

(Kenickie)

― Graham, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

le tigre -- deceptacon

― drake, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

quite a few Boo Radleys songs. Their cover of "There She Goes", for one . . .

― Ess Kay, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the danielson family loves to clap along quite frequently

― petite verte, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Roller Skating Child", Beach Boys

― dleone, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"My Best Friend's Girl" by the Cars, "We Will Rock You" by Queen.

― Matt Riedl (veal), Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Sensoria"!!!! I was going to say that!

Instead, I'll say "Pacific" by 808 State, "It Must Be Obvious" by Pet Shop Boys and "The Dream" and "La Ment" by The Cure.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Chick Corea knows how to rock the handclaps. Witness "Spain" from Light as a Feather or some of the songs from My Spanish Heart (don't have the titles in front of me).

― o. nate, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Private Eyes" by Hall and Oates is the best all-time hand-clapper. Everyone knows that.

― maria, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

there's gotta be a numan track. ned?

― dyson, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"devotion" ten city.

― Aaron G!, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ms. Lady Evans by Redd Kross gets my vote!

― Manny Parsons, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

So, how long were y'all planning this thread to go on before someone mentioned "Summertime Blues"?

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's already been suggested, but it needs to be repeated: "The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure" by the Magnetic Fields. The handclaps on that song are devastating.

The Reich piece is great, and there's an odd and small early John Cage piece called (I think) "Chant with Clapping" that I'm overly fond of. But those aren't the delightful "cheezy" handclaps...

― Chris Piuma, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Boy with the Arab Strap" by Belle and Sebastian. How could that song not put a grin on your face?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lazy:X-Press2 & David Byrne

― dek1, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't Bring Me Down - The Pretty Things

Being Boiled (second version) - Human League

― baxter wingnut, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

New I can't believe it's not been mentioned yet answers:

Undertones - Teenage Kicks

Oh, and all electro - evah!

― Bill E, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

HAND CLAPPING MAKES A GOOD SONG... AND THATS FINAL

― sonicred, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i like the handclaps in Polvo's "tiara fetish"/"watch the nail"... very minimal... only 4 claps in the entire song, but stretched out so far apart...

― gygax!, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Neptunes remix of "Grindin" by the Clipse

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

five months pass...

"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" Kinks

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Meredith Monk, certainly, *must* have a number of hand-claps-accompanied songs - but i can't recall even one of them by name right now (which is a shame)

there's a rather beautiful whistle-and-handclaps passage amidst Jethro Tull's "Pibroch (Cap In Hand)"

(the most un-happening clap-musician? Eric Clap''' ?)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

see

The Best Use of Handclaps

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The Roots "Water"
Medeski Martin and Wood "whatever that song is on Combustication with the hand-clap break"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Speaking of the Kinks ... "Rainy Day in June" is also a good'un.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cure "Close to Me"

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

How about "songs with cool handjobs?" You know, like "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"? Sorry. Bedtime for me.

― s woods, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The Escape Club - "Wild Wild West"

That was a joke. I think.

I would like to personally congratulate this thread for failing to mention "Jack and Diane". Wait a minute...

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

any luke vibert production or remix. he are best at avvin good rivvums an that, like. renegade by pussy galore (with ancillary jewellery jangle too!)

― bob snoom, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 13:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"Glass" by Joy Division, "Let's Go To Bed" by The Cure, "Ankh" by Sun Ra and "Seconds Too Late" by Cabaret Voltaire all have cool handclaps.

― James Annett (jlannett), Monday, 10 February 2003 01:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"Project: Go!" by Straight To Video

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 10 February 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Busta's "Make It Clap"

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't remember if "Stairway to the Stars" by Blue Oyster Cult really had handclaps in the middle section or not, but if it doesn't, it's still a cool song with handclaps until someone notices they're not there.

― tom (other one), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheap Trick's "Daddy Should've Stayed in High School" has my favorite handclaps. They make the song sound louder.

Also unmentioned is Guided by Voices' "My Valuable Hunting Knife" (7" EP version)

― Mean guy, Monday, 10 February 2003 04:57 (twenty-two years ago)

there's gotta be a numan track. ned?

Not really handclaps per se, but "I Die: You Die" sure sounds like it has robot handclaps.

SFA, "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" roolz, mang.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 February 2003 07:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Sleater Kinney "Turn it On"

― Leee (Leee), Monday, 10 February 2003 08:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"all is loneliness" by moondog

― duane, Monday, 10 February 2003 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"You're the One" by Buddy Holly, best handclaps in the world ever.

― Burr, Monday, 10 February 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

lil kim - the jump off

― original bgm, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Midnight Mountain" by Cathedral.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

smog - "cold blooded old times"

― ropadop, Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Renegades of Funk" has handclaps, in fact they come in after they say "now handclaps!". It's great.
Oh and that "Hey mickey you're so fine" song has handclaps. Wait a minute-I hate that song!

― Sengai, Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tighten Up" - Archie Bell and the Drells

― ken taylrr, Friday, 2 April 2004 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)

1 hipster vote for "We Used to Be Friends" by Dandy Warhols

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 2 April 2004 05:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll be there for you by the rembrandts heh heh heh

― sanchez (mokey), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"Alex Chilton"!

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Authority Song" by Jimmy Eat World (not John Cougar Melonball!)

― sanchez (mokey), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

"lazy line painter jane" - belle & sebastian

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 23 April 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Here Comes The Sun" has syncopated handclaps, a rarity.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

The handclaps on Buddy Holly's "You're the One" are also syncopated (and dizzying).

― Burr (Burr), Thursday, 13 May 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

When the fuck did I write about handclaps? Weird. Stelfox to thread!
Anyway, Feist's "Mushaboom" -- love the faux-Diwali feel.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Thursday, 13 May 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

mint chicks - anti-tiger

― chris andrews (fraew), Friday, 14 May 2004 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

Ensemble Al-Umayri: The Sawt of Kuwait

Clapping used really distinctively throughout the Gulf states. Slightly similar to flamenco or to some things I've heard from Mauritania or from various Saharan groups, but I think this use of clapping is more interesting. Quick, complex, rhythms clapped out, sort of as a chorus after verses. I would like even more of it in each song though.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 30 October 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean it. The clapping here is unequivocally great.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 30 October 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

Steely Dan "Show Biz Kids"

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

Effigy - Caught

― Pistola, Monday, 18 April 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

That little breakdown in "No Matter What" by Badfinger has some serious handclaps.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Monday, 18 April 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Laurie Anderson, "Let X=X"
Tortoise, that last song on Standards.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 18 April 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone remember that episode of The Patty Duke Show where she is present at a recording session and is accidentally recorded clapping or something, and at first it seems like she ruined the take but it turns out it made it better?

― Heidy- Ho, Monday, 18 April 2005 04:08 (twenty years ago)

Pas/Cal - "What Happened to the Sands?"

― Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe that nobody has yet mentioned "Car Wash"!
Also: Boney M's "Rasputin"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:08 (twenty years ago)

the shins - mine's not a high horse

― gem (trisk), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:13 (twenty years ago)

Spoon - Metal Detektor

― dmun, Monday, 18 April 2005 08:32 (twenty years ago)

q and not u -- A Line In the Sand

― a man what's made out of gas, Monday, 18 April 2005 10:52 (twenty years ago)

Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik

― Amon (eman), Monday, 18 April 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

Armando - Pleasure Dome

― paul c (paul c), Monday, 18 April 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles excelled at this
I listened to "Roll Over Beethoven" yesterday and the handclaps kind of bugged me.

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

'Bargain' by the Who (1971) has a nice use of handclaps - two closely spaced pairs, recurring every 8 bars (I think) during the verses only.

On a more contemporary note, I've noticed that a lot of r&b and hip hop records at the moment seem to have totally dispensed with a snare drum and have a big, fat, crisp 808-style handclap instead (ie in place of the snare, not mixed in with it). I like the sound of that.

― Oak (small items), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Tighten up - Archie Bell and the Drells

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

I wasn't thinking of "Roll Over Beethoven" (which I don't even like).

― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

how has THE CLAPPING SONG by SHIRLEY ELLIS not been mentioned yet?!?!

― joseph (joseph), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

The Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder"

― Ian Riese-Moraine has a grenade, that pineapple's not just a toy! (Eastern Mantr, Sunday, 24 April 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

The Angels - "My Boyfriend's Back" ???

― sleep (sleep), Sunday, 24 April 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

The Village People - "In the Navy"

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Monday, 25 April 2005 01:04 (twenty years ago)

The Strokes - "12:51" (in the chorus)

― Keith C (kcraw916), Monday, 25 April 2005 01:26 (twenty years ago)

"Jet Boy" by the New York Dolls is a handclap classic, too.

― Keith C (kcraw916), Monday, 25 April 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

are they hand-claps or rimshots ?

― joe dolce, Monday, 25 April 2005 05:44 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

01. Jets – Are you gonna be my girl (Elektra)
02. Belle & Sebastian - The boy with the arab strap (Jeepster Recordings)
03. ST Thomas - The Railroad (The Songs of Lee Hazelwood] (City Slang)
04. Beta Band – Broken up a ding dong (Regal Recordings)
05. Beck - Go it alone (Geffen/Universal)
06. Relaxed Muscle - Billy Jack (Rough Trade)
07. Electronicat - Dans les bois (Disko B)
08. Mu - Extreme (Manchester's Revenge)
09. Munk & Chloe - ce kul [Francisco Remix] (Gomma)
10. Tarwater - All that [additional handclaps: Hanno Leichtmann] (Morr Music)

― gregor schubert, Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

The Aztec Mystic 'ascesion' (flipside of Knights of the Jaguar) has a great 909 clap pattern on it. Killer for doubles fuckery too :)

― tylero (tylero), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Primal Scream - Come Together

― tony s, Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

roxy music "mother of pearl"

("even zaruthrusta CLAP CLAP")

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Fugazi: "Nightshop"

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Spoon - "They Never Got You"

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 25 June 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Marvin Gaye- "Ain't That Peculiar," which popped onto my playlist while I was bikecommuting, and almost caused a wreck by virtue of its gorgeousness.

― Hunter (Hunter), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

"Funky Hilife" by C.K. Mann & Carousel 7

― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

Captain Sky - Super Sporm

― mucho, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

uh, "Take the Money and Run"?

Can't believe nobody's mentioned this yet. Or is Steve Miller unwelcome in these parts?

― Garrett Martin (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

programmed ones:

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0I8N9TLTHRX310K3EVXCMJD3H1

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)

Porno for Pyros, "Tahitian Moon," especially because they clap on the off-beats IIRC

Jefferson Starship, "Runaway," because they sound so casual, unforced, as if it were an impromptu studio decision.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

Snowsuit Sound by Sloan!

― Streatham's Paisley Princess (kate), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Since You're Gone - The Cars

** Rounder - Pere Ubu **

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

"Trouser Press," baby.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

Peter Gabriel, "The Family and the Fishing Net" (ritualistic Linn Drum claps)

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Black Leotard Front - "Casual Friday"
The Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar"

Should we start a cowbell thread?

― viborgu, Friday, 4 November 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

I think there's an album on Aquarius that is just segued recordings of applause from concerts. the whole album is clapping. maybe some whooping and whistling too. I think it would make me nauseous.

― MESTEMA (davidcorp), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Paul de Santa Cruz, download that Kazem el-Saher file I linked too! (Ah, you probably won't like it.) And yes, actually this mp3 is from a rare, if not out-of-print, album. I have it on cassette but haven't had luck finding it on CD.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 4 November 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

Should we start a cowbell thread?
No. Sanford & Son theme beats all.

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Friday, 4 November 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

ALthough there's nothing notable about the claps qua claps, there's a great claps-guitar-and-vocal breakdown in the middle of Rilo Kiley's "Love and War (11/11/46)."

― monkeybutler, Friday, 4 November 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Songs with cool cowbells

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 4 November 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Paul de Santa Cruz, download that Kazem el-Saher file I linked too!

I did, even before I was instructed to do so. I like the rhythm elements, not into the whole track quite as much.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 4 November 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

I have to admit I find it somewhat draggy toward the middle. I do like the floaty ney sound and the keyboard. It's actually a lot less cheese-pop than most Iraqi pop music I've heard (maybe because it's a pop version of what seems to be an old Arab standard).

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 4 November 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Broken Social Scene: Stars and Sons

― footlog, Friday, 4 November 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

"More Than A Feeling" owns this thread.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

most 80s electro hip hop hop does, in fact. Shep Pettibone et al !
But I vote for James Ingram's "Ya Mo B There"

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 6 November 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Nah nah - it's Sammy Davis Jr., "The Candy Man"!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

Thunderclap Newman "Something In The Air", 1969.

― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

Let's get real here: "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone.

― JT Blah, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

Flipper "Ever"

― amon (eman), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 06:19 (twenty years ago)

Kelley Polar - Here in the Night

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 06:20 (twenty years ago)

cromagnon - "ritual feast of the libido"
henry cow - "bittern storm over ulm"

― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

1-Citizen Cope - Bullet & A Target
2-Radiohead - We Suck Young Blood
3-Cat Stevens - Peace Train
4-David Bowie - Space Oddity
5-Ben Folds - Song? on Rockin' the suburbs
6-Counting Crows - Hanging around

Please send more. I love the themed "mixed tapes"

love the cowbell comment

― DT, Wednesday, 23 November 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago)

Sly & Fam, "I Want to Take You Higher"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards knew a thing or two about using syncroniced handclaps in a great way.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago)

Pas/Cal - "What Happened to the Sands"

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 04:02 (nineteen years ago)

XTC "I'd Like That" (ending)

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

I cannot believe that nobody has posted this song yet:

Maxine Nightingale - "Right Back Where We Started From"

There's almost no other percussion except handclaps. It's FANTASTIC.

Also: The Wonders' "That Thing You Do" and "Dance with Me Tonight"

― Kate G., Friday, 30 December 2005 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

"Discopolis" by the Dambuilders, if memory serves.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Friday, 30 December 2005 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

no song has handclaps - they're all rimshots.

― retrogurl, Saturday, 31 December 2005 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

I'd like to third "The Boy with the Arab Strap" as it is my favorite song of all-time.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Saturday, 31 December 2005 05:05 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

Ooo! This is a brilliant thread! I've been making a hand clapping cd personally, and so far I've turned up:

Pretty Girls Make Graves - Something Bigger, Something Brighter
OK Go - A Good Idea At The Time
OK Go - You're So Damn Hot
The Departure - All Mapped Out
The Postal Service - Clark Gable
The Kills - At The Back Of The Shell
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Cold Hands! Hot Bodies!
Bif Naked - Tango Shoes
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Rilo Kiley - The Frug
Pilot - Magic
Delays - Valentine
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands (tho that could just be the band & song title!)
The Shins - Kissing The Lipless
Gossip - Fire Sign
Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Black Tongue

And yeah... that's about it!

― Daisy, Saturday, 13 May 2006 09:37 (nineteen years ago)

Monkey Swallows The Universe - 'Jimmy Down The Well'

― boney (b0n3y), Saturday, 13 May 2006 10:56 (nineteen years ago)

shame on you people, for failing to mention:

Denim, "Middle Of The Road"

― hank (hank s), Saturday, 13 May 2006 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments "My Mysterious Death"

― drench, Saturday, 13 May 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

Old Blue - The Byrds

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 13 May 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Natcha Atlas's "Ezzay", from Gedida

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 13 May 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Fugazi: Witness Protection Program

― Ted Harris, Sunday, 21 May 2006 06:12 (nineteen years ago)

hello kitten - hefner

― bee, Sunday, 21 May 2006 10:54 (nineteen years ago)

Old 97's - Oppenheimer
OK Go - Get Over It

― bryce, Friday, 26 May 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

Whats that song Shea DJ samples at Mets games? "Evry-Body Clap Your Hands!" ?? that always moves me.

― Rhett, Friday, 26 May 2006 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

The Stones' "Shattered"

I remember Jagger once saying that the handclaps and the "Shadoobie"s were as important to the song as the lyrics (some of Jagger's best).

― Taylor, Friday, 26 May 2006 03:01 (nineteen years ago)

maria mckee's version of "i can't make it alone." reminds me of parliament handclaps, for some reason.

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Friday, 26 May 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

Jose Gonzalez - "Lovestain"

― willem -- (willem), Friday, 26 May 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

Outkast - 'Behold a Lady'. Andre says 'clap clap' over the claps, for extra cool points.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Friday, 26 May 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

The Getaway -Some Girls

― dave's good arm (facsimile) (dave225.3), Friday, 26 May 2006 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

not really a song, but the whole Carl Craig Fabric mix has some and more.

I felt I could do something different, especially by adding claps, sounds and my own vocals. A real party mix.

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Friday, 26 May 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

Pia Zadora did "The Clapping Song" in the early 80's. It may have been a cover but I still remember it. Can't remember how it goes, though.

― Twitchety Twitch Manic Toy System (Bimble...), Saturday, 27 May 2006 07:25 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

3:35ish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EN-Th_4g5E&mode=related&search=

(Mentioned upthread, I think, but now here it is on youtube.)

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 10 September 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

(and in other spots)

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 10 September 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

Clearly no gay guys visited this thread for they would school y'all that the greatest handclap of all-time is the "clap-clap" right after "God bless Mother Nature" fro The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men."

― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 10 September 2007 02:22 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

Just listening to Le Loup's 'We are gods we are wolves'. Lovely handclapping!! Special mention, while I'm here, to Mushaboom by Feist. Aaaah.

― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 7 December 2007 11:41 (seventeen years ago)

Just listening to Le Loup's 'We are gods we are wolves'. Lovely handclapping!!

oh yes, this is indeed rather wonderful

― mark e, Friday, 7 December 2007 11:50 (seventeen years ago)

Shango "Frantic Situation"

― Saxby D. Elder, Friday, 7 December 2007 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

Badfinger "No Matter What"

― Brooker Buckingham, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

Rush-"In the Mood"

― Bill Magill, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

Has no one actually mentioned Car Wash by Rose Royce?

Clap clap clapclapclapclapclap

― Daniel Giraffe, Saturday, 8 December 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago)

So many great suggestions upthread. Too many to mention, but of the ones I hadn't heard before, I really enjoyed the Kathem Alsaher. Of the ones I knew, the Jose Gonzalez one is lovely.

― Daniel Giraffe, Saturday, 8 December 2007 12:11 (seventeen years ago)

Oh God "It Tango" "It Tango" "It Tango"

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 8 December 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

Chic generally, "Good Times" particularly.

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:07 (seventeen years ago)

What I Like About You - the Romantics (okay, I think the clapping's only at the very beginning, but it's important)

also I'm really surprised people aren't mentioning more girl-group stuff. "My Boyfriend's Back" is the most obvious example.

― babyalive, Sunday, 9 December 2007 00:00 (seventeen years ago)

oh whoops, someone DID mention that song. sorry!!

― babyalive, Sunday, 9 December 2007 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

suede -- animal nitrate

they come in towards the end. and, not that there's anything especially good sounding about them, it's just the fact that they are there - that i love. there - in the most sexually tormented song ever, just giving the beat a hand. oh, i fucking love it.

― andi, Sunday, 9 December 2007 02:23 (seventeen years ago)

Low - Breaker Perhaps one of the most disturbing songs to use hand claps. The 2 people clapping are slightly out of sync adding to the displaced feeling.

― that's not my post, Sunday, 9 December 2007 07:37 (seventeen years ago)

two months pass...

mary j -- just fine

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 15:07 (seventeen years ago)

Faust, Läuft...Heißt das es läuft oder es kommt bald...Läuft

― Tom D., Tuesday, 4 March 2008 15:09 (seventeen years ago)

I'm starting to think about baseball and my beloved Red Sox again, so I'll go with "Centerfield."

― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

The answer as ever is

'Ever' by Flipper.

Once more they surpassed their extreme low quality with this TWO man -slightly out of time and tune - clap assault(probably Bruce Lose and Will Shatter)

― Fer Ark, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:02 (seventeen years ago)

Tim Buckley-"Hong Kong Bar"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:05 (seventeen years ago)

Lollipop - The Chordettes

― craven, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 20:33 (seventeen years ago)

the Who - "My Generation"
Parliament - "Flash Light"

― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 20:56 (seventeen years ago)

Maybe I Know - Lesley Gore

― craven, Monday, 17 March 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

Billy Squier - "The Stroke" !!

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 17 March 2008 03:23 (seventeen years ago)

The handclaps at the end of Elastica's "Connection" are pretty great.

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 17 March 2008 20:42 (seventeen years ago)

a month later, and i'm still in awe of "369"

Fits somewhere in my top 10 songs of the year. There's this one point where I'm afraid it's about to lose its steam, but then B.o.B. comes in and saves the day. AWESOME

-- Tape Store, Monday, March 17, 2008 5:06 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Link

^^^songs with great handclaps

-- Jordan, Monday, March 17, 2008 2:57 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

― Jordan, Monday, 17 March 2008 20:43 (seventeen years ago)

be your own pet- kelly affair

― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 March 2008 20:44 (seventeen years ago)

A dozen favorites hopefully not repeated upthread

Ramones - "I Can't Make It On Time"
Radio 4 - "Get Set To Fall Out"
Stooges - "No Fun"
L7 - "Fast and Frightening"
Adam and the Ants - "Deutscher Girls"
Gary Numan - "I Die: You Die"
Martha & the Muffins - "Indecision"
The Sussed - "I've Got Me Parka"
Bis - "I'm a Slut"
Papas Fritas - "Way You Walk"
Four Jacks & a Jill - "La La Song"
From Bubblegum to Sky - "Hello Hello Hi"

― zaxxon25, Monday, 17 March 2008 20:49 (seventeen years ago)

Al Hamdo Lak عاليه حسين / الحمد لك

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8UhLjxN4HQ

make it until 1:48

― Milton Parker, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:34 (seventeen years ago)

oo i wanna hear when i get home.

― Surmounter, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:35 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, "cool handclaps" is redundant.

― billstevejim, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:42 (seventeen years ago)

Arabs own cool handclaps, as I've said before. Oh yeah, they just hit it. I love that stuff. Not crazy about the singer. Is this Kuwaiti? The clapping seems Kuwaiti but I'm probably not nearly expert enough to be that specific.

― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:45 (seventeen years ago)

Here's more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO77koJKcYA

― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:49 (seventeen years ago)

Also don't forget this link from before, even though it's one of those corny Arab videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EN-Th_4g5E&mode=related&search=

― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:57 (seventeen years ago)

Not rhythmically interesting, but the hybrid clap-snaps that run through Soft Cell's ver of "Where Did Our Love Go" are ripe for sampling.

― derelict, Monday, 17 March 2008 22:53 (seventeen years ago)

Errrrm. Every song that uses a 909.

Also Bubo Pronsato - At Home I'm a Tourist

and the first song off A Chance To Cut is a chance to Cure by Matmos. The actual name has slipped me.

― mehlt, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 00:40 (seventeen years ago)

eight months pass...

More killer khaleeji clapping:

― _Rockist__Scientist_, Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:08 (sixteen years ago)

I cannot believe that nobody has posted this song yet:
Maxine Nightingale - "Right Back Where We Started From"
There's almost no other percussion except handclaps. It's FANTASTIC.
― Kate G., Friday, December 30, 2005 4:43 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark

I think about this post often.

Kate, so OTM

― my name is crap jones (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago)

Nobody mentioned David Bowie "Secret Life Of Arabia"...

― sonnyboy, Thursday, 11 December 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago)

Some of the coolest handclaps I have heard were in early electro-ish stuff like Madonna's "Holiday" and similar.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 11 December 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago)

Jaggerz: The Rapper

― ＴＥＥＮＡＧＥＤＩＡＬＥＣＴＩＣＳ (libcrypt), Thursday, 11 December 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago)

Electric Light Orchestra - Summer & Lightning

Doesn't the Santa Esmerelda cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" go handclap crazy in the middle?

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 11 December 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago)

Also Bubo Pronsato

What the hell was I doing when I typed this?

― This time, or I'll perc you later (mehlt), Thursday, 11 December 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Yeasayer's "Tightrope" on the "Dark Was The Night" compilation adds some terrific handclaps as the song progresses.

Also, Matt and Kim's terrific songs "Spare Change" and "Cutdown" give good clap.

The best I can think of that I haven't seen mentioned here is Nina Simone's "Sinnerman", which has an absolutely the best handclapping section about six minutes into it.

― senorguinn, Sunday, 19 September 2010 16:42 (fifteen years ago)

Flat Duo Jet's "Go Go Harlem Baby" and the mid section of "Better Get It In Your Soul" by Charles Mingus. Two mighty fine examples of hand-clappery.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:55 (fifteen years ago)

ten months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJQ5Ox0q77M

― № (am0n), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)

Rapper Dapper Snapper

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 21:21 (fourteen years ago)

jj + blackhearts - i love r&r

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:36 (fourteen years ago)

B52's: Love Shack

― kokokeho, Thursday, 28 July 2011 11:48 (fourteen years ago)

You gotta wait for them, but they're great when they show up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182ec49VktQ

― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Thursday, 28 July 2011 12:36 (fourteen years ago)

Wire, Champs

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 July 2011 12:40 (fourteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Revive!!

love love love handclaps

Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Don't Bring Me Down - ELO (though I think they're synth claps but w/e)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:22 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

I still love handclaps fyi

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:30 (twelve years ago)

ooh and a vote for Ladies Night - Kool and The Gang for the triple handclap intro

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 May 2013 23:58 (twelve years ago)

three years pass...

Tried to start a new thread about this song. Maybe it's just as well that I can't, but I finally found the best song, the Samira Toufic song I've been trying to ID for a couple decades now. I think of it as Samira Toufic doing the Bealtes and XTC. Handclaps at the beginning! Guitar at 1:48!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU0-CMdkgjk

― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 25 March 2017 15:38 (eight years ago)

Samira Toufic is so underrated, seriously.

― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 25 March 2017 15:42 (eight years ago)

Denim - The Osmonds, great handclaps near the end. Glam pastiche with exemplary genre signifiers.

― gass mccoombes (qiqing), Monday, 27 March 2017 01:24 (eight years ago)

"Remember (Walking in the Sand)" - The Shangri-Las (minimal but perfect)

"Subway Joe" - Joe Bataan

― Josefa, Monday, 27 March 2017 04:14 (eight years ago)

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