This is the thread for sharing songs with vocals but without language

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Here are a few examples:

Talking Heads "I Zimbra"
Pink Floyd "The Great Gig In the Sky"
Louis Armstrong "Squeeze Me"
Glenn Gould "Goldberg Variation #16"
Cecil Taylor "In Flourescence"

name some more please, and if you don't mind, send them to music.austin at gmail dot com.

If you would like, I can provide you with the password to this account so you can hear the kind of thing that's been loaded onto it.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

Sonny Sharrock tracks that feature Linda. Lots of Diamanda Galas. Lots of Yoko Ono.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm...I've already got some Sonny and Linda stuff over here. That's a fine idea.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

Cocteau Twins, of course!

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

them I don't got a thing by. Again, that address is music.austin at gmail dot com

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

Beatles, "Flying"

Grace Slick, "Jay"

sorry, no digicopies to send

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

Morricone was fond of this.

― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 28 April 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

Does Dylan's "1956" qualify?

― MV, Thursday, 28 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

the Beach Boys - Our Prayer
Todd Rundgren - There Are No Words
Todd Rundgren - In And Out The Chakras We Go

― Deluxe (Damian), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:28 (twenty years ago)

Bob Dylan - Wigwam
Jonathan Richman - Theme from Moulin Rouge

― Heidy- Ho, Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:31 (twenty years ago)

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― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

I know I say this practically every other post, but: Shooby Taylor.

― Heidy- Ho, Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

Oh hell! Paralyzed!

― Heidy- Ho, Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

Primal Scream - "Inner Flight"
Death in Vegas - "Girls"
Sigur Ros - Entire Catalogue

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

the first sigur ros album was sung in icelandic (the language).

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

haha beaten to the sigur ros punch.

Sheila Chandra?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

David Bowie - most of the second side of Low

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

fine, Sigur Ros - Entire Catalogue except first album

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Manamana!

― Heidy- Ho, Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Wadde Hadde Dudde Da (German Eurovision entry a few years ago)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:56 (twenty years ago)

Wire - "Kidney Bingos"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)

http://www.coastaltown.nildram.co.uk/porl/01%20Lynskey%20-%20Dray.mp3

― A / F#m / Bm / D (Lynskey), Thursday, 28 April 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

sun city girls

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 28 April 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

I think "Rock Music" by the Pixies is supposed to have lyrics, but I was surprised and disappointed when I found that out. Always considered it as a primeaval almost language and think it would be all the better for it.

― Ben Dot (1977), Thursday, 28 April 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

Cocteau Twins totally have proper words and well-formed sentences and stuff, though?

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 28 April 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

I would say "Thank you, and I love you all, especially Matthew who has gone to the trouble to send some wonderful mp3s" but it would seem counter to the spirit of the thread, so...

Bah um! Wuh ib vundja ee ladrim. kuuvel beb.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 April 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

That song that came second in Eurovision two years ago... the Belgian entry... the whole thing was in a made-up language... gah, what was it called...

Ah, here we are. "Sanomi" by Urban Trad.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 28 April 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

Wadde Hadde Dudde Da (German Eurovision entry a few years ago)

Sung by this man:

http://homepage.mac.com/santiphoenix/iblog/C1681965757/E1408044094/Media/4.jpg

germans...sense of humour...etc...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 28 April 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

I dunno how I feel about invented languages like khobian and hopelandic and stuff being included here. On the one hand, they don't sound very different from scat and they aren't anyone's NATIVE language. On the other, they are allegedly saying things and communicating ideas in their own made-up way. I think I'm leaning toward the idea that Magma, Sigur Ros and their kin shouldn't count.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 April 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

I didn't say stop!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Mingus grunted a lot.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

Many songs by Eek-A-Mouse, although most feature an equal measure of gibberish and actual lyrics. His gibberish is golden, though.

A good deal of Seefeel tracks seem to fit the bill

How about Rahzel "instrumental" tracks?

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

"Mahna Mahna"

― Ian Riese-Moraine has a grenade, that pineapple's not just a toy! (Eastern Mantr, Friday, 29 April 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

dark was the night, cold was the ground
--blind wille johnson

― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

Rahzel is an interesting one - I've been looking around for beatbox-heavy tracks that don't actually have any words (I'm being all puristy and shit here, I know) but haven't tracked down any yet.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

I think Andy Partridge's "The Forgotten Language of Light" may be my favourite track of this sort--and a real hidden/lost gem. Makes seeking out the "XTC" 'Explode Together' disc (which is admittedly footnotish, generally) well worth it. Takes the 'Drums & Wires' concept fairly literally, stripping down in a way that comes off like 'Flowers of Romance' but with total joy replacing the menace. Plus it's just a great build and release. Really sounds like "language," too, in a bizarre way.

― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

Sounds great. I totally wanna hear that.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

Try searching for it under XTC, not Partridge---probably more likely to find it through the 'Explode' comp than someone ripping the original EP.

And you know, I'm listening to the comp right now--and it's actually a lot more interesting than I remembered. Some genuinely interesting soundscapes, some moments fairly beautiful, like "The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down" (which sounds loosely culled from "Mechanic Dancing" (and not much ripping off pure dub).

― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 29 April 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

pssst...music.austin@gmail.com

Please. I'll reply with the password so you can access all the other files on the account, too.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 02:05 (twenty years ago)

You can email songs?

I'll try it.

― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 29 April 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

just attach it as an mp3. It's totally sweet.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 02:45 (twenty years ago)

Actually, "Telstar" would fit this description.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 29 April 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Well-Done Wordless Vocals
Best wordless chorus (aside from a Cocteau Twins record)?

― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Friday, 29 April 2005 03:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.louisck.com/pootietest1.jpg

― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Friday, 29 April 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha! I love it where he records the song with no lyrics OR music and the kids go nuts when it's on the radio, complete with the parents shouting at them to turn that shit off.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)

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