[GlendaleViper]

...to decipher this? Here's the deal, there's an immensely popular instrumental tune from the 70s that I can guarantee most of us have heard hundreds of times in our lives. But here's the catch: In all the times I've heard the track, it's been on the radio and they don't tell you the name of the song nor the artist!

Now, I believe this is a one-hit wonder, but after hearing the song without the credit being given again today, I've finally had it. I want to buy their album, and I need your help.

Because I am a nut, however, you need to try to crack the code that is the following string of onomatopoeias without the aid of melody. Hopefully I can portray rhythm enough that it can be done. The person who figures it out and can name the song and band gets a cookie and a "certifiably insane" certificate. Here we go:

"Ba-da da da, da-da da daaaaaaaaa... Ba-da da da-da! (booga-chica-wocka-chica)
Ba-da da da, da-da da daaaaaaaaa... Ba-da da da-da!

Boodle-de-doo, bwah-nah da-da de-dooooo, diddly-BWAH diddly-bah doooooo, dig-a-ban-a bah!

(drum solos, psychedelic moog solos ensue)

Ba-da da da, da-da da daaaaaaaaa... Ba-da da da-da! (booga-chica-wocka-chica)
Ba-da da da, da-da da daaaaaaaaa... Ba-da da da-da!"


I have so much shame for not knowing who does this song (whatever the song is called

). Please help! Good luck and God Speed. A cookie be yours for the taking!

 

[Rav]

Jean Michelle Jarre, Oxygene?

 

[mwallace573]

Went over it again, and I'm pretty sure it's Frankenstein.

YouTube - Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

Woah. I've never heard the full version before. Pretty damn cool.

 

[hawk]

Rock And Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter

 

[Akathisia]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwallace573 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Went over it again, and I'm pretty sure it's Frankenstein. YouTube - Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

I'm pretty sure you nailed it.

 

[DarkAngel]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwallace573 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Went over it again, and I'm pretty sure it's Frankenstein. YouTube - Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein Woah. I've never heard the full version before. Pretty damn cool.

yeh...........that song has the moog in background also, MW has it!

 

[goldenratiophi]

haha, I remember a thread like this on the Genesis message board. The first poster asked "can anybody help me figure out what song this is?" and then proceeded to fill the rest of his post with bas and das. After a page of "are you serious?!" somebody correctly guessed Watcher of the Skies

 

[Nick 214]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Rock And Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter

A cookie for you! (even though I'm not the one giving them out..)

NK

 

[SR-71Panorama]

positive its Edgar.

 

[SuperNothing]

Sounds like Frankenstein. Although the Ba-da da da, da-da da daaaaaaaaa... Ba-da da da-da! looks like part of Tequila by the Champs.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

But he said there was moog. I haven't heard tequilla in ages, but I doubt Seals & Crofts were in any band with a moog

 

[GlendaleViper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwallace573 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Went over it again, and I'm pretty sure it's Frankenstein. YouTube - Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein Woah. I've never heard the full version before. Pretty damn cool.

Have I told you lately that I love you? You win the cookie my friend! Thank you for solving a decade-long mystery that a self-professed classic rock nut should never have needed to ask!

 

[leftnose]

I do have to say that your scat version above is pretty accurate. I'm listening to Frankenstein right now and it works out....

 

[Denim]

I remember having "They Only Come Out At Night" on 8-track in the seventies. Frankenstein would fade out as it switched tracks and continued on the next track. I wore that tape out!

 

[Duggeh]

I cant read any phonetic song notes without instantly trying to fit the Rocky theme tune to them in some manner. Especially when its ba and da.