Bah-ba-ba-ba-bah-da-da-da-bah, bah-ba-ba-da-da-ba-ba-ba-bah!
When I look back on my life, I realize that I've done some great things. I sang Cole Porter songs from the top of the Eiffel Tower. I wrote 50 poems in one night. I allowed complete strangers to determine the style of my facial hair. It's been an enjoyable life so far, but I haven't done the one thing I've wanted to do more than anything. Reproduce? Contribute to society? Win the respect and admiration of my peers? Nah, I don't care for that stuff. What I want to do is this...
I want to compile a list of all the pop songs that feature "ba-ba-ba" in the lyrics, edit them for quality, and then compile the best ones into a collection called The Ba-Ba Box Set. I think it's why I'm alive. I've thought about doing The Ba-Ba Box Set for years, but I've never taken the time. I once had a playlist in iTunes consisting of a few ba-ba songs, but I lost it when my computer died last year. Well, it's time to rebuild my list. It's time to fulfill my destiny.
I'm basically starting from scratch here and would greatly appreciate any suggestions. Do you know any ba-ba songs? If so, please leave a comment or send me a message with artist and title information. I promise to thank you in the extensive hand-written liner notes that will accompany the box set.
By the way, I'm particularly interested in finding a mysterious ba-ba song that I heard last year over the sound system at the Southgate House. It featured the line "all the ghosts". The singer had a Tweedy-esque quality to his voice. I'll send a crisp $10 bill to anyone who can give me an accurate artist name or song title.**
[UPDATE: Here's a running list of what I've gathered so far. The sources are in parentheses.]
- Aberfeldy - Hypnotised
- Aberfeldy - 1970's
- Aberfeldy - Need You to Know
- A Camp - Algebra
- Aislers Set - Hit the Snow (silverchimes)
- All Girl Summer Fun Band - Trajectory (homebody)
- American Analog Set - White House (homebody)
- American Analog Set - Gone to Earth (homebody)
- Annie - Me Plus One
- Apples in Stereo - Ruby (homebody)
- Apples in Stereo - Stay Gold
- Apples in Stereo - Baroque
- Apples in Stereo - About Your Fame (homebody)
- Apples in Stereo - The Silvery Light of a Dream, Part II (homebody)
- Apples in Stereo - Vocoder Ba Ba (homebody)
- Apples in Stereo - Look Away (hotrod)
- Archies - Sugar, Sugar (homebody)
- Association - Time it is Today
- Association - Time For Livin'
- Association - Windy
- Astrid - Weird Clouds (homebody)
- Automatics - Secrets (homebody)
- Avett Brothers - SSS (homebody)
- Babybird - You're Gorgeous
- Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block (crankypants)
- Badly Drawn Boy - Welcome to the Overground
- Barcelona - I Have the Password to Your Shell Account
- Bobby Bare Jr. - I'll Be Around (KEXP)
- Beach Boys - Barbara Ann (LBeeeze)
- Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
- Beach Boys - God Only Knows
- Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
- Beach Boys - The Little Girl I Once Knew
- Beach Boys - Wonderful
- Beach Boys - California Feelin'
- Beachwood Sparks - This is What it Feels Like
- Beards - All About You
- Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man
- Belle & Sebastian - Mr. Richard
- Belle & Sebastian - Your Secrets
- Belle & Sebastian - Family Tree
- Belle & Sebastian - Love on the March
- Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby
- Belle & Sebastian - Waiting for the Moon to Rise
- Belle & Sebastian - If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
- Belle & Sebastian - We Are the Sleepyheads
- Jay Bennett - God's Coffee
- Beulah - Maroon Bible
- Beulah - A Good Man is Easy to Kill
- Beulah - What Will You Do When Your Suntan Fades
- Beulah - Gravity's Bringing Us Down
- Bikeride - Jennifer (homebody)
- Bikeride - Here Comes the Summer
- Bikeride - Country Driving
- Billie the Vision & the Dancers - I'm a Cuckoo
- Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash (homebody)
- Andrew Bird - Measuring Cups (michellemybelle)
- Bird & the Bee - I Hate Camera
- Bird & the Bee - So You Say
- Blueboy - Boys Don't Matter
- Colin Blunstone (as Neil MacArthur) - Hung Upside Down
- Pierre Bondu & Julie B. Bonnie - Raisonnable
- Boy Least Likely To - Fur Soft As Fur
- Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go (silverchimes)
- Breeders - Fortunately Gone
- Bubblegum Lemonade - Tired of Sleeping (homebody)
- Buffalo Springfield - Rock and Roll Woman
- Buffalo Tom - White Paint Morning
- Buffalo Tom - Register Side
- California Oranges - Never Do That Again
- Camera Obscura - Park and Ride
- Isobel Campbell - Johnny Come Home
- Capes - First Base
- Cardigans - Our Space
- Cardigans - Iron Man
- Neko Case - Bowling Green (homebody)
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Slowly Goes the Night (crankypants)
- Chappaquiddick Skyline - Courage Up
- Chesterfields - Ask Johnny Dee (silverchimes)
- Chrysanthemums - Care of Cell 44
- Cinerama - Tie Me Up
- Color Filter - New Words (homebody)
- Condo Fucks - With a Girl Like You (Troggs cover) (homebody)
- Condo Fucks - The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell cover) (homebody)
- Julian Cope - The Greatness & Perfection of Love
- Cornelius - Fantasma (homebody)
- Cornelius - Another View Point (homebody)
- Cornelius - Drop (homebody)
- Cornelius - Micro Disneycal World Tour (homebody)
- Cornelius - Thank You For the Music (homebody)
- Elvis Costello - Let Them All Talk (demo)
- Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi (Vanessa Carlton version)
- Cousteau - She Don't Hear Your Prayer
- Crabs - 1863
- Chamber Strings - Telegram
- Chamber Strings - Everyday is Christmas
- Christopher Cross - Ride Like the Wind (CarrieNation)
- Crystals - All Grown Up (homebody)
- Cure - The Lovecats
- Johnny Dee - Motorbike Loves You (homebody)
- Dressy Bessy - Carry-On (homebody)
- Drew Danburry - I'm Pretty Sure... (homebody)**
- Drew Danburry - L'école
- Bart Davenport - Jon Jon (silverchimes)
- Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound of Settling (silverchimes)
- Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body (crankypants)
- Decemberists - Summersong
- Destroyer - Makin' Angels (homebody)
- Destroyer - Modern Painters (homebody)
- Destroyer - Trembling Peacock (homebody)
- Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (Amy Jeynes)
- Diesel Park West - Hung Upside Down
- Tanya Donelly & Dylan in the Movies - The Lovecats
- Doves - Melody Calls
- Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me (1985)
- Stephen Duffy - Sugar High
- Dave Edmunds - Stay With Me Tonight
- English Beat - She's Going (homebody)
- English Beat - Save it For Later (homebody)
- Equals - M-----l and the Slipper Tree (crankypants)
- Essex Green - Uniform
- Everly Brothers - Bowling Green
- Firefox AK - City to City
- Firefox AK - Wonder Boy
- Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - At the Hop
- Flatmates - I Could Be in Heaven (silverchimes)
- Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News (hotrod)
- Flying Pickets - Only You (crankypants)
- Foundations - Build Me Up, Buttercup
- Fratellis - Flathead
- Freddie Steady - Rock and Roll Woman
- Fruit Bats - Dragon Ships
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Mom)
- Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Gentle Waves - Pretty Things
- Ben Gibbard - Recycled Air (KEXP)
- Girls - Lust for Life
- Go-Betweens - Too Much of One Thing (homebody)
- Go-Betweens - Heart and Home (homebody)
- Go-Betweens - He Lives My Life (homebody)
- Gramercy Arms - Looking at the Sun
- Grand Archives - Louis Riel
- Grand Archives - The Crime Window (homebody)
- Grand Archives - Silver Among the Gold
- Greenberry Woods - Go Without You (homebody)
- Green Peppers - American Tan
- Green Peppers - I Will Always Be the Same
- Grinderman - Honey Bee (crankypants)
- Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able (homebody)
- Petra Haden - Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand
- Petra Haden - Rael
- Petra Haden - Heinz Baked Beans
- Neil Halstead - You Are the Glue (Daytrotter version)
- Harmony Grass - Summer Dreaming (Zooey Deschanel)
- Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (homebody)
- Harvey Danger - Little Round Mirrors (homebody)
- Harvey Danger - The Show Must Not Go On (homebody)
- Headlights - Get Your Head Around It (homebody)
- Heavenly - Wish Me Gone
- Heavenly - Escort Crash on Marston Street
- Heavy Blinkers - Happy Birthday Baby
- Heavy Blinkers - Crowned Miss Fire Prevention
- Heavy Blinkers - Unseasonably Sad
- Heavy Blinkers - Something Clean and True
- Heavy Blinkers - Canary-Five
- Hell on Wheels - Dog on Wheels
- Robyn Hitchcock - Saturday Groovers (homebody)
- Robyn Hitchcock - Mamie Dunn/Good Times Rock 'N' Roll
- Susanna Hoffs - Beekeeper's Blues (homebody)
- Susanna Hoffs - Happy Place (homebody)
- Holiday Flyer - It Shouldn't Hurt So Bad
- Hollies - Dear Eloise
- Honorary Title - Along the Way (homebody)
- Hootie & the Blowfish - I Can't Find the Time to Tell You
- Illinois - Alone Again (crankypants)
- I Love Math - These Paper Walls
- I'm From Barcelona - Collection of Stamps (homebody)
- It Hugs Back - Now + Again
- It's Jo & Danny - Driven Away
- Ivy - Ba Ba Ba (homebody)
- Jam - Running on the Spot (homebody)
- Jam - Town Called Malice (homebody)
- Jayhawks - Somewhere in Ohio
- Jayhawks - Desperate Serenade
- Jessica Fletchers - I Got News (silverchimes)
- Julie Ocean - Bright Idea (homebody)
- Keren Ann - Greatest You Can Find
- Kinks - Afternoon Tea
- Kinks - Johnny Thunder
- Kinks - Most Exclusive Residence for Sale
- Komeda - Our Hospitality (crankypants)
- Cyndi Lauper - I Miss My Baby (Little Odd Me)
- Jens Lekman - People Who Hate People
- Jens Lekman - When My Dreams
- Jens Lekman - Kanske Är Jag Kär i Dig
- Lemonheads - Ceiling Fan In My Spoon (aneles)
- Sondre Lerche - Living Lounge (homebody)
- Sondre Lerche - Wet Ground (homebody)
- Sondre Lerche - On & Off Again (homebody)
- Les Très Bien Ensemble – Les Tigresses (homebody)
- Lilac Time - Jeans + Summer
- Lilac Time - Return to Yesterday
- Lilac Time - The Rollercoaster Song
- Loney, Dear - I am the Odd One (homebody)
- Love Is All - Early Warnings
- Lucksmiths - T-shirt Weather
- Lucksmiths - There is a Boy That Never Goes Out
- Lucksmiths - Harmonicas and Trams
- Lucksmiths - How to Tie a Tie
- Lucksmiths - The Sandringham Line
- Lucksmiths - Goodness Gracious
- Lucksmiths - Welcome Home
- Lucksmiths - The Music Next Door
- Lucksmiths - Edward, Sandwich Hand
- Lucksmiths - Caravanna
- Lucksmiths - Up
- Lucksmiths - Never & Always
- Lucksmiths - Rushes of Pure Spring
- Luna - Dear Diary (Sam)
- Magic Numbers - Carl's Song
- Magic Numbers - Mornings Eleven
- Mamas & the Papas - Monday, Monday (crankypants)
- Maow - Rock 'n' Roll Boy
- Marah - Coughing Up Blood
- Marah - The Hustle
- Marah - Pizzeria
- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - Hip Hip Hooray
- Anya Marina - Whatever You Like (hieronymus)
- Dan Markell - You Mighta Made the Sun
- Math & Physics Club - April Showers
- Math & Physics Club - Look at Us Now
- Math & Physics Club - In This Together
- Paul McCartney - The Back Seat of My Car
- Rose Melberg - Spin
- Minus 5 - Retrieval of You
- Minus 5 - Dr. Evil: Doctor of Evil
- Minus 5 - Got You
- Minus 5 - Teenage Idol
- Minus 5 - Ghost Tarts of Stockholm
- Minus 5 - The Town That Lost Its Groove Supply (Seattle version)
- Miracle Legion - Snacks and Candy
- Monkees - Porpoise Song
- Mosquitos - Boombox (crankypants)
- Mother Hips - Given For You
- Mark Mulcahy - I Woke Up in the Mayflower
- New Pornographers - Electric Version (hotrod)
- Billy Nicholls - Life is Short
- Jim Noir - Day By Day By Day
- Jim Noir - Good Old Vinyl
- Jim Noir - Same Place Holiday
- Jim Noir - I Me You I'm Your
- Jim Noir - Turbulent Weather
- Jim Noir - Turn Your Frown Into a Smile
- Jim Noir - The Only Way
- Oak Ridge Boys - Seven Nation Army (hotrod)
- Ohio Express - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
- Olivia Tremor Control - Green Typewriters
- Orange Juice - In a Nutshell
- Orange Juice - Wan Light
- Pale Fountains - Shelter
- Pale Fountains - The Norfolk Broads
- Pale Fountains - Hey There Fred
- Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
- Pastels - Yoga
- Pavement - Embassy Row
- Pernice Brothers - 7:30
- Pernice Brothers - How to Live Alone
- Sam Phillips - My Career in Chemistry (silverchimes)
- Pipettes - Dirty Mind
- Pipettes - The Burning Ambition of Early Diuretics
- Pipettes - Guess Who Ran Off With the Milkman?
- Polyphonic Spree - It's the Sun
- Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
- Postal Service - Recycled Air
- Postmarks - One Note Samba (homebody)
- Postmarks - Let Go
- Postmarks - 7-11
- Primitives - Way Behind Me (homebody)
- Primitives - Secrets (homebody)
- Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
- Regents - Barbara Anne
- Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together (homebody)
- Josh Rouse - Winter in the Hamptons
- Josh Rouse - James
- Josh Rouse - I Woke Up in the Mayflower
- School - Let it Slip
- Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Fan Club
- September 67 - Fire Engine Red
- September 67 - Little Lantern Face
- September 67 - Teenage Electric (live) (homebody)
- September 67 - Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (live)
- Shack - Neighbours
- Shack - Stranger
- Shack - New Day
- Shack - Moonshine
- Shins - Fighting in a Sack
- Simon & Garfunkel - Baby Driver (Laurie)
- Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song
- Sloan - Don't You Believe a Word
- Sloan - People of the Sky
- Sloan - Cheap Champagne
- Smile Brigade - Daddy's Heart (homebody)
- Snow Fairies - The Life of a Total Square (silverchimes)
- Spearmint - Scottish Pop
- Spearmint - Vivian
- Spearmint - The Good of the Family
- Spearmint - Best Ballroom
- Spearmint - This is a Souvenir
- Spearmint - First Time Music
- Spinanes - For No One Else (homebody)
- Spinanes - 72-74 (homebody)
- Spiral Stairs - Maltese Terrier (crankypants)
- Spoon - 30 Gallon Tank
- Spoon - Believing is Art
- Spoon - I Summon You
- Stereolab - I Feel the Air (Of Another Planet)
- Stereolab - Revox
- Stereolab - Eloge d'Eros
- Stereolab - Three Dee Melodie
- Stereolab - Des Etoiles Electroniques
- Stereolab - Ping Pong
- Stereolab - International Colouring Contest
- Stereolab - The Seeming and the Meaning
- Stereolab - Surrealchemist
- Stereolab - U.H.F. - MFP
- Stereolab - The Noise of Carpet
- Stereolab - Motoroller Scalatron
- Stereolab - Miss Modular
- Stereolab - Parsec
- Stereolab - Ticker-tape of the Unconscious
- Stereolab - Contronatur
- Stereolab - People Do It All the Time
- Stereolab - Strobo Acceleration
- Sunshine Fix - Mr. Summer Day
- Super Furry Animals - Fire in My Heart
- Super Furry Animals - Hermann Loves Pauline
- Super Furry Animals - Play It Cool
- Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair
- Super Furry Animals - Hometown Unicorn
- Supremes - Ask Any Girl
- Swag - Different Girl
- Tall Poppies - Family Tree
- Kim Taylor - Birds and the Bees (homebody)
- Tears For Fears - Brian Wilson Said (crankypants)
- Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction
- Telekenisis - Coast of Carolina (homebody)
- 10cc - I'm Not in Love (Mom)
- Those Darlins - Cannonball Blues (homebody)
- Tip Top Planets - Wake (homebody)
- Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (homebody)
- Trembling Blue Stars - All I Never Said
- Trembling Blue Stars - Haunted Days
- Trembling Blue Stars - St. Paul's Cathedral at Night
- Trembling Blue Stars - Little Gunshots
- T. Rex - Mystic Lady
- Tullycraft - Superboy & Supergirl
- Tullycraft - Crush the Scene
- Turtles - Happy Together
- Unrest - Angel I'll Walk You Home
- Vandalias - Get to Know You
- Van Halen - I'm the One (hotrod)
- Velocity Girl - I Can't Stop Smiling (homebody)
- Velvet Crush - This Life is Killing Me
- Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun (hotrod)
- Velvet Underground - I Found a Reason (hotrod)
- Vernon Sisters (& possibly others) - Mr. Sandman (Laurie)
- Martha Wainwright - Hate You Too
- Wannadies - You & Me Song (homebody)
- Paul Weller - The Dark Pages of September Lead to the New Leaves of Spring (homebody)
- Wilco - My Darling
- Wilco - When You Wake Up Feeling Old
- Wondermints - Barbarella
- Wondermints - Ooh Child
- Wondermints - Sting O' Luv
- Wondermints - Proto-Pretty
- Wondermints - And Penny Knows (demo)
- Wondermints - Project 11
- Wondermints - Out of Mind
- Woodpigeon - If Only I Were a Painter, I'd Paint For You the Moon
- Shannon Worrell - Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
- Steve Wynn - Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2
- XTC - Radios in Motion
- XTC - Neon Shuffle
- XTC - Battery Brides
- Yo La Tengo - You Can Have it All
- Yo La Tengo - When It's Dark (homebody)
- Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad (homebody)
- Yo La Tengo - Center of Gravity (homebody)
- Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay (homebody)
- Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger (homebody)
- Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair (homebody)
- Young Fresh Fellows - Do the Fonzie
- Young Fresh Fellows - Good Time Rock 'N' Roll
- Zombies - I Want Her She Wants Me
- Zumpano - The Party Rages On
- Zumpano - Wraparound Shades
- Zumpano - Here's the Plan
- Zumpano - Let's Fight
- Zumpano - The Angel With the Good News
- Stereolab - Hallucinex
- Stereolab - Nothing to Do With Me
- Mull Historical Society - Tobermory Zoo
- Jenny Toomey - Breezewood, PA
- Love - Orange Skies
- Love - Andmoreagain
- Love - Wonder People (I Do Wonder)
- Mercury Rev - Meth of a Rockette's Kick
- Stephen Duffy - 17
- Stephen Duffy - She Belongs to All
- Long Winters - Carparts
- Long Winters - Medicine Cabinet Pirate
- Carly Simon - You're So Vain (Daytrotter version)
- Yo La Tengo - Wizard's Sleeve (homebody)
- Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are
- Bangles - Return Post
- Bangles - I'm in Line
- Flight of the Conchords - Foux Du Fafa
- Hal - My Eyes Are Sore
- Hal - Fools By Your Side
- Kingsbury Manx - Grape to Grain
- Jilted John - Goodbye, Karen
- ?
Comments
Hey! I now believe the mystery artist may be this guy.
However, since we now have a boss with no sense of humor (no personality whatsoever as far as I can tell) we are not allowed to play them anymore and they have been lost in the mists of antiquity.
Good luck with your endeavor, it's an honorable one. I'll keep my ears peeled.
Thanks.
I'm wondering if it might be the first track on this album. That's a ba-ba song by a Tweedyesque singer, at any rate. [As soon as my monthly eMusic subscription recharges (Monday), it'll be in my queue.]
Oh, and here.
No, I haven't been sitting on it. Upon reading this post, I re-Googled "roman candle winter" and found someone's blog entry with that title which gushes about a Drew Banburry concert with no other mention of that phrase, which made me suspicious, so I started searchin' and listenin' and before I knew it I spent the better part of an hour deciding this was the artist.
Since I'm doing this at work, you can just send that $10 to my employer.
I've Googled that phrase dozens of times since last fall and I've never gotten any hits other than my original Old 97s review. Maybe it's because I pluralized "winter". I don't know.
That's the song!!! check out minute 4:27 of this video.
Or ten of them ... Hey! You just changed your post!!!
That's the last time I spend the better part of an hour on diligent music research for you.
(Drew Danburry played the Southgate House three frakkin' days ago!)
Right. Well, I guess I won't be sharing the other songs I found recently in my continued quest for that mysterious Yo La Tengo ba-ba song, then.
I'm sure I'll think of more.
Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather
Lucksmiths - There is a Boy That Never Goes Out
I bet the Lucksmiths have dozens.
Thank you for acknowledging the switcheroo and not leading me to believe I was nuts. I'm not really after the money. Maybe you can use it to keep Everybody's or Shake It from going under this month. Maybe one of them has the Drew Banburry record since he played there recently.
He's playing in someone's basement in my neighborhood in a couple of weeks. I feel like I ought to go just to tell him the story of how he anonymously gained a couple of fans who were waiting for Rhett Miller's tush to appear, and how one of them offered a bounty for the identification of his song "I'm Pretty Sure This Is Someone Else's Song, But..." and then reneged when the other fan solved the mystery.
I just can't get you out of my head....
No, really.
Minus 5 - Retrieval of You
Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
Breeders - Fortunately Gone
Now I'm going to get off the computer and spend the evening listening to the Left Banke, the Zombies, Beulah, Apples in Stereo, etc. Thank you all for your help. Keep it coming.
I hate challenges like this because I can't come up with anything off the top of me noggin, and there's no way I can really identify a ba-ba song just by looking at the title in my eyetunz.
I'll waste my whole weekend on this probably instead of getting any housework done. and there's not even a tenner in it for me.
grrrrrr
How about this one by Badly Drawn Boy? again it's kind of like ba-da....
I was going to go check out Beulah when they played here 6+ years ago but there was a traffic jam as soon as I got onto 95 so I turned around and went home.
Thank you for your contributions. Your assignment for the weekend will be to listen for ba-ba songs by all those weird bands you like that I've never heard before...like King Kahn and Kinky and that guy with the terrible cover art. Your housework will still be there next week.
oh I'm blanking on the terrible cover art! I remember you mentioning it a couple weeks ago and I forget already but it's someone I really like. ....
damn. OH! The Sleepy Jackson.
I think I can find something from Komeda....and maybe Cibo Matto.
OH! I totally have one for you...Our Hospitality by Komeda. the whole first stanza is bababadabum....gotta uploady....
Okay like 3/4 of the song is a ba-ba song!
righ'chere
oops sorry about that. glad you like it. let me know if you want me to send it.
My problem (well, specifically with this project) is I start listening to songs and forget I should be listening for babas.
LAST ONE FOR TONIGHT
Mosquitos--Boombox
(pretty sure that doesn't link up to Badly Drawn Boy...)
It's been slow going so far. I listened to the complete works of the Left Banke (twice!!) and they don't have a single ba-ba song. It's all la-la this and la-la that. I thought they'd have at least three. Grrr.
(And that goes for everybody who's helped out so far.)
Apples in Stereo - Ruby
Apples in Stereo - About Your Fame
Apples in Stereo - The Silvery Light of a Dream (part 2)
Bobby Bare Jr. - I'll Be Around
Ben Gibbard - Recycled Air (much better than the Postal Service version)
And let's not forget the Kinks:
Kinks - Johnny Thunder
Kinks - Afternoon Tea
Jayhawks - Somewhere in Ohio
Beulah - What Will You Do When Your Suntan Fades?
Beulah - Gravity's Bringing Us Down
Alone Again--Illinois
i love that song
another one from Death Cab for Cutie
Your tapes sound fun. I kind of miss tapes.
Does She & Him have any Ba-Ba's? Or are they all La-la or fa-fa"s?
I'll also try to find a copy of "Not Fade Away." I used to have my own, but I mailed it to you!
Math & Physics Club - April Showers
Math & Physics Club - Look At Us Now
Math & Physics Club - In This Together
They might be a bit twee for your tastes. Much like these guys:
The Boy Least Likely To - Fur Soft As Fur
September 67 - Little Lantern Face
September 67 - Teenage Electric (live)
Apples In Stereo - Vocoder Ba Ba
Ivy - Ba Ba Ba
That's good. I was a little worried :)
BTW the kitchen is done. Pics are on my flickr if you want to see...or you can come over soon and see it in person.
Speaking of, wouldn't it be nice if you came up with some ba-ba songs instead of wasting all your time renovating your house?! I think so.
Beach Boys - God Only Knows!!!
Beards - All About You
And here are a couple more Beach Boys songs that I'm not going to work into comments to Melissa:
Beach Boys - Wonderful
Beach Boys - California Feelin'
Post the names when you get them...if it's convenient. I doubt there will be many solo Paul Weller ba-ba songs. I think his solo songwriting may have advanced beyond the ba-ba stage. I'm sure there are plenty by the Jam and the Style Council, though. In fact, I think every Style Council song was a ba-ba song.
Oh shoot, I forgot about the Style Council. I only have two Style Council albums. Ba-ba!
David Watts ... or is that fa-fa-fa ... oh, yeah, we already this discussion. In a just universe ...
I have one Style Council disc. It's kind of terrible, but I enjoy listening to it every now and then.
Beach Boys - The Little Girl I Once Knew
Apples in Stereo - Stay Gold
Jim Noir - Day By Day By Day
Association - The Time It Is Today
Association - Time For Livin'
Association - Windy
Billy Nicholls - Life Is Short
Hollies - Dear Eloise
Sloan - Don't You Believe a Word
Tullycraft - Superboy & Supergirl
Tullycraft - Crush the Scene
Grand Archives - Louis Riel
Sloan - People of the Sky
Sloan - Cheap Champagne
Foundations - Build Me Up, Buttercup (ba-da-da)
Did I already mention Bubblegum Lemonade - Tired of Sleeping?
Heavy Blinkers - Happy Birthday Baby
Heavy Blinkers - Crowned Miss Fire Prevention
Heavy Blinkers - Unseasonably Sad
Heavenly - Wish Me Gone
Heavenly - Escort Crash on Marston Street
Barcelona - I Have the Password to Your Shell Account
Blueboy - Boys Don't Matter
The Crystals - All Grown Up
I wish you would post and regularly update your accumulated list so your hard-working search team can easily determine whether or not you already know about a song.
Good suggestion. I guess people probably aren't interested in scanning through 100+ comments to see if I've already got their song. I just added the list to the body of this post. You (and anyone else) can still make suggestions here in the comments. I'll update the list accordingly.
Hey, you have 112 songs and 112 comments!
Oh, crap, I just wrecked it.
Does it count if there is "ba ba" in the title but maybe not in the lyrics? I can't tell if at the beginning he's going Baaaaaaa....baaaaaaa or not. and I don't know that I can make it thru the whole song.
sigur ros
Thanks for looking.
(Thanks.)
"White House" is from From Our Living Room To Yours and "Gone to Earth" is from The Fun of Watching Fireworks.
(You're welcome.)
The Honorary Title - Along the Way
This one sounds a bit like a Lucksmiths song! The rest of the album (Scream and Light Up the Sky) doesn't, though.
Grand Archives - The Crime Window
Go-Betweens - Heart and Home
This is also a single ba-ba-dum near the end of track which precedes this one on The Friends of Rachel Worth: "He Lives My Live" (circa 3:20).
Thanks.
I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but there's some Shins stuff that may as well be ba-ba songs. La-la, ba-ba. Same thing. I'll review for accuracy, though.
Cornelius - Thank You for the Music
Cornelius - Fantasma
Cornelius - The Micro Disneycal World Tour (High LLamas remix) (even more ba-ba-y than the original
Cornelius - Another View Point
Cornelius - Drop (maybe; the original version, though, as opposed to the Kings of Convenience remix)
Color Filter - New Words
(and I'd like to be credited for Surfin' Bird, please.)
I have added your credit for "Surfin' Bird".
You're welcome and thank you. (I take particular pride in helping The Trashmen make it to your master list, if not the final box set.)
Neko Case - Bowling Green
The Troggs - With a Girl Like You
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - The Kid with the Replaceable Head
(Both are covered on the pseudonymed Yo La Tengo live cover album I got tonight.)
Of course, I just gave it another listen and there are a few ba-bahs at the end there. I wonder how many others I've overlooked.
Hey, I just noticed that Hotrod currently has a ba-ba song referenced all over his Vox layout! (I'm tempted to steal the credit glory myself, but will give him an opportunity to come forth with it first.)
Kim Taylor - Birds and the Bees
and possibly: Loney, Dear - I am the Odd One
(and yes, I know I'm supposed to be working right now.)
Hey I accidentally found you a Ba-ba song with your name in it!! via Scooter Kitty, M-----l and the Slipper Tree!
Wow, closing in on 400 huh?
It's more like 300, but who's counting? Oh wait, I am.
Stumbled across this. "Ceiling Fan In My Spoon", The Lemonheads.
That is all.
I think I've probably heard that song, but it's not ringing a bell right now. Thanks.
ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baaaaaaah
bz bz bz bzzzzzzzzzzz
Good one. I never would've thought to go back and listen for ba-ba songs on the Grinderman disc.
Thanks for still playing along.
Oh, and my Remembrall finally functioned: Susanna Hoffs - Beekeeper's Blues, Happy Place
Does this count as a Ba-ba song?
(don't hurt me)
I don't think I'll be adding that to my list, thanks anyway.
It oughta count, but I still don't fully grasp the rules of the ba-ba search.
Sort of related, is there any chance you Cranky will be going to DC for the next KttD? I seem remember your thinking about it in a comment stream somewhere.
And on a positive note, thanks for the Destroyer songs. "Modern Painters" is my favorite Destroyer song. I can't believe I hadn't thought of it.
Yeah, I think I said I was gonna do Paper Planes by M.I.A. (though I don't know if I can sing worse than she does). I might make an effort to go (observation purposes only) if you and or M-----l were gonna be there....it's usually on a Sunday, though, right? That's not really very good for me though since I have to call in payroll on Monday, although I could do it on Friday if I want off on Mon.
Bawitdaba doesn't really have "baba" in it so I can see why it doesn't count, his hatred of it notwithstanding. Or something.
Spinanes - 72-74
You're welcome. Woo-hoo!
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