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November 17, 2011 3:23 AM   Subscribe

Please give me some GREAT songs for a kazoo orchestra!
posted by superfish to Grab Bag (23 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Your antecedents found Led Zeppelin to be an excellent choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe6qdyJ8DMs
posted by Jamesonian at 3:39 AM on November 17, 2011


I remember a kazoo version of Strauss' Thus Spake Zararthustra (2001 theme), that was very silly.
posted by carter at 3:41 AM on November 17, 2011 [2 favorites]


I've always wanted to hear Europe's "The Final Countdown" performed by a kazoo orchestra.

Doo doo DOO DOO! Doo doo DOO DOO DOO!
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:45 AM on November 17, 2011


What if it sounds like total chaos? I think "I Am the Walrus" would sound like total chaos. And that's what I want to hear!
posted by Adventurer at 3:46 AM on November 17, 2011


Also, Bohemian Rhapsody? - You'd have to edit it down to shorter version.
posted by carter at 4:20 AM on November 17, 2011


The theme from "Shaft"
posted by rmd1023 at 4:25 AM on November 17, 2011


Someone beat me to "Also Sprach Zarathustra", so how about Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare For the Common Man." and Lady Gaga's "Poker Face"?
posted by Fferret at 4:33 AM on November 17, 2011


Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries"
posted by HeroZero at 4:34 AM on November 17, 2011


Faint of Butt, the ukeylele has already made your dream come true.
posted by HeroZero at 4:37 AM on November 17, 2011


Well, Flight of the Bumblebee is so obvious I feel like a jerk just saying it.

Some others:

"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder

"Capriccio Espagnol" by Rimsky-Korsakov

The theme from Goldfinger

"Kashmir" by the aforementioned Zep

"Mars, the Bringer of War" by Holst

"25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago. Or "Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is." Really any Chicago, except the sappy crap.

"Parabola" by Tool
posted by AugieAugustus at 4:57 AM on November 17, 2011


Star Wars theme
posted by maxim0512 at 5:04 AM on November 17, 2011 [1 favorite]


Light My Fire.
posted by JanetLand at 5:21 AM on November 17, 2011


Thus Spake Zarathrusta
posted by plinth at 5:58 AM on November 17, 2011


For some reason I've always turned to Stranger on the Shore whenever I feel like a bit of kazoo. Bilk's playing is very kazoo-like in the original, and it's just such an absurdly sentimental tune.

I once did a drunken rendition as a dare in a pub. It turned out to be a really memorable moment when not one, but two separate random strangers also got out their kazoos and joined in.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:03 AM on November 17, 2011


In increasing order of difficulty:

The Strokes - 12:51

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

Come on Eileen

Something by Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Jupiter Symphony, etc.
posted by John Cohen at 6:29 AM on November 17, 2011


I think you want something with multiple parts. ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me," GNR's "Pardise City," and Hendrix's "Purple Haze" all offer known melody lines while giving you something to work with in "adaptation." In other words, I think you want things that work well acapella. I think you're looking to balance the familiar with the surprising.
posted by Dromio_of_Columbus at 7:28 AM on November 17, 2011


Joao Gilberto's "Bim Bom" comes to mind for some reason. I think the marriage of kazoo and bossa needs some exploration.

Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies"

Sheet music for both should be available, especially the latter. :-) Wish I lived nearby!
posted by Currer Belfry at 7:42 AM on November 17, 2011


Piggybacking off this, I would say Cee-Lo's "F* You."
posted by Gilbert at 8:00 AM on November 17, 2011


The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah is fantastic on kazoo (SATB, nobody singing the orchestra bits, but it sounded amazing anyway).
posted by cheesegrater at 8:59 AM on November 17, 2011


If you played "76 Trombones," I don't think anyone could resist hearing it as "76 Kazoos."
posted by The Deej at 9:24 AM on November 17, 2011


Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400
posted by empath at 10:59 AM on November 17, 2011


Feelings
posted by seriousmoonlight at 1:15 PM on November 17, 2011


The Last Starfighter

BVRRRRR!
bvrt bvrt bvrt bvrt bvrt BVRRRRT BVRRRRR!
BVRRRRRT!
bvrt bvrt bvrt bvrt bvrt
BVRRT BVRRT BVRRT BVRRR!
(bvrrt bvrrt bvrrt bvrr!)
posted by obiwanwasabi at 5:25 PM on November 17, 2011


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