Singin' In The Rain

In Which: Marlena Ernman SINGS Flight of the Bumblebee. She SINGS it.



(via arbroath)

Get Low / Get Low / Get Low

There's a new record for the lowest sung note, set by Roger Meenes out of Anna, Illinois. 0.393 Hz? We're talking a low F-sharp.



He gets a certificate and everything.

(via arbroath)

And That's The Way It Is

Celine Dion is a crazy? Pop-history.



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When I Am Laid In Earth

Alex Ross posts a clip of Gyorgy Ligeti singing a snippet of Dido's Lament. Quote AR: "Singing was not among Ligeti's myriad gifts."

You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

I love this. It involves voices and plastic cups. And it's very, very catchy. Don't say I didn't warn you when you wake up with it stuck in your head tomorrow.



(lulu and the lampshades via neatorama)

Married To A Mermaid

Here's to the grog, boys, the jolly, jolly grog
Here's to the rum and tobacco
I've a-spent all my tin with the lassies drinking gin
And to cross the briny ocean I must wander

That one's from the sea-shanty classic "Here's To The Grog." Hey, Ho!
Lesley Nelson has a fantastic website dedicated to Songs of the Sea. Information, lyrics, and midi files - SoftheS has got it all.

Oh, Lovely Molly.
Don't let my long absence be a bother to you, dear
Don't let my long journey cause you any pain
Although we are parted I will be true hearted
And I will return in the springtime again.

SIng Like Nobody's Listening

Sing-Along Tongs!
I suppose you could bring them into the shower too if you were so inclined. In fact, what's to stop you from bringing them everywhere?
Yours for $11.95 at the Neatorama Shop.

An Alpine Symphony

Franzl Lang, the YodelKing: Best Yodeler in the WORLD-D-D-D-D-D-D-D???

Give A Little Whistle

You know how if you say the word "fork" thirty times in a row, it suddenly becomes...almost a different word? That's how I feel about whistling. If, at the end of this clip, you are not absolutely certain that whistling is the silliest of all facial contortions - I'd like to know your secret (and/or your alternative).

Also: these guys and gals are pretty amazing. World Champions, you might say.

Imaginary Noises

Performers Nios Karma and Nicolas d'Alessandro.
"The improvised piece they play aims at contrasting two different representations of gesturally-controlled voice transformations. One is instrument-centered and intimate, the other is open and theatrical. This performance is achieved through two innovative instruments: the HandSketch and the Myhag's Puppet."

(via askmetafilter; youtube)

Take The Breath From My Throat

I've been practicing. My roommates sometimes don't hate me.



(I like this video; no distractions, you see.
A full-blown performance? Well in that case, I choose this one.)

Europe Is Our Playground

Finnish choirs singing "Bad Romance"? Don't even try to tell me this isn't hilarious!

(And just wait till the man with the forked beard sings the lyrics. Just wait.)



(via metafilter)

No One Sees You Like I Do

Michael Bublé Being Stalked By A Velociraptor.
What more is there to say?



(special thanks to haven)

Vengababes From Outer Space

Now I've switched to juxtaposition.



(The Voca People; via youtube)

When David Heard

I wrote a paper about Eric Whitacre once. I think I compared him to Liszt: classical music rock-star. In retrospect, it wasn't a very good paper.



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I've Been a Polar Bear Since the Day I Was Born

We humans like to write songs. Songs about love, songs about loss, songs about fame, songs about polar bears. Obviously.


Music by Tom Ruggs, Video by Daniel Zatz

(via arborath)

It's Not Unusual / To Be Loved By Anyone

At twenty-two minutes long, this song has got bagpipes and kiddie choirs, holiday tunes and political slogans, atonal melodies and rapping opera singers, banjos and tv jingles.

The composers say that based on the data they collected (an online poll, you bet): "Fewer than 200 individuals of the world's total population will enjoy this."

ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?


"The Most Unwanted Song Scientifically Composed"
by: David Soldier, Komar, and Melamid

(Part 2 and Part 3. Just in case.)

I Just Want to Sing

And this is what you look like while you do.

"Glottal Opera"
directed John Fink
produced Deborah Szapiro
featuring Kaya: Juleiaah Boehm, Emma Deans, Alexi Kaye, Sally Stevens