MetaChat - Dum (weeeooo) Da-da-da-dum (weeeooo)

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18 October 2005

Dum (weeeooo) Da-da-da-dum (weeeooo) Da-da-da-dum (weeeooo) Da-da-da-dum (weeeooo).... Name that riff!→[More:]
Inspired by bugbread's comment, lets explore the power of "duh-duh-da."

post by: Hugh Janus at: 14:52 | 18 comments

Get back here, you stupid apostrophe!

posted by Hugh Janus 18 October | 14:53

My guess: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Allegro con brio (Passing Ambulance Club MegaMix)

posted by AlexReynolds 18 October | 14:59

I was going to guess Phantom of the Opera.

posted by agropyron 18 October | 15:16

(but I didn't)

(too shy)

posted by agropyron 18 October | 15:17

Dit da dit dit da dit dit dit da dit da dit

posted by flopsy 18 October | 15:41

Could you hum that?

posted by puddinghead 18 October | 16:08

Godzilla, BÖC.

flopsy, is that Morse code? Or some newscast theme?

Alex, believe it or not, I'm listening to that right now, even as we spe- I mean, even as I write (Carlos Kleiber/Weiner Philharmoniker '75 Deutsche Grammophon; what a recording!).

posted by Hugh Janus 18 October | 16:08

couldn't get it. I was actually going to post this game the other day, but, well, I didn't.
Try these easy ones?
da naw nananaaw na ne da naw nananaaw na ne (X 1,137)
-or-
danut ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ta-e-us ts ts danut...

posted by Hellbient 18 October | 18:12

Reminds me of the Dr. Who theme. Must be the weeooos.

posted by carter 18 October | 18:25

danut ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ta-e-us ts ts danut

If there was one more "ts" in there, I'd guess "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath.

posted by bugbread 18 October | 18:39

What Hugh said. It's the begining of Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult.

posted by terrapin 18 October | 18:58

no! I swear I got the "ts's" right! there's 10, right? I counted on my fingers a ton of times. Any case, you win.
Hint - the other one is Sabbath too...

posted by Hellbient 18 October | 19:00

oh, maybe there is another "ts" that gets muffled at the end of the first "danut".
I suck at "name that riff".

posted by Hellbient 18 October | 19:03

I just checked it out on my PortableMP3Player, and...it's impossible to tell, because the reverb on the "danut" drowns out little sounds like high-hats. However, rhythmically, it would be:

Dunut- ts - ts - ts
ts - ts - ts - ts
ts - ts - ts - ts
ts-a - ts - ts - ts

So I think it's 9 "ts".

posted by bugbread 18 October | 19:27

I just checked out the Faith No More version, which is mixed slightly better, and there are definitely 9 "ts".

posted by bugbread 18 October | 19:29

Whoops. My countometer is broken (or I forgot how to count on my fingers). There are 11 "ts", not 9.

posted by bugbread 18 October | 20:14

dammit now I've got that song in my head for the day. How bout this one:

dum dum daaa ... dum dum da daa ... dum dum daaa dum dummm

It's not Sabbath.

posted by nomis 18 October | 20:25

yeah, weird, different day, and now I'm sure there are 11, not counting the one possibly drowned out by the "danut".

mmm...danut.

i don't know is nomis, but it's sound heavy. I just made up my own for it.

posted by Hellbient 19 October | 15:46

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