What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for?
What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for?
Flight of the Bumblebee.
7ReplyNeil Diamond, of all people, has a version, which you might or might not like.
2ReplyYT link, or URL fragment to add to your favourite IV instance: watch?v=6gbTDZcOkRw
Eh, pretty heavily derived. It's probably more like heavy sampling.
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Darude, sandstorm.
7ReplyThe Star Trek Theme was originally composed with lyrics.
5Reply4'33"
4ReplyI, too, would like to hear eldrich silent singing.
4ReplyYou can only hear the lyrics in your writhing mind.
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Cbat by Hudson Mohawke. Is it actually about sex? Let's find out.
3ReplyReddit won't truly be obsolete until we one up the cbat sex thread
3ReplyYou know, I kinda wonder if there's been more classic threads since the APIocalypse, but not enough to actually endure Reddit.
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Bolero would be pretty awful with lyrics.
3ReplyPlaying God - Polyphia
3ReplyJupiter - Holst
I can feel it at a funeral, a wedding, a birth, a Requiem for a nation defeated etc etc
3ReplyI Vow To Thee My Country: https://youtu.be/GZNJFrb0IGo?si=dqEkteZvzqMGXEv0
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The ice cream truck song!
(I'm kidding, don't kill me.)
2ReplyTangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.
2ReplyYakety Sax
2ReplyAnd - One Step Beyond
1Replyyakety sax is based on a song with lyrics! "yakety yak" by the Coasters
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Opus No1
1ReplySpazzmatica Polka would surely be crazy.
1ReplyChristopher Columbus (Squirrels & Onions remix) doesn't technically have lyrics, but I always sing the title words along with the beat, at least in my head. Kinda of like how a lot of EDM just turns into Boots and Cats in my head.
1ReplyThis is quite literally one of the reasons I started making music. Too many instrumentals without vocals.
1ReplyThe Bark and Below It by the Olivia Tremor Control.
Good luck to ya.
Non-joke answer, I'd be curious to hear what kinda lyrics you could give to Hang Up Your Hang Ups by Herbie Hancock.
1ReplyThey redid the Ducktales NES moon level song and added lyrics and it wasn't half bad.
Original: https://youtu.be/KF32DRg9opA Remake: https://youtu.be/cJW5n8f0Z9o
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