Memorizing Al's FAST singing

Pickle · Post by **Pickle** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:12 am

I seem to have most things memorized fairly well. Although I envy those of you who have memorized the Yoda chant. I know snippets but cannot perform it.

Question: Did y'all hear the chant at this year's tour? I think it's new, only been to one other tour... Anyway, in the middle they sing like this little song that sounds Asian or Hawaiian or something. And then Al says 'Everybody!" (which is practically impossible, and therefore funny). Is it an actual song or made up or what?

Anyway, I also found it disappointing that he did not perform W&N all that well...

Post by **Big Spoon** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:18 am

I'm pretty sure that the Hawaiian chant comes from Jim's newish CD, but I'm not positive.

BigWeirdAlFan · Post by **BigWeirdAlFan** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:21 am

Yes, the chant is new and I think it's made up. Not sure.

What do you mean he didn't do W&N well?

As for the fast singing and/or memorizing songs, I have memorized almost every song he has written. The only one that holds me back is the "Hardware Store" song, the part where he says, "Ahhh, would you look at all that stuff" then starts singing, "They've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters
Trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods and water meters" I can't keep up with that for anything! I'm getting a little better, but not much. I imagine in a few more months of regular practice, I should have it.

I'm really great at singing W&N AND Couch Potato! I surprised myself at the show I went to this year that I was able to keep up with him on every song they sang except the Yoda Chant, as it changed from last year. Running out of breath WAS an issue for me at first, but the more I practiced, the better I have gotten at controlling my breathing so that I can go all the way through without panting like I used to

Post by **algonacchick** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:29 am

Actually, the Hawaiian part of the chant has been in there since the Poodle Hat tour. It's the Hawaiian War Chant. I don't think Jim has ever performed that song outside of during Yoda. The part near the end is new, and it's African. I'll just say it's from a song by Steve Jay.

I thought White and Nerdy was great, especially the awesome job he did riding around on the Segway.

Post by **Big Spoon** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:33 am

Oh, ok. Thanks for clearing that up, Patti.

See, that's why you have 36,610 posts and I only have 4,243.

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:42 am

Yeah, that Hawaiin War Chant is one of my favorite bits in the Yoda Chant.

Incidentally, you can also hear Pumba and Timon sing that chant (with slightly different lyrics) in "The Lion King," when they try to distract the hyennas.

Oh, and here's a clip of the Muppets singing it!

BigWeirdAlFan · Post by **BigWeirdAlFan** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:38 pm

haha omg that's funny!!!

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:08 pm

I love that Muppet clip! Of course, I kept waiting for the "everybody!"

BigWeirdAlFan · Post by **BigWeirdAlFan** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:29 pm

Yeah me too!! HAHA!!

lightly_toasted_weasel · Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:45 am

I'm a teacher, and my 5th graders in South Central L.A. last year (who are used to rap) got so good at WAN that they could sing it from memory without the music, at tempo. In fact, our class did Trash Day as our class song for graduation

(only because they had actually burned out on WAN somehow) I started them singing along with the lyrics on paper, which I always find helps with the tripping over my tongue problem... the 'teaching' reason was that their reading fluency was pretty low. Weird Al improved that and their vocabulary no end.

Hardware Store, however, is pretty well out of my perception as possible without breaking it up. He doesn't have any breath breaks, not even enough for a gasp.