The Friday Mixtape: 5/28/10 — Doin’ It A Cappella Style!

Tony Redman May 28, 2010 16

A cappella is defined as music that is sung without instrumental accompaniment. According to the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, a cappella music was originally “composed to be performed in chapels which, unlike large churches, have no organs” (just like Private Arthur Newberry). A cappella singing ranges from barbershop music to jazz and contemporary styles. Sometimes percussion instruments are used, while other times percussion effects are performed by the voice as well. I tried to include a wide variety of songs for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

The Nylons – Good Old Acappella from Four On The Floor

Theme from Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures

Beach Boys – A Young Man Is Gone from Little Deuce Coupe/ All Summer Long

The Blenders – Don’t Worry, Be Happy from From the Mouth

Theme from I Married Joan from Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol.2

The Bobs – Disco Inferno from The Bobs Cover the Songs of…

Da Vinci’s Notebook – Title of the Song from The Life and Times of Mike Fanning

The Blanks – Underdog from Riding the Wave

Billy Joel – The Longest Time from An Innocent Man

Moosebutter – Star Wars from see dee

Hi-Fidelity – Enterprise/Sulu Medley from Reach for the Stars

Freehold, New Jersey – Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow from KFOG Presents M. Dung’s Idiot Show Classics

The Housemartins – Caravan of Love from Modern A Cappella

Acapella – Travelin’ Shoes from Travelin Shoes

Prelude – After the Goldrush from Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 8

Straight No Chaser (featuring Barry Manilow) – One Voice from With A Twist

Forever Plaid – Scotland the Brave from Forever Plaid

Rockapella – Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego from Television’s Greatest Hits Vol. 7

The Monkees – Riu Chiu from Missing Links, Vol. 2

Sir Thomas Neville Servo Singers – Air on a Delta Knight from Clowns in the Sky 2

Charlotte Sweet cast – Liverpool Sunset from Charlotte Sweet

Bobby McFerrin – The Wizard of Oz (Live) from For Our Children – The Concert

  • Michael

    Hey, the tracks aren't fully loaded. The media players are only giving me one or two seconds of each track.

  • wayoutjunk

    This is Tony. I was the one who put this together. I was having problems putting the links together the other night, but I thought I got it fixed. Let me check with Jeff and see if the problem is on my side or on Popdose's. (At this point, I'm wagering it's me.)

    Tony

  • http://www.popdose.com jefito

    Hmm. I'm not having any problems with the files. Just lots and lots of vocal goodness…

  • http://www.popdose.com DwDunphy

    It's a quirk we've been having lately. Sometimes it is helpful to play the track, then immediately pause it to give it time to fully load (an old YouTube trick.)

  • wayoutjunk

    They seem to be working better for me now, so whatever problem there may have been (if there was one), isn't a problem any more.

    Tony

  • kuff

    Great stuff, but I'm curious: Who performed that Mighty Mouse theme? And what album/CD was it from? Thanks!

  • wayoutjunk

    That was the theme song to the show “Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures” (the one that Ralph Bakshi did). I don't know who the singers are, but I like it a lot. Unfortunately it's not on any album that I'm aware of. I just took that off a YouTube video of the opening of the show.

    Tony

  • wayoutjunk

    Another thing that's been working for me if the track is running short is, while the short track is playing, immediately click to a different song (without stopping the short one). Then, when the second track starts, click back to the first (short) one. I think this has worked every time for me, but of course your mileage may vary.

    Tony

  • Nathan

    I'm a big fan of Flying Pickets' cover of “Only you” (the Yaz song) – it's not strictly a capella, but it's definitely in the spirit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgDKtLPp46s

  • brettalan

    From where I am, I can listen to any of them, but when I try to download, only about a third work. The others download small files with names like “B0000003L5″.

  • http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com wardo

    The Wizard Of Oz bit makes up for any of Bobby McFerrin's other transgressions.

  • brettalan

    If it helps, it appears that what I'm getting is the link to Amazon. I can successfully download the ones with no link to Amazon. So I would suggest separating the file and the link (I don't know if that makes sense from a tech standpoint, but hopefully it will be useful.) Thanks.

  • lisamariesmith

    I too am having problems (I never have download probs via popdose). Two songs so far are downloading as HTML applications: Mighty Mouse and Disco Inferno. The Straight No Chaser song gives me a file error message on this page itself. I really really REALLY want Disco Inferno, is it possible to email it to me?

  • wayoutjunk

    I don't know why it underlined the whole thing instead of the group and the title separately, but try this: put your mouse pointer on the part where the group is listed. If your browser shows the link on the bottom it should start with “earbuds.popdose.com”. If you save it from that spot, I think it will work for you. I'm sorry it's been such a hassle. I'm still pretty new at this!

    Tony

  • Fletch

    Good stuff. Ps, the Beach Boys track 'A Young Man Is Gone' is an old Four Freshmen song called 'Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring' which has had new lyrics put to it. It didn't really seem to work out in that form, as the BB sang Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring itself more often (even at Reagan's inauguration concert in 1985, which you can find on youtube).

  • drxl

    Oh, Straight No Chaser brings back loads of memories from the time when Bloomington, Indiana, was hailed as the A capella capital of America.