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| From | "steven_durben" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com> |
| Subject | Re: Silliest Falsetto in Rock |
| Date | Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:26:33 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, bob_hutton@s... wrote:
> Forget The Darkness ... forget Tiny Tim .... forget The Chipmunks...
>
> Does anyone remember an old (70s) tune called "Sylvia" by a band
called
> Focus? Mainly instrumental in nature, the ditty features a middle
bit
> where a guy starts singing "La la la la, la , laaaaa" in a ball-
screeching
> falsetto. Then he repeats it in a different key. Always made me
laugh out
> loud every time I heard it. My buddy says that the band also did
another
> song called "Hocus Pocus" where the singer yodels in a high pitch:
the live
> version has an extended improvisational yodelling segment.
>
> B^)
HOCUS POCUS BY FOCUS! The catch phrase still sticks. "Hocus
Pocus" was the hit in the U.S. (well, it's the only one I know
anyway). Bob, you went right for the juggler with that one. I think
it's gonna be tough to top that for silliest falsetto!
best, Steve D
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