# Anybody know this tune? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881 "2003-07-07T23:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/1 "2003-07-07T23:11:53Z")
I heard this recently, but can’t remember the name. It’s an instrumental and goes: Ba-dadadada-da-da-da-da-daaaaaahhhhh, babababa-dah-dah, tadumderumtum-da-da; (drum solo)rumtidumdumdadumdadum, buddabumdabumbum, (repeat refrain). Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/2 "2003-07-07T23:25:04Z")
Beethoven’s unfinshed Symphony? j/k Do you any way to post notation? We don’t, do we? **Q.E.D.** should be by soon… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/3 "2003-07-07T23:31:59Z")
Alice’s Restaurant? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/4 "2003-07-07T23:32:58Z")
Sounds like the theme to _Hawaii 5-0_ when I try and say it aloud. Here’s a [link](http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/50theme.wav). (Apologies to the Mods, I’m pretty sure this is now in the public domain, yes?) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/5 "2003-07-07T23:37:38Z")
Can you record a sound file (humming or whatever) and post a link to it? No offense, but the jumble of syllables in the OP isn’t very helpful. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/6 "2003-07-08T01:06:19Z")
remember _Twilight Zone - The Movie_? Bill Murray and the other guy trying to guess themes to shows? I liked BM’s “lyrics” for the _National Geographic Specials_: "Look at the monkeys Look at them sitting there in their tree Dum dum!" ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/7 "2003-07-08T02:05:44Z")
Hee-hehe-ehehe-ehehehee-heee, Wipeout! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/8 "2003-07-08T03:37:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > remember _Twilight Zone - The Movie_? > > Bill Murray and the other guy trying to guess themes to shows? Not quite, NCB, it was Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/9 "2003-07-08T03:44:08Z")
well, I got the SNL part right. 🙂 and the song! ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/10 "2003-07-08T03:55:24Z")
Can’t help the OP, but in keeping with **NoClueBoy** ’s smallish hijack… I always thought it was _“Look at those two apes! This must be where they live. Dum Dum.”_ My friends and I even added the next line: _“Caring and sharing, Picking the lice of each other’s heads. Dum Dum.”_ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/11 "2003-07-08T04:03:41Z")
Hey, if I got the SNL alumn wrong, who knows about the lyrics! After rereading the Op, I’m agreed with **Dooku** ---
**Author:** ![MrBoy1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@MrBoy1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrBoy1967)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/12 "2003-07-08T06:47:06Z")
" Ba-dadadada-da-da-da-da-daaaaaahhhhh, babababa-dah-dah, tadumderumtum-da-da; (drum solo)rumtidumdumdadumdadum, buddabumdabumbum, (repeat refrain)" It doesn’t seem quite right for H5-0, which is more like “Badadada dah dah daaaaaaaaaah, dada dada daaaaaaaahhh. Badadada dah dah dah DAAAAAAAAAH, dadadadah DAAAAAAAAH!” So, can you give any more clues? Like, was it heavy on brass, or was it electric guitar, or…? I have a huge music collection. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/13 "2003-07-08T16:26:17Z")
Ah shucks, folks ::hangs head, scuffs at dirt with toe of loafer:: it was all in fun. However, after looking at some of the answers, I had to think back to whether or not I was actually thinking of some tune in particular…nope, gibberish through and through. Hey, it’s pretty low end on the trolling scale, wouldn’t you agree? Interesting that nobody called my bluff on this, but folks on these boards seem to want to be helpful, regardless of the knuckleheadedness of the question. Scarlett came close and I thought the suggestion of a sound file of me humming was particularly (must…not…laugh) ah, interesting. Anyway, thanks for the amusement–I’m fairly warped in that department–and I’ll try to behave myself in the future. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/14 "2003-07-08T16:40:14Z")
Not to worry, **Chefguy** , my answer should have clued you that I didn’t take you seriously. The drum solo bit gave you away. Good run, though. Shouldn’t have stopped it so early. I bet there would have been some real doozies. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/15 "2003-07-08T16:41:28Z")
Hey, y’all, check the times on the replies in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/16 "2003-07-08T16:45:38Z")
Sounds like (looks like?) the Lone Ranger theme to me. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/17 "2003-07-08T18:39:13Z")
Well, **I** was trying to help you seriously, damnit. You may want to reconsider posts like this - the Mods don’t cotton to trolling posts, regardless of their location on the “trolling scale”… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/18 "2003-07-08T19:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*Well, **I** was trying to help you seriously, damnit. You may want to reconsider posts like this - the Mods don’t cotton to trolling posts, regardless of their location on the “trolling scale”… \*\* There-there, now, I apologize if I offended anyone’s sensibilities… ::speaks soothingly, backs away slowly, eyes darting towards the exits, nervous twitch in left cheek begins spasming:: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/19 "2003-07-08T19:27:57Z")
Got anything to eat? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-tune/186881/20 "2003-07-08T20:33:11Z")
Yep, we’re done here. **Chefguy** , don’t be doing this again.