Blasphemy! Rag Mop is supposed to be sung by Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent.
Double blasphemy! It’s RAGG MOPP.
Based on your definition, I guess I qualify. It’s not my goto music or anything, but when I listen to the songs I listen to, it’s never due to finding them amusing or funny. I like the tight, straight high harmonies, without any of them being backup singers. There are some female only groups in the '60s that have that type of sound, but seems rare elsewhere.
The closest you get are female barbershop, but they don’t have background music to provide the bass.
What he said.
This can even happen in serious music.
My favourite musician, Tomoko Kawase, has 3 separate projects going on…the brilliant green (with her husband, Shunsaku Okuda), Tommy february[sup]6[/sup], and Tommy heavenly[sup]6[/sup]. A handful of songs have been released under two of them.
The singer is always Tomoko Kawase, and with a handful of exceptions (mostly covers), the songs are always written by Tomoko and Shunsaku. Despite this, saying which project a particular song or album was released as is entirely meaningful. (And if it’s a Halloween release.) It tells you what to expect for the song, even when it’s not distinguishing between two different versions of the same song. There are also a number of songs done in two different versions under the same project, which should also be distinguished. Despite being written and performed by the same people under the same name, even.
Nobody (who isn’t a little kid) thinks that David Seville and the Chipmunks aren’t characters by Ross Bagdasarian. Just like nobody thinks that the brilliant green, Tommy february[sup]6[/sup] and Tommy heavenly[sup]6[/sup] are not all projects involving Tomoko Kawase and Shunsaku Okuda in various ways. That doesn’t mean the different characters shouldn’t be distinguished, especially when talking about songs released under multiple names.
I dunno–I listen to some of the Chipmunks’ Christmas music every year. Partly for nostalgia value (in my first grade classroom, we played one of the Chipmunks’ Christmas records when the season rolled around), partly for the comedy value (their version of “Twelve Days” is almost as funny as John Denver and the Muppets’) and partly because the arrangements (and Dave Seville’s voice) are very nice.
There are a couple of songs he carries on his own–particularly “Silver Bells”, with the boys only coming in on the chorus. And the orchestration/arrangement for that one is especially nice. What do you think?
He also does “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” on his own, with no rodential involvement whatsoever. (Except for the beginning when he tells them, “Sit down by the fire and rest a minute, boys. I want to say something to you and everybody listening…”)
True.
As others have said, it’s a pretty decent novelty-ish song. It also probably appears on any number of 50s collections. The fact that she was listening to that song doesn’t necessarily mean she was porting the entire Bagdasarian oeuvre.
Brilliant.
Yes, but she wasn’t just listening to it as if it had come up on Shuffle; she was rocking out to it. But yes, I do suppose it could have been worse; it could have been “Uptown Girl”. 
Rick Moranis for the win! 
You kids get the heck off my lawn. Come back when you you’ve gained some culture! :rolleyes:
In childhood through early adulthood I had a very high soprano voice, and excellent control of whistle tone. I liked singing along with the Chipmunks because they pitched the songs where I could participate. LOL!
Cecil, for comparison
Aargh!! First link should have gone here.
Doc Sausage and his Mad Lads.