# Jangly, chimy choirs in old songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jangly-chimy-choirs-in-old-songs/679148 "2014-01-18T16:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jangly-chimy-choirs-in-old-songs/679148/1 "2014-01-18T16:31:41Z")
I didn’t know how else to describe them. What are they doing that makes them sound correct, and yet discordant at the same time? It’s certainly a sound you don’t hear much nowadays. Billie Holiday: [Girls were made to take care of boys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecyBNUs8OQ) Charlie Parker: [Old folks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-4F_sHhs8) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jangly-chimy-choirs-in-old-songs/679148/2 "2014-01-18T16:45:42Z")
A lot of the old Disney movies had that same sound to them. Here’s one I could find quickly, but I remember a lot of them had them during the opening sequence. I still here them when I take my daughter over to my Mom’s and she watched the same VHS tapes that I used to watch when I was little. [When You Wish Upon A Star](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnqgROXTSFw#t=1m10s) ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jangly-chimy-choirs-in-old-songs/679148/3 "2014-01-18T16:50:14Z")
I think the equipment they used back then had something to do with it.