# Oohgha Chaka, oohgha oohgha...(song filler in thingys) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 26, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685 "2023-03-26T19:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/101 "2023-03-28T17:16:22Z")
I love that way too much. Thx! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/102 "2023-03-28T17:49:55Z")
I seem to remember a golden oldie that had the echoing phrase, “Doo Wop, Doo Wop”, but that’s all I could remember. So, I Googled the phrase and, even though I misspelled it, Google came up with a plethora of songs that used it. [“ **The Best of Doo Wop** ”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfmhhBh_taU) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/103 "2023-03-28T18:36:12Z")
I love Doo Wop music. The basic rhythmic style manages to make its way past my tin ears. [The Book Of Love](https://www.google.com/search?q=doo+wop+book+of+love&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS984US984&sxsrf=APwXEddMalioCwOyd4fCv-ovcdbY83qk1Q%3A1680028076588&ei=rDEjZMivI8uq5NoP8reKuAc&oq=doo+wop+book+of+&gs_lcp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4ba24dbc,vid:K-ShuuYr2os) always comes to mind first when Doo Wop is mentioned, but it’s hardly the be all of the style. If you love this kind of music you’d love the movie American Hot Wax. A rather fanciful story but filled with great musical performances. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/104 "2023-03-28T22:01:50Z")
That’s where the fun is – way out! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/105 "2023-03-28T22:37:32Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Eastern European Nitpick re: pet peeve of mine. There’s a skewed view that if a country was part of the Warsaw Pact or assimilated into USSR it is ‘eastern.’ No. The Baltic states are just that, Baltic. Much more in common historically, linguistically, culturally and above else geographically with the Nordic countries and Poland than with the East. Hungary, Czech republic, Romania, Moldova ASF are Central European. Eastern are Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus. Continuing nonsense lyrics [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0GKwwN87h9k/hqdefault.jpg "Civilization - Danny Kaye & The Andrew Sisters") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GKwwN87h9k) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/106 "2023-03-28T23:41:14Z")
Don’t forget these beauties performing this beauty: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gzwQSXe_Dro/maxresdefault.jpg "NEW \* Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey 4K {Stereo} 1978") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzwQSXe_Dro) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/107 "2023-03-29T02:32:26Z")
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé #9 Dream - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7zZsKOvXiFo/maxresdefault.jpg "#9 DREAM. (Ultimate Mix 2020) John Lennon w The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band (official music video 4K)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zZsKOvXiFo) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/108 "2023-03-29T02:42:22Z")
Loved that forever!! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/109 "2023-03-29T02:44:29Z")
Me too! 😃 I think I have that 45 somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/110 "2023-03-29T03:52:08Z")
Paul McCartney doing a bit of scat singing: [Heart Of The Country](https://youtu.be/oGaY-fyZl5M?t=92) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/111 "2023-03-29T15:45:44Z")
Special shout-out to David Seville for managing to makes nonsense lyrics in a novelty song somehow insensitive, if not downright insulting. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cmjrTcYMqBM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gOygtMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAGIT6L0_Ln4lKcpoehPtC-FycLhg "WITCH DOCTOR (David Seville) 1958 original version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/112 "2023-03-29T17:22:11Z")
Could you tell me what the insensitive and insulting lyrics of this song are? I’ve been singing ‘ooh ee ooh ah ah’ since I was a little kid and the Alvin show first aired. I have never memorized the non-nonsense lyrics but looking them up they seem pretty tame. [Witch Doctor lyrics](https://www.google.com/search?q=my+friend+the+witch+doctor+lyrics&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS984US984&oq=my+friend+the+wtchdoctor+lurics&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13i512.17849j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&si=AMnBZoEZ9H9taR9bA2fpLiXpMkOdMb4iRJm4aQeHnfcS8zW44btl4HAvo_Pbao9camrmBZZ2oTyAFDMgdXX5wz9_7FASldGwGfTN8GeIP8KbKNuXvPVJ_OqdWpOGPSAVU4guMFB3wIe4x0urLDF-ZQYNu7EYlEwMhWnvDZocqUCMn14mmdmFdoX0LQsjXlyCth39-M0dBsbTrkHZGQySRyIS56SA6BF-QyJ2mwDD9Z3VL88p8lPfakzE-H1gbWf9dipbmr65Xz-RQiC0DjLgTqdL-iKXk_CvV8mitxGsrH71fS8zpNj1fx7gj1pERvtDnn8VU6QmUbLjymCiyrEI-pz0v5yF12ygkeIzMzkFl8zII6FVEUMjyuZso3VSzfc_ZLu92Eryz3ZQVAbvrRoE84AcOfpDdkFtnFt8B6JxZ2NQG2EN8QhvKYiAVeZCU2Lch4Vcq2uvuu6comrpPGiwYT451v1Xg8-KsxhYo03IhRZ0_d4SrvvjLyVsXvg352FDCzJ7Io4XOBnwYtzWsPDFucZUnWYqI5vp8YwZs2NlZ-xnuOsHTFdKzhDtusf400Yjx8jzVz3U8HrhwdbitAcSme8Yrgkywi28YYP3lxI0qW4raA_qQpIrvMmkw66te2LFkMoD7OrsDovAV22HABFmlxeKdVnLji3WGZNCQIxVzsMIuXtFS5LZX3K253nIXyth5VQg-XGt_eGp&ictx=1&ved=2ahUKEwjqpfr-0oH-AhUsEFkFHafkA2AQyNoBKAB6BAgSEAA) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/113 "2023-03-29T21:16:19Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Could you tell me what the insensitive and insulting lyrics of this song are? I would guess the gibberish lyrics, as they’re presented as being the “witch doctor” (presumably, a member of a primitive, non-white culture) speaking in his native tongue, could be seen as linguistic stereotyping. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/114 "2023-03-29T21:26:13Z")
**kenobi\_65** pretty much nails it. As a fun exercise, replace “with doctor” with “therapist.” Does it sound like you’re mocking mental health professionals? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/115 "2023-04-02T04:46:08Z")
Speaking of Guardians of the Galaxy, [this is the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d96cjJhvlMA) with the most ooga chugga. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/116 "2023-04-02T18:49:18Z")
I’m listening to _Time Has Come Today_ live by The Chambers Brothers. At 6:49 they just start doing primal screams [https://youtu.be/B9jjUzi6sRY?t=407](https://youtu.be/B9jjUzi6sRY?t=407). It works too! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/117 "2023-04-02T19:16:01Z")
Don’t forget > **[Tubular Bells (Pt. II)](https://watch.thekitty.zone/watch?v=oehz0YN18jo&t=690)** > > Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group > > Tubular Bells (Pt. II) · Mike Oldfield > > Tubular Bells > > ℗ 2009 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited > > Released on: 1973-02-01 > > Associated Performer, Vocals, Electric ... ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/118 "2023-04-02T19:17:55Z")
Oh, lord!! I’m sure I’ll be hearing that alot. The grandwrex are all interested in the ads about it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/119 "2023-04-02T20:09:50Z")
Would lyrics in Latin count? Basil Poledouris, Conan the Barbarian soundtrack, [“Riders of Doom”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEp76ppPc8o) [The lyrics, and a translation](https://genius.com/Basil-poledouris-riddle-of-steel-riders-of-doom-lyrics), if you’re interested. [O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gub0s9YVqQ) O Fortuna [the actual lyrics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/120 "2023-04-02T23:03:16Z")
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