Made-up words/phrases in songs

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Made-up words/phrases in songs

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Super-scurry - Nena.
Whoopsin-a-whoopsin - Adam Ant
Organizized - the Clash

Any more gobbledy-gook out there?
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Heston wrote:Super-scurry - Nena.
Whoopsin-a-whoopsin - Adam Ant
Organizized - the Clash

Any more gobbledy-gook out there?
Organizized is from Taxi Driver.

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Travis: Organiziezed. Organiziezed - it's a joke. O-R-G-A-N-E-Z-I-E-Z-D.
Betsy: Oh, you mean 'Organizized'. Like those little signs they have in offices that say "Thimk".
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95% of 1950s rock songs have made up gibberish.

Be-Bop-a-Lula
Bop-a-lena
Who put the bomp In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Sugaree

etc., etc.
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Steve Miller makes 'em up as he tokes along..

'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompatus
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Purple Hayes wrote:Steve Miller makes 'em up as he tokes along..

'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompatus
Christ, if that deserves a fucking wiki page there should be a wiki page about me
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Sort of made-up words (more playing with the phonetics):
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
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Beck says all sorts of made up shit.

Consult the becktionary!
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Also: 90% of Cocteau Twins lyrics.
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Shamone!
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Flex wrote:Beck says all sorts of made up shit.

Consult the becktionary!
I need the RHYMING Becktionary.
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Wolter wrote:
Flex wrote:Beck says all sorts of made up shit.

Consult the becktionary!
I need the RHYMING Becktionary.
We're so predictable. In an awesome way.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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