best use of giggling in a song

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I'd call the Wipeout intro a cackle rather than a giggle.

chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Thursday, 5 October 2006 23:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Frank Sinatra got my vote!

"we talk about frank sinatra
you know frank sinatra?
he's dead... dead!
ha ha ha!"

MRZBW (MRZBW), Friday, 6 October 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link

For a long time I thought that weird stuff going on in every 13th Floor Elevators song was (mutated) giggling.

But this is OTM:

correct answer is:
intro to "Wipeout"

The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Friday, 6 October 2006 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link

ha, that song JUST came on my mp3 player, and i was about to post it

latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 October 2006 03:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Since "Wipeout" has been covered, the new correct answer is "Heroin"

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Friday, 6 October 2006 03:37 (seventeen years ago) link

two picks:

paul simon does a little giggle--or it sounds like one--in 'graceland' when he says 'we're bouncing into graceland'.

and this song by the brazilian singer luiza maria, 'na casca do ovo', starts off with some laughter. here it is for the curious: http://download.yousendit.com/F1418E1701AAA36D

gear (gear), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:49 (seventeen years ago) link

bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed for meeeeee, hurrgh"

I think Lou was laffing at his own Nico impersonation.

mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 6 October 2006 08:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Velvet Underground, Temptation Inside Your Heart
Jacques Brel, Les Bonbons 67

TS: Mick Ralphs v. Ariel Bender (Dada), Friday, 6 October 2006 08:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Vybz Kartel - Tight Pum Pum

ewmy (ewmy), Friday, 6 October 2006 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link

thinking fellers union Local 282 "More Glee"

0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Friday, 6 October 2006 12:55 (seventeen years ago) link

G. Lewis & B.C. Gilbert, Reading Prof B.

Mike Giggler (Dada), Friday, 6 October 2006 12:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Alice Cooper, "I Love The Dead" (for the lil' giggle he uses to emphasize the silliness of "your silly grave")

hank (hank s), Friday, 6 October 2006 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Nurse With Wound (again), *Registered Nurse

*that's not what it's called but I can't remember the real title

Mike Giggler (Dada), Friday, 6 October 2006 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link

At least 5 or 6 Ani DiFranco songs begin or end with her giggling.

But I agree with whoever said I Know What Boys Like upthread.

Ash (ashbyman), Friday, 6 October 2006 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link

eX-Girl - the tofu song "shut your mouuuuuth...tee-hee, tee-hee, etc"

mister the guanoman (mister the guanoman), Friday, 6 October 2006 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link

my dying bride - return to the beautiful

"she gaaave herself to meeeee hahahah"

also, there's a really corny black metal giggle featured in the track 'mother north' by satyricon

Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 7 October 2006 04:11 (seventeen years ago) link

quigley - giggling fits

dh (djh), Sunday, 8 October 2006 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

wow, the giggling in rio is a really nice touch. right before the sax solo and everything.

Charlie Howard, Friday, 9 May 2008 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link

The Chameleons - "Caution"

Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 9 May 2008 04:03 (fifteen years ago) link

Red House Painters - "Evil" (at least I think that was the song)

Trayce, Friday, 9 May 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link

Jeff Mills (as Millstart) - Pacific State of Mind

A chuckling female adds to the upbeat jauntiness of this laidback Mills tune

sam500, Friday, 9 May 2008 07:16 (fifteen years ago) link

There's a wicked giggle at the start of "Sensoria" by Cabaret Voltaire, at least on the 12 inch mix anyway.

Rob M v2, Friday, 9 May 2008 07:31 (fifteen years ago) link

I don't have time to re-read this whole thread, but clearly the answer is "Waltzinblack" by the Stranglers. Any other answer is just wrong,.

Alex in NYC, Friday, 9 May 2008 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link

i like the fits in the anthology version of "and your bird can sing", but i dunno could it be classed a 'use' given that it's an outtake.

darraghmac, Friday, 9 May 2008 11:51 (fifteen years ago) link

"Juicy Fruit"

calstars, Friday, 9 May 2008 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link

is there giggling in short dick man?

will, Friday, 9 May 2008 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link

Rhythm Is Rhythm - "Nude Photo"

henry s, Friday, 9 May 2008 12:49 (fifteen years ago) link

Slim Gaillard, "Laughing in Rhythm"

Jazzbo, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link

the Who, "Happy Jack" (giggling followed by "I saw ya!" at the end)

Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link

Black Sabbath-Megalomania

Bill Magill, Friday, 9 May 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link

Big Audio Dynamite "E=mc2" end with Theresa Russell-as-Marilyn Monroe breathily giggling "Bye!"

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 10 May 2008 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link

I have you all beat...

the proper answer is...

The Faders - No Sleep Tonight

wesley useche, Saturday, 10 May 2008 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link

eleven years pass...

where is elvis presley's version of "are you lonesome tonight?" where he has that long laughing fit?

walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 4 January 2020 08:53 (four years ago) link

where is elvis presley's version of "are you lonesome tonight?" where he has that long laughing fit?


lefal junglist platton (wtev), Saturday, 4 January 2020 09:05 (four years ago) link

First time I heard Keith Rowe - 'Groovy Situation' the giggling really confused me

https://youtu.be/zKgAU6w9SSQ

YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Sunday, 5 January 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link

... the first half of that track is silent, which is really taking dub to a whole different level.

Lou @ 0:55. A chuckle rather than a giggle tbf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fYCU40G7Pc

Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 January 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link

You gotta listen through to the end, is the thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfXipQDgb8E

Drive Like a Demon From Steakhouse to Steakhouse (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link

The only answer is the sampled baby giggling in “Are You That Somebody?”

culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 13:41 (four years ago) link

will yes indeed there is giggling in Short Dick Man!

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link

(answering a nine-year-old question)

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link

Van Morrison at the end of "He Ain't Give You None," when he goes, "You can leave now if you don't like what's happening, heh heh." It's already an outrageously creepy song, but that line and the giggles really elevate the creepy factor. You start to wonder if maybe the joke is that you can't leave.

Lily Dale, Monday, 13 January 2020 07:23 (four years ago) link

“Delicious” by Jim Backus and Phyllis Diller (I think?)— mentioned up thread— is my perennial “the party is over, goodbye” selection choice

flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 13 January 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link

seven months pass...

I did a guest episode on this podcast about novelty songs to discuss The Laughing Policeman and the history of laughing songs, if that sounds like something people want to listen to today.

https://headballetpod.podbean.com/e/james-errington-on-charles-penrose/

Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 30 August 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link

The only answer is the sampled baby giggling in “Are You That Somebody?”

I think that’s more of a “coo”?

I would vote for “Brain Damage,” though I see it’s been mentioned & summarily dismissed above.

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Sunday, 30 August 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link

idk that baby is grown now, we should ask them if it’s a “giggle“ or a “coo”

whiney on the moon (voodoo chili), Sunday, 30 August 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link

Most annoying giggle: Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi" - damn near ruins the song for me.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee)

I love that moment...Janet Jackson gets mentioned a couple of times; doesn't she laugh in "When I Think of You"? (Maybe a laugh isn't a giggle.)

clemenza, Sunday, 30 August 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link

There ought to be threads for chuckles, guffaws, and snickers, too.

clemenza, Sunday, 30 August 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unDORvhKhAc

bamcquern, Sunday, 30 August 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link


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