La La La...

[D'Snowth]

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that a LOT of SST songs have a verse in them that are nothing but "La-las"? Off the top of my head, I can think of...

- "Sing" (La, la, la-la-la/La-La, la, la-la-la...)
- "What's the Name of That Song?" (La-de-da-dum)
- "Ernie and Bert's L Song" (obviously)
- "The Street We Live On" (Part of the chorus is la-las)

I remember reading Joe Raposo asking someone for an opinion on "Sing", to which it was said "It sounds like you ran out of words", lol... I wonder if that was the case with some of these other songs?

 

[dwmckim]

The use of la-la's encourage children to sing along when they don't know all the words.

Let's not forget Big Bird's favorite "La la la" song he sings to himself. Plus "Elmo's Song"

 

[mikebennidict]

Think there's been millions of songs written over the years with a

lalalala or dum de dum so I doubt there's anything unique here.


But I could be wrong.

 

[HootsytheOwl]

Singing with children

Hello everybodeeeeeee!

Good to be back on the forum. I'm a musician who plays ( and writes) music for very young children, and I know how important simple words can be. They can learn easier how to clap to a song, for example, that has an easy chorus. It's also fun for them, because sounds like la and ba and dee dum are sounds they make as babies or toddlers. They don't have to worry about sounds that may be harder for them to make.

And, as dwmckim noted...it does encourage them to sing along. Also many children like rhythmic repetitive songs...look at "Old McDonald Had a Farm", lol!

Your dear friend,
Kitt