Nonsense Words

Songs that contain mumble jumble, scatting, or words that aren't quite real.

Central theme

• Anqui
• The Cap'm - Usually pronounced (and spelled) "cap'n", as a contraction of "captain"
• David Dinkins - Song consists entirely of variations on "Buh-diddley-doo-dop"
• Fritalian
• Lazyhead And Sleepybones
• Mr. Klaw
• Mr. Xcitement
• My Name Is Kingof Socks
• Omnicorn
• Prevenge
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Take Out The Trash (Simlish) - Sung entirely in Simlish
• Tango Distorto
• Thinking Machine
• To The Bubblecraft!

Briefly mentioned

• 32 Footsteps - "Bing bang bingalong, cing cang cingalong, ding dang dingalong day", etc.
• All Time What - "completelier", "defeatlier"
• Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth - "Catbug" and "Manhouse"
• Cloisonné - "You start gettin' all conversatin'"
• Dedicated - "Hey diddo ging gindedo d-ding gingedo go"
• Don't Let's Start - "Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa"
• Everybody To The Limit - "fhqwhgads"
• Exquisite Dead Guy - "Bupadupupupadupah"
• Hidden Track - From the "scat portion" of the song: "Skoo diedle doo diedle diedle skopple dwey / Skee deedle dee skweedle deedle dweedle dwey"
• I Palindrome I - "Man o nam"
• I'm A Little Airplane - "wangity-wang"
• Impossible - "Octofish ... octofoo, octofee ... octoflange"
• It's Kickin' In - "The disaffected waitress / In some fake foreign accent: / [fake words]"
• Lullaby To Nightmares - "That's where all the frightmares go when the elephants die"
• Moonbeam Rays - "Ah dee ah dee ah dee ay"
• Ooh La! Ooh La! - "Eensy beensy crumbleeny" and other Double Dutch-isms
• Replicant - Scatting in the chorus and throughout the song ("Doot doot doot doot")
• Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live 1985) - "Narvoooooo!"
• Rowboat Mayor - "On a steady diet of small potaters"
• Snowball In Hell - "Money I owe, money-iy-ay"
• Spider - "Coopidy coop coop cadoo"
• Stuff Is Way - "Catastro-feeling good"
• Swing Is A Word - "387-6962 Narrrrrrrrrr"
• Synopsis For Latecomers - "Doo doo lee doo doo lee doo doo lee do"
• Tigerella - "Reooowwwwww"
• The Velvet Ape - "sof"
• Working Undercover For The Man - "Sha la la la la"

Honorable mention

• Let's Get This Over With - "Can this page of strange gibberish / Get a final punctuation mark?"