Jennie Avila : The Jabberwocky [ purchase ] I can’t let this week end without posting a version of Jabberwocky. After all, what other n...

Jesse Winchester: Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding [ purchase ] The CD this song is on was released in 2009... so it's technically too new, accor...

Queen : Radio Ga Ga [ purchase ] I nearly blew off posting this until I checked if this song had been featured here before. I discover...

Skavoovie and the Epitones: Bli-Blip Skavoovie and the Epitones: Ts Tsa Cha [ purchase ] Two nonsense songs from from Ripe, the out-of-pr...

Tori Amos: iieee [ Purchase ] When it comes to nonsense songs usually they're a bit silly, or at least perceived that way. This song do...

Faces: Ooh La La [ purchase ] Poor old Granddad, I laughed at all his words... Confession time: the first time I heard this song, I thought...

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages: Wiggy Waggy Woo [ purchase ] Before Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings brought classic R&B and soul...

Hindu Love Gods: Wang Dang Doodle [ purchase ] In 1984, vocalist Bryan Cook along with Bill Berry, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills of R.E.M....

Talking Heads : I Zimbra [ purchase ] I Zimbra led off Talking Heads third album, Fear of Music, and it was quite a departure from what...

Phish: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony [ purchase ] Phish : Guelah Papyrus [ purchase ] Phish: Gotta Jibboo [ purchase ] Notorious for choosing wor...

Lee Dorsey: Ya Ya [ Purchase ] This song is so infectious and fun, it's hard not to love. America agreed by making it a number 1 hit in...

Leon Redbone : Diddy Wa Diddie [ purchase ] Thanks to Geoviki, I now know that La La La La La Means I Love You. But, can somebody tell me w...

Blossom Dearie : Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song) [ purchase ] Jazz singer and pianist Blossom Dearie was a mainstay in the early days...

Bad Manners : Ne Ne Na Na Nu Nu [ purchase ] I actually remember this one with a couple extra Nas in the title, but no matter. Madness,...

Laura Nyro : La-La (Means I Love You) [ purchase ] This nonsense song title includes its own handy parenthetical interpretation for those...

Bobby McFerrin: Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo [ purchase ] Joyce: Bobbidy-Bobbidy-Boo [ purchase ] Two vastly different takes on a bit of Cinderella m...

The Temptations : I Can't Get Next To You [ purchase ] The sorcerer in this song is a self-proclaimed BAMF. Dude can turn back the ha...

Dejan‘s Olympia Brass Band : Marie Laveau [ purchase ] This week would not be complete without a song about Marie Laveau, “The Voodoo Q...

Richard Shindell: On A Sea of Fleur De Lis [ purchase ] Richard Shindell: On A Sea of Fleur De Lis [live] [ purchase ] Solas: On A Sea of...

Annie Gallup: James [ purchase ] I am a long-time fan of Annie Gallup , part songwriter-part poet-part novelist - each of her songs is a s...