Astronomer

I've never really paid much attention to yodeling, I actually assumed most of it sounded pretty terrible. The closest I've ever come to yodeling is listening to Dolores O'Riordan, who isn't even really a 'yodeler.' Anyway, some of those vids are actually pretty impressive - especially the Gitti & Erica ones. Quite pretty!

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Guybrush

Oh, I didn't much care for Gitti & Erica to be honest. We can't all like the same though.

Here's the rather awful but hilarious "Tritsch Tratsch Polka Yodel" I was looking for earlier but couldn't find. If you want to try a yodeling experiment, try waking your spouse by putting this on the stereo and see what happens.

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Guybrush

English band Adam & The Ants also used some watered down yodeling, at least in the B-side from their "Stand and Deliver" single which was "Beat My Guest" (very clever pun there).



(It's a fan vid of course)

The yodeling isn't impressive but I actually like the song.

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VEGANGELICA

Hey, I liked Adam and the Ants a lot back in the 70's and 80's...but I didn't remember this song. Thanks for sharing it! The song *is* a good example of the quirky feeling that watered-down yodeling offers to New Wave music, in this case. It is nice to hear yodeling used outside its original yodeling genre. Ah, the 80's! I am now feeling nostalgia for the music of that era...sigh.

Here's another Adam and the Ants song, "Stand and Deliver," that has a tiny bit of yodeling in it, I'd say. I like almost all Adam and the Ants' songs because they are so playfully risque and quirky (such that a little yodeling fits right in yet, I feel, sounds cool). An aside: doesn't "Adam" look like Johnny Depp's Captain Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies?

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joderu95

He has some longer demonstrations than this but this'll give you an idea of his vocal ability.

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bubu

Fun and entertaining yodeling is.

Indeed complex and rewarding.

Hank The Drifter

I feel that Jimmie Rodgers needs a mention in this thread. Jimmie was a pioneer, and pretty good. Sadly he died before he was forty from TB. I would link you to some of his songs, but due to my post count I don't have that ability. Most of you have probably heard of him, but for those of you that haven't, I suggest looking some of his songs up on Youtube.

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