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[โ€“] shalafi 2 points 2 days ago

The ice cream truck song!

(I'm kidding, don't kill me.)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

The Star Trek Theme was originally composed with lyrics.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Darude, sandstorm.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Neil Diamond, of all people, has a version, which you might or might not like.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

YT link, or URL fragment to add to your favourite IV instance: watch?v=6gbTDZcOkRw

Eh, pretty heavily derived. It's probably more like heavy sampling.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I, too, would like to hear eldrich silent singing.

[โ€“] Death_Equity 3 points 2 days ago

You can only hear the lyrics in your writhing mind.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.

[โ€“] Windex007 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jupiter - Holst

I can feel it at a funeral, a wedding, a birth, a Requiem for a nation defeated etc etc

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

yakety sax is based on a song with lyrics! "yakety yak" by the Coasters

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

And - One Step Beyond

[โ€“] Death_Equity 3 points 3 days ago

Playing God - Polyphia

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Bolero would be pretty awful with lyrics.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Christopher Columbus (Squirrels & Onions remix) doesn't technically have lyrics, but I always sing the title words along with the beat, at least in my head. Kinda of like how a lot of EDM just turns into Boots and Cats in my head.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

This is quite literally one of the reasons I started making music. Too many instrumentals without vocals.

[โ€“] LucasWaffyWaf 1 points 2 days ago

The Bark and Below It by the Olivia Tremor Control.

Good luck to ya.

Non-joke answer, I'd be curious to hear what kinda lyrics you could give to Hang Up Your Hang Ups by Herbie Hancock.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Cbat by Hudson Mohawke. Is it actually about sex? Let's find out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Spazzmatica Polka would surely be crazy.