Does anybody remember laughter?

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Led Zeppelin, The Song Remains The Same, 1976, Swan Song
Listen to live version of "Stairway To Heaven": spontaneous question by Robert Plant: "Does anybody remember laughter?"
This is a thread about laughter in rock songs.

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The most famous laughter in hard rock music by Ian Gillan at the end of "Speed King" A1. After having replanted just a few roots....

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Haunting laughter by "Papa" Dee Allen in "Fidel's Fantasy" B3.
Wake up, Fidel, it's time for your fantasy!

[grumpy]

“All Aboooooard, Ha ha ha ha ha...”

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“All Aboooooard, Ha ha ha ha ha...”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/28/laughter-in-song-rock-pop

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This nasty laughter by Dana Bryant on Ronny Jordans "The Jackal"! It sends cold shivers up and down my spine .....

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Genesis: "Mama" A1: a brilliant love-and-hate song with some frightening "ha-ha"s by Phil Collins.
Laughter or coughing?

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Track B4 "Advertisement": weird laughter by the musicians, especially by Steve Broughton.

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Diabolic speech and laughter by "special guest" Vincent Price in "Devil's food" A2.
Good night!

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Does anybody remember this laughter? He had the best and the most laughs: Satchmo!
This is a funny duet with Velma Middleton.

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The most famous crazy laughter in the early 70ies. Very impressive, especially on this German Quadrophonie pressing: "Brain damage" B4. Listen loud!
"Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs, got to keep the loonies on the path..."

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The voice. The laughter.
"Are you lonesome tonight" D3. From the 1977 TV Special "Elvis in concert". Recorded live in June 1977 during an Elvis tour.

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Cover art with a huge laughter. Hey, this Lady had such a great voice and humor!
Unforgettable.

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Beatles-tribute-laughter at the end of "You're a good man Albert Brown" A4.

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Why is Rosie giggling in the intro of "One more time around Rosie" B3?
Electric guitar played by Saber. Anybody knows this guitar player called Saber?

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Laughter as a painkiller. Intro of "It aint easy..." of album "Painkiller".
Listen to all the grasping intros in these 12 tracks!

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All good clean fun with laughter and cheers by Jools Holland. Live in the studio! Da geht die Post ab...

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Laugh! Even the good times are bad....

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After this fantastic guitar solo by Carlos Santana: a laughter of happiness and thankfulness by Hooker for this generous present.

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A short sharp laughter of fun and joy in the first verse of "Stop" B4 by this great vocal artist (Uriah Heep). For sure: the most variable voice in rock music.

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"Groovy" B1. Laughter of pure joy and happiness. Because he has the best studio musicians. 45 years since this one. Great voice!

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Does anybody remember this laughter in the outro of "Smiling faces sometimes"? Behind your back.......

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"They'll be happy, they'll be smiling, they'll go to the races, they'll drink Scotch Whisky, the people that we know are happy all the time..." followed by a crazy laughter at the end of this funny song.

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A song of laughter. Africa is breathing. There is much laughter on this album, nearly in every song. It's Afrijazzy!

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The most famous laughter. The only vocal is this laughter in the intro of this instrumental after the breaking-sound of the surf board. Schadenfreude?
Woke up in the morning and saw this magnitude of snow outside. This never happened in Switzerland on May 5th, as long as anyone can remember. So today, I first remembered this laughter: Hi Hi Hi, wipe out....

[Kay Pirinha]

Woke up in the morning and saw this magnitude of snow outside. This never happened in Switzerland on May 5th, as long as anyone can remember. So today, I first remembered this laughter: Hi Hi Hi, wipe out....


Is this called the global warming? Har har har...

I recall we've had snow in the Walpurgis nights of 1970 and 1982.

Best regards!

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Is this called the global warming? Har har har...

I recall we've had snow in the Walpurgis nights of 1970 and 1982.

Best regards!


Walpurgis nights?Snow? Are you sure, what kind of white substance it was? If it was cold to touch, then you remember well...

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Live recording full of laughter and vitality. Soulfulness. Joie de vivre.

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Can we identify that »Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha« close to the end of Gallows Pole (Led Zeppelin III, B1) as laughter as well?

Best regards!

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Does anybody remember laughter in Led Zeppelin songs?

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He did the most dirty laughter: Ian Gillan. "...Won Tun Wan with your Chinese fan..." in "A Gypsy's Kiss" from "Perfect Stranger". A silly joke? Anybody knows the cause for the laughter?

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A whole lot of laughing in rhythm and nonsensical words with a lively guitar solo.

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At the end of this song: a happy "oh what a good job have i done"-laughter. Alles richtig gemacht, Billy!

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Vivid version of Hancocks "Watermelon Man": Laughter as a rhythmic vocal element by La Lupe: joy of living!

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I know i laughed, when you left... I'll give you jewelry and money too... ha ha. What a lucky guy. Sing it again, Rod!

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Instrumental title track "Twitch" B5: is there any reasonable cause for laughter in this synthesizer-overkill?

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50 years ago: the dirty laughter by Ian Gillan at the end of "Speed King" is an ecstatic outburst of exalted gladness. They had just given birth to "heavy metal hard rock". An epochal song. PS: on this compilation we have the US-version of "Speed King" where the fantastic excessive whammy bar intro was omitted aiming to more success on US-market. They wouldn't hardly bear it...

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Ghost train-laughter as intro of "Love in Vain" of 1981 LP "Vinyl Futures".

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"Bottoms Up!" A4: big fun boogie at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood. Bottoms up!

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Produced by Mark Knopfler. Listen to "Southern Politician": the politicians sardonic laughter at the end of the song.

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Laughter De Luxe, B4! Rod The Mod, the rascal.

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A song of joy and laughter: "Difficult to cure". At the end of the surgical treatment: OP successful-patient dead.
Beethoven is laughing...

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Napoleon XIV, They're Coming to Take Me Away "They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha ha"

Beatles, I am the Walrus "don't you think the joker laughs at you? Ho ho ho he he he ha ha ha"

Moody Blues, Ride My Seesaw Crazy laughter at 0:44

Jim Backus and Friends, Delicious Tipsy giddiness throughout.

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The Muffin Man and almost any live CD with his band Frank Zappa

He poot's forth!

Rob:)

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Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. The world is my oyster

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Funky Scandinavian laughter: A1 "A little soul food" Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmviFYMeDg4

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Two dirty old men (as the say themselves): they can't stop having fun at Nashville Sound Studios while playing "Avalon" B1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igpohkteeFA
No overdubs: "What the hell, it sounds good, so let's keep it" (Les Paul).

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Legendary BeBob-session together with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.
Notice 1972 or 1985 on back cover: "These knocked-out collector's items may well represent the some of the last laughs in Jazz music. In an increasingly difficult and perilous time, Slim Gaillard's music and good humor provide a wonderful antidote to help us forget some of the many frustrations we face in our daily lives."
Highly topical?
Look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphs31yLcZk
Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart 1941 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZnn56vebo
Good mood guaranteed!

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Track B3 "Fidel's Fantasy":1971 by War - what has become of the communistic dream/insanity in Cuba?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQI2qMAL_Ug