Wednesday 1 June 2011

Scatmen'sday

Here's a tune that for me, is full of nostalgia. It's a song by a scat artist named "Scatman John." This went viral on the radio stations in the times before the internet, when people listened to am radio in their cars.
The song tells the artist's life story, of how he got into the scat genre through his speach impediment. He retells the liberation of realising that his stuttering is not a curse, but a gift, as he turned his stutters into his 'sound.' It's a pretty good tune with a nice message.

9 comments:

  1. haha I laughed at the beginning of the video

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  2. Wonder what that guy is up to now?

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  3. I'M THE SCATMAN!!

    SKIBBYDIBBYDIPDUDUDUDOP

    lol

    I will never forget this song, not even on my deathbed.

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  4. Scatman John is a great artist. I never knew he had a speech impediment. It sounded more like a gift :).

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  5. ... What does he say in the beginning of the video?

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  6. R.I.P. John Paul Larkin, -Scatman- March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999
    He says "I'm the Scatman" at the beginning, Leminur

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  7. poor scatman died not to long ago

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