Yoda Chant

[Driew_La_27]

I love the Yoda chant. It's so irrelevent to the entire rest of the song but so great. Great idea Al!

Actually a friend told him about the chant and then AL and the band made it work.

[CurlyFries]

I love the Yoda chant. It's so irrelevent to the entire rest of the song but so great. Great idea Al!

Actually a friend told him about the chant and then AL and the band made it work.

huh? how do you tell someone about THAT?

[Driew_La_27]

Actually a friend told him about the chant and then AL and the band made it work.

huh? how do you tell someone about THAT?

I can't remember where I heard that, but its true. I'm sure Bobbi, Dave, Dr. Dad, or CD will give you the exact explanation since they seem to remember things better of where they found that info.

[scottidog]

I do remember reading that Al saw something like it done by a friend of his, and he adapted it for the live show. I'm not sure, but I think it's based on some kind of tribal thing that's done in some of the aboriginal tribes down under. I saw a discovery channel thing that had some New Zealand soccer team doing something very similar, but for the life of me I can't remember what they called it.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure he did do it in Australia. You were probably too deep in The Haze to remember. Plus if you weren't prepared for it, it probably flew right past you.

[Driew_La_27]

Told ya.

Atleast I was SOMEWHAT close.

[Dr_Dad]

Well, here's a couple of sources about the Yoda Chant [Cindy already gave you the Yoda Chant lyrics (Poodle Hat Tour Version)]:

As per Marty Lick's Weird Al FAQ:

This {Yoda Chant}was first introduced at the Dr.Demento 20th Anniversary Show, as part of Another One Rides The Bus. Now, Al and the band has been reciting this amazing chant in concert as part of an encore rendition of "Yoda" for the past few years, in perfect synchronosity [sic], choreography, and possibly telepathy.

And from our all-knowing moderator Elvis' website:

The Yoda Chant was first introduced on Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Show. Derived out of an African-style chant and choreography that Steve Jay put together, it was originally performed during "Another One Rides The Bus." It affectionately received the name of The Yoda Chant when Al and the band started performing it at the end of "Yoda" during the Off The Deep End Tour. Since it's debut, The Yoda Chant has gone through several revisions. The chant sped up a little and slightly evolved for the Alapalooza Tour. It remained relatively unchanged until the start of Touring With Scissors '99 where it got a major overhaul. That's the version that used today.

And finally, in the words of Al himself, from TheForce.Net:

TFN: You’ve done one other Star Wars-inspired parody so far: “Yoda” on the “Dare To Be Stupid” album, a send-up of “Lola” by The Kinks. And you and the band have something called the “Yoda Chant” you perform during concerts. For the benefit of anyone reading this who hasn’t witnessed the spectacle, could you describe what that is? Where did the “Yoda Chant” come from?

AL: It's kinda hard to describe. It's sort of a breakdown section in the middle of the song... it starts out as an authentic East Indian chant... "da din din da da din din da..." - kind of a tabla thing - and then it devolves into just silliness with things like "pa pa oo mow mow" and "la la la, nice lady!" It's long and complex and has its own choreography, which oddly enough, a number of fans have memorized.

Hope dat helps.


Doc

[Driew_La_27]

Who called it? Let's see an instant replay of Driew's predictions chall we?

can't remember where I heard that, but its true. I'm sure Bobbi, Dave, Dr. Dad, or CD will give you the exact explanation since they seem to remember things better of where they found that info.

Man am I good or what!

[stupidsurgeon27]

I think Dave needs to update his answer.

-CindyBob

[Elvis]

And from our all-knowing moderator Elvis' website:

The Yoda Chant was first introduced on Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Show. Derived out of an African-style chant and choreography that Steve Jay put together, it was originally performed during "Another One Rides The Bus." It affectionately received the name of The Yoda Chant when Al and the band started performing it at the end of "Yoda" during the Off The Deep End Tour. Since it's debut, The Yoda Chant has gone through several revisions. The chant sped up a little and slightly evolved for the Alapalooza Tour. It remained relatively unchanged until the start of Touring With Scissors '99 where it got a major overhaul. That's the version that used today.

That Elvis guy is a liar!!! The version they use today is the same version as used during TWS with some additional text. They added the War Chant from the Tiki room, and a chant from The Man Show, and something from Napoleon XIV.

I'll send that slacker Elvis guy a nasty PM and tell him to update his website. And I'll tell him to merge the several Yoda Chant topics we already had when I did a search and move the topic to Music and Record also.

In the meantime. here are the updated lyrics courtesy of Yankovic!

Dave

[stupidsurgeon27]

I'll give this lying Elvis a virtual spatula if he updates it soon.

It might be around the time he puts up his AlCon 3 review.

-CindyBob