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14 | An alphabetical list of musical catch phrases: |
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16 | * "2 CHAINZ!!!" - [[SingerNameDrop Take a wild guess]]... |
17 | * "NOT!" - Music/{{Anthrax}} |
18 | * "I buried Paul" - The final line in Music/TheBeatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967), which was actually John Lennon muttering "cranberry sauce". Nevertheless the phrase "I buried Paul" became an urban legend. |
19 | ** "Yeah yeah yeah" - The Beatles. Their early songs often use "yeah yeah yeah" as a refrain. In France early pop music was even named "yéyé music", and Brazil's title for ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' was "The Kings of Ié Ié Ié''. |
20 | * "On your feet or on your knees!" - Music/BlueOysterCult |
21 | * "Jah Rastafari!" - Music/BobMarley |
22 | * "Hi-de-ho!" - Music/CabCalloway |
23 | * "¡Azucar!" - Music/CeliaCruz |
24 | * "PERIODT!" - ''Music/CityGirls'' |
25 | * "Say our name with us now, one time together, my brothers, my sisters, my blood... [[AudienceParticipation WE ARE]]! Music/{{DISTURBED}}!" |
26 | ** "Spread the sickness, infect the world..." |
27 | * "Mustard on the beat, ho." - The signature of any song produced by DJ Mustard. |
28 | * "So far away" - Music/{{Dragonforce}} |
29 | * "We love you madly"- Music/DukeEllington's traditional closing message. |
30 | * "Elvis has left the building." - Closing statement after Music/ElvisPresley's concerts |
31 | ** "Thank you. Thank you very much." - Music/ElvisPresley |
32 | * Music/{{Eminem}}: |
33 | ** "Guess who's back?" (Sometimes just "Guess who?") - Slim Shady |
34 | ** "Hi! My name is... ''chkka-chkka'' Slim Shady!" |
35 | ** "It ''feeeeels'' so good to be ''baaa-aack''!" - Eminem |
36 | * "Doobie doobie do" - Music/FrankSinatra's famous scatting at the end of "Strangers in the Night" (1967) |
37 | * "Oops upside your head- I say: oops upside your head" - "Oops Upside Your Head" (1979) by the Gap Band |
38 | * "Bow wow wow yippie-yo yippie yeah/ Bow wow wow yippie-yo yippie yeah" - Music/GeorgeClinton in "Atomic Dog" (1983) |
39 | * "Turned out nice again!" - Music/GeorgeFormby |
40 | * "Scream for me, [[CheapHeat (city name)]]]! SCREAM FOR ME <city>!" - Music/BruceDickinson |
41 | ** "Up the Irons!" for Music/IronMaiden. |
42 | * "Ain't it funky now?" - Music/JamesBrown |
43 | ** "Can't pass the people, can't pass me! Hit me!" -Music/JamesBrown |
44 | *** "I feel good!"- Music/JamesBrown, who used this line in his SignatureSong "I Feel Good (I Got You)", but also dozens of other times in other songs and during public appearances. |
45 | * "Hi[=/=]Hello, I'm Music/JohnnyCash." |
46 | * YOU WANTED THE BEST, YOU GOT THE BEST! THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD...Music/{{KISS}}! |
47 | ** YOU WANTED THE WORST, YOU GOT THE WORST: THE ONE, THE ONLY, [[Music/LimpBizkit LIMP BIZKIT]]! |
48 | * "I wish my brother George was here." - Liberace |
49 | * "Young Moolah, baby!" - Music/LilWayne |
50 | * "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop!" - From Music/LittleRichard's [[SignatureSong 1956 hit Tutti Frutti]] became a catch phrase still associated with the singer. |
51 | ** "Ooh, my soul!" was another of his sayings, usually while catching his breath after a song. |
52 | * "Can't touch this!" - Music/MCHammer |
53 | * "Thank you all, you've been great; we've been Music/{{Megadeth}}". |
54 | * "Shamone" - Music/MichaelJackson (Reference to his song "Bad", though he actually says: "c'mon". It has been spoofed in popular culture as "shamone" and "jah-mo".) |
55 | * "We are Music/{{Motorhead}}, and we will kick your ass/play rock 'n roll." |
56 | * "Dilo!" (idiomatic Spanish for "Say it!") - Perez Prado. He would shout it at his orchestra, multiple times per song. |
57 | * Music/{{OFWGKTA}} has several. "Fuck Steve Harvey", "GOLF WANG", "swag me out" and of course "free Earl". |
58 | * "Yeaaaaaah booooyyy!" - Flavor Flav of Music/PublicEnemy |
59 | * "Gabba Gabba Hey!" - Music/TheRamones |
60 | ** "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" - Music/TheRamones |
61 | * "We are Music/{{REM}} and this is what we do." |
62 | ** "...[[InnocentInnuendo when you're not looking]]." |
63 | * "Look out!" - Music/RonnieJamesDio |
64 | * In {{Music/Savatage}}'s ''Music/StreetsARockOpera'': "Jesus Saves!" is the catchphrase of both DT Jesus' music fans and his clients from his drug dealing days. |
65 | * "No future!" - Music/SexPistols. [[Music/JohnLydon Johnny Rotten]] mentioned this phrase in their song "God Save The Queen" and it quickly became a nihilistic slogan for punks everywhere. |
66 | * "[[Music/{{Slipknot}} This is your new National-fucking-anthem! This is surfacing!]]" |
67 | * "YOUUUUUU!!!!! Music/SouljaBoy Tell Em..." |
68 | * "Put your hands up in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care" - Used zillions of times in any catchy song. The earliest use was probably "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by Music/TheSugarhillGang. |
69 | * "Is everybody happy?" - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lewis_(musician) Ted Lewis]] |
70 | * The announcement "The Official Adventures of..." from Music/GrandmasterFlash. |
71 | * Music/NeilYoung greeted audiences with a cheery "How ya doin'!", at any point during concert sets. |
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