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Last Played: Oct 06, 2008 - 05:56:06 PM
Downloads: 65
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Uploaded: Nov 16, 2005 - 10:42:44 AM
Last Updated: Oct 10, 2007 - 01:12:05 PM



Keywords:
One (40)Two (14)Three (9)Four (5)Five (6)Six (2)Seven (7)
Description:
Just another typical song examining the idea of having too many extra arms. This was spoken/sung in German, which makes it even more typical. If you've heard one, you've heard them all.

Lyrics:
Warum Mama?
Warum Mama?
Warum Mama?

Ich habe zu viele Arme
Ich habe zu viele Arme
Ich habe zu viele Arme

Jeder hat sonst zwei
Warum ich sieben habe?
Warum hat er zwei?
Warum bitte ich habe sieben?

Warum Mama?
Warum Mama?
Warum Mama?

Ich habe zu viele Arme
Ich habe zu viele Arme
Ich habe zu viele Arme

Jeder hat sonst zwei
Warum ich sieben habe?
Warum hat er zwei?
Warum bitte ich habe sieben?

Warum Mama?
Warum Mama?
Warum Mama?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.....usw.....

Hardware:
Oxygen8, iMac G5, Shure SM58

Software:
GaragbeBand 2
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Ein super gutes Lied &mdash 11/16/05 - 03:43:55 PM
Es gefllt mir wirklich sehr.

Sounds quite Kraftwerk-ish, and I mean that as a compliment.

Is this close to your normal voice? If so, I knew I would like it. If not, I still
think I would like it :-)

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Ein super gutes Lied &mdash 11/16/05 - 09:26:06 PM
Vielen Dank!

That's pretty much the voice I'm stuck with. I started the song by trying to
find a good rhyme with "Arme" and the best thing I came up with was
"Mama", so I just went with it. I put lyrics in the early stages of the song's
development so that I didn't have the same problems that I've had before
where I just have too much noise to find a way to fit the vocals in a satisfying
way. By the final stages of the songwriting I had some parts that seemed like
they were begging to put the random numbers into place. For some reason,
"Sieben" and "Eins" seemed like they could go just about anywhere I dropped
them, but "Zwei" and "Drei" weren't as cooperative. Is it just me or does that
make sense? "Funf" seemed naughty like that as well.

I promise I won't abuse German any time soon, although it sounded better
than when I sang it in English.

Bis bald!

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Unexpected &mdash 11/29/05 - 11:15:44 PM
delight. Holy cow, how come I didn't notice this before?? Dude this is bizarre creative fun, I diggit. Futurist-ic for sure, dadaist most likely.

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Unexpected &mdash 11/30/05 - 06:43:02 AM
Thanks! Some girl's Dada's are bigger than other girls Dada's.

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ja &mdash 04/12/06 - 01:35:27 AM
sieben dadas would be even better! :D
DL'd

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ja &mdash 04/12/06 - 01:37:37 AM
sieben dadas would be even better! :D
DL'd

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Zwei! &mdash 04/12/06 - 01:40:00 AM
zwei posts!! bwa ha haaaa
sorry man, it's late

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Zwei! &mdash 04/12/06 - 10:06:56 AM
The late night comments are always siebn times better than the mid afternoon
comments, wouoldn't you agree?

Thanks for taking the time to notice.


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You can take the boy out of the robot, but you can't take the robot out of the boy.

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You just blew my mind. &mdash 01/18/07 - 01:28:40 PM
There's music out there sung in something OTHER than English?!?

CRAZY!

It's like some weird beer commercial.

I can see kids dancing really slow and weird to this in some run down disco in eastern Europe.

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weird beer commercial &mdash 01/25/07 - 10:52:55 AM
What's crazy is this, there really are kids dancing really slow and weird in some run down disco in eastern Europe as we speak.


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five extra arms must be STOPPED.

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Energetic and crazy &mdash 03/21/07 - 04:09:24 PM
this is really wild and funny. i like how the numbers are not in order. adds to the fun.

nice 80s sound too.

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2 - 7 - 4 - 9!!! &mdash 03/22/07 - 01:35:21 PM
My internal clock needs batteries.

Thanks for your comments!


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five extra arms is never enough.

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geez &mdash 04/16/07 - 04:30:35 PM
I hope it's not to offensively pc to like this song, but I do! I like it a lot!

I don't know what you're saying, so I guess I can't be incriminated, except that I know you've abused the number system and rhymed at whim!!! (based on commentary)

Well, I know a few words in German, so I"m guessing the second verse reads I have five arms? lol

This song is just too cool. Your voice sounds great, the mix and arrangement is well-done in my opinion.

Thanks for pointing me to this one!

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P.S. &mdash 04/16/07 - 04:32:30 PM
I like the irony of your cover art!

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*estella

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WHY? = WARUM &mdash 04/16/07 - 05:42:10 PM
OK Estellie,

since you practically begged me for an answer - Yes you can sing this song in Spanish.

The lyrics in English are:

Why Mama?

I have so many arms

Everyone else has only two
Why do I have seven?
Why does he have two?
Please, tell me why I have seven?

Etc....

It's sad, and funny and really, impossible, despite what most people with five extra arms think!

(If only you knew how many people have asked me about my five extra arms. Luckily, I can simultaneously email 3 different people whilst scratching my extra chin....)

My only wish (besides world peace) is that this song could be translated into as many languages as possible and posted here on MacJams - my only source for original music.

I'll send ANYONE the band file if they are interested.


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five extra arms is not what you thought it'd be.

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wow! &mdash 04/16/07 - 05:49:13 PM
I'm excited about your project.

I would love to cooperate if you can be patient with me as I have three songs to work on now, and only 2 arms.

You'll have to forgive us who are differently challenged ; )

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*estella

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The Waiting Is The Hardest Part &mdash 04/16/07 - 06:27:29 PM
Estellie,

this song was posted about 7 years ago and has like 3 comments.... I'm just amazed that anyone is interested in even teasing me about it.

Rock on with your two armed self!

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five extra arms is not what you thought it'd be.

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Prima gemacht! &mdash 05/21/07 - 08:36:27 AM
Es ist ein bischen zu loud, aber sehr gut. Deine lied ist veruckt und geile.
Bis spater!


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Warum Mama? &mdash 05/21/07 - 10:32:10 AM
Ich schreibe verrückte Liede.

Vielen Dank!

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she'll love five extra arms.

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German impressions &mdash 05/24/07 - 04:23:40 AM
hi steve, here i can clearly hear the impressions kraftwerk and germany have left behind ;) klingt verrueckt. kompliment, alex

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Correction &mdash 05/24/07 - 04:39:53 AM
of course this was adressed to Bob (not Steve). Sorry, Bob for being blind.

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Kraftwerk Influence &mdash 05/24/07 - 09:16:17 AM
You can take the boy out of the robot, but you can't take the robot out of the boy, I always say.

Thanks for noticing my dilemna.


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she'll love five extra arms.

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