Shooby Taylor - Stout-Hearted Men (with lyrics)

[JoshArtisto]

one of the lyrics were off a bit

[joeyT108]

hahahahahahaha!

[marisawarland]

Powerful lyrics.. I feel like my inner soul has discovered a purpose through Shooby Taylor's mystic voice.

[babagreen]

Thanks!

[corwinorr]

This is a great song to make love to.

[Buddy1306]

Is he speaking Klingon?

[Venomous9]

Man, this HAD to be a huge inspiration to Scatman John. Really cool stuff.

[poodleman65000]

In a few decades, I'll need to wear a diaper to listen to this, it just never fails to make me bust a gut. I'm actually a bit tempted to check through your lyrics for errors, but in the end will take it on faith that you got it right. Thanks for all your hard work and for posting this. I love Shooby!

[djcharlesbronson68]

BEST song EVER!!!

[Homer79163]

I think he hit the brown note somewhere in this

[ptanzmgt]

I was seconds away from killing myself with a shotgun in my mouth when I heard this for the first time. This song made me go to medical school and I now live in Virginia with my wife and 3 kids, "Shraw, Doppy, Zhoo-la."

[ritter89]

@ptanzmgt lol. it's true, though. Shooby's like kryptonite against depression. funniest Shooby recording imo is his scat over You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You. He's in top form. I think you can still find the mp3 over at Shooby dot com (site devoted to his music). I could listen to that thing for days and never get tired of it.

[ptanzmgt]

it's actually very coherent if you play the song backwards

[steikarloka]

Shooby saved my life!

[UKISOCIETY]

+100 for the umlauts!



[MrOmgmyface]

dah hah rah dah

[leadu13004]

Hoppy poppy poppy poppy doppy doppy dop shra.

[pivo2k]

It reminds me of those televangelists speaking in tongues...

[loopdeedo]

Poppy poppy poppy poppy!

[PanndaKat]

What is this

[timtoady]

beyond weird!!

[bassman8er]

This is going to give me a heart attack....LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[TheScientist0000000]

What are those Umlauts doin in there

[curlye93]

he's talented but his lyrics are nonsense lol

[saxjax07]

Have any of you guys ever wondered if Shooby was serious or not? I can't tell if hes joking or not... Hoppy poppy poppy poppy....

[ritter89]

@saxjax07 he was dead serious, according to his bio. He had a pretty severe drinking problem so that might have contributed to his vocal acrobatics. He gave a fairly extensive radio interview a few yrs back just before he died (age 73). He worked as a mailman, if I'm not mistaken, and was always trying to break into the mainstream music business with little success. He tried to learn to play sax but was too impatient so he became "the human horn" instead

[xtingu]

This makes me so happy!

[Flanson]

Thanks for taking the time to transcribe this work of art.

[jellocrumbs]

Shooby Taylor Rules ♫♪

"Poppy Poppy Poppy Poppy"

[philsalathe]

I suppose I should fess up to being the guy who transcribed this, back in July 2002. I just found out about the video via my sister's Facebook page. It makes me happy that it's still making the rounds, and that Shooby knew about it before he died (I got to talk with him briefly during the interview he did for WFMU).

NB I originally had the ending as "schwa-a-a-a-ah!" I still hear it that way, but it got changed to "shplah" when someone reposted it to their website. Horses for courses, I guess.

[LionsOfMercy]

@philsalathe : How long did this take you? o.O

[philsalathe]

@LionsOfMercy - just a few hours, believe it or not! Slowing it down to half-speed helped a lot.

[philsalathe]

@LionsOfMercy: Believe it or not, only a few hours! I used a program called Audion to slow it down, which helped a lot with the trickier phonemes. BTW I've finally come around on the "shplah" thing.

Shooby's still very much on my mind, too. My girlfriend and I occasionally watch reruns of the show "Without A Trace", and whenever Poppy Montgomery's character shows up on the screen, I bust into 0:51.

[rayjr62]

R.I.P. Shooby and all the beautiful scatting you gave the world.

[purplesop]

LOVE the use of umlauts in the transcription!

[purplesop]

LOVE the use of umlauts in the transcription!

[BeezoHow]

With LYRICS!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!  I can't believe you actually wrote out the lyrics!!!

[grandmacaesar]

man...very nice work figuring out the lyrics. there was a part in there that i've never been able to figure out.

[MaDdYoNiCe]

best thing in the world

[mollybutterfly]

hilarrrious!!!! love shooby.

[j4bologna1998]

One CANNOT continue having a bad day after giving Shooby a listen. It's impossible. Try playing this song, looking into the mirror and saying "I'm gonna STAY mad.." -just can't be done.

WEEEE-soodly-blobby!

[Gazelle2189]

Awesome stuff!

[Tzeapaedi]

God...this song randomly playing in certain occasions is such a mood-killer. Great song though

[zaxxoid]

"SHPLAAAAAAAAAH"

Perhaps the best lyric I have ever heard.

[clucaspik]

I located a few errors in the lyrics - mostly around measure 57. How can this happen?

[kelath5555]

I think I burst an eyeball laughing.

[urbster1]

oh good christ.... can't stop laughing.....

[ingerich]

Thank you SO much for transcribing the lyrics. TRULY. Shooby - we love you.

[RedCrayon22]

Cool... I gotta get this album

[bassbonebobf]

Thank you for doing this; it had to be done!! This song NEVER fails to cheer me up!

[vveq]

Listening to Shooby work his magic is entertaining by itself, but knowing that someone took the time to transcribe every single ... um... "word" he sang makes it infinitely more enjoyable. Well done my good man.

[morse3388]

that was hilarious