This has been one of my favorite songs for almost twenty years now. I've always meant to get around to learning it, and I finally sat down and did it.
Learning the song took a couple of days, shooting the pictures took about an hour (not counting taping the map together), and putting it all together took about eight hours.
Yes, the voice at the beginning is also me. I normally sing bass/baritone, so this is a little high for my range, but doable.
MIDI backing supplied by keeper1st
If you're interested in following along (or learning it for yourself!) here are the lyrics:
United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru;
Republic Dominican; Cuba, Caribbean; Greenland; El Salvador too.
Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana and still;
Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina and Ecuador, Chile, Brazil;
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan;
Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana, Barbados and Guam!
Norway and Sweden and Iceland and Finland and Germany (now one piece);
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Turkey and Greece;
Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania, Ireland, Russia, Oman;
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq and Iran.
There're Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, both Yemens, Kuwait and Bahrain;
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and Portugal; France, England, Denmark and Spain.
India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan;
Kampuchea; Malaysia; then Bangladesh, Asia; and China; Korea; Japan.
Mongolia, Laos and Tibet, Indonesia, the Philippine Islands, Taiwan;
Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand, then Borneo and Vietnam.
Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana;
Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia, Guinea, Algeria, Ghana!
Burundi, Lesotho and Malawi, Togo, the Spanish Sahara is gone;
Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Liberia, Egypt, Benin and Gabon.
Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya and Mali, Sierra Leone and Algiers
Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Rwanda, Mahore and Cayman;
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia --
Crete, Mauritania, Then Transylvania, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta and Palestine, Fiji, Australia, Sudan!
why don't you sign Spanish Sahara? Now it's called Western Sahara, just under Morocco
poluxx 1 month ago
@poluxx You're absolutely right. If I were to do this video again, I would point to Western Sahara. =)
snolygoster 1 month ago