[video:youtube] Scat! was placed this week on a popular Spotify playlist and we thought it might be fun to revisit the video for a few editing tweaks and a new YT upload (resulting in the loss of previous comments, etc.)
The intro “art” includes photos of Janice with her old Martin, my upright Kay Swingmaster bass (that I played on this) and Peter’s Les Paul guitar and his amp.
As it was posted 4 years ago I thought a repost might introduce interested new folks to Janice’s scat singing* and dancing (accompanied by Peter on guitar).
We hope, if you decide to watch, it brings a smile to your face … and, hey, it is only 3 minutes long. 😀
Thanks to Peter and PG Music!
*Scat singing is a term for what mostly jazz or jazzy big band singers used to do. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong were the masters of it. The singer just riffs verbal sounds that aren't actually words to sometimes imitate an instrument. Scatting is what Janice is doing during the dance. Scat also means go away. So the name of the song was intended to be a double entendre.
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Awesome, J&B. It's 3:15 am here, and I'm nursing a rotten cold, but that really got me moving. I just might go for a walk, or maybe hit the kitchen for an early breakfast. As usual, a very polished and professional production and Jan's vocals always hit the right spot.
Janice, Bud, and Peter, you did it again. You produced another masterpiece. As usual everything is outstanding. Peter, fantastic guitar leads. Janice, outstanding vocals as usual. Bud, great bass and production. Loved it.
PS - The number of scat masters just went from numbers 2 to 3!
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Awesome, J&B. It's 3:15 am here, and I'm nursing a rotten cold, but that really got me moving. I just might go for a walk, or maybe hit the kitchen for an early breakfast. As usual, a very polished and professional production and Jan's vocals always hit the right spot.
We’re happy we got you moving! And thank you very much for the nice comments. Get well soon!
J&B
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Janice, Bud, and Peter, you did it again. You produced another masterpiece. As usual everything is outstanding. Peter, fantastic guitar leads. Janice, outstanding vocals as usual. Bud, great bass and production. Loved it.
PS - The number of scat masters just went from numbers 2 to 3!
You are too kind Mario. But, hey, we’ll take it! 😀 Thank you,
J&B
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Great production Janice & Bud and excellent guitar work. The video makes you want to go for a walk in the forest. Laurent
Thank you very much! We do love our forest..
J&B
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Hi Janice, Bud and Peter! Loved the scatting and the guitar work, and good mix as usual. May I also compliment J&B on well kept gardens and lawns! I love that Georgian tree canopy! Andrew
This bluesy swing is really top notch! Kudos to you
Thank you! And, yes, we love a swinging blues.
J&B
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I certainly remember this tune, catchy as it is! Good revisit, great musicianship by all and especially of course, Janice's wonderful voice. There are quite a few new forum members in the last couple of years, so reposts are probably very much appreciated by them.
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Hi Janice, Bud and Peter! Loved the scatting and the guitar work, and good mix as usual. May I also compliment J&B on well kept gardens and lawns! I love that Georgian tree canopy! Andrew
Thank you for those nice comments! The dancing scene was at a friend’s business while all the others were at our deep in the forest house. Our trails we built are our lawn. 😀
Thanks again for the supportive review,
J&B
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That song is ace - a very, VERY cool rockabilly vibe that Peter's playing really enhances. Stellar work Janice & Bud - keeping the quality high, high, high.
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Ha! The Thanksgiving gift I didn't know I needed. THANK YOU! Yes, a very big smile indeed.
Fantastic playing, singing, dancing(!)...what more could anyone ask for? From ME? Nuthin'. This is inspired and perfect in every way. Also ties a neat bow around the mountain biking hobby, which we've of course heard about but I don't recall being demonstrated.
Hope ya'll had a great Thanksgiving!
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I certainly remember this tune, catchy as it is! Good revisit, great musicianship by all and especially of course, Janice's wonderful voice. There are quite a few new forum members in the last couple of years, so reposts are probably very much appreciated by them.
We’re happy you remembered it and that you feel the same about it. 😀 Thanks!
J&B
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That song is ace - a very, VERY cool rockabilly vibe that Peter's playing really enhances. Stellar work Janice & Bud - keeping the quality high, high, high.
We appreciate that Ray. It was a lot of fun.
J&B
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Probably my favourite song of yours to date! Superb in all aspects, but outstanding is the lead solo and Janice's vocals, particularly the scat! 101%, 11 out of 10!
PS: "verbal sounds that aren't actually words" are called vocables. Most if not all cultures have used them going back thousands of years. Some I class as offshoots of Ancient Gibberish (the intuitive 'language' of the Ancient Gibberites, now called by archaeologists Neanderthals - pfft!) such as Navajo and Apache vocables like "heya-neya-yanga-heya" and such; then scat and such (Pre-Modern or Modern Gibberish?) like "boo-boob-she-bob-bob-arama-langa-ding-dong" (sometime confused with "boo-boob-she-Bob-Dean-aramalaga ding-dong") and "hey-bob-aree-bob" (also how some folk greet Bob Dean); and then there's the Middle Gibberish, which I'm not keen on, such as "fala-lala-la" and "hey-nonny-no" (I mean, what's that about?). I'll stop there or I'll babble on about how great the Ancient Gibberites were - they taught the later arising and smaller-brained humans everything they knew (how to use fire, plant crops, how to make tools, what's now called haute cuisine, etc, etc), then as an ice age began and the humans were crap hunters they bit by bit ate all of the Gibberites! Pfft and triple pfft! … I'll shut up now.
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Ha! The Thanksgiving gift I didn't know I needed. THANK YOU! Yes, a very big smile indeed.
Fantastic playing, singing, dancing(!)...what more could anyone ask for? From ME? Nuthin'. This is inspired and perfect in every way. Also ties a neat bow around the mountain biking hobby, which we've of course heard about but I don't recall being demonstrated.
Hope ya'll had a great Thanksgiving!
Thanks man for those very generous comments. They mean a lot to us. Glad the smile came too!
Thanks again and likewise regarding Thanksgiving. We rode our bikes. 😀
J&B
PS Bud here - she’s too modest. We have a vid “On A Dime” that features Janice on her bike.
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