zapp's karaoke song

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it sounds familiar but i can't figure out what song it is.
it is not and william shatner song!
it is something more popular for sure.

[Reply #1 on:]

Zapp sang "Leela, L-l-l-l-Leela . . ."

The actual song's name is "Lola," by The Kinks, an 80's band, as I recall.
Lola, L-l-l-l-Lola . . .

also, "Yoda," by Weird Al,
Yoda, Y-y-y-y-Yoda . . .

[Reply #2 on:]

It is indeed "Lola" by The Kinks, but the song is from 1970 (perhaps 1969). The version released in 1980 was a live one, not the original.

[Reply #3 on:]

thank you

[Reply #4 on:]

Zapp singing that song was worth than death...maybe he'd sing better if he took singing lessons... 

[Reply #5 on:]

Maybe, but it was funny, wasn't it?

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Originally posted by Kryten:
Maybe, but it was funny, wasn't it?

yeah you're right...it was nauseating, but still it was funny... 

[Reply #7 on:]

I thought it was great.
Don't know why all does idiots abandoned the ship.
Zapp has real talent, I would buy a Futurama soundtrack CD for that song alone.

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it could also have Hermes' song and the Robot Devil's song.

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Originally posted by Bovinatron:
and the Robot Devil's song.

you mean Belzebot's? yeah that song was pretty good...i'm sure [-mArc-] would agree with me, now that he's a little more evil... 

[Reply #10 on:]

To all the newbies morons :


STOP USING MY AVATAR, there's plenty of avatars out there, respect your elders!

[Reply #11 on:]

So we know Zapp's song, but what about Kif's? I liked this song. Does anyone know the original title from that song?

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Originally posted by BuffDaddy:
So we know Zapp's song, but what about Kif's? I liked this song. Does anyone know the original title from that song?

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Best known with Bonnie Tyler.

I know this thread is 2½ years old, but I've just come across this footage, which puts Zapp's performance in (too much) perspective:
 http://ifilm.wmod.llnwd.net/a65/o1/portal/2654003_200.asf 

[Reply #13 on:]

You should listen to the new cover of "Ordinary people", done by none other then William shatner, the begining sounds like Zapp singing Lola.

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Heh, all I know, is that after hearing that, I was scarred for life.   

[Reply #15 on:]

Haha, that's where Seth MacFarlane got the scene from he used on FamilyGuy.   

Not that bad, but I'd still prefere the original.   

And now to quote a realy old post:
 

Originally posted by Nixon+Morbo=???:
Zapp sang "Leela, L-l-l-l-Leela . . ."

The actual song's name is "Lola," by The Kinks, an 80's band, as I recall.
Lola, L-l-l-l-Lola . . .

also, "Yoda," by Weird Al,
Yoda, Y-y-y-y-Yoda . . .

hey Nix, the Kinks were late 60's, Lola is from 1970. 

Well I guess he already knows by now 

[Reply #16 on:]

Didn't some guy named Nikki Thomas do a version of the song too? That's the only version I can find on iTunes...

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Isn't the original Lola song had a twist in the end that Lola was actually a GUY? I think that's the whole joke here.

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Originally posted by Idan_Aharoni:
Isn't the original Lola song had a twist in the end that Lola was actually a GUY? I think that's the whole joke here.

 

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Looks like you are right.

[Reply #19 on:]

Could this be marginally another SW reference in "Futurama", since Weird Al's "Yoda" is a well-known parody???

No?  Okay.

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All I know is they did another thread about this, only that one actually questioned Zapp's sexuality... for obvious reasons (read Tweek's post in case you don't know by now)

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For decades the Star Trek fan community have fought to rid itself of the collective memory of that horrible Shatner song? recital? abomination?

Also where the "How can you do a spoken word version of a rapsong?" joke come from.

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Originally posted by germanfryfan:
Haha, that's where Seth MacFarlane got the scene from he used on FamilyGuy.     

yea, its funny to see the cartoon and then that.And, it was pretty scary.

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Zapp's song reminds me of that song William Shatner released over the summer called "Common People". Ha, I know I wasn't the only nerd who played that downloaded tune time and time again on long sunny summer days which I spent inside working on PHP scripts...or was I?

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Er... of course you weren't.

[Reply #25 on:]

"I met her in a club down in old soho. We'd drink champaign and it tastes just like coca cola.
C-O-L-A cola.
She walked up to me and asked me to dance.  I asked her her name, and in a dark brown voice she said LEELA, L-E-E-L-A leela, lee lee lee leeeeela, ba ba ba bum bum bum da da da da, da da da da da da, leeelaaaaa (glass breaks)ba da da da da da bum"