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20 Best Gibberish Lyrics: No. 20

Frank Sinatra once called rock 'n' roll's lyrics "imbecilic." To prove him wrong, we've compiled 20 examples of rock at its most poetic -- which is when it doesn't concern itself with actual words.

"Yah-hee, icky thump"
--'Icky Thump,' White Stripes (2007)

Jack White bought a vowel and tweaked a slang term he borrowed from wife Karen Ellson to title this tune. Folks from the north of England -- a genus that includes Mrs. White -- will often yelp "Ecky Thump" when surprised or dismayed (with 'eck being a PG-13 tone-down of 'ell). The term was also employed by the comedy troupe the Goodies, who created the Ecky Thump martial art -- in which participants do battle with elongated tubes of black pudding, or, as Yanks know it, blood sausage.

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thebadbaba

Holy Crap! How on this god forsaken planet can you come up with a list like this and NOT include Jim Morrison doin "Roadhouse Blues".
Now C'mon MAAAN!

January 03 2012 at 11:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
monkeyman987

what about Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones?

May 12 2009 at 10:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Daniel

Jack White can say whatever the fuck he wants, he's THAT AWESOME!!!

February 16 2009 at 9:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jcdinform

This Article is just more covert BullS??t useless dribble from the Government to keep the Public mentally distracted while the coffers are being Looted.

January 31 2009 at 4:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jake

Frank Sinatra's line in "strangers in the night" was, doobee doo bee doo.

January 30 2009 at 11:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brandon

Thank God they didn't include KEEP ON ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD...has some dated references in it but still kicks ass!!!! ("We got a kinder gentler machine gun hand" and also "A thousand points of light for the homeless man" all references to George Bush Sr.).

January 30 2009 at 9:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brian

Wasn't "ee-ecky-thump" from an old monty python skit?

February 17 2008 at 3:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Paulus von Ingham

No definately the Goodies.

November 20 2009 at 9:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
randy

it's:

mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy; a kid (baby goat) will eat ivy, too.

this may be silly, but it is not "gibberish".

February 17 2008 at 3:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Just proves that young people will listen to anything.

February 17 2008 at 3:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
randy

how on God's green earth could "do wah diddy diddy dum diddy doh" have been left off????????

February 17 2008 at 3:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply