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What are some really good, fun, upbeat songs you can recommend?

Songs to sign along with!

  • I'm learning sign language, and I thought it'd be fun to practice by making music videos. I'm hearing, but I'd like my videos to be interesting even without sound. Know any suitable songs for this? I'm looking for... - Songs that have lyrics right the way through. No long instrumental periods where I'll just be standing around looking awkward. - Moderately fast songs. (By that I mean: not so slow that I'm holding the same sign for more than a few seconds, nor so fast that my hands become an incomprehensible blur!) - Lyrics that don't rely on the use of too many synonyms or obscure words. I'm learning http://nzsl.vuw.ac.nz/ and the vocabulary is pretty limited. -The genre doesn't matter, but it probably helps if it's funny, has a lot of emotion or tells a story...or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9F6zGP3kkc. (And please don't recommend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjRHFom1Kk Jonathan Coulton...I already know about those!)

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    Um... There's a really great video of a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3tadz5Q3o... perhaps you've heard of the song...

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How about some of the literal music videos? The videos (which you could superimpose yourself over) are always interesting, the lyrics are amusing, and they tend to be pretty fast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ was the first one I saw, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovEDhFfgdOo is popular. Just search youtube for "literal video" and you'd get a lot of options.

Mad_Carew

"Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin. "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrRa0RYNEyE" by the Bobs. "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E_w6L1hStc" by the Bobs

plinth

How about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JSNeM9iT2o by Poi Dog Pondering? The lyrics are full of great imagry/vocab: Oh the days of wine and roses Aand the running of noses Bare feet in new sprouts and garden hoses Skipping stones while skipping home Look at that tree! It's got a brand new leaf! Candle light (candle light) for no reason Eating fresh fruit when it's in season Take an aimless drive behind the motor wheel Sticking fingers on paintings just to see the way they feel (oooh!) Spending the day in the shirt that you wore I can sense your presence from the day before.

carsonb

spunweb

Um... There's a really great video of a song by Cee-Lo Green done in ESL ... perhaps you've heard of the song... It's been quite a few years since I've studied it, but it looked like American Sign Language to me. Of course, NZSL will be substantially different, but I'm sure the effect of the song would be just as strong.

QuakerMel

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