![]() ![]() Next month comes another classic of wordlessness in Goldfrapp's new single, Ooh La La. It was banal, meaningless and intensely repetitive, but in context, with a dirty riff loitering behind like a teenager on a family outing, it made perfect sense. Beck's recent single E-Pro had a chorus that went "na-na na-na-na-na NA" (x4). ![]() ![]() Whatever they're called, this has been a good year for them. English doesn't have a word for them, perhaps fittingly a friend suggests rockolalia. And James Brown went OWWWWW!Ä«etween words and music lie the sounds we make when we're singing but not using language. Minnie Riperton went lalalalaLA lalalalaLA. Lou Reed went doo da-doo da-doo da-doo da-doo dooo.
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