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Handclaps in Songs? (A Poll)

Poll Results: Handclaps are acceptable only:

 
  • 11% (5)
    in children's songs where the little fucks need to learn rhythm.
  • 8% (4)
    in faux patriotic songs by the likes of John Cougar Melon Balls.
  • 4% (2)
    never.
  • 35% (16)
    if the Def Leppard drummer is doing it, 'cause that's TALENT!
  • 17% (8)
    in avant garde noise shit.
  • 22% (10)
    I hate handclaps in a song until Radiohead does it and then I fall in line.
45 Total Votes  
post #1 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:46pm
Thread Starter 
I am usually taken out of a tune when I hear people clapping in lieu of real percussion. I'm sure I can't be alone.
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post #2 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:47pm
Clapping for percussion encourages audience participation.

I hate audience participation.
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post #3 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:48pm
I think it can be used well. It doesn't take me out of the song. It might make me think, "Hey, those aren't REAL claps!" which, I suppose is a bit of a distraction.
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post #4 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:49pm
What do you mean? As in sampling clapping to replace the beat in the studio version of the track, or when the drummer stops playing and the audience steps in to do the beat in claps, on live concerts?

I can't think of an example straight away, but a clapping sample can have a good effect if well-applied, and within certain genres.
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post #5 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:49pm
"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands?". What about the kids? You truly are a heartless bastard.
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post #6 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:49pm
Could you provide an example, Nick? Some of my favorite pop songs have handclaps in conjunction with percussion (see pretty much anything by The New Pornographers), but I can't think of anything that bypasses traditional percussion and only uses handclaps.
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post #7 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:52pm
ATTN: Hand Clappers.
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post #8 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:52pm
Usually love it, honestly. Like when Spoon does it. But I am a simple man.
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post #9 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:52pm
The poll options aren't diverse enough.

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post #10 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:58pm
Thread Starter 
Fuck handclaps
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post #11 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:59pm
Does this mean that Nick isn't a fan of tap dancing?
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post #12 of 58
8/31/07 at 3:59pm
Thread Starter 
I killed Gregory Hines
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post #13 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:06pm
God, I bet you hate Tilly and the Wall.
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post #14 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:11pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata
Fuck handclaps
I need to make you listen to all of mainstream hip-hop for the past 3-4 years or so. You'll explode 10 minutes in.
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post #15 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:24pm
Thread Starter 
Well, in my defense, my hands were sexually abused at age 7.
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post #16 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:26pm
Micah, play Kanye's New Workout Plan for him and report back with the results.
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post #17 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata
Well, in my defense, my hands were sexually abused at age 7.
Did they get the clap?
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post #18 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:36pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata
Fuck handclaps
Yeah, The Fuck Handclaps are the only guys that do it well.

Also, like Matchstick said, listen to some Spoon. Handclaps and a horn section.
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post #19 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:36pm
This should spawn the "Is Cheerleading acceptable in songs?"

which a prompt "Only if Faith No More does it" reply will result.
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post #20 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:39pm
I'm OK with it as long as it's the sound of one hand clapping.
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post #21 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:43pm
I at first misread the title of this thread as Handicaps in Songs, and thought it was about the dearly departed Wesley Willis. He really did whip a llama's ass.


Rock on New York, Rock on Chicago. Chud.com, they don't like clapping.
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post #22 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:48pm
This might be the best poll I've ever read. Mostly because of the final answer. The Radiohead one. It's so fucking true.
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post #23 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:54pm
I love handclaps, so long as they aren't overly happy/campfire-minded, or tongue-in-cheek/ironic.

Good handclaps in Nick Cave's The Weeping Song.
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post #24 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:54pm
Some of my favorite songs have handclaps. Close to Me has handclaps, so does Faith.
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post #25 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:57pm
I only like handclaps when they are awkwardly off beat and out of sync.
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post #26 of 58
8/31/07 at 4:59pm
And a white guy is doing them in a P. Diddy video.

"We aint...goin'...nowhere...we ain't...goin' nowhere...hey honey, I think I got the hang of this rap-hop!"
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post #27 of 58
8/31/07 at 5:08pm
Barbaric!
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post #28 of 58
8/31/07 at 5:37pm
handclaps really only work in funk music. and even then they still need a snare behind it.
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post #29 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:43pm
More Handclaps < More Cowbell

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post #30 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:45pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
Some of my favorite songs have handclaps. Close to Me has handclaps, so does Faith.
YES.

God, you're really gay. That's fucking beautiful, man.
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post #31 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:49pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fatboy Roberts
handclaps really only work in funk music. and even then they still need a snare behind it.
I disagree on the first part, since there's plenty of great pop that uses handclaps (a huge part of Phil Spector's output alone justifies handclaps), but, generally speaking, I prefer claps that augment an existing drum beat rather than replace it. The tired, almost off-beat handclaps on Radiohead's "We Suck Young Blood" (and that's the second time I've referenced this song on the boards this week, which is weird since it's not a favorite or anything) is a notable exception to that rule, though. But I fell in line on handclaps long before that song, for the record.
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post #32 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:51pm
I think everyone falls in line with handclaps once they hear the majesty that is "Private Eyes" for the first time.
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post #33 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:51pm
Also -

"Private eyes."
Clap.
"They're watching you."
Clap clap.
"They see your every move."

How do you really argue with that?

EDIT - gravedigger and I are Hall and Oats buddies!!!! So weird.
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post #34 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:53pm
You two planned that, right?

Right?
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post #35 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:54pm
Weird.
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post #36 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:56pm
The power of Hall and Oates creates magical things.
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post #37 of 58
8/31/07 at 6:59pm
Jesus, can we please not start in with the Hall and Oates? If we do, it'll be the second Hall and Oates-based conversation I've had to deal with today. The second. In one day.
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post #38 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:00pm
What about fingersnaps?
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post #39 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MissZooey
Jesus, can we please not start in with the Hall and Oates? If we do, it'll be the second Hall and Oates-based conversation I've had to deal with today. The second. In one day.
Wait a minute, I don't mean to derail the thread but what do you mean by "had to deal with"? Don't you mean "get to enjoy"?
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post #40 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:05pm
I'm going to go hide in a corner now.

Just talk about fingersnaps. I like fingersnaps...
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post #41 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:06pm
I was just asked to join a band and play on the drummer for Hall & Oates old set.
I don't 100% know how or why this band has it (someone's Dad is H&O's old drummer I think?), but that's what I heard.

I said No.
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post #42 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:13pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MissZooey
YES.

God, you're really gay. That's fucking beautiful, man.
What can I say? I'm a big fan of both the scattershot percussion of new wave and jangly guitar driven pop. And pole.
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post #43 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:18pm
They suck. EXCEPT the synthesizer ones in the Escape from New York score. (see Isaac Hayes introduction)
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post #44 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:18pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by stump
What about fingersnaps?
or tongue clicks, a la "Drop It Like It's Hot"? I'm waiting for some enterprising producer to incorporate armpit farts into a hit single.
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post #45 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:23pm
One word. Spoons.
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post #46 of 58
8/31/07 at 7:34pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Nid Hog
One word. Spoons.
Feel the rhythm with your hands. Steal the rhythm while you can. Spoonman.
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post #47 of 58
8/31/07 at 8:50pm
Handclaps and grunge don't mix either, Jim.
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post #48 of 58
8/31/07 at 8:58pm
Many gems offered up, but John Fogerty's "Centerfield" proves Nick's thesis.
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post #49 of 58
8/31/07 at 9:35pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil!
Many gems offered up, but John Fogerty's "Centerfield" proves Nick's thesis.
Love those cheesy drum machine claps. Peaches would be envlous.
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post #50 of 58
8/31/07 at 9:57pm
Quote:
I can't think of an example straight away, but a clapping sample can have a good effect if well-applied, and within certain genres.
"Jack & Diane"?
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