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Bananaphone! In 1994, children’s music maverick Raffi released the album, with a ridiculously catchy song of the same name, “Bananaphone.” A death metal band and a country singer have covered it. It’s also become an Internet classic. A YouTube search of “banana phone” turns up 1,470 results.
Bananaphone!
In 1994, children’s music maverick Raffi released the album, with a ridiculously catchy song of the same name, “Bananaphone.” A death metal band and a country singer have covered it. It’s also become an Internet classic.
A YouTube search of “banana phone” turns up 1,470 results. Most of the videos are home videos of people singing and dancing to the song. Lots of the videos are by film students, who turned the song into fully acted-out projects; others have made their own flash videos or drawn animations. There’s even a spin-off, “Badgerphone.” Some videos superimposed the song over edited clips of anime such as “Fullmetal Alchemist,” “Naruto” and “Yugioh.” Still other postings are videos of people manipulating video games, such as Warcraft and Half Life 2, to go with the song. They even made Harry Potter and Winnie the Pooh sing it.
But wherever it may ring, just be sure you answer the call of the bananaphone.
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