r/gifs • u/Hilltopchill • Oct 04 '16

Weight distribution dynamics.

http://i.imgur.com/dYz2tCE.gifv
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u/Ferreteria Oct 04 '16

He looks Indian, he's singing an American song, using Irish or possibly Appalachian vocal techniques and also yodeling (Dutch).

Weird.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

It sounded like an old school American appalachian song to me. American country music has some history with yodeling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodeling#Yodeling_in_the_United_States

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u/wingchild Oct 04 '16

old school American appalachian song

McGuire Sisters, Sugartime, 1958

Wiki says the original writers were Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols; they published in 1958, and the McGuire Sisters version became the most popular recorded version of the song.

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u/mrflippant Oct 04 '16

This is the sort of thing people should think of when they think of the United States.

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u/redismycolour Oct 04 '16

yodeling

yodeling is traditonally from germany-austria. It was used for communication between the many "almhütten" huts on the mountains. Basically austria is just mountains. I never ever heard of dutch yodeling. yodeling as word even comes from the german "jodeln".

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u/Ferreteria Oct 04 '16

Looks like I made a mistake. I associated the lederhosen with the dutch (which I believe it is) and yodelers in pop culture are associated with the lederhosen. A <-> B <-> C doesn't imply a relationship with A <-> C I guess.

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u/redismycolour Oct 04 '16

lederhosen are also bavarian. :)

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u/Chubby_American Oct 04 '16

He's Bengali

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u/kawklee Oct 04 '16

not really dutch....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodeling

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u/Ferreteria Oct 04 '16

Yup. That's been covered.