Feb 2022 chips-n-jelly eat-to-the-beat duet samba
CTS to Nancy: Can we do a song based on the Carioca?
Nancy: Sure!
CTS: And can it be about eating chips?
N: Yep! Can you make a samba percussion loop of you eating chips?
Craig on chip-eating percussion, handclaps, Vanilla Ice rap and vocals
Nancy on Ashbory bass, keys, fake horns, vocals
You know the Carioca Crunch?
Just one bite and you’ll succumb
You don’t need a recipe
To understand just follow me
It’s not a hustle or a frito
Not fast but not too despacito
I guarantee that when we’re done
You can’t dance just one
Let’s crunch
Carioca Crunch
That’s right
Go on and munch
Have some dip
It’s so good
You’re going to spoil your lunch
Now you can Carioca Crunch
You don’t need to do the bump
You’ll no longer want to frug
Forget about the jitterbug
Every morning when you get up
That Carioca Crunch won’t let up
You will feel that salty beat
From your tongue down to your feet
Let’s crunch
Carioca Crunch
That’s right
Go ahead and munch
We’re flipping chips and scripts and snacking Fritos and Tostitos and some salsa no babalsa supreme
Crunch crunch baby
(It's not just the taste)
Munch munch baby
(that lures me in like bait)
Crunch crunch baby
(It's the sound it makes)
Crunch crunch baby
(I like to masticate)
Tostitos
Fritos
Doritos
Tostitos
Pringles
If you're single
Yummy
To your tummy
Munch munch baby
Crunch crunch baby
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Crunch.
@leka Mar 2022
Very good! Excellent theme & fitting composition and instrumentation. I smiled through the whole song.
@musicsongwriter Mar 2022
Yammy song and collaboration. Very original and surprising. I love the variety of styles here including some operatic feel. True fun. It's obvious you both had fun recording it and it spreads onto the listeners. Pure joy to listen to your song.
@headfirstonly Mar 2022
Oh my word - this is really special, folks. It brings me joy, pure and simple. Craig doing opera singing? Didn't see that one coming. Nancy's harmonies on this are sublime. Downloaded.
"Crunch crunch baby" nearly had me in stitches...
@kahlo2013 Mar 2022
Absolutely deliciously delightful! So quirky, creative, and so much fun! Love that crunchy and clappy beat, the fabulous lyrics, and your vocals! Made my night!
@karlsburg25 Mar 2022
Ha ha brilliant. Really inventive and OMG those harmonies and off beat all and response and the way you pass between the vocals is simply genius. This is bloody catchy as well as having all sorts of appeared madeness going on in the music. Nice work you two
@ahumburg Mar 2022
HAHAHAHAHA! All I can do is smile. OOOOooooooo let's crrruuunch... Thank you.
@tamsnumber4 Mar 2022
That beat was ASMR....This is so fun! You are making me want to snack!!! A clever write and great beat and production!!!
@leepat Mar 2022
tasty groove and harmonies (and letthesunshine-style long notes) (and lyrics)
good fun!
@richaaaay Mar 2022
No idea how I missed this and am only seeing this now. This is awesome musically, creatively and just hilarious!!! I love everything about it, except for no mention of potato chips…But this is so darn good I’m willing to overlook the omission…The music, singing, hand claps and mind expanding chip eating percussion…Dynamite words too. This definitely one of favorites this FAWM! Thanks so much for being awesome and sharing this…
@tukayandryan Mar 2022
This is so much fun! Man I love how much you push the creativity @cts! @nancyrost - great vocal! Fab instrumentation and this made me smile -a lot!! And we all need to find things to make us smile atm!
@ductapeguy Mar 2022
Wow. I love the found sounds as percussion. So good. "I love to masticate" too.
Yum
@ambroise Mar 2022
Great ideas. And so many lovely details. E.g. the claps at the end of the song.
@nadine Feb 2022
This is the perfect title for your album Craig. How many bags of chips have you eaten this FAWM? However it's very creative to use the crunch as percussion sample. Lol now I'm hungry.
@andrea Feb 2022
This is wildly entertaining. Step aside and just have fun is a good idea. This is dripping fun, or should I say crunching fun. I love the different vocal styles. Craigs dramatic vocals are awesome. Put a smile on my face. That is great way to start any day. Thanks!
@roy Feb 2022
This is great! CTS - that is the wildest vocals I've heard you do yet - you continue to astound me! And the percussion... another cool studio skill you apparently have is the latent ability to produce a Jelly Crunch sound. You should patent that! And Nancy your voice makes this a contrast in styles - you bring in sensibility and calm to counter the energy bursts of Craig's gymnastics. It's a perfect counterbalance.
This is one of my favs this year!
@pooka Feb 2022
Pooka, 2019: "I could swear that, having used [Belgian candy] Cubidons as percussion, I'll probably never hear any other percussion quite as weird."
Nancy, 2022: "Hold my beer..."
@davidtaro Feb 2022
Well, that’s a first! Wildly inventive. Ridiculously fun. I love Craig’s diva-like performance contrasting with Nancy’s slightly more deadpan delivery. ‘Munch munch baby’ absolutely destroyed me. Well done.
@cts Feb 2022
If ever there was one person who really inspires/challenges me to think outside the creative box, it's Nancy. Sometimes I forget to just have fun with the process and not worry so much about details. Just jump in and have fun with it. CRUNCH!!!
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
I just loved the crunches! I know whenever I come to hear a @cts song it will just make me happy, and having @nancyrost included just makes it better.
Thank you for helping me to see so outside the box I don't see the box anymore.
@phylo Feb 2022
I laughed out loud both times I listened! This is such a delightful collaboration. The bass is delicious. You guys are amazing.
@n24 Feb 2022
This is amazing! I love the crunch as a percussive element! Some great attitude in this! This is a masterpiece, really nailing the samba vibe and you’ve made a song that is legitimately so listenable and interesting about such a niche thing! This delights me.
@nahlej381 Feb 2022
That’s that sound right there…this is equal parts hilarious and bad @$$
CRUNCH!
@axl Feb 2022
Amazing vocals from both of you. I enjoyed the inventiveness and the general over-the-topness.
@corinnecurcio Feb 2022
Oh this is such fun! Fantastic arrangement. writing and performances!
@dragondreams Feb 2022
You two are brilliant! :-D
@jamesstaubes Feb 2022
This is hilarious. What an idea. I've heard of using all kinds of sounds for samples but never eating a chip. Genius. How did you sing that chorus without cracking up? You sold it.
@elesimo Feb 2022
This is lovely! I don't know what a Carioca is in this context (to me it's someone born in Rio de Janeiro), but I had a lot of fun listening to it and it definitely has a tropical feel to it!